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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
1
A reader laments changes in attire with sheath gowns for women and questions men adopting holster trousers. The note criticizes Democratic friends for using party boilerplate while claiming to lead as a peerleaf leader.
The article notes that Theodore Roosevelt’s relentless pursuit style is provoking growing unease among local communities and observers in remote parts of Africa as he targets unspecified endeavors.
A brief report notes that the Mexican revolution caused limited disruption, resulting mainly in the loss of a few misguided souls. The piece emphasizes the fleeting impact and summarizes the event with neutral, non-graphic language.
The text notes nationwide industry restart as gratifying and cautions that politicians plans to tinker with tariffs may unsettle confidence again. It reflects concern over tariff policy and its impact on economic sentiment nationwide.
The piece notes Senator Stone plans to focus almost entirely on national issues in his campaign. It argues he hopes voters ignore his record on baking powder, school book trust, and corporate matters, effectively burying himself by avoiding other topics.
General Hadley attacks the Democratic camp accusing extravagance and cites the party's actions in the south on negro enfranchisement. He notes a Missouri Democratic convention resolution implying a future voteless negro population if the party regains full power.
The Democratic race for Missouri governor narrows to Cowherd and Ball as Ball faces likely elimination after a muted run. Ball visited Potosi recently but failed to impress local supporters, despite his claim to honesty. Ball remains in the race only until votes are tallied at the primary.
The piece notes that WM J Bryan is the sole man likely considered for the Democratic presidential nomination at Denver this week. It highlights the party’s stance for a conservative platform, Bryan’s strategic aim to align with the Republicans without losing Democratic identity, and commentary on Roosevelt’s Chicago ovation and press reactions from the Globe Democrat and Iron Mountain Register.
The De Soto Republican argues black voters favoring Democrats could erode political influence, while noting gains in railroad and insurance valuations. It asserts Hadley's official record is clean and anticipates his election as governor, warning against Democratic efforts to tarnish him.
Announcement indicates many Pittsburg district mills, idle since last November, will resume in weeks as business confidence returns. Lower steel prices boost orders, likely employing tens of thousands. Railways earnings and bank clearings show declines from 1907, but improve recently. idle rail cars reduce. July interest payments for dividends in New York will be 175 million, down from 184 million at business peak.
The Globe-Democrat notes falling dividends yet rising farm product values, with 1905 farm outputs estimated near 8 billion dollars, about double 1900. Gold exports of 46 million since April to Germany are seen as not harming the US due to low domestic interest rates. The piece argues a Republican win in November could restore prosperity.
In a fervent critique the Piedmont Banner laments social misery while “fiddlers” play through public ills. It cites child labor, idleness, and unsanitary tenements in major cities as Rome burns symbolism, urging action over distraction.
Denmark uses windmills to pump water and grind grain but faced storage and usage limits. By converting wind power to electricity and using storage batteries it now supplies commercial electric power. A twenty mile gale could produce significant horsepower for industry.
A Philadelphia Press editorial extols wind energy as an abundant US resource. It notes windplentiful shores and prairies can concentrate power at mills to serve plants, easing coal and wood use and supplementing water power for commercial electricity. It praises storage and nationwide potential comparable to Denmark.
A column of witty maxims critiques social pretensions and personal folly. The speaker lampoons debt, vanity, law, and gendered judgments with a satirical tone. The Chicago News attribution signals a city column style.
A narrator observes plumbers at a new house as chisels cut iron and lead. One craftsman explains lead dulls chisels and tempers the mind, while another notes tempering comes from tough tasks. Difficulties, not ease, forge resilience and character.
The Maine Supreme Court held that the legislature may set the amount of timber a landowner may harvest. The decision supports the principle that private interests must be subservient to public welfare, noted Piedmont Banner.
In a late night scene during a thunderstorm, a mother leaves the nursery to quiet Dorothy. A flash of lightning reveals the child awake, clapping hands and shouting in a bright, excited voice, "Dang it again, God! Bang it again!" The August Deliverentur.
Authorized notices name MARION E. RHODES and others as candidates for Representative Prosecution Attorney County Treasurer Sheriff Assessor and Judge positions. Each entry states candidacy is subject to Republican voters decision at the general primary election across townships including Potosi Breton Harmony Concord Mineral Point Belgrade Union Liberty and Harmony towns.
An elderly woman from Missouri testifies that Dunns Kidney Pills cured her long standing kidney irregularities and pain. She bought two boxes at a city drug store and endorses the medicine as a reliable kidney remedy. Sold by dealers and Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents. remember the name Dunns.
W. T. Hanter, an official of the German American Insurance Co. of New York, is involved in a legal matter. The brief notes the party and company, with no further details provided.
Order of publication to notify Scranton Mining and Smelting Company and unknown parties that back taxes for 1906 on multiple tracts in sections 12 14 24 7 18 1 20 30 5 36 5 are pursued. The plaintiff James R White seeks seizure for taxes and costs. court in Potosi sets August 24 1908. publication in Pots Journal.
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