02 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1898
Page
1
The Tur President shows he remains firm on Republican planks, including taxing care of our own protection in case of war, seen as a path to U S intervention in the Cuban fuss. Missouri Democrats and Populists waver, their fuse damp with uneasy sweat, risking a miss in the next round.
The author questions the Democratic party’s assertion that it alone offers remedies for all national problems, noting that there is no testimony or evidence of its infallibility to support such a claim.
In Washington County the Democratic party does not field a candidate for the railroad commissioner race while nearly every other county in the state has named a nominee. The omission raises questions about party strategy and local political engagement.
Judge Bond denies all charges but questions the law's constitutionality to block scrutiny. He seeks to vindicate his judicial and political standing while evading full investigation, raising questions about the privilege and the legal process.
A new die scale signed to raise coal miners' pay by 1s per cent takes effect in April, affecting about 200,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Despite its significance, Democratic papers reportedly bury the news in obscure columns.
The piece dismisses claims Judge John L. Thomas contradicted Republican papers in 1806 and notes his support for sound money in the Journal and other Republican outlets. It discusses Senate silver debates, political wave building, and predicts hard times if Democrats win in 1800, urging voters to back free-trade repudiation critiques.
A Union Missouri writer argues for veterans pensions, blaming enemies of the system and defending soldiers. He contends pension opponents are stay-at-homes and bondholders, cites historical pension practice, and calls for punishing fraudsters without condemning all soldiers.
A Missouri Democratic letter critiques pension fraud claims about old soldiers while noting Indiana and Louisiana pension practices. The missive argues pensions benefit the army and criticizes Missouri’s opposition. Also printed is an obituary for Katherine Boushand, aged 74, with elegiac lines and address invitation for Globe-Democrat subscriptions.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of Mahala Jackson deceased will make final settlement of his accounts with said estate as such administrator at the next term of the probate court of Washington County Missouri to be held at Potosi in said county on the 9th day of February 1895 Ricwaky Al Jackson Administrator
Executors announce letters testamentary granted Janu ary 8 by the Probate Court of Washington County Missouri. Creditors must file claims within two years or be barred. Also mentions a deed of trust sale on February 25 in Potosi by J F Williams trustee, describing a 23 acre land tract in the southwest quarter of section 6 township 2 north.
Defendant Jonathan Compton, a Missouri resident, is sued in the Circuit Court for divorce on general causes. The court orders publication to notify him to appear at the next term in Potosi to plead or respond, with a standardized notice of appearance and judgment by default if unheeded. Publication to run weekly for four weeks in the Washington County paper. tal: M. Bennett, Circuit Clerk.
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