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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented page from the Potosi Journal contains assorted snippets from early 20th century life including wit about clothing fashions, distant wars, health, and culture. It links readers to notable names, places, and headlines while musing on progress and public concerns across Europe and America.
Count Tolstoi believes a jubilee would not enhance his honors and propriety may dictate he avoid the event. He notes at his age he has no wish to court unnecessary misery and suggests he will not attend.
A French doctor says he photographed his wife’s soul moments after death. He describes a nebulous globe in the image and argues that corsets could not affect the soul.
A decade ago a schoolboy who could locate the Philippine islands would be a wonder. today the geography of that region is almost as familiar to the average American youth as the baseball world.
A new New York law forbids hunters from shooting other hunters or guides by mistake without homicide charges, seen as a retrograde shift in game law principles that otherwise protect hunting rights.
A new gas invented by a German can be bought by the bottle for illumination. Fifty cents buys eight hours a day for six weeks of a sixty candle power light. Gas stock investors may view the inventor as a menace to be suppressed.
An Italian anecdote recalls how a Veronese guest in Milan bought the markets three times in one day as a joke. The Milanese host could not dine him, yet hucksters and butchers still supplied provisions for what became the guest’s best dinner, amid centuries of famed markets.
A recent discussion notes the north pole is shifting and suggests nations may adopt a different initial meridian than Greenwich. The text hints the equator could be next to be standardised, signaling a broader reevaluation of global geographic reference points.
The Chicago Record-Herald mocks a pessimistic voice predicting worse days, noting the New York Herald’s comment that even the croaker can’t find buyers for gloom. The era’s mood shifts as people stay busy and stop discussing hard times.
The Philadelphia Ledger praised the Gladiator crew for discipline amid peril, suggesting England could spare a cruiser to show the noble character of its naval officers and sailors as brutal sea dangers loom.
Cuban political parties refuse to agree on names of native officials to replace Americans governing provinces. Governor Gen. Magoon requires this to finalize withdrawal plans. Outsiders view the stalemate as a serious menace to Cuba's peace and order during self government.
In Central City Kentucky two policemen were killed and one wounded in a Thursday night firefight following the April 23 fatality of Councilman J D Wood and his brother. John Magnan John Jenks and Walter Harwood former dis charged policemen sparked the clash. Chief of Police Wooten was seriously wounded.
Albany N Y Harry Thaw will be kept at Matteawan state hospital and not moved to another state insane hospital, says Dr Albert W Ferris, chairman of the state lunacy commission. He cites the commission's supervision and Thaw's incurable condition as reasons none and no transfer can occur without consent. Ferris warns outbreaks may occur unpredictably.
James Crawford, a top national rail ticket thief, is revealed as R. A. Gover in a confession. Railroad detectives and the Railway Ticket Protective Bureau have tracked Gover for two years. His operations spanned Maine to California and Michigan to Louisiana, with stolen tickets sold to scalpers.
Lincoln Nebraska organized railway men addressed the state railway commission with emphatic speeches protesting any decrease in freight rates. F H Crosby and J B Wade warned that lower wages would follow reduced schedules. They argued current rates allow company stores at division points to earn 30 percent by matching Nebraska merchant prices.
George M. Lentner aged 101 years died at his daughter Mrs. Kirk Patricks home in Highland Center Iowa He was the oldest man in Wapello county Born in Delaware in 1807 he recently celebrated his 101st birthday Survived by one daughter 21 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
Arizona Democratic convention met in Tucson and instructed its delegation to vote for William J. Bryan. Delegates elected: W. A. Forbes Pima, W. T. Webb Graham, George J. Stoneman Gila, J. P. Dillon Yavapai, T. A. Reardon Covarino, B. A. Packard Cochise.
The Snell case jury returned a unanimous verdict at 1 oclock this morning, after six hours deliberation. They found Col Snell insane and set aside the will.
In Wheeling West Virginia the state Democratic convention met at noon Thursday to pick four men to attend the Denver convention. The delegates were given ironclad instructions to support William Jennings Bryan.
Lincoln Nebraska William J Bryan departed Thursday evening for Columbus and will start a tour of Nebraska Friday visiting several towns in the northern and western sections of the state.
In York Pennsylvania Lucas C Ziegler two year old son of Mr and Mrs George Zeigler of Mount Royal swallowed a rosebud and died before aid could reach him Authorities labeled the incident a fatal choking accident and began investigations to determine how the child obtained the rosebud
In Chicago traders lock in May grain profits totaling 2.7 million dollars. Patten nets 1.5 million, Bartlett 1 million, Armour-Peavey over 200 thousand. Patten earns 1 million on corn and 500 thousand on oats. Bartlett 1 million on corn. Armour-Peavey clean up 200 thousand. Patten bought 6 million bushels of corn and over 9 million of oats, selling 75 percent of corn and 6 percent of oats, paying out over 7 million this month. He started with 4 million in the bank and carried the deals without borrowing.
Princeton officials and the Vanderbilt family move toward a formal probe into the death of Bertha Vanderbilt a university assistant librarian found in the Raritan canal May 18. Prosecutor Berdine will coordinate with Dr Van derbilt of Amsterdam and the family to aid investigations including possible exhumation amid rumors of violence.
New York financier F G Bailey an ex head of Export Shipping Co fled creditors aboard the Clyde steamship Goldsboro. He is in wireless contact with Confederates in New York and plans are kept secret. Merchants' association met at 170 Broadway to press for his capture while British Honduras warships were told to watch for the vessel.
Washington reports a split between army and navy over a 12 inch shell test on the Florida turret. Coast artillery claim no explosion or partial detonation would still spare the turret. They demand a single shoot at 6000 yards to prove their case.
Registration for 80,000 acres under the Salmon River Twin Falls irrigation project opened at Twin Falls Friday morning. By noon 1,400 landseekers had registered, depositing nearly $500,000. About 5,000 people were on hand for the Monday drawing under the Carey act. nearly every state was represented.
Sheriff Alfred Bath of Laramie was killed Friday afternoon about 30 miles west of town by suspect Summers of Walden. Summers, who had robbed his employer and seized a pistol, is still at large as posses chase him. Bath had attempted arrest when Summers shot him.
Bodies of J. M. Hollis, his wife, their child, and the mother were recovered from the Red River Friday above Denison. The child lay clasped in the mother’s arms, signaling a family drowning incident.
In Paducah Kentucky night riders scraped tobacco plant beds belonging to Thomas Houser, marking the band’s first depredation in McCracken county. Two neighbors were served notices to join the association immediately.
After 18 hours the jury in the Samuel Whitlow murder case against Miss May Sapp reported a disagreement. Judge Foust ordered the panel back to the jury room for further deliberation.
St Paul Timothy McCarthy, an aged and well known railroad man, collapsed and died in Calvary cemetery while placing flowers on his wife's grave.
In a Corsican romance, Barnes and Marina flee toward Nice as a vendetta tightens. They ride through Guagno and Bocognano catching glimpses of bandits, the gendarmes, and Salicet politics while planning to reach Enid and rescue her amid perilous mountain trails.
A Chicago Tribune quotation shows a trustee offering $45 a month to a young woman for teaching, with her retort about teaching facts and curriculum. The exchange mocks underfunded education and the value placed on teachers in a rural school district.
Mrs Della Meanes of Marsville Kentucky reports seven years of kidney pains and dropsy with swelling feet and ankles. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she improved markedly and was entirely cured. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The speaker declares a four year wait for a chance to marry Heavy Lady Algy, proposing a life of shared home comforts. The note frames a marriage proposal as a calculated leap year opportunity and seeks a favourable reply.
A Concord New Hampshire resident, George B Farley, describes a two month itching and swelling skin episode below the knees that resembled raw beef and prevented footwear. He credits Cutiura with rapid relief, noting itching stopped at once and swelling subsided, returning him to normal in two days.
A humorous exchange recalls a family scene as Tommy Rott-Huh jokes about being spanked while Eddie Fye-Well notes the mother uses a shoe from a baseball player father. The dialogue reveals playful discipline and a domestic moment with vivid regional flavor.
A Baltimore American snippet notes three people walking together described as a somnambulist a kleptomaniac and a plagiarist. The exchange highlights surprise at meeting so many brainy individuals in one group.
A married woman complains about the gossiping neighbor who constantly talks over the fence. Her husband discovers the neighbor speaks to her, not to him, revealing a private social rift between the two households.
A Kansas matron notes in the local paper that a woman was carried two divisions by a cyclone and remained silent for weeks. A sun-tanned farmer vows to seek the scene, asking Hezekiah where to go to avoid such cyclors.
A reader’s letter warns parents about coffee harms to children and credits Postum as a safe alternative. The speaker recalls early coffee use, subsequent nervous spells, and improved sleep and health after switching to Postum. The piece promotes Postum’s slogan There’s a Reason and cites Battle Creek, Michigan as the sender location.
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