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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
1
The piece predicts Taft will use decisive presidential power. It comments on good roads advocates seeking congressional return, the deep water appropriation issue, and Missouri Republicans opposing offices not won by honest elections while Democrats pursue gains on amended returns.
The text notes that Democrats will not strip Black Missourians of citizenship rights yet, while a Republican legislature and governor hinder efforts.
A man in Jersey county Illinois reports sighting a rat snake fifteen feet long. The claim sparks humor about strong booze supposedly producing giant rattlesnakes in mid winter.
The tariff revision hearings reveal that manufacturers seek free raw materials yet insist on protecting manufactured goods. The argument frames tariff operation as self serving, granting raw material producers the same protection rights as manufacturers, underscoring the clash between resource suppliers and finished goods protection.
The nation runs about 10 million dollars monthly behind expenditures with a projected 100 million dollar deficit by June. Calls for budget cuts rise while Congress faces a tough task to curb spending as every department seeks more funds.
The passage argues Congress overreacts to Roosevelt’s critique of an amendment. It suggests any official with a clear record need not fear secret service scrutiny when investigating potential criminal conduct, and claims honest lawmakers should not feel affronted by investigative authority.
An editorial notes how political contests are treated differently depending on who is in power. The author recalls past contested elections, citing Eaton, Baugher, Eversole, Declue, and Hancock Johnson in 1856, suggesting fraud claims are selective and political. Evans is mentioned in the fragment.
Our plan centers on a single price strategy. We cut the price when we mark our shoes, and the reduced price applies to you at purchase.
W H Evans of Hopewell Missouri notes past Tennessee Governor Goebel era actions. He recalls a Democratic legislature ousting Goebel and Taylor allies in Kentucky, offering a hundred thousand dollars for evidence to hang them on the Republican ticket. He cites Missouri lawmakers threatening similar moves as they discuss action.
The Globe-Democrat reports Missouri Democrats remain fractured after losses in governorship and electoral votes. The party, led by Cowherd, sees its Old Guard plan defeated and factional battles intensify over a national committeeman, lieutenant governor returns, and potential primary contests. Bryan's defeat shocks supporters as factional tension and uncertainty rise.
In Pittsburg a portion of the town was startled when a group of young women danced a spring song in bare feet and legs. The following night Chief of Police Thom- led a response that drew local attention and concern to the event.
The dispatch describes Chief McQuaide ordering women to wear clothes or face jail after a stage incident. He directs lighting, shoes, and decorum, saying he won’t tolerate bare legs. The St. Louis Times endorses him, calling for his example in cities nationwide to curb indecency and “art en thusiasm.”
The Emmanuel movement promotes self healing through auto suggestion. Rev Lyman P Powell shares a method used to cure insomnia and offers a slow soothing aloud formula: I am going to sleep I shall not be awake I am going to sleep. The text outlines gradual calming phrases and notes sleep stealing over senses as muscles relax and the brain eases.
In the last fiscal year the railway mail service processed 21,650,849,715 pieces of mail. Due to illegible addresses 35,561,351 items required special attention, with 18,988,526 returned or corrected and forwarded.
The department spent $81,157,720 in the year with a notable saving from new mail weighing. The Southern states saw railroads receive $434,730 less under the new divisor. Overall the system yields a net yearly saving of $2,226,105. Additional economies follow as post office car service was reviewed and car space on several routes readjusted, saving $272,040 for the year.
Missouri Experiment Station led by Dr. P F Trowbridge found that 45 percent of fertilizers sold to Missouri farmers by major packing companies and others do not contain guaranteed elements. Violations largely tied to firms in Chicago St Louis and Kansas City supplying Mississippi Valley farmers.
Reports claim the deaths of John Amundson, district court clerk in Emmet County, and his elder brother Dr O C Amundson of Oklahoma occurred the same day. Relatives describe intense shared health pains and lifelong close ties between the siblings. John fell ill in Esterville Iowa, and hours later word arrived of Dr Amundson’s dangerous condition in Oklahoma.
1872 Missouri property owners paid similar state taxes to today while property valuation tripled over 36 years. Authors argue roads could be funded by existing assessments without bond issues, noting current 17 cent rate and potential 42 cent total with a 25 cent road tax. Historical context from Kansas City Times.
Hopewell notes indicate merchant Walton is unloading Christmas goods while Rev. Bumpus delivered a strong sermon last Sabbath. Rev. Thompson departed for Oklahoma to lead a class for the coming year. Ramsey suffered four mine fatalities on the railroad. Walton and Nixon are shipping substantial wood and ties from the locality.
Miss Vergie Dace visits relatives in Bonne Terre while Mrs. Fred Nixon and Mr. Robin Thompson show illness. A December wedding unites Miss Anna Eichenberger and Mr. E C Nixus at the Leich Engenberg home with Rev. Linza officiating. Hopewell school plans a Friday box supper to fund a globe and needs. Mrs. Ellis improves after a months illness.
Latty residents report deer and fishing leisure as top amusements. An oyster supper at L E Hancock’s drew praise. Miss Mary I Wigginbotham visited the Nichols. Mr Elza Springer of Ebo stayed in St Louis last week. E T Stephens hosted by W M Matlock Sunday. A Pleasant Hill school entertainment led by Miss Hazel Boyer featured Nicholson Quintette, recitation by Miss Whaley, plus the four act drama From Pumpkin Ridge and a pre social.
Washington’s Headquarters at Newburg North Carolina is carefully preserved with well kept grounds and pride from locals. The state allocates annual funds for upkeep while the house also stores a vast collection of manuscripts relics and Revolution memorials. A request to the legislature seeks a fireproof building to house them at an estimated cost of 20000 dollars.
A list of notable unmarried figures spans science philosophy revealing a tradition of single life among Isaac Newton Hobbes Smith Chamfort Galileo Descartes Locke Kant Leibnitz Hume Gibbon Macaulay Buckle Pitt Fox da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo Reynolds Turner Handel Beethoven Rossini Mendelssohn Meyerbeer and others.
Professor David Eugene Smith reports extensive travel in the Orient where Buddhist priests show strong interest in his search for mathematical material among Burmese sources. He has secured a number of curious manuscripts and will add valuable casts of old numerical inscriptions from the Calcutta museum to his growing collection.
In England the Seebar, a 56.2 ton former German torpedo boat, underwent practical gyroscope testing. A heavy flywheel 40 inches in diameter and 1,106 pounds, driven at 1600 rpm, steadied the vessel while roll reached 14 degrees when the machine was inactive.
The Baltimore Sun notes American women marrying into old European noble families may feel superior due to titles though not truly so. It argues many marry for social eminence and compatible partners, while acknowledging the high rate of failed European alliances among ambitious women.
A New York merchant recalls a morning subway incident sparked by an overzealous wife. An elderly man, absorbed in his paper, pulls from his pocket a handkerchief only to reveal folded black socks, used as dry socks by his wife to prevent wet feet. He explains they were meant to keep him comfortable during the commute and workday.
Sig. Caruso, famed singer, once earned only 25 cents a week singing in a Naples church choir. His father, a mechanic, opposed a professional music career and urged him toward another trade. The tale comes from Tit-Bits as he rose to fame on a fabulous salary.
The column asserts wealth is highly concentrated in the country. It cites about 700000 deaths yearly with 616000 leaving nothing or almost nothing, over 50000 leaving about 1000 dollars, and over 10000 estates not exceeding 5000 dollars. It concludes roughly 21000 holders own nearly all accumulator wealth.
The king of England is described as the oldest royal golfer by life and experience though not by age. It notes he was driving a golf ball about fifty years ago, well before most golfers of today were born.
A fragment shows a reconciliation moment where one speaker admits folly after a quarrel with George, and Grayce reassures them they are not a fool. The tone is intimate and reflective, focusing on personal dynamics rather than wider events.
Mrs. Compton recounts her thrifty act of conserving a battery by sitting in the dark with her electric lantern until it faded, assuring her husband Henry that the sacrifice was made with a clear conscience and tomorrow's recharging awaits.
John Sargent, famed painter, is an eccentric who vanishes from London during major projects and returns with a new portrait. He aims to capture the sitter's mind and feeling, not just the external likeness, yielding lifelike results. He is also a modest musician and engaging conversationalist.
The world's priciest necklace belongs to Countess Henckel, valued at about 250000 dollars and formed from three historic pieces. One once belonged to the ex queen of Naples, another to a Spanish great, and the third to Empress Eugenie. A 412-pearl duchess of Montrose necklace sold for 60000 dollars. Empress Frederick of Germany is said to own a 35 pearl necklace worth at least 200000, and Lady Achester's black pearl necklace is about 126000.
In Burma and the Far East sandwood trade, the pestiferous ant is a valuable assistant to loggers. Heartwood, worth its weight in silver, lies beneath a soft sapwood layer. Once trees are felled, ants immediately begin consuming the sapwood, leaving the hard heartwood exposed within weeks.
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