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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
2
A collage of quips on politics weather and society from the Potosi Journal. Snippets touch on football crowd reactions mortality aviation wages and a range of humorous contrarian observations. Includes references to MissourI and Virginia incidents and global disasters.
A Chicago minister urges state level compulsory marriage enforced like education and favors women proposing when men hesitate. He frames this as a radical but not iconoclastic shift in social norms, aligning with enduring impulses of human nature.
Citizens push for government purchase of cattle and meat bust through an agricultural bank and for a foreign network to handle importation and dealing of cattle and meat products as living costs rise.
A New York widow with millions is described as having married an American, noted as an unlikely match that involved a colonel and a governor’s farm context, with emphasis on the unusual union and social intrigue surrounding it.
The czar tightens aviation oversight amid fears of bombs from airships. Officials warn that every measure to aid civilization brings new perplexities for the head of government.
The article argues Britain should unite with others to stir up action in the Congo. It states it is time to remove conditions that have become a disgrace to civilization and calls for decisive steps to address the situation.
A fragment notes Gastro, recently in Venezuela, intends to move to the United States if immigration laws permit. The brief suggests locals expect him to be welcomed, though details are unclear.
A violent nor’easter blankets New York with more than a foot of snow in places and high winds. Trains, especially south and west routes, face major delays while upstate and Canadian lines run hours behind. A four car Bath Beach line train carries about 100 passengers nine and a half hours trapped in a snowbank as Brooklyn Rapid Transit crews struggle to relieve stalled cars. Four locomotive snow plows aid elevated lines, yet city and county routes remain gridlocked.
Winter swept into New England as a northeast storm with high energy. The gale drove a tide into Massachusetts Bay nearly matching the 1851 level, toppling wires and halting trains and streetcars. Three deaths occurred in Everett and Chelsea as tides rose unusually high.
Oak Park residents hailed the thieves as the nicest robbers they ever dealt with after a safe was moved from C. A. Scales store last Saturday. The safe was delivered by express with prepaid charges. Scales noted slight door marks but the contents were described as keepsakes valuable only to him, and the thieves reportedly sent the property back when no loot could be taken.
In Naples authorities found a vault empty after breaking seals on the Patani mansion. The theft of 4 million dollars in cash and securities is tied to the late Senator Patani’s estate. The vault had been sealed since Patani’s November death awaiting executors. No crew accomplices yet identified.
Cardinal Francis Satelli, once papal delegate to the United States, worsened as blood poisoning developed, increasing his danger in Rome Italy.
Waterloo Iowa reports a fatal interurban street car crash between Galloway and Litchfield. Motorman Edward Hunt died from injuries and four passengers were badly hurt as two trolleys collided. Hunt suffered broken legs and back.
A jury found William L. Davis, former vice president of the Canton State Bank, guilty as indicted for the alleged abstraction of 350 shares of bank stock valued at $350,000 from the defunct institution.
Two firemen were killed and others injured when the Callahan block burned, one of the city’s largest business buildings, causing extensive destruction in Lewiston Maine.
General Tzelaya commands a retreating force as loyal troops, facing hardships, abandon lines and defect to the enemy in a chaotic turn of events.
Cable reports from Bluefields say about 800 to 1000 have died since the campaign began. Zelaya leads government forces retreating from Rama and may personally command near Chile as revolutionary generals press pursuit. Wounded and captives flood Bluefields while calls grow for U S intervention “in humanitys sake.”
Muskogee county sheriff Ram sey resigns as governor Haskell orders pending investigation into charges. The district court suspends filing of a formal accusation by the special grand jury currently in session, totaling 20 counts.
Reports from incoming liners indicate a great storm delaying westbound vessels. The Lusitania, St Paul, Minnetonka, and La Touraine are among those arriving in New York behind schedule.
Olympia notes state law bars reading the Bible in public schools or opening school with prayer according to Attorney General Bell's opinion. The guidance emphasizes constitutional separation of church and state in education.
Announcement from the department of commerce and labor states Secretary Nagel has reappointed H. H. North as commissioner of immigration in San Francisco.
Ottawa dispatch reports the Canadian railway board approves telegraph code words limited to five letters. The change takes effect next July and applies to all telegraph companies operating in Canada.
In Washington Taft and MacVeagh agreed on a $100 million bond issue to replenish the treasury. Senator Aldrich was brought in and MacVeagh will prepare plans. The six month deficit from July 1 exceeds $28.5 million despite higher receipts. The move uses congress authorized Panama Canal bonds to cover canal expenditures.
The body of Leopold II, late king of the Belgians, was laid in the royal vault at St Mary’s church Laeken beside Queen Marie Henriette and others. The funeral proceeded with full state ceremony despite the king’s wish for simplicity. Spectators grew riotous, police and soldiers clashed with crowds, and many were hospitalized.
In Delaware Ohio Mabel William age five and her brother Grover four died trying to save their baby brother Vernon two from a blaze in their home. The parents were in a closed barn nearby unaware until neighbors’ screams drew them to the fire. The children were playing with matches.
In a farm home three miles from town, Charles and Peter Meyers aged 16 and 14 died in a blaze that engulfed the house. They were asleep on the second floor as the fire started. the father saved his wife and four younger children. The incident leaves the community grieving the loss of two youths.
A would-be killer fired through a bedroom window in Chicago striking Miss Ethel Eithlbuher near the curtain. The shot pierced her dress but bounced off on striking the corset, likely saving her life. The incident underscores the improvised protection provided by the corset during the attempt.
Sapulpa Oklahoma Billy Brink an Indian with two murder charges whose January term hearing was set was assassinated near Kellville. He was found dead from a bullet wound.
A.R. Long of Kansas City buys the noted show and saddle stallion Knight of Point Au View from I. T. Anderson of Maysville Kentucky for six thousand dollars.
Five men were burned in a mine explosion at a small Cougler county mine northwest of McAlester Oklahoma two men died and three were injured The injured are Riley England Ernest Neimeyer and M Holder The cause of the blast was not determined at report time.
In Newburg New York on December 23, a fire destroyed the Thomas S. Marvell company shipbuilding yards despite reinforcements from half a dozen towns. The loss is placed at $500,000.
A New York Explorers' Club report denounces Dr. Cook as untrustworthy and says he did not prove reaching Mount McKinley. The committee disregarded Guide Barrill's affidavits, noting Cook failed to provide promised evidence after appearing before the club. The board finalized his membership removal.
Denver citizens spearhead a western wide effort to invite Theodore Roosevelt back after his African hunting trip. They plan to subscribe funds to send a message or a committee from Chicago to the Pacific coast and as far south as St. Louis to Khartoum to meet him and extend the invitation. If the call comes from all western regions, Roosevelt is expected to accept.
Mrs. Gunjiro Aoki appeals for permission and protection to rejoin her father Archdeacon Emery in Corte Madera after a dispute over her marriage to a Japanese houseboy. She asks forgiveness and wishes to return to her husband with their six month old child.
In Washington on Monday the senate confirmed Judge H H Lurton to succeed Mr Justice Peckham on the United States Supreme Court.
Washington D C The appeal of Harry K Thaw from the Matteawan commitment was not considered by the U S Supreme Court Justice McKenne denied a petition to review the case
Sedalia Lights and Traction company threatens to pull street lighting if the council does not repeal a recent ordinance setting maximum arc light price at 60 dollars per year. The firm, which has supplied lamps at 75 dollars annually without a city contract, demands a long term agreement with a favorable rate.
Douglas Eads Jr a 30 year old shooting gallery proprietor was mortally wounded by Night Watchman Howard on Pine street during a prize shoot. Eads son of Douglas Eads Sr cashier at People's National Bank Warrensburg died thirty minutes after the shooting.
William Pery and Beulah Aspinall wed at Probate Judge Hubbard's home after a party where guests teased their interest. A guest challenged them to marry, and they immediately performed the ceremony, tying their vows within six days of meeting.
The Japanese emperor, via Northern Japan governors, presented William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri with a wooden loving cup in green and gold. The gift honors Jewell students for their famine relief contributions to the 1905 fund.
Adjutant General Rumbold announced a Missouri National Guard gathering in Jefferson City on New Year’s Day with about 100 state officers and several U S Army officers in attendance.
The Reverend Sylvester Wood of the General Baptist church was served with a warrant on a charge of violating local-option law. An active temperance advocate in the 1906 local-option campaign, his role stands out in the era’s prohibition efforts.
Springfield C Ryan of Tulsa Oklahoma announces options on more than 5000 acres within Ave miles of Springfield to drill for oil and gas. He states he will pursue exploration and development in the area if the optioned lands are secured.
Springfield news note veteran editor Dewitt Clinton Leach died at his home. A longtime Republican leader and native of New York, he was eighty seven years old at his passing.
The American Pencil company has bought several thousand acres of red cedar timber in Missouri and will build a lead pencil plant at Branson in Taney county, about forty miles south of here.
The Missouri delegation in congress will stay in Washington for the holiday recess, with Senator Stone and Representative Crow already gone back to Missouri.
iLiberty owner O B Martin bought a Christmas turkey for 7.12 dollars, the highest price in Clay County in twenty years. One farmer sold 103.66 dollars worth of birds and another over 200 dollars this season.
Rabbits in Liberty are flooding the market after heavy hunting with prices at six cents each dressed. Large numbers are being shipped to Kansas City, with locals reporting ample supply for sale on streets and markets.
Charles H. Schafer, serving as Lexington mayor, died unexpectedly of paralysis at 67. A Civil War Union Army veteran, he is survived by his wife and four children.
The Reverend Mr. McKenzie state evangelist of the United Brethren church known as the Burlington Route brakeman preacher conducted services at the Congregational church in New Cambria.
A Pemiscot county petition signed by all Pemiscot lawyers and many in the twenty eighth judicial district urges C B Faris to become a candidate for circuit judge. The request highlights broad legal support for his candidacy.
The Scottish Rite Masons in Joplin will construct a cathedral with a minimum cost of $75,000 on two city lots donated to the lodge by Charles Schifferdecker, a 33rd degree Mason.
A Cape Girardeau incident reports an A C E I chair car burning in the switch wards. The car was completely destroyed with an approximate loss of 5000 dollars. Authorities suspect the fire began from a stove inside the car.
A country boy William learns manners from his grandmother and later faces discipline from his father after saucy behavior. On a barnyard walk the father administers a corrective whack, prompting William to protest with a polite refrain about wanting plenty of nothing.
P Keyes of 147 Congress St Boston says twenty five years of painful head neck and shoulder skin humor were cured by Cuthurn Remedies after doctors and hospital failed. He writes that a trial brought complete relief in a surprisingly short time with a date of Oct 12 1909.
Wm. J. Sadlier of Philadelphia reports speedy recovery from pimples covering his face. After trying doctors for months with no results, he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent for ten days and his face cleared. May 1, 1909.
Eve laments her fig leaf wardrobe after securing the best leaves. Adam consoles her that things could be worse and that they still have each other. Eve complains about talking to no other woman about her covering in a lighthearted Chicago Record-Herald caption.
Mrs Jeanette Ryder, an American woman, has spent ten years aiding humane efforts on the island and is credited with doing more to oppose bull and cock fighting than any other individual.
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