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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
2
A Madrid dispatch notes Spain discusses marriage for young King Alfonso. The contrast highlights that a young American can choose his own wife, unlike a king who is bound by dynastic alliances. The article lists 13583 scholars across Che rokee Crees Choctaw Chick msi and others.
A counterfeit five dollar bill has been found. The article notes that while more counterfeit notes would ease public fear, many are immune to alarm, reflecting widespread distrust and confusion among citizens.
The Standard Oil Company declared a 12 percent dividend amounting to 12 million dollars. It states that John W D Rwehkefeiler will receive 4 million and his brother William 2.4 million. The dividend is payable in December, bringing the annual total to 44 percent.
Statisticians estimate chinch bug costs 100 a year and other pests push total damages to 2008 000000, with hessian fly brassleuiper potato bug and cotton boll worm causing multi million losses. This suggests a good spot to curb expenses as prosperity wanes.
The writer notes Edison’s skepticism about sending telephony directly to London across the Atlantic and predicts many will share his doubt. It reflects public awe at science yet acknowledges perceived obstacles to long distance communications.
The annual brochure outlines the territory's boundaries including latitude and longitude, measurements in miles yards feet rods and acres. It highlights resources with enthusiasm and advocates irrigation. It also remarks on salary increase for the governor and a lengthy 271 page 225000 word document.
The piece notes that a Russian willingness to battle the Chinese is longstanding and widely discussed among international forces involved in suppressing the Boxer uprising, reflecting deep race tensions and entrenched hostility between nations.
The rising rate of bank failures tied to cashiers and officers misusing funds calls for tighter rules. Officers hold depositor trust, and when they speculate with bank money they commit embezzlement. Justice demands punishment with penitentiary exposure for such executives.
The text notes that Armenian killings in London reflect rival faction hatred and threaten civil support, arguing Armenians cannot expect sympathy from civilized people while barbarous vendettas persist among themselves.
A Boston critic pushes to remove phrases like Indian summer claiming they have no accuracy or link to Native peoples. The text mocks the idea of controlling language and prefers a natural evolution, noting poets and this period of grace favor the term afterglow over forced redesign.
Mr Peirce third assistant secretary of state reports from the American consulates in principal European countries praising their amiability and service to American interests. He notes some abuses and recommends change though overall report is highly complimentary and aligns with foreign observers’ commendations of consular work.
A Denver piece argues juvenile court practice often fines parents for their children misbehavior. It questions fairness when a child inherits tendencies from forebears beyond parental control and invokes the proverb as a reflection on nature versus nurture and inherited sin.
A recent wave of railroad wrecks shows five fatal collisions since mid October. In total 99 people killed and 156 injured across the incidents. Calls grow for accountability and stricter duties among railroad staff.
A week of national and international updates. Congress meets in extra session to debate Cuban reciprocity with the bill laid before the Senate on the 27th. House introduces measures to abolish slavery in the Philippines and to restore the army canteen. Adjournment planned for December 1. A postal fraud report shows losses over 3,000 dollars, with President Roosevelt denouncing official corruption in a memorandum.
The regular Thanksgiving was observed nationwide in the usual manner. Gen Reyes of Colombia, arriving in New Orleans and heading to Washington, says Colombia cannot wage war on America but will retake the isthmus at any cost. U S leading clearing house exchanges for the week ending the 27th totalled £1,658,402 203.
The president attended James King Gracis funeral in New York, linked to the late president’s family. J P Hicken died at Williamburgh N Y hospital leaving a six member family. Massachusetts Supreme Court rules selling a vote is not a crime though buying a vote is serious. Dinn weekly notes Kane cooled by cold weather with November railroad earnings up 4.2 percent. At Newport Mrs Arthur T Kimp divorced and remarried to Hunniwell within a year, judge presided. Lew Pieds and Joseph Weber paid to hear Mine Pactising in Harlan theatre. David Mranner, former congressman 1888-1892, died in catastrophe aged oS years.
Fragments report a family near Pulaski, Dnad poisoned by sardines. Joan K. Duke, a Reyal Building and Loan cashier, killed herself to avoid imprisonment. Dr William Charles Roberts, president of Central Diversity, died in Danville aged 7. Multiple murders, lynchings, arrests and court actions appear across Illinois Missouri and nearby regions, including strikes, robberies, and political notes.
Chicago factories speed layoffs as winter approaches. In Denver Cal a Globe smelter strike breakers were attacked by 260 women who beat them and routed the armed guard. The International Live Stock Association opened its fourth annual exposition at the stock yards in Chicago.
Overseas intelligence notes typhoon fatalities in Swatue China and North Sea storms claim 102 lives. Empire updates cover Dreyfus, Panama possessions, and a British push into Tibet with Russian aid anticipated. Emperor William reportedly loses voice after throat operation. German political and colonial interests noted.
A New Jersey clergyman hires a man as coachman and gardener. He buys horse liniment and instructs use on a lame horse. The worker, misreading directions, dips a spike in the bottle and rubs the leg, claiming the label advised this method due to lack of a toothbrush.
In Friarspoint Mississippi on November 30 the Butler case dominates conversation. G L Butler recounts his son’s spinal disease and prolonged treatment. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills and Dodd's Ricey Pills with curing eight boxes of medicine and ending the boy's nervous symptoms. The tale ends with a joke about divorce and opinionated marriage.
A page of mixed ads and letters endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine troubles with a Savannah reader praising its effects. Other items include laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a series of quotations from various newspapers about cures and opinions on medicines. A $5000 forfeit demands authenticity of the letters.
Mrs Muriel Armitage of Detroit writes that after five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria she found relief with Peruna after six months and fifteen bottles. She claims her health fully restored, asserting catarrh as the root cause of female ailments and Peruna as the cure.
An advertisement-style claim argues that female weakness stems from pelvic catarrh and that catarrh can progress to affect the whole body. It touts Peruna as a permanent cure, including for chronic cases, and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio for free advice.
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