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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
1
Congress met last Monday as Republicans hold all branches. The caucus speech by Speaker Cannon on his re election as presiding officer suggests no clash with the President and indicates alignment with the President's policy path for national progress and prosperity.
Chicago judge Grosseup writes on a decision against members of the pockets combine who conspired to evade the aptt rebate laws. The piece suggests a growing sentiment for equitable wealth distribution and the rewards of honest toil.
The Jefferson City Tribune extols Gov Folk for attacking tariffs, calling the rubber tariff a robber tax and praising free trade. Missouri Democratic papers question his stance, contrasting reform rhetoric with past protectionist policy amid a broader party shift.
Peter S. Grosseup argues for national incorporation over federal licensing to restore peopleownership of national property. He calls for a simple securities structure backed by cash or real property, with bonds tied to real value and dividends paid before second-class securities, and for labor to be made part of ownership through equitable division of increases in value.
The piece questions William H. Folk on whether he backs protection to keep American wages high. It warns that cheap labor abroad could flood the country and asks if Folk supports opening gates to foreign wages or any protection policy, criticizing Prohibition era wage reform rhetoric.
A discourse argues government supervision of national banks and corporations to ensure fair reporting, prevent private gain, and discipline discrimination. It envisions government exchange of securities, a clear divide between obedient and rogue firms, and a civic faith that restores property ownership to the people. It ends with a courtroom anecdote about a judge, a young man, and a dog barking at the moon.
Thanksgiving events featured church services at St Zion and a box supper by the American Brotherhood at Walton’s. Various residents hosted gatherings with family and friends, including Miss Leuvinia Oendersor visiting from Lion Dale and Maud Maxwell traveling from Herryrmyn. A political note quotes Thomas S Austin praising Electric letters after a doctor’s failed attempts to treat his wife. Activities included birthdays, games, music, refreshments, and travel between Potosi, Flat River, and nearby communities.
A solid sorrel horse colt, year old past, left my price Aleut Sept ward of 22 950 for information leading to recovery of a rimal for 3.00 for delivery after my place at the Walser farm on Fourehe a Nenault. Joan Tarren Aptus Mo.
United States holds large share of deposits with about 3,000,178,9 credited to 3,000,009 depositors. The total world savings reach 10,500,000. US population under ten percent supports over five percent. Savings banks and insurance firms dominate bond purchases, with about 1,000 individuals in the country able to invest annually.
A fragmentary historical recipe describes lamb pie with bone broth from lamb breast bones, onion, and mace. It instructs simmering bones, seasoning flour and parsley, rolling meat pieces, baking under puff pastry, and serving with a strained gravy and parsley garnish.
A traveler in Fiz describes bleak high country where snow frightens life away. Beetles and insects inhabit rocks and earth holes, moving little, with six-legged insects seen on white fells.
An old style newspaper ad touts King’s New Life Pills as relief for indigestion and constipation. It urges subscriptions to the St Louis Globe-Democrat, claiming broad western reach, prepaid daily and Sunday editions, and sample copies upon request. It markets the paper aggressively with pricing for various terms and mentions a twice-a-week issue.
A garbled and heavily OCR corrupted excerpt from the Detroit Tribune reveals disjointed dialogue and scene fragments. Names like Smythe and Mr Mucctss appear amid unclear context and stray phrases about rates and rates. The passage reads like a damaged crime or social scene summary with no clear outcome.
The readable lines describe foreigners, a drug or healing theory, and Chinese value, mentioning rats and shapes. The material is garbled with misspellings and lacks concrete events, dates, or identifiable subjects to form a coherent news item or extract.
A fragmentary Washington Star item mentions a Gat left a fortune and a character named Plodding Pete. The unreadable OCR yields little coherent detail beyond a claim of a fortune and names involved.
In Washington county Missouri on vacation November 16 1905 the circuit court orders publication of the order of publication in a partition suit brought by Agnes Shinn against unknown heirs of John L Caldwell. The case seeks division of real estate described as the SE of NW NE of SW and other tracts in township 37 range 7, totaling about forty acres, with sale and division of proceeds among co heirs. The defendants are unknown heirs who cannot be served in Missouri. publication is ordered to notify them to appear by March 6 1906.
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