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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
4
Cold Waves A BLIZZARD is billed to arrive next week so prepare with heating stoves and warm clothing. Readily available items include overshoes, comforts, hats at personal prices, fleece-lined hose, heavy pants, and cheap caned woods. Specials cover lamp chimneys, tar soup, lye, and household goods with bold pricing and limited stock.
Train schedule fragment lists St Louis Mail and Hismmarek Ace services with times such as 11.03 am and 12.50 pm, plus references to Mineral Point stop and other trains including Helmont Mail and Express services in a terse timetable snippet. Entities include St Louis, Mineral Point, Helmont, Express, and times around midday.
A compact local recap from Potosi and neighbors. Names include Jas W Settle in St Louis. Silas Mucces of Ironse. J C Evton near Sep well. Clas S Tolman Courtois. T S White Old Mines. W T Woolford in St Louis. M M Flynn Richwoods. Walter Schmaltz Irondale. subscription renewals for the Journal. births and deaths noted including Mrs Susie S Bennett near Potosi. Mrs Martin Easmeyer death near Potosi. fearsome weather with zero temps follow a snow sleet and rain event. several visits and business notices at Potosi post office. county court upcoming February term. Dr Henry R Pratt Fredericktown visiting Potosi. fires under Irondale Lead Co boiler. plans for Irondale plant startup. potential bid for State House seat in St Francois. Winter weather impact. T A Louse now Flat River paper address. Win Bennett Irondale promoting Irondale Bottling Works.
Mr W H Sparks of Lehigh I T and former Potosi resident visited last Friday to shake hands with old friends. He plans to move back to the county and establish a soda water manufactory at Irondale, after leaving the Lehigh business in a rage.
Tl. C. Bell arrived home from Washington, D. C., last Thursday to attend the meeting of the Democratic Congressional Committee of his district, of which he is chairman. The committee met at Bismarck Friday and decided to hold a congressional primary to nominate the Democratic candidate for Congress, the primary will be held on date.
J N Derickson reports smallpox in Liberty County Cul Creek Boherade Township. The wife and child of Jas Pushes also ill. Ernest Nixon recovering at Hopewell. Capt Drannen, Kit Carson ally, told his West tales at Bass ball. A dog wounded by bird shot led to a possible hunter trespass case. State Board of Health to appoint pathologist and bacteriologist. Earthquake shock felt statewide after a prewarned warning by a man in St Louis. Bellevue's Oliver C Sloan dies of pneumonia aged about 70. Jos H W McCormick convicted of petit larceny in Irondale court. fined 8100 plus six months. Iron Mountain Railway wreck near Mill Springs kills three railroad workers. curve visibility blamed.
The fragmentary note provides unclear terms and numbers with no discernible event or entities. No identifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes are present to summarize into a coherent card.
A messenger labeled for No 87 misunderstood orders and journeyed to Piedmont rather than meeting the train at Mill Springs, causing a miscommunication and delayed arrival.
Belgrade reports visitors from Indiana and near Potosi including Miss Martha Miller and Mrs. Frank McNabb. Local families host gatherings, illnesses noted for Frank Hull and Lawrence McNabb, a cow loss from overeating, and a social hop at the Walton residence with about fifty guests deeming it the best evening of the season.
Courtois notes severe damage to peach buds and poor wheat standing due to frost and drought. Jasper Anderson left Iron County for a new farm, with Alex Abney and Solomon Raya moving onto his former property. Cantwell clearing on Maze Creek aids farmers. a Republican neighbor on Goose Creek is described with biblical allusion. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as best for throat and lung diseases.
In Little Indian Creek farmers struggle for feed amid a harsh winter and poor wheat prospects due to deep frost. Miss Fanni Nichols closes a successful school term, with local residents including Mr A G Nichols and Mr E A Lapee attending the last day. Dick Hill Mining Co. reports reduced activity. Hayseed notes mention a lingering cough warning with Foley's Honey and Tar advertised for sale.
In Irondale the Lead Miner reports F G Grisham of Caledonia sick with pneumonia. William McKinney’s Rock Spring school suspended due to a smallpox case. Alex Barlow dug four nine foot holes in the bluff shaft, finding only pure disseminated lead. Horace Edgar buys Robinson Bros store interest. new firm Edgar and Robinson forms. William Sparks of Lehigh, I T, plans a bottling works in Trondheim to produce soda water, backed by prior Dexter experience. Frank Treadwell of Bennett A was ill with kidney disease and praises Foley’s Kidney Cure.
Police report eight prisoners escaped from Popular Bluff city jail. A bank in Fredericktown linked to Fredericktown Trust Co. An Incomotive turntable installed at Piedmont boasts one man operation. An attempted burglary of the Flat River post office failed as would be robbers fled. Highwayman attacks continue with H C Aul of St Louis Smelting robbed of 212. The Greenhill and Aldrus murder case for Sadie Greenhill Uren and John Meloy reached the grand jury. Wm Greenhill, Dan Greenhill, and Cale Aldrus indicted for murder in the first degree with bonds set and trial slated for May. docket delays noted.
On January 11 Sam Duss and Charley Pratte found a flipped buggy in Big River near Sage ford and a drowned gray mule upriver. Earlier, Jobo Marler and Joe Wooldridge found a white slouch hat along the bank. The notes suggest a man attempted to cross after heavy December rains, possibly losing his life. further light awaits.
Mr. T A Bone can be up briefly daily and is recovering. A son weighing 11 pounds was born to Mrs. Rudolph Eichenberger on January 24. Mrs. M E McOmber, long ill, shows slow improvement.
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