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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
4
Advert shows customers relief from heat with new stock including Lawns Dimi ties India Linens Gent Gauze Underwear and ribbons. It lists Bleached and Unbleached fabrics 1.00 per package rolled oats 20c Carpet slippers 52c Worsted dress goods 10c per yard shirts 35c sailor hats 25c envelopes 2c sheets and note paper prices.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple train names numbers and times including Cotton Belt Express and Ste Louis Mail. Entries reference Going North and Going South directions with stations Hin Point and Federal Point, various times from morning to evening, but many details are garbled.
Probate Court next week at Harrison Merc Co. shows showers and cooler weather. Various residents and visitors are noted in Potosi and nearby towns, with frequent mentions of trades, visits, and one horse loss. The county court sits this week with full proceedings to follow, and notable visitors include Rev J T Hill, J M Jamison, and others.
Mr E P Hanson of Cacet and reader J F Grenia of Caledonia visit, a subscription dollar is left. A new colored school house is under construction near the Colored church. GA B picnic at Hopewell draws large attendance. Washington County school funds allotment totals 5269.86 for 4779 children. Miss Ava Watkins and Joe Watkins go to St Louis for work. J F Lee leaves for Irondale to head a new bank. Funeral of Dr Frank R Eversole at Caledonia noted. Picnic at Hopewell success raises about sixty dollars. Potosi band serenades Clyde Strayer on his 21st birthday. F X Teasdale returns from Colorado Springs with frost-bitten ears. Obituary of Ed Shelton near Needles, Ariz. Ed Gregory faces trial for a 12-year-old assault in Harmony Twp. J J Neel of Bedford visits, lists land deal near Irondale. Dr J J Norwine marries Mary Kelly at Ironton. town charivari follows. Missouri marks 80th statehood anniversary August 10 with Kansas City event. battle of Potosi remembered from 1861 raid by Confederate forces.
Dave Courtois of Kingston Township was tried before Squire J. C. Taylor at Fertile on the disturbance of John Sansoucie's family peace. Courtois was found guilty and jailed for 21 years. A license petition for a Gramshop at Irondale was rejected after anti saloon forces opposed it. A deed of trust records Old Mines and Shibboleth properties to Dominion Mining and William Bullock Clarke, with $110000 note. The American Lead and Baryte Company of St. Louis, capital $10,000,000, incorporated to mine Missouri lands, may begin large scale operations soon with smelters and baryte mills planned.
Dr. Frank R. Eversole aged 46, brother of Hon. E. T. Eversole, died in St. Louis from a stomach tumor. He was native of Caledonia, lived in St. Louis twenty five years, recently retired from practice, survived by widow Mrs. Fannie North Eversole and three children. His funeral was conducted by the Masonic order and held in Caledonia Presbyterian cemetery, with family noting sympathy from The Journal.
A $20,000 whiskey distilling plant is reported to be located at Festus Missouri. The project is seen as likely to offset some effects of the great drought.
An odd clipping blends patent remedies and local notices. It touts Banner Salve and Foley’s Kidney Cure, with testimonials on cures and guarantees. It also reports a sulfur ore fire at Watkin's mine near Bourbon Missouri and a rash of illegal liquor prosecutions in Crawford County. A Morgantown reader cites kidney relief and a Fredericktown paper shares a charitable subscription gesture.
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