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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
2
A column of pithy witticisms and brief social notes touches on fashion, economics, and public figures. Observations include remarks on wages versus self worth, Madrid beggars, fashion trends, the cost of living, and commentary on Laurier, Asquith, Castro, and European society amid looming sanitary concerns.
Old square pianos labeled Ichabod have fallen from favor with dealers who no longer accept them as part payment for new pianos. They are heavy and awkward to store in attics, rendering them impractical in modern homes.
M. Tournay, a Belgian engineer, commissioned by the committee for the Brussels 1910 international exhibition, to erect a tower at Ixelles surpassing the Eiffel Tower in height. Estimated cost is $240,000.
Guests at a Paris hotel woke to find their outside boots missing except one pair. A note on the remaining boot read Not good enough for me, hinting at a lone thief.
A beautiful and appropriate gift is the chapel bell presented to Tufts. College chapel bells are more devoutly and attentively listened to now than in the old days when student attendance at all the religious exercises was more insistent and compulsory.
The New York Press notes a man who takes a pretty girl to a baseball game and spends two hours explaining the difference between a foul and a base hit. When the girl is his wife and cannot grasp the concept at first, he becomes furious at Congress and defends his currency idea as superior.
A new method to show audience approval without interrupting the play is being introduced by Italian dramatist Traversi. After the performance, each attendee drops a ticket into one of three boxes labeled good indifferent or bad to record reactions.
A German scientist claims bachelors are more prone to insanity than married men citing hospital lunacy ward observations where 80 percent of inmates are unmarried. He argues that a man who is immune to women’s blandishments has a fundamentally flawed mentality.
The article notes Alaska has large coal deposits and petroleum veins yet to be tested. It emphasizes immediate coal availability and the territory's past reliance on fuel imports, suggesting Alaska’s potential is only now being understood.
Dr. Darlington, health commissioner of New York City, has compiled statistics on heart disease and says Massachusetts has the highest death rate while Indiana has the lowest. He attributes the rise to Americans’ increasing travel pace and notes Indiana travels slower than any other state, which may surprise residents.
The American mussel, valued for both meat and its shell used to make buttons, yields an annual $5,000,000 in button production. With supply shrinking, officials deliberate government involvement in propagation to keep the profitable industry flourishing.
A $1.5 million treasure shipment is protected by an armed guard team in a Texas prairie ditch. The security detail aims to deter theft while the transport rests on a rural route. Local authorities are coordinating with the guarding firm to monitor the site and ensure safe custody.
Abilene guards edge the wrecked Texas & Pacific bullion train after a Saturday ditch near Midland. Some 10 cars carry lead copper and silver bars valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Only the wrecking crew may approach the scene as authorities guard the priceless cargo from robbers.
Vienna reports thirty thousand rebels led by mutinous Turkish troops from Macedonian garrisons marching toward Constantinople to seize the Ottoman throne from Abdul Hamid. Gen Wolffe Pasha mobilizes forces at Salonica to meet mutineers advancing from Monastir. Rebels also gather at Angora, alarming the Sultan who rushes troops to Salonica as disaffection grows.
Huntsville Missouri Beulah Carter concluded testimony at her brother Irvin Carters preliminary hearing for the shooting death of her sweetheart Thomas Bagby at her bedroom window on the night of time 27 The 1 year old girl hesitated blushes at questions then spoke of clandestine meetings with her lover Irvin Carter was bound over to the circuit court without bond.
In Milwaukee a man named William Hill shot and killed a jealous target, then killed spectator Joe Blettner and his wife known as Mrs Kimball before killing himself. The triple tragedy left three dead, including Hill, his wife, and Blettner.
Billy Sunday, the baseball evangelist, delivered timely hitting for the Winona Lake Reds in a 4 to 3 victory over Plymouth at Warsaw. Playing left field at his old spot, Sunday argued briefly with pitcher Tebay after a rough tag in the fifth but recovered and displayed his classic form and skill.
A Geneva gathering of about 4000 people Friday protested the extradition of Russian Vasillief sought by Russia for murder. The federal tribunal earlier granted extradition. Vasillief, arrested at Lausanne for killing the prefect at Penzau, spurred a public petition urging abrogation of the Russia Switzerland extradition treaty.
Miss Elizabeth Deupree of Columbus Indiana dies after a runaway horse frightened by Thomas Taggart touring car injures her mother Mrs Mary Denupree a widow. The incident underscores dangers on local streets.
Trenton report says Ralph E. Hemmenway of Reading Pennsylvania, a well known local, died suddenly in the county jail after being arrested, grief blamed for the fatal episode.
Seventeen prisoners escaped from the Toronto jail Friday evening after picking the lock of a cell door with the scaffold used for executions inside and breaking through a wall. No arrests reported.
Miners from the Fairbanks Alaska district appeal to Seattle Chamber of Commerce for wives. About 4,500 of the 5,000 miners are unmarried and seek matrimonial matches through the outreach.
Cadumius Ohio Eugene W Cha fin of Chicago was nominated for president by the Prohibition national convention on the third ballot defeating Palmore of St Louis and Sheen of Peoria. Palmore declined the nomination for vice president after unanimity. Aaron Watkins of Ada Ohio named for second place. Chafin, attorney and Wisconsin native, once sought Wisconsin governor on Prohibition ticket. Platform calls for immediate liquor prohibition tariff cuts child labor reform and other measures.
Fragments of nine bodies lie scattered for a mile after a carload of powder exploded at Northwestern Improvement Co. plant in Ceelum Washington. The dead include manager George Mead clerk Milford McDonnell Andrew Grill four miners and Mrs Peter Moffat with her infant. Mead and two clerks had gone to unload explosives when the blast rocked the neighborhood shattering windows and throwing people from their feet miles away.
Denver man Giuseppe Alia claimed Father Leo Heinrichs ruined his home and forced him into wandering. Acting Governor Harper said a reprieve could have been granted for an Italian government inquiry into Alia’s charges. The statement arrived too late to change the pending execution.
Brooklyn detectives and Coroner Samuel Nutt investigate a headless male body found in Juniper Swamp near Middleville Village. A stained note in the hand obscures the writing. Coroner Nutt believes the man was murdered and the head severed postmortem.
A strong earthquake struck Thursday across the Tacna and Arica provinces in southern Chile, causing notable property damage but no reported loss of life. The tremor disrupted telegraph links between Arica and Lima and damaged lines to Bolivia, complicating communications.
Darius Fatman, recently appointed professor at Columbus University, drowned while boating with three friends at Cannaday's mill pond eight miles from Oxford. The boat with four men capsized. all could swim except Mr Eatman.
The Paris social figure Anna Gould intends to withdraw from French society and seek a new social standing in a German principality through a marriage or alliance, signaling a shift away from Parisian prestige to distant European circles.
A war department cable reports another murder in the Philippines attributed to Moros, naming Albert I. Buileign of Company C Eighteenth Infantry as killed. General Weston also reports Elmer J. Hurley of Company D Fourteenth Infantry died July 2 from acute dysentery and Frewla H. Hoff of Company D Twenty-ninth Infantry died July 7 from a tumor.
An inquest into the July 4 death of Leroy Winkler, a Black man, reports he died Tuesday from a head injury. James Smith, a mounted orderly of the Sixth Field Artillery at Fort Riley, has been arrested as part of the soldier group involved, with other participants not yet identified.
A blast at a Pennsylvania coal mine leaves seven men dead and ten injured. Rescue teams work amid debris as authorities investigate the cause and assess safety conditions at the colliery.
Seven mine workers were killed and two injured in a gas explosion at the Williamstown colliery of Summit Branch Mining Co in Pottsville Pennsylvania. The mine was wrecked and set on fire after the blast in No 1 shaft. Rescue efforts began immediately as volunteers ferried injured near the shaft and the bodies were found burned near the entrance.
Taft, amid heavy letter traffic from supporters and critics, focuses on drafting his letter of acceptance. He notes that composing the formal presidential nomination message requires careful research and serious thought, with daily mail rising from 100 to about 150 letters. The barrage of suggestions and occasional interruptions have slowed his progress as plane news and leisure wait until the acceptance is written.
El Paso reports Sylvester Quevedo son of a former Casasisades official seeks a pardon from Mexican authorities to save him from execution. The father, a former government office holder, hopes his Mexico lineage will aid his son's case. The younger Quevedo studied in St Louis and was active with the revolutionists.
A Mexican worker is missing and feared dead after a freight train belonging to the Texas and Pacific struck an open switch near Midhind Texas. The wreck threw several cars of silver and copper bullion from Mexico to New York. Traffic is heavily delayed.
Okoboji residents report Steamboat Pierte exploding mid lake while racing from Spirit Lake to Arnold's Park. Several passengers were thrown into the water but quickly recovered with no serious injuries.
Heavy rain began Wednesday night across most areas aiding crops and likely shipping cargo. Officials note soil conditions improved and expected continued rainfall into the next day, bringing relief after a period of dryness.
Count Roni de Castellane on Thursday filed suit seeking a revision of the divorce decree obtained by his wife Princess de Saxon. He asks for custody of their three children and the matter is set for court consideration.
In Nuwa kland Socialist members warn they will void a public demonstration protesting public expenditures tied to the reception of the American fleet. Mr Mahelm in the house of assembly warns the fleet visit could push colonists toward dependence on the United States rather than the motherland.
Davenport Glucose works will resume operations on Ave 1 after a three month layoff. About 700 men are expected to return to work, restoring employment at the Davenport facility.
Trenton New Jersey Union Tank Line Company a Standard Oil subsidiary filed with the secretary of state to raise its authorized capital from 3.5 million to 12 million dollars Wednesday.
Albert Parker formerly mayor of Topeka is president of the Kansas City Ozark and Southern railroad planning a 15 mile line from Mansfield to Ava in Douglas county. A severe storm hit Kirksville injuring one infant, killing eight horses, with damages in Adair county. The Forestry commission and Waterways commission, named by Gov Folk, will work with national bodies to preserve forests and harness Missouri river water power for revenue up to 10 million annually, with a state forester to be appointed and several members named to both commissions.
Charles Taylor, the Lamonte telegraph operator blamed for the head on collision of trains Nos. 3 and 12 near Knobnoster that killed eight, was arrested at Dresden in Pettis County by Officer J M Shaw of Johnson County on a manslaughter charge. He was taken to Warrensburg.
The Slater Rustler notes residents along the Missouri river are hopeful and believe many will raise crops this season while others claim land value doubled due to a rich deposit left by the river, reflecting a spirit that makes Missouri great.
Robert Ester, a 27 year old farmer, was fatally kicked to death by a team he was driving on his farm five miles northwest of Carthage. While hauling hay, the horses bolted and Ester slid from the load, fell onto the double trees, and was kicked on the heel, dying almost instantly. he was married.
Farmer Manlon Jackson living three miles east of Lancaster was struck by lightning during a severe storm. He was found with the horse he rode and both killed as his wife launched a search after he began for the house.
The Missouri crop report notes irregular corn conditions due to heavy rains and low temperatures in June. Well drained lands show good potential, while flat prairie and bottom land suffer severe damage. Across the state 14 percent of acreage is abandoned and replanting is largely impossible. Wheat yields average 13 bushels per acre from 23,000,000 bushels overall.
Jacob Rabenowitz discovered a strange four inch fish in his backyard as flood waters receded in Kansas City. The creature has four fins, three horns on each side near the gills, a catfish like head, and is believed to be a salamanidike species.
Secretary Swanger along with State Auditor Wilder and Treasurer Gmelich announced two one year contracts starting July 1 for state printing and stationery. The largest is the binding contract going to Hugh Stephens Printing of Jefferson City, sole bidder. Annual binding costs average about $25,000.
George T. Witzel of Missouri, secretary of legation at Costa Rica, has been transferred to Panama to succeed Henry Coleman May of the District of Columbia as the new secretary of legation.
Walter Rhodes, a Palmyra farmer, was killed when he was thrown under a moving freight train while attempting to board it. The accident occurred near Palmyra and authorities investigated the scene.
Misses Nena Austene and Letha Berry daughters of prominent locals harnessed a team to pull the road clear for the national holiday. Citizens paused work to watch as they cleaned principal streets, showcasing town spirit without assistance.
A. P. Guerley died at Purdy after a lingering diabetes illness. He was a member of Guerley Brothers and well known in Republican circles of southwest Missouri. Funeral services were conducted by the Knights Templar.
Tert H. Knapp has been named chief dispatcher and division operator with jurisdiction over the Sedalia district and the Versailles Warsaw and Lexington branches. The office, abolished months ago, has been re established.
A recent storm struck a tree in Rich Hill killing 159 English sparrows that had roosted there. The incident shows lightning can cause unexpected harm and, rarely, beneficial outcomes.
The Farmers' bank of Unionville filed with the secretary of state to raise capital from 15.00 to 37090 dollars. The action expands financial backing for local lending operations.
The Doone County Citizen, a Republican weekly, appeared at Columbia recently. Editors are Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Parsons. The county has 11 Democratic papers, but this is the only Republican one.
Baptists call their convention to meet in Pertle Springs July 1 26 to ensure ample water supply as Missouri reports plenty of water across the state this year.
Marceline residents backed Prohibitionists by a 52 vote lead in a calm dry election. Total ballots totaled 119 with no street parades or organized public demonstrations as town officials issued a proclamation banning such events.
Multiple births reported at the St Clair County poor farm with eight children born in the last ten months. The latest twins were born to an inmate, highlighting ongoing births at the facility.
At a mass meeting of citizens the final amount required to insure Carthage a 40000 Y M C A building was pledged.
Joy Neff, two, injured on a defective Cameron sidewalk, had a $10,000 damages award. The Supreme Court Division 1 reversed the judgment, holding the trial evidence insufficient for such a large amount and remanded the case for retrial.
A bolt of lightning struck the business house of John O. Day in Summersville Texas county causing a fire that destroyed his entire stock. The blaze led to a bankruptcy petition filed in Springfield by Mr. Day seeking relief from debts.
After divorcing Henry Knoff at Carthage on a specified day, Mrs. Knoff traveled to Springfield the next day and wed John H. Price a young man about 20 years old who had worked as a farm hand for Knoff.
George B. Dorsey of Columbia is named to fill the vacancy on the university board of curators caused by Walter Williams resignation. Williams has accepted the chair of journalism at the University of Missouri.
Former Missouri House Speaker and ex judge of the probate court Thomas P Bashaw 65 died at his St Louis home. The longtime public figure held prominent roles in state government and legal circles.
The death of W. H. Davis of Walnut Grove Green County leaves a vacancy on the Democratic ticket for the Second district primary nomination.
During the funeral for Samuel J. Alden in Maryville Granville Alden, a brother, collapsed and died from grief. The brothers had never been separated and were in poor health prior to the events.
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