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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
4
Store advertises closeout of old stock to fund new inventory. Discounts include 15 percent off shoes and yard goods, with a 1000 worth shipment from Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. plus a full line of men youths and boys all wool suits and pants. Santa Claus line features Xmas gifts at rock bottom prices for distant customers.
Trains stop at Mineral Point with routes going south and north. Belmont Mail No 25 reports 11.04 am, Express 4:27 pm, Bismarck Acc 8.23 pm. Northbound includes Bismarck Acc 5:31 am and St Louis Mall No 2 11:30 pm.
Local notes from Potosi region recount holiday activity and visitors. Names include John Murphy, Joe Murphy, Santa Claus headquarters, and several residents from Concord Township, Belgrade, and St. Louis. Helps readers track who was in town and holiday offerings at John Murphy's store.
Thos. Thebeau, a leading Richwoods figure, visited Friday to renew his subscription and said there is practically no sentiment in his locality in favor of the Meramec bridge project.
Local items report subscriptions and campaign work, Christmas gift plans, and community updates from Belgrade to Potosi. Notes include mining activity near town, dry wells on Jefferson Street, a fatal hunting accident, and a judge sanity proceeding. Also covered are holiday church services, a marriage in Courtois, and words of goodwill from residents and businesses.
County court met in caded session then reconsidered the Meramec bridge appropriation. After reviewing the county attorney’s adverse report the court rescinded its prior action and ordered steps to annul the warrant. The decision supports objections raised by local papers and surveys legality doubts. A later note mentions a Fisk River fire damaging several businesses including Geo M Mowell’s tinshop.
Reports from Crawford County note Howell's 7290 loss without insurance, Karry Newald's injury in an elevator gearing, Purkis the carpenter's ankle fracture from a fall, and Andrew Jinkerson visiting with finances. Real estate activity and a coal vein near Anthony's Mill are mentioned. A fatal accidental shooting near Cadet involves Francis Govero and 12-year-old Tfurdy Portelle, with Portelle dying after the gun discharge.
Advertisement for Bromolumnine laxative promising rapid cold cure. Claims a one day remedy with money back offer if ineffective. Boxes bear EF W Grove signature and cost 250.
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