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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
1
Prohibition lost in Missouri with 218081 votes. Critics claim fraud could influence such a lopsided result. Only 32 counties voted dry, with Dunklin Pemiscot Reynolds and Wayne among four southeast Missouri counties voting dry.
A reader questions whether Democrats in Missouri are honest as they allegedly swipe 13 of their members into Congress while winning less than half of the popular vote, noting the disparity between vote share and seat allocation.
A reader observes that modern stage women perform art dances with legs bare mid torso and notes that art on stage enjoys broad license. The writer mentions illustrations showing not all dancers are bow legged, implying varied body presentation on stage.
The Democrats have decided to contest the election for state officers. Regardless of the outcome they fear the move will set a precedent allowing Republicans to contest in the future if Democrats win the polls.
The Journal acknowledges an error stating 100 lbs of standard sugar could be bought for 2. The correct figure is 50 lbs for 3. A St. Louis grocer offers sugar at 1.95 for 50 lbs, clarifying the actual price available to consumers.
The founder of the Christian Science Church, Mrs Eddy, has died from pneumonia. The article notes that no science can defy nature’s ordination, and cites her doctrine that death is a terror, illustrating human fallibility.
InJosh Billings style the Kaiser Billy of Germany is described as a comic fool. He speaks of divine appointment to rule sparking uproar, but the narrator doubts divine rights and suggests he seeks only amusement. The piece reads as a satirical riff on royal authority.
The Ironton Register reacts to Democratic victory and rumors that Champ Clark is softening tariff positions. The editor dismisses the claim, urging proof strong as Holy Writ, and laments hope fading like ashes on Abe’s lips with a biblical refrain about no balm in Gilead.
In a Fredericktown Dem News note, after selling the North American the paper hopes everyone will work to boost Fredericktown. The piece mocks the belief that Walter Hensley’s election to Congress would aid the North American, suggesting Hensley’s influence is failing.
The analysis notes that outside St. Louis the Democratic majority in Missouri in the recent election is not worth comparing to the 1906 off year. It calls the statewide landslide a mere shovelful, asserts county gains are smaller in vote, and predicts Republicans will become strong enough to defeat Democrats in counties and in St. Louis after disciplinary reforms.
John Deitz faces no murder or related charges after a long dispute with the lumber trust over his homestead near Cameron Wisconsin. A deputy aiding the trust was killed during the conflict and Deitz's daughter was wounded by gunfire though no one has been indicted for that shooting.
A railing about the business outlook by James H. Hill prompts discussion of private ownership over finance. The piece cites J. Pierpont Morgan as equally influential and warns that industrial and financial combines loom larger than government. It urges transferring power from private hands back to the state for economic stability.
Postmaster General Hitchcock urges Congress to pass the parcels post measure. He notes opposition by express companies and country merchants cannot halt adoption for long due to growing public demand. He warns small-town merchants may be forced to adapt or be edged out by city mail order houses.
A St Louis Times editorial notes Uncle Joe Cannon’s remark about there being no eatin’s at Mark Twain’s memorial in New York. It argues that meals at gatherings foster happiness and normalcy, suggesting social functions with food reduce anxieties seen in psychology, criminology, and divorce courts.
A writer argues country merchants must abandon the general store model. He says a shared capital approach, with exclusive lines and catalogs, would let small towns compete with mail order and city department stores. He warns the parcels post suspension is pending.
An English traveler in a Maine stall town breaks a leg after stepping into a sidewalk hole. Hannibal Hamlin represents him, wins in lower court and again in the state supreme court. Hamlin then gives the client a dollar as damages after fees and costs, prompting a puzzled reply about the dollar’s value.
Dr Edward A Spitzka professor of anatomy at Jefferson Medical College a leading brain specialist declares it is criminal to force a left handed child to use the right hand He explains the left handed brain places the speech center on the right side while the right handed brain centers are opposite He urges conformity to natural tendencies by parents
A Hartford man recalls Mark Twain recounting a spring trip by stage in Mississippi after a thirty mile journey turned mud bound. The stage stuck seventeen times, passengers endured wet and dirty conditions, and three women passengers turned out to be three large men in disguise.
Terrell Catawba county Georgia report recalls a group led by Luther and Les ter Sherrill Fred Settlemire Ransom and Walter Hades who chopped a red oak hollowed tree to harvest a possum nineteen young, two grey squirrels a swarm of bees and honey from a bee tree without clear motive or outcome.
A citizen describes long relief from kidney trouble after using Doane Kidney Pills. He recounts frequent backaches and urinary issues eased by the product purchased at a dry goods store, praising Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York and urging others to buy through local agents.
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