25 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
1
A critique notes the flicker gone from film yet a dime remains. It mocks Democrats for promising prosperity and lower living costs while good roads remain unattainable, requiring vast spending per mile to become reality.
A court ruling confirms aviation as a hazardous occupation, aligning with long standing reader belief. The decision underscores risks faced by pilots, engineers, and air crews, with implications for safety standards and worker protections in the industry.
The text argues the nation must vote for recovery at the earliest chance, criticizing the current shift with the Democratic party as a surplus of damaged goods.
If Mr. C. Hunter Raine, Memphis bank president, had to put up collateral for the money he borrowed from his bank, he could not have wrecked it.
The Colonel will return from South America next month to find calls for strenuous Republican work in the county. The piece urges a clean GOP sweep to vent disapproval of the current hard-times party running the country and notes the editor’s praise of Congressman Hensley for elevating him to postmaster.
Democratic exchanges assure no deficit this year yet warn of a large general deficiency bill possible when the next legislature convenes.
The report notes John D. Rockefeller's fortune reaching 900 million dollars with talk he may become the world’s first billionaire if trends continue. General Coxey’s unemployed army plans a Washington march, while Wilson faces political strife as the Second Iowa District elects a Democrat by about 2,000 votes. Local job cuts ripple through Madison Illinois with 3,500 workers laid off as car shops close.
The piece argues that widespread hard times are due to changes in government policy after the Democrats took power in 1913. It dismisses crop failures as insufficient cause, noting past booms despite failures. It claims the Republican heritage of national prosperity faded after Democratic policy shifts, placing responsibility on the current administration rather than nature or weather.
The piece mocks claims by Mr Witherspoon of Mississippi and scrutinizes opinions on U S naval power versus Germany. It recalls a Roosevelt discussion where captains prefer a modern Wyoming over ten Oregon class ships due to range speed and firepower, arguing new battleships redefine naval balance.
The article argues United States naval inferiority to Germany despite pre dreadnought parity, contending Germany's twelve ready dreadnoughts outgun twelve US ships with twenty more German dreadnoughts in reserve. It urges aggressive construction, cites Secretary Daniels backing four ships, and links policy stances to national strength including the Monroe Doctrine and Panama Canal neutrality.
A manager seeks to fire a foreign employee by letter but the worker returns to work after reading both sides. The foreman verifies the letter urged removal while an outside note instructed return in five days, prompting the employee to explain his timing and loyalty.
Three men died when a wooden works building burned late Saturday. Witnesses say drink fueled the blaze and hindered escape as the structure collapsed. Firefighters recovered the bodies of Andrew Smith, 27, and Frank Winck, 32, with a third man unnamed. The third man’s identity may be revealed Friday if he worked for the company.
Instructions outline two day examinations on March 6 and 7 with start times at 1:50 and 12:30 and 6:00 on each day. Subjects must be completed in order, no early or late swapping, and each paper graded separately. Applicants must have separate desks, no communication, and full solutions required for arithmetic and algebra.
Schedule lists classes including Geography S at 00 a tu te Sendaun Language and Tossamm Alize bite with T2280 references. Grammar at 4 30 pm Arithmetic 250 pom F200 pm Literature 3 10 pm Reading 420 pm G20. Second day covers Civ Gev U S Hist Geo MESA Algebra 10 00 yyy te T2h0 pon Phiosiol Stay Writing 234 pm Ahn Pednoetv 28 poy te Meo Adv Hist S280 pom Gale nom BreEweLnL Fox Sant County Sant.
Historical docket notes list multiple cases spanning March 2 to March 1, 1914 with a focus on gambling charges, felonies including murder and assault, and various civil matters. Names appear alongside jurisdictions and court actions, with a stray obituary or inquest fragment about a burned body and life insurance. The text shows a busy circuit court calendar and scattered personal notices.
Bonne Terre Register reports a fire at a smelting outfit where several workers were intoxicated and unable to escape. Dare Taylor, one of the smeltermen, was burned but not fatally. The fire began when Taylor tried to light a gasoline stove that exploded. Witnesses say the men were highly drunk and memorie s of the tragedy are incomplete.
The United States holds less than two grammes of radium, with estimates placing total supply around 50 centigrammes. Almost all comes from American ore and only about two physicians can access radium for cancer treatment, led by Baltimore surgeon Dr Kelly who controls more than half the national stock and argues for a ten gramme allotment.
Louise Victorine Ackerman, once famed in letters, was born in Paris a hundred years ago. Her maiden Choquet, her German husband left the faith and died early. Sime Ackerman later produced her best work after sixty. She authored poems, essays, and autobiographical sketches. died in Paris in 1875.
The piece argues that with age comes wisdom about not trusting rumors or others stories. It notes how youthful gossip about a friend can reshape opinions, only to be proved false, revealing that people often distort or exaggerate. Prejudice and appetite for a vivid tale mislead many.
Er Senator Depp recalled a boyhood Thanksgiving in Peekskill, recounting a reminiscence stop tale. The anecdote wove memories of hard times including pumpkin fields, tea at five a pound, carrying a gun to church, and feared Redskins as a gallery voice interjected about time and clocks.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish joked about a mercenary marriage at a Newport event remarking on age difference. Her interlocutor gasped and she quipped the disparity was about 32000000 dollars, highlighting social satire and wealthy dating norms of the era.
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