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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
3
A reader describes a rapid recovery after taking Peruna for fatigue and general weakness. The letter claims renewed vigor and restored health, attributing the improvement to the tonic’s effect on the system.
What She Says letters quote Mrs Della Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin and Mrs Judge J F Boyer of Evanston Illinois praising Peruna for restoring health energy appetite and sleep after long run-down periods. Both narrate improvement after multiple bottles.
A good man tells his wife that his congregation has raised funds to send him to Europe for a rest. She notes the amount is not large enough for him to stay longer or take her along. The speaker’s moment of applause is felt as bittersweet in the room.
In a light exchange at a gathering, Miss Passay recalls spring weather reminiscent of 1876 and teases Old Dr. Gruff about memory, with Miss Knox noting it wasn’t meant as insult. The conversation ends with light humor about memory.
A fragment mentions CASTORIA as a safe remedy for infants and children with the signature and branding implied. It also references a dialogue about frugality in marriage and a brief ad-like line about a cigar. The text closes with a quip about desire versus effort in obtaining an object.
Burton H Barnes saves English lieutenant Anstruther and his Corsican bride Marina in a pursuit across Corsica and Marseille. Enid Anstruther and Marina's loyalties collide as bandits, disguises, and secret lovers drive perilous escapes, trials, and a perilous reunion.
Marina, bound by dangerous guardianship and love, faces Cipriano’s plea to become his wife to save Edwin. He plots to seize her and blow the turret with three men inside, forcing a perilous choice as Emory and Tomagio await fate amid a deadly vendetta.
A man suspected of killing his wife after she filed for divorce is alleged in a double tragedy that follows the court action. Authorities report a fatal assault linked to the marital dispute, drawing inquiries into motive and circumstances.
In Lebanon Missouri a 17 year old girl and her section hand husband Willoughby married after eloping to Lebanon where they obtained a license claiming the bride was 18. After parental objections and a courtroom summons, Willoughby shot the bride in her yard and then killed himself, witnessed by her furious father and father in law.
The antirrhinum or snapdragon, long naturalized from southern Europe, is famed for its grotesque flower forms nicknamed lions mouth and rabbits mouth. In seed pods the dried skeletons look like rhinoceroses and, viewed from different angles, resemble human skulls with grinning mouths.
Oil fire raging for weeks in the San Geronimo district vents fiercer flames. Experts say subterranean lake feeds the blaze, draining a large area of coast oil fields in Texas and Mexico. Fresh impetus renewed the fire after a lull, suggesting underground connections among fields.
Satisfactory assurances have been given to the navy department by New London officials and citizens that there will be no further discrimination against enlisted navy personnel or the U S uniform in the citys public amusements. A formal letter from the mayor to Acting Secretary Newberry invites uniformed naval men to enjoy local entertainments.
New Orleans Item owners Mrs J M and F J Thompson announced the purchase of the name and plant of the Morning World which recently went into receivership. They will continue the Item as an afternoon paper.
Alonzo Williams, a Black man accused of harming Miss Clare Howen last Friday near Chopper, was seized from Tom’s County Jail by a mob Tuesday night. He was driven to nearby woods where he was hanged and shot, a rope about his neck cut by gunfire as his body fell.
Say Yed Mohammed, nationalist leader and leading orator of the Persian parliament, was assassinated in Hamadan about 163 miles from Tehran after visiting the British legation where he had taken refuge. He had been among those captured by Cossacks following fighting around a Tehran building.
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed during a parachute drop at Hague Park on Vandercook Lake near Jackson. The parachute strings snapped as it opened, sending the aeronaut plunging about 2000 feet. He landed near a crowd by the merry-go-round and died. bystanders carried him to the park.
Mme Fairfax loved moonlit nights on her Virginia porch and spoke to the moon as a companion. Her colored maid Dahlia joined in with humor and affection, and on a trip to Washington Dahlia exclaimed that the moon seemed to travel with them, easing homesickness.
In early day Stone county Missouri a farmer’s son rushed to Dr. T J McCord Ga lena to fetch him to aid his dying father The boy described the supper as 14 roastin ears The doctor advised returning home to feed oats and promised to arrive in about 30 minutes Also mentions Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething.
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