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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
4
Schedule notes a southbound Belmont Mail and a northbound St Louis Mail stopping at Mineral Point with listed times through the day. Mentions Bismarck Ace service and various station codes, with times in the afternoon and evening.
A list of court and county officials including Circuit Judge FE Dearing Mills hero Moe mats Senator F J Farris Steelville MO Representative BE1 Eversole Potosi Presiding Judge L A aye Undine Judge County Court 1st district J T Boyer Fertile Judge County Court 2nd district I V Palmer Sunlight Clerk Circuit Court Isaac A Letcher Clerk County Court John QO Long Judge Probate Court Jas A Henson Collector John Maclay Sheriff Jeff Higuinbotham Treasurer J Kh Boyer Outing Attorney M E Rhodes Coroner 2 E Hofmann County Absessor J F Williams Caledonia County School Commissioner J W Houston Lrandate Surveyor It Hawkins Summit Justice of the Peace J A Ryan Potosi O F Beal Mineral Point Time for holding courts Court court 1st Monday in March and 4th Monday in August County court 1st Monday in February May August and November date court 2nd Monday in February May August and November notice of special terms will be announced.
The column lists residents and visitors in Old Mines area towns including White of Old Mines, Compton of Belgrade, Smith of St. Louis, and many others spending Christmas and New Year with relatives. It notes a New Year dance at the Opera House, school vacation, church events, marriages of local residents, and various shopping and social activities through late December.
The remains of Mrs. Amelia Rich Olmstead who died at the Baptist Sanitarium in St. Louis were buried in the Presbyterian cemetery on Friday afternoon. She was active in charitable work and founded the Amelia Home in St. Louis to aid cr plains, paying with her own funds. Her daughter Miss Mabel Olmstead and brother Mr. James Kuelil accompanied the body to this place.
Cyris Yarbrough, jailed for mule theft, tricked Sheriff Wirgin-Latham by staging a dummy sleeper in his cell. While the sheriff checked on supper, Yarbrough slipped away in stocking feet with help from fellow prisoner Joan Dean. Sheriff Higginbotham offers a $50 reward for recapture as authorities hunt for Yarbrough and accomplice.
County court says it will not publish petition signers for the Meramec bridge appropriation as the issue is no longer of public interest. The decision follows consideration that naming signers adds no value and would draw petitioners into the public eye unnecessarily.
One of the season’s prettiest weddings occurred at the Hulman home on Dec 22. Frank Hopkins wed Nellie Holman, a beloved local bride. The ceremony was by D. T. Cole with Effie Holman and Firmin Hopkins as attendants. A grand supper followed for about fifty guests, with many gifts. The couple will reside in their Comonoix home. May their joys be deep and sorrows light.
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