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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
1
A caustic political note questions legislative tactics that may burden the Republican minority. It derides ideologies as evils and mocks imperial pretensions, suggesting reforms should be rejected to preserve real governance.
An effort seeks federal aid for improving public highways and proposes a three way cost split among government, state, and county. The plan envisions a national highway spanning the continent as a central project for Congress to consider. The proposal discusses equitable funding and local participation to accelerate road construction nationwide.
Reports allege police aiding Democratic ward-heelers to stuff ballots in St Louis. A precinct sergeant searched Republican judges for arms, then warned a mob of Democrats who beat Republicans with pistol butts and brass knuckles, driving them from the polls as repeaters cast votes. The piece condemns the conduct and calls for outsiders to leave the state.
A Missouri editorial argues Democrats may seek to amend or repeal the Nesbit election law next month in Jefferson City but predicts Republicans will not gain parity at the polls. It says Nesbitism is one element in a broader Democratic plan to control elections and calls for scrapping partisan election machinery and police oversight in St Louis and Kansas City, noting Democratic control limits prospects for nationwide reform.
City rumor suggests anti Stone Democrats may team with Republicans to form a joint ballot to defeat Stone and elect another Democrat to the U S Senate. The note expresses dislike of the scheme and a preference for Republicans backing a Republican candidate, even if only nominal.
A state political column accuses the Democratic party of loyalty to corporate interests. It notes Stone as a lobbyist aligned with corporations and argues the party shares a corrupt record, urging Republicans to back a clean, honest candidate and refrain from Democratic scheming in the Senatorial contest.
The Pilgrim argues the global fight for livelihood mirrors broader industrial warfare. It notes labor vs employers spans beyond workers to include rivals and systemic cruelty, with modern factories replacing traditional shops and professionals facing new corporate control and legal corruption.
The U S Supreme Court in Brown's opinion upholds a Missouri statute barring insurers from denying life policy claims when the insured commits suicide unless it is shown the insured contemplated death at policy application. The Knights Templar Life Indemnity Co v darman decision affirms a $6,002.30 judgment in a Missouri suit, with Trout v Modern Woodmen of America pending in the circuit court.
The State Teachers Association plans a large meeting in St Louis on December 30 with about two thousand teachers expected. Dr Miller of Liberty Missouri calls a school boards meeting at Central High School Building. Examinations for state certificates set for Saturday and Monday with algebra and pedagogy on both days. Census data notes wheat and corn crops and a legislative composition summary.
Order of publication in Washington County Missouri notes that Mariam E. Dinsbrow and William A. Dinsbrow are nonresidents. Suit seeks partition of ten acres within a seventy acre tract in section 27 township 37 range 3 east. Case set for March term at Potosi court house with four weekly newspaper publications in Potosi Journal.
A fragmentary notice urges mothers to watch for early worm symptoms in children and to seek treatment, mentioning Teasdale's Drug Store in Potosi and Suitor & Co. in Richwoods for remedies or guidance.
An aged traveler with a fish on his back tours the world for nearly thirty years, offering health and comfort to the sick and weak. He brings strength to consumptives, nourishing food to children, and firmer flesh to pale individuals, with generations later recounting his visits.
An advertisement touts Voley's Honey and War as a safe throat and lung remedy praised by physicians. The note notes it is sold at all dealers in Potosi and humorously includes a Bible page anecdote about Noah. The fragment hints at moral instruction from a Kansas preacher and a classroom prank.
An old advertisement claims Herbine cures malaria and related symptoms such as chills fever headaches and biliousness. It quotes J A Hopkins of Manchester Kansas praising the medicine and notes availability at Teasdale's Drug Store in Potosi and Suitor & Co. in Richwoods.
The Belgrade Mercantile Company shipped 197.80 dollars worth of turkeys and chickens to the Flat River market for the holiday trade. Rumors mention an upcoming wedding. Mr. C. Bryan returns from the Flat River mines reporting ample work and good wages. Roads are largely impassable and monuments rise in cemeteries. Local road work in Potosi district should extend toward the Belgrade road. Over 100 turkeys shipped since Thanksgiving. Community health improving though sickness persists. Wishing Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to the Journal editor.
We have built a wagon shop with our blacksmith shop and partner Mr. N C Guyton. We offer first class wagon and wood work using the best materials. We sell new wagons at St Louis prices with freight. Horse shoeing and repairs are a specialty. Your patronage is appreciated.
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