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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
4
A damaged newspaper fragment shows garbled text and stray numbers. The legible bits mention legal advertising and names may be partially present, but key actions, dates, and entities are unreadable. The record remains a partial notice with unclear binding details and no verifiable facts.
Christmas seals for 1922 will be sold here and nationwide this December by children. The campaign notes progress in America across years and cites Missouri where deaths from tuberculosis fell from 5112 in 1911 to 8010 in 1921.
Professor W. F. Humphreys of Franklin Institute explains rainbows vary with observer positions. He notes every observer perceives a different rainbow color distribution and two nearby observers will not see the same rainbow due to differing light paths from raindrops.
A Pikeville attorney on a district tour claimed votes in a home visit when the mistress noted her husband had been cleared of stealing meat. The woman quipped the meat still hangs in the house as proof and refused to charge the man.
The text advises starting furnishing with a definite idea of desired effect and type of furniture to determine overall harmony. It cautions against copying others schemes and emphasizes balancing style with personal needs.
Local paper notes a busy Christmas season with social visits and sales. Mentions include C Wheaey’s St Louis trip, Rittor T Pigg from Ironton Enterprise, and H Hedley welcoming a baby boy. Prices: corn at about a dollar a bushel, wheat around 1.26 a bushel. The highway contract Potosi to Berryman to be let next Friday. Journal urged readers to redeem war savings stamps by January 1. The Constitutional Convention adjourned to April 15. Potosi beat Irondale to win Washington County basketball, and Kroger manager John Berthold robbed of 60 dollars on way home. Rev N H McCain to lead Potosi church. Lyceum third program featured George W Mead on “The Great Men” and social commentary.
Four 3-year-old steers three 2-year-old steers and one yearling heifer marked with crop off right ear and tag left stamped MR Eversole. contact W Betile Potosi Mo. County reports over 600 hunting licenses issued this season with more dodging wardens than prior years. State Supreme Court upholds Belgrade road improvement election and bond issuance. United States Supreme Court permits dual prosecutions for prohibition violations. Ironton road project suspended until spring. winter travel will be severely difficult and impassable.
Guy Poston Martin son of the late William Martin of Irondale died at Denver Colorado. The remains were taken to De Soto Missouri for interment in the family lot. He is survived by three brothers William H Martino Irondale Fred W Martin Moolt Louis and Frank A Martino of Centralia Missouri and Mrs Cleode A Eaton and Miss Charlotte Martin of St Louis. Deceased had been in ill health for several years and had gone to Colorado hoping to improve.
In a festive note the junior editor reveals the birth of his son on December 15, a nine-pound boy named Frank M Jr. The mother claims the child should grow into a newspaper seller, and the editor jokes about subscriptions as the family celebrates this milestone while all are reported in good health.
H C Tiffany arrested in St Louis and brought to Farmington, jailed for theft related to J P Casey's Hudson, car wrecked in St Louis, license tag owner identified Tiffany. He waived preliminary hearing. trial unlikely before February. Tiffany previously lived in Potowomi and was a Ford Garage head mechanic.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Naegele moved to a newly purchased farm over Mcpewel near Mayworth Weiming. John Ehlort and wife sold a 45 acre Liberty Township farm near Latty to John RB Gracy of Nebraska. Ho Simpson Allen and wife from Kansas bought the Hobbes farm near Latty and will take possession. All sales coordinated by H C Bell of Strout Farm Agency. Bell averaged a farm sale per week over the past year, locating families nationwide in this county.
Mrs Melvin Baddour and her six year old daughter Myrtle were struck by jitney driver Floyd Crees’s Ford near the Delco Theatre as they crossed toward the Baddour store. Both were hospitalized. Mrs Baddour unconscious briefly, Myrtle cut on the feet. Crees arrested for reckless driving, bond set at 1000. The accident prompts stricter city lighting and traffic enforcement.
The High School welcomed the Parent Teachers Club for a pleasant program and refreshments on Friday in the schoolhouse. Mrs Riley Farmer has recovered from pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved into the Glenn property. News reached of Guy Martin's death in Denver on the 4th, buried at De Soto with many locals attending the funeral.
Assembling the machinery at the new Eaton-Eversole tract mines, work progresses on site near the locality. Crews set up equipment and begin initial pretende construction as plans move forward.
The Civic League annual report covers Oct 1 1921 to Oct 1 1922 with charitable aid and events. It notes clothing for 25 families, nourishment for typhoid patients, vaccine funding, and seven weeks of provision for one six member family. Donations from Methodist Church and local business raise funds for charity and a concert series aids transportation for two children to the Missouri School for the Blind. A lyceum course and two lawn socials support the Potosi Concert Hand, and the group aims to expand the federation of Missouri clubs. Financial statements and estate notices are included.
Letters of administration granted November 20 17 by the Probate Court of Washington County Missouri to Josnen EF Reean administrator. All persons having claims must exhibit them for allowance within months from the date of letters or be barred. Publication November 1922. Lovel Broax judge and ex officio clerk of probate court.
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Official statement lists capital stock paid in ten thousand dollars surplus funds ten thousand dollars and undivided profits two thousand nine hundred forty seven dollars. It shows individual deposits subject to check one thousand one hundred thirty two dollars and ninety eight cents and demand certificates of deposit two thousand three hundred eight dollars and one cent.
A narrator and companion walk downtown when a car stops and crowds them. The driver, a stranger, declines joining them, and in the rush to leave the pair forget to apologize. The exchange ends with lingering awkwardness as they depart.
The federal agricultural experiment station in Guam reports a method to shield crops from strong seasonal winds. Introducing a double row of the Wyeon area peas around gardens promotes sturdy growth to 10 to 18 feet, yields abundant edible peas, and remains effective for two to three years without replanting.
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