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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
4
A garbled notice references executor or administrator terms and a range of costs. It mentions legal advertising rules and advisory services for design and construction of concrete structures and irons. The text is incomplete with unclear dates or entities.
The piece asserts President Harding favors light, old fashioned tunes over modern jazz. It cites operettas Erminie Robin Hood and The Bohemian Girl as favorites and notes occasional heavier selections like Alda and Madame Butterfly, while rejecting brassy jazz. It claims his taste appeals to 115 million listeners in Washington.
A jumbled May miscellany reports wheat prospects in the locality, tax deadlines, and a new Ford delivery truck. It notes visits from St Louis residents, a poplar bluff trip, and births and marriages. The piece mentions a dust nuisance, law-enforcement talks in Bismarck, and a five hundred dollar fund for oil, with various regional names and places.
County Assessor elect J E Ellis of Caledonia begins county assessment duties June 1 as required by law. Mrs Richard Daz daughter of E Deggendorf of St Louis dies. funeral Thursday. Catherine Connolly visits from St Louis with Gene Dwyer Theo Monti Henrietta Monti and Margaret Koeln. Miss Ilda Simpson closes term at Eye district school near Potosi then returns home. Accident near Belgrade injures Mr and Mrs Jobo Devine. trip abandoned. Jas P Ward of Irondale reports two thousand St Louis boys for Camp Roosevelt encampment. Camp grounds nearly $10 000 spent on improvements.
A large crowd attended Hopewell Memorial Day exercises last Saturday with Rev Del Longgrear of Bismarck leading the service. The event marks 34 years of observance, started by local Union soldiers, and remains free of commercial intrusion as Hopewell welcomes all as honored guests. In a separate matter Luetta Parsons faced a Farmington hearing on mental responsibility for the murder of her 65 year old stepdaughter near Iron Mountain. a grandfather testified to the girl's age of 11 years 4 months, medical testimony claimed arrested development, but the jury found no delinquency and the court ordered custody with county probation pending disposition.
The newly formed Potosis Concert Band, about two months old, made its public bow at the Court House last Thursday. Thirty members performed among about forty total, showcasing a full reed and woodwind section plus brass. The group played standard favorites and hymns like Rock of Ages, receiving generous applause for careful, concerted interpretation. Director Degge is praised for guiding a patient, mature training that elevates the ensemble beyond popular syncopation.
A damaged item notice reports a lost auto themed artifact on Monday. The finder has provided a partial description and seeks the owner with a 5.9 unit incentive. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Stockholders notice announces annual meeting of Bank of Bishwoode at the office in Hich woods Missouri on Monday January 21st 1921 at 2 oclock pm to elect seven directors and transact business. President A W Honink and Cashier S E Baxan certify May 25 1921.
Sunday morning subject Walking With God Ise Reward and Sunday evening Opposing Ones Ball. Mid-week service Wednesday night at 7:80. You are invited to attend all these services. RB. W. Simonton, Minister.
Eugene Hayes bids farewell as he leaves the Standard Oil Co agency in Potosi after six years of service. He thanks his numerous customers and friends for patronage and past favors during his tenure.
Younger Lucas and Eva Jones secured marriage licenses in a brief civil filing. Officials recorded the two names as applicants and set plans for the ceremony pending standard verification.
Joseph Conway, a respected Irondale resident, died Tuesday evening May 24 after a lengthy illness. He leaves a wife, five children and an aged mother. The funeral was held Thursday with Rev. Del Long presiding. Mrs. James F. Kiely and Miss Fern Davis of St. Louis visited Mrs. H. Lewis. Memorial Day exercises at Hopewell drew many locals. Homer Humphrey’s friends extend best wishes on his upcoming marriage, noting he found a wife close to home.
Miss Josephine Knox returned to St Louis Monday with her sister Winifred for a few weeks visit. Miss Vivian Wallis resumed telephone operator duties in St Louis after a vacation in Caledonia. J M Highley of Desloge visited the area for a day. L L Bean shipped a carload of sheep to St Louis market this week. Many attended the Children Day exercises and basket dinner at Sloan schoolhouse. Mr J L Bean and daughter and Mr and Mrs Guy Bean visited relatives in Lead Belt Sunday. Caledonia defeated Graniteville 5 to 0 in a ball game last Sunday.
Belgrade and Peoria opened their season with Belgrade winning decisively 25 to 1 in a five inning game on the Belgrade diamond. Pitchers Elmar Kirk Patrick and James Wilborn fanned many batters and held Peoria to few hits. Belgrade’s batting and fielding impressed, while Peoria trailed but remain confident for a comeback in their next meeting.
A Festus Keun item notes livestock demonstrations proving dairy and beef improvements are achievable with modest spending. It mentions Otto Wegman of Horine worried about savings after the De Soto bank failure and a brief anecdote of his attempted small gamble before rethinking future savings. A wanted notice ends the fragment.
The sheriff of Washington County Missouri will on Saturday June 4 1920 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the front door of the Court House in Potosi sell at public vendue the described real estate to satisfy a promissory note and costs. Lon A Florence and Irene Florence mortgaged the land to Lena Robertson as trustee. the trustee refused to act so the sheriff conducts the sale. The property includes a half interest in 133 20100 acres in section 3 township 36 north range 3 east, minus 20 acres deeded to John Helms, and lot 1 of the south half of lot 2 of the northeast quarter in same section and township.
Unimproved good land near Belgraie offered as twelve ties per body with 109 dollars per acre price. Described as all tillable with timber for ordinary purposes. Could be divided into 4 acre or larger farms. lead and tiff on front the tract. adjoining improved land. Apply at this office.
The article promotes soybeans as a winter cow feed, claiming after wheat harvest soybeans yield 1 to 2 tons of hay per acre. It advises plowing the wheat tubblee, drilling beans at 40 to 10 pounds per acre, with seeding up to Arqueil and earlier preferred. It notes Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station practice uses soybeans as a catch crop after wheat, sometimes as valuable as the main crop, and that beans can be cut for hay before wheat seeding commences.
Probate Court of Washington County Missouri grants administration to a named undersigned on May 4 19 1. Creditors must file claims within six months or be barred within one year. Official stamp and date shown by Judge Lovin Fuyas. Vermont pays bounty of 41 on Grakes. rat problem prompts action.
The government will hold a conference with dominion representatives to craft a policy promoting settlement of British colonists in undeveloped parts of the empire. The aim is to spread UK population, populate empty spaces, and ensure new territories are British in birth and spirit to aid defense and development while balancing the domestic gender ratio.
A country school teacher entered a business place in Unsue New York and feigned use of the telephone. She attached a crank sharpener to the shelf, cranked it, and reported no service after repeated attempts, joking that the sharpener was the best phone she’d ever seen. The clerk was asked to provide service.
Dr Thomas J Ryan claims traces of tuberculosis to decayed teeth in Teeth and Death. He also links tooth infection to Hiright's disease and epilepsy. Dr Huan urges municipal dental X ray clinics to detect these infections.
A cambridge notice warns drivers after Thomas McNiece of Barnesville was wounded by a city official during a high speed chase believed to involve whisky. The sign declares innocent passengers and calls for precaution amid the ongoing shooting incident.
Robert K. Cox of Belmont Pennsylvania a chief gunner in the United States Navy was decorated by President Harding with the Congressional Medal of Honor. The ceremony occurred in the White House East Room on the seventeenth anniversary of Cox saving the battleship Missouri from destruction after a turret explosion started powder fires Cox flooded the after magazine risking his life. Thirty men perished in the incident. Cox had earlier been deemed ineligible due to the law limiting the medal to enlisted men. last February Congress passed special legislation correcting the exception for Cox.
In Carthage Missouri locals found blood stains on a downtown street and began a search for a murder victim. After a stir, it was learned the stains were from chicken blood shed after a purchase at a poultry house. The incident prompted a swift but humorous town reaction.
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