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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
2
The piece cites international and domestic headlines from The Indianapolis News and notes sensational reactions to Outlaw lynching in West Virginia. It mentions Ellsworth Berthoff discovering a new seal rooker y in the Aleutian Islands, and comments on public appetite for gruesome souvenirs amid famine and unrest.
A thrifty trio operated in Idaho a coyotes ear factory earning from coyotekins and collecting state bounty plus 50 cents per sheep scalp. They pursued the scheme for two years before being discovered.
Old Home Week highlights include Raymond Industry Weston Surry St George Albany Dixfield Harmony celebrating 100 years of incorporation. Kennebunkport and Wells reach 250 year milestone, reflecting a broad span of local history and civic anniversaries.
Lord Kitchener thanked the Cape Town corporation in London for a ceremonial sword and said, You have the makings of nothing less than a new America in the southern hemisphere. English papers seize on the phrase for their headlines.
Tracy, an infamous figure, ends his troubled life in a sensational departure. The event, though not mourned, casts him as a daring hero in dime novel readers eyes and highlights how infamous criminals influence the weak, more by example than by crime itself.
A New York scientist studying domestic microbes notes a carpeted tenement living room harbors 75 bacteria and one mold in five minutes of sweeping time. After sweeping, the same room yields 2,700 bacteria and six molds, suggesting sweeping with a damp rag may reduce dust. The scientist cautions against sweeping as a sole method.
A Department of Agriculture report shows agricultural imports from the United States to Great Britain reached 1.578 billion dollars in 1800, constituting 62 percent of Britain's total import trade.
German engineers test steam trains to sustain 7 miles per hour for three hours with safety and comfort. The United States shows readiness to raise speeds when demand requires, and railroads would supply such a service if the public desires 7 mph now.
In the United States 44 AT collar and cuff factories lie in New York state with 20 in Troy. Albany hosts nine, Glens Falls six, and New York City seven. The Troy concentration explains why residents there employ 86 percent of the industry capital due to lifelong training and skill in the craft.
State agents discover a canned meat labeled Hamburger Steak made from ground refuse meat bones and sawdust colored with harmful chemicals. The find debunks beef-trust origins and points to a New England company. Genealogy buffs speculate on possible lineage to Connecticut’s early wooden nutmeg groups, noting perceived “earmarks.”
A Nebraska report cites teacher shortages due to prosperous farmers whose daughters decline teaching posts. The piece notes conditions vary by state and suggests publicizers and school commissioners could attract more teachers if the facts are understood. It also hints that widespread wealth could influence matrimonial prospects in farming communities.
Reports from Buchanan County reflect fusionist activity between the republicans and public ownership parties in Hays. Gov. Dockery addressed about 3,100 people at an Osage and Gasconade battalion encampment near Elden. The text notes ensuing political and local developments across Missouri, including farm and rail projects, population shifts, and public notices surrounding infrastructure and local governance.
President arrives after Nahant stop and Hanover journey. Thousands greet him through Nahant and Boston as he delivers a 15 minute address urging individual effort. Moody praised, naval escort, militia bands, and a warm, still festive reception accompany the journey to the depot before departure.
Ardmore reports rising tensions as Berd am Mosely supporters clash over the tribal governor election. Tribal officials plan legislative action to canvass votes and declare the result while a federal agent contemplates troop deployment. The Tidien police are ordered to report to the capital by an imminent date.
In Montgomery on August 26 the democratic primaries chose Willitan Dleis of Barebour over former Gov Joseph F P Johnston of Jefferson for governor by a likely large margin. It was the first election after a new constitution removing Black voters from politics. A new organic law was enacted to guide the campaign amid the shift. Waycross Georgia August 25 the town of Ruskin west of Waycross saw major fire destroying the principal part of Ruskin. It had been home to the Ruskin commonwealth socialist colony from Tennessee.
Piel Brothers, withdrawing from the Starch trust, will build an independent starch plant here with total investment over 500000 dollars.
In Newport on August 26 President Roosevelt attended the christening of Theodore Roosevelt Chanter, infant son of Mr and Mrs Winthrop Chanter, with the president named as godfather.
Oklahoma City report says Willie Fargrove and Otis Montgomery both twelve years old were knocked from a freight car top in the yards and were run over and killed. Their bodies were mangled in the accident.
Peoria Michigan August 26 President Roosevelt has honored labor says Frank W Arnold Grand Secretary Treasurer Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen He accepted invitation extended for biennial session in Chattanooga and will attend Labor recognized by the president to nationwide satisfaction and pride The president will be at the gathering and be seen as a man like any member of the union
London papers digest Roosevelt on trusts with cautious approval. The Evening Standard calls his precise, temperate plan a sound basis for supervision of capital rings, while the Pall Mall Gazette notes his stance would curb leviathan enterprises yet recognize growing concentration requires guidance, not opposition.
Emilio Terry, who resigned as secretary of Agriculture, will sail for Paris next Monday. Verninde de Castro is strongly recommended for the vacancy. De Castro, once civil governor during Havana’s wartime blockade, is praised for generosity to the people and support from officials. Terry banquet at Cienfuegos lauded unity and a conservative Cuba. He praised Palma’s senate but criticized the house for frivolous matters and predicted a great future for Cuba.
The Daily Mail editorial attacks Venezuela for threatening West Indies commerce and Caribbean security, urging Europe to act and the United States to discipline disorderly states. In Missouri, Gen Samuel L. Casey of Kentucky dies at 89, former congressman who supported Lincoln and carried confidential missions, after a short illness.
Emporia residents learn a staged coffin burial was an escape attempt by Cody S Morris alias John Cox mayor James Pendleton of Gentry Missouri to flee his wife Grace Obley Morris of Emporia. Morris had recently wed in Emporia and hid his true identity to evade prosecution.
Salt Lake City Aug 26 An official bulletin reports Brigham Young president of the quorum of twelve apostles of the Mormon church is seriously ill after a dropsy operation. He has been away on a health trip through Jackson Hole and Teton Basin Idaho and is described as in a critical condition as next in line for church presidency.
At the state assembly in Binghamton New York on August 26 a committee was chosen to seek civil service preferences for Spanish War veterans akin to Civil War veterans. Delegates to the national convention were urged to help unify Spanish war veteran groups nationwide. A memorial tablet for Capt Alexander Wetheil will be erected at Bedloe Island New York harbor and President Roosevelt is expected to attend the dedication in the spring.
N W Anthony, president of North American Coal Co. of Scranton, asks President Mitchell of the Miners union to issue a warning not to interfere with the washery when work begins on the 27th. Unlikely a proclamation will be issued. Plymouth residents bought flour for striking Woodward and Avondale miners. Avondale mine resumes small scale operations as coal runs through the breaker.
Miss Dorothy Muay Lothian of Chicago, wealthy violin student, marries Aaron Cromelin who traveled from Denver to New York. The ceremony takes place in New York on Monday at a north side venue after Lothian’s dramatic journey to join her fiancé. Her mother Mrs Lothian Lyke supports the arrangement.
Honolulu reports A G Mitchell a Michigan millionaire on a world health voyage aboard the steamer Coplic died by his own action after leaping from the promenade deck near San Francisco. He was with Dr C E Miller and a nurse and talked with two ladies moments before the jump. The ship halted but no trace was found, authorities suspect he was swept under the propeller amid mental distress.
Gen Edward I Molineux says new evidence will be presented at his son Roland Molineux’s October murder retrial. He asserts absolute proof of innocence, claiming the court of appeals granted the new trial ten months ago and that justice will be served.
Mrs Marie Antoinette Hopkins, a 60 year old language teacher in the west end, was crushed to death Sunday evening in St Louis as a Transit company car struck her while she attempted to cross the track. In St Paul four hundred telegraph operators, half the Northern Pacific staff, will receive wage increases starting September 1.
Butte Montana August 26 a special to the Miner from Miles City reports Sergt Coon of Troop H Thirteenth cavalry drowned while attempting to swim the Yellowstone river. His body has not been recovered.
Huntington W Va Aug 26 Wora suspended indefinitely on lock No 2 Big Sandy river leaving six hundred men idle cement supply exhausted by anthracite coal strikeGPE.ORG.DATE.ENTITY
Details note Rosewood fragrance from fresh cut wood and provide various odds and ends. They mention an ironclad of 10 000 tons with hull 3490 tons and machinery 1400 tons. A town water allowance is set at zero gallons per head daily. Louisiana spent over 30 million dollars on Mississippi levees since the Civil War. Oklahoma population estimates show one representative per 22 000 people and one senator per 45 000. William Sale of Arcade New York misplaced 750 dollars last haying season, later recovered by Parker who found the money in a load of hay.
Matthews Arkansas August 25 Mrs Lee Sanders tells how an almanac saved her life. She suffered lifelong kidney trouble and read in Dodd’s Almanac for 1902 about Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Her husband bought a box, she used them, and she improved markedly. She praises the pills and believes they can cure others.
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