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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
4
The Potosi Journal weekly edition notes publication from Potosi Missouri dated December 12, 1906. Editor and publisher F. M. Deggendorf is listed. The notice appears as a standard postal service imprint for second class matter.
Official Washington County directory lists Jos J Williams Sillsboro Senator F H Farris Steelville Representative E M Dearing Potosi Presiding Judge L A Page Undine Judge 1st district T T H B Paul Tid Judge 2nd district 8S Martin Sunlight Clerk Isaac A Letcher Clerk county court John O ng Judge probate court Jas A Henson Collector Jas R Whitehead Sheriff J W Collins Treasurer T F Blount Prosecuting Attorney U S Kitcheson Governor C O deyfarth County Assessor J I Williams Caledonia County School Commissioner J W Houston Liondaie Surveyor H Hawkins Summit Justice of the Peace W I Hunter Potosi O F Beal Mineral Point. IE FOR HOLDING COURTS. Circuit court 1st Monday in March and 4th Monday in August County court 1st Dropday in February May August and November Probate court and Monday in February May August and November Notice of special terms will be given whenever announced. Potosi.
Trains stop at Mineral Point with southbound Little Rock Local at 10.38 am and Texas Express at 4.50 pm. Northbound Mempissa Express at 5.05 am and Local Express at 2.20 pm. Timings include St Louis local listings and miscellaneous stops.
Two weeks before Christmas onlookers note Belgrade and Bellemontain visitors on streets last week including Mr. R A Wortham, Mr Dock Hutchings, and Miss Mary M Casey. St Francois county taxable wealth nears eight million dollars. Adams farm progress near Liondale. Oak Lawn Dairy Fury offers ice cream for events. football injury in Jackson.
Woolfords Drug Store advertises lamps as Christmas gifts in a small town paper. Mrs Eugene J Connolly and her son Eugene of Colorado Springs are visiting family Mr and Mrs W N Wood. A local preacher Rev Williams obtained a warrant against Freeman Martin for disturbing the peace after a church exit. the case went to a justice who deliberated and returned a not guilty verdict. The Supreme Court recently affirmed a ruling against a picture-frame vendor for peddling without proper license, noting deceptive sales tactics. The town forms a volunteer fire brigade and lists organizing members. The city council plans to meet Monday to appoint officers for the fire department.
Full line of Christmas jewelry including plain gold rings ladies and gent’s set rings signet rings brooches hat pins and pins at Woolforlys.
In Parmington Mo a land tract near discovery of fish vein metals attracts six capitalists from St Louis and Chicago. Samuel Rongey a City Hospital patient claims ownership amid offers and doubts about the land’s true value. The 275 acres have been idle twelve years with potential mineral wealth and a past attempt to sell hampered by lack of capital.
Latty and Mr and Mrs Latie Nichelson spent Sunday at W. MM. Meadows. Mrs Satie Nicholson and two grandchildren Matnie and sons and Miss Stella Miancock visited the Martin place. Nicholson returned from ashore Helrade. Onis Nidyatson spent Latty Sunday afternoon. W. TP. Scott paid Latty a short visit Sunday. Mr JOT. Vutecmiate planned a trip to Potosi Monday. An odd varied ad and health cure notice follow with Laxtive and Waterman pills endorsement and promotional notes.
Disjointed items recount a cough remedy praise by a National Power authority note, a boyhood bank memory, land taxation and sales, court letters about land in Madison County, and a misattributed name in a local ad. The piece blends mixed local notices and legal references with sparse names and places.
A New Britain reader reports uncertain results with Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming partial relief after second dose and no lasting benefit. The misspelled account mentions diabetes, a life doubt, and a sale note about price per pint and separate creams, reflecting era advertisements.
Wm P Duty is listed with a license in Missouri Potossy Mo Myrtle Stepbell aged 22. The fragmentary entry notes names and ages for license matters on a historical page. The readable items indicate individuals and jurisdictions but lack full context.
The latest styles in materials and patterns offered for ladies coats and jackets. Prices engineered to beat St. Louis competitors.
The Priscilla Society of the Presbyterian church will hold its annual bazaar at Settle's ball on Tuesday evening December 5th with a small sale of Christian presents. City authorities plan sidewalk enforcement to close gaps and improve continuity.
Lineville Louisiana witnesses a wedding derail as S M Demnypsey is revealed by the minister Ken Chas Tanquarys to be already married. Miss Riacene Dicksoo declares no wedding while guests watch in shock. Demnypsey, a traveling man, has a history of marriages and divorces according to local reports.
A couple in Brooklyn disappeared from view after boarding a viewing party from New York. Two beautiful horses were led to the front of a house, mounted, and the pair rode away at speed to avoid a heavy rain. The Lipps family seemed immaculately dressed as the horses were used for an automatic getaway, leaving witnesses baffled.
A curious object described as a flexible stone device from California and Georgia is shown to bend like rubber yet made of interlocked colored stones. The piece is touted as a London humor novelty with Cockney flavor and literary references.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Welsh communities and war time talks including services in Luann, a Lena Talk on the War, and references to captains and comrades. Names and places are unclear, but the text centers on wartime religious observances and morale activities among Welsh settlers.
Strayed two year old red and white heifer and two blick steers described. Heifers ears show underbit, ear brands and a belt ring. Reward offered for recovery or delivery to the described location near Renault. Contact W. J. Cassy Route 1 Potosi Missouri.
A fragmentary text hints at an inviting topic about a local issue or event, with unclear names or specifics. The readable content centers on a casual, unsettled note, suggesting a mundane drama or social detail at hand.
The Rev Srl R Hicks resumes publication of a popular almanac at Word and Works Publishing, 2200 Locust Street, St Louis Missouri. The 1907 almanac offers continued monthly insights and reliability, with copies priced at two cents through news dealers.
Publication from the Land Office Springfield Missouri dated November 7 announces a notice of intent to stake a five year claim on Section 2c Township 7 North Range 17. The proof will be heard before the County Court Clerk in Potosi on Tuesday January 16. Witnesses include George W. Jinains Sep Hollinswort and Wu P. Case from Shirley, Missouri along with N. Van Hosen, mepister.
An old public notice cautions buyers to refuse non genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package claiming all counterfeit products harm health. It stresses that genuine Foley’s in yellow packaging contains no harmful additives and offers safe relief for coughs and chest ailments.
Notice states a ten dollar reward for information leading to conviction of trespassers on mapped lands in Washington County including sections six township ranges. It claims a subscription offer for the Journal and Globe-Democrat at one hundred dollars per year, urging prompt action.
A Svunk man registers at a city hotel and, after being found verdant, asks to skip dinner due to a meeting with a friend. He tells the clerk not to trouble the cook, saying he can get along without dinner for one day. The clerk remarks on his consideration toward the cook.
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