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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
4
A fragment notes 8 32 entries and richehitstas on Sunday, indicating brief race or results details with unclear names or places. The readable items point to a sports snippet mentioning numbers and a Sunday event, but many specifics are missing.
The fragment lists county government figures in Washington County including presiding judge Joseph Wilkinson the county court, Jules F. Boyer in the first district, Chas. Richeson as Flector, M. E. Rinouchs as Prosecuting Attorney, J. Wilines as Suaty Assessor, and Je A. Henson as justice of the peace among others in Mineral Point Potosi and Belraiht areas.
Judge Eversole spent Sunday at Caledonia and many figures from Sunlight to Belgrade were in town last week. Watermelons distributed to stores. Miss Flynn and Miss Byrd visit from St Louis and Belgrade respectively. Eager notes on vacations, new homes, illnesses, church leave, local auctions postponed, and a rowdy scene near the dispensary with gun plays but no injuries.
A collage of village notices: a new hardware store opening in Potosi by Messrs. Sillamore and partners. plans for a marble cutting shop by McFarlin and Troutt. a private picnic at Camp Spring. injuries from a Kerry man incident near Kerry. a murder in Bonne Terre. notes on land prices in Bismarck. and a humorous prank involving a suitor in a neighboring city.
Rev Tama Nishikawa a Kobe professor and M F i Church delegate will lecture at the Methodist church next Thursday night. His wife will wear native costume and stereoptician views will illustrate the talk. They plan a year in America to study for teaching work and the lectures are to pay their expenses. Admission is free with a generous collection requested.
Personal notices reference Thomas G. Garr of Paducah Kentucky and Mrs Lizzie R Oliver of Ironton Missouri with brief identifiers. No further details or dates are provided in readable text.
Miss Maymile Monahan of De Soto visits Mrs. Wm. Lynch. Mrs. Benj. Davidson and Mrs. E. L. Saunders visit Mrs. E. F. Davidson in De Soto. Sellmole Hardware Store announces experienced timer for repairs including guttering roofing and all repair work. Bring wash boilers dish pans and buckets for repair. repairs completed on Saturday.
In Belgrade many visitors are noted including Judge Lion's brother and relatives of Grandma Hause and Dr. Eaton from Dallas. Local residents such as Blanche Harrison and Miss Sue Byrd return home from St. Louis and Caledonia respectively. A grandmother, Grandma Fortune, dies at age four years and six months, and missionary Addie Stoan of Caledonia returns from China to address a church gathering.
Gazette notes Sullivan & McKinney acquire Edgar & Robinson. former stores receive all livestock goods. Ironcate Lead Co begins diamond drill on their land, operating round the clock. James Murry and Miss Sarah Powell of Hopewell wed by Probate Judge Richeson at Potosi last Thursday. An annual Concord cemetery clean up meeting set for Saturday August 16. Bring tools. First lumber car arrives. Collins begins framing.
Buyers T. F. and Harry Brouxt from Potosi Missouri seek to purchase 500 head of cattle and hogs during August and September. They promise good prices and invite sellers to contact them when ready to sell.
Notice to the public from Bh. Davinson & Sox announcing a wagon shop connected with a blacksmith, run by Mr. Hk. Guyton. They advertise all kinds of wagon and wood work, use best materials, sell new wagons at St. Louis prices with freight, offer horse shoeing and repair, and solicit patronage.
A Kansas editor praises a milliner in print and jokes about “stocking up” prompting the milliner to strike with a parasol and threaten to tell his wife. The unsophisticated editor never learns what was wrong with his wording or his prose.
An old advertisement touts Electric Ruyers as a permanent cure for stomach, kidney, and bowel issues, liver stimulation, nerves, and blood purification. It claims it tones the stomach, regulates kidneys and bowels, stimulates the liver, invigorates nerves, and purifies blood, with cures for kidney and liver trouble, stomach disorders, nervousness, sleeplessness, rheumatism, neuralgia, and malaria. It offers 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by medicine dealers.
Wheat threshing nears completion in this part of the county with yields better than expected. Corn looks good and a rain would help maturity. Visitors include Will Jackson of Bourbon and Bo Northcutt of Rock Spring. Rule & Son bought a threshing outfit. A St Stephen's Catholic church picnic is planned for August to attract a large crowd.
Samuel Dean an elderly Black resident of De Soto wandered from home about two weeks ago. His decomposed body was found in a nearby cornfield last week. He apparently died from hunger and exhaustion.
A New York Weekly snippet records a clash between two congressmen over national interests and an allocation. The first mocks the other for opposing beneficial measures while the second defends securing an appropriation for Mud Creek.
If a man lies to you and touts another salve, tell him Bucklin's Arnica Salve has thirty years of cures for Piles, Buros, Boils, Corns, Felons, Ulcers, Cuts, Scalds, Bruises and Skin Eruptions, proving it the best and cheapest. Also note Arcadia railroad well nitro-glycerine shot to tap water veins but water supply not improved.
Hl. P. Kumpe, druggist of Leighton Alabama, touts White's Cream Vermifuge as the best worm medicine. A customer reports a child expelled 119 worms after one bottle, claiming it restored health, vigor, and digestion. Distributed by Teasdale's Drug Store Potosi and Suitor & Co Richwoods.
The Sheriff of Washington County Missouri, under a county court order from August 1573 and a certified 1902 copy, will sell on August 26 1962 at the courthouse front door in Potosi. Lands listed 40 acre blocks in section 16 town 35 range 2 east, lots 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15 16, on twelve months credit or cash. Minimum bid 1.25 dollars per acre plus sale costs.
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