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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
A collage of quips and anecdotes from the Potosi Journal notes on diverse topics. It lampoons coronations, cats, dogs, gardens, and attorneys while touching on manners and misers. Miscellany includes jokes about wealth, lawsuits, and a famed Vanderbilt.
A California judge refuses to recognize poker as the great American game though it continues without formal verdict. Mme. Rique, the prophetess, claims breath typifies spirit and may note that cloves seem ineffective. An Iowa man calls for all dogs to be killed to draw attention to himself.
An American actress becomes the wife of an Egyptian prince. The story hints at social permission for attire like a harem skirt. A domestic mishap involving a bed slat is noted as a correctional urge and a hair brush remains a reliable standby.
An American actress wed an Egyptian prince and faces an imposed fashion style described as a harem skirt. The binding cultural display is tied to the royal ceremony and regional customs.
The secretary of the treasury favors discontinuing the $2.50 gold pieces. He believes the move would not significantly affect many people who rely on them.
A Massachusetts scientist plans to breed stingless bees and hopes for a breakthrough that could yield a new class of insects with no stings. If successful, the research could influence pest control and pollination approaches worldwide.
A Chicago man purchased a rare old volume at the Hoe sale for 21000 dollars. He notes there are publications offering extensive information for a bargain price of 21 cents. This offer suggests potential future value and research access at low cost.
Prince Henry acted swiftly when his aircraft veered off course, illustrating that royal status offers no special exemption from flight risks or the laws of gravity and time.
Report says English explorers in Jerusalem discovered Solomon's crown ring and sword. His wisdom remains beyond modern research.
Manufacturers decree the hobble and harem skirts must go but observers doubt the ban will usher in an era of sensible fashions. The remark hints at ongoing fashion anxieties and changing styles.
An Italian count was arrested in New York on a charge of stuggeling. The incident suggests foreign nobles may not rely on American duress as a livelihood, prompting questions about international figures and local law enforcement.
A Rhode Island man was struck by an automobile and dragged beneath the vehicle before punching the chauffeur. Police report the incident may reflect a desire to ensure the job is complete, with caution urged next time.
A local writer labels baseball umpires as villains from April to October, calling them burglars highwaymen and undesirable citizens, claiming their misdeeds are widely proclaimed every season.
An April New York Commercial article extols Western Canada for settlers, noting land at 8 to 15 dollars per acre rising to 30 by year two, with abundant water, timber, and fertile soils along Grand Trunk Pacific routes. It highlights three land classes, rising values, strong education systems in Winnipeg Saskatoon and Edmonton, and social opportunities beyond frontier life.
A child named Arlene, watching a street fire, mistake reads fire hose as hosiery. As two more fire companies arrive with lines, she explains to her mother that more firemen are dragging their hosiery behind them. The vignette from Lippincott's captures a child’s innocent misinterpretation amid a blaze.
Mrs Newgold tells Aunt Eunice this is a real old master. Aunt Eunice replies she doesn’t care if it is, it’s as good as some new ones. Life.
A reflective note on human stamina as friends who stand up for you may tire and eventually sit down on you, highlighting the fragility of loyalty under prolonged strain.
President Taft told Chicago audiences the main opposition to the Canadian reciprocity treaty came from the lumber trust and paper manufacturers. He warned farmers they were being bankrolled by special interests and urged the public to understand the treaty’s benefits, asserting its passage depends on public opinion rather than senate votes.
A launch carrying seven men sank 200 feet off the Lingis shore opposite Davis street, drowning Irwin Dannenbrink John A. Dietrich Gus Mastebrook and Charles Tolsech after overcrowding the stern and full speed dash. In Utah Lake, six died when the launch Ralilee capsized during a party for Miss Vers Brown and Edward B Holmes, including the prospective bride and groom and two of Captain Frank Brown’s children.
In Tijuana, insurgents broke with the Mexican Liberal party junta and elected Dick Ferris as president of the new Republica of Lower California. They planned to await word from General Pryce before appointing a new general, with Pryce as preferred if he returns.
In Denver Colorado two highwaymen trailed to their hotel room faced three detectives and a gunbattle ensued. One bandit named James Lynch may have been mortally wounded while his companion Frank Ince was captured.
A police lieutenant two sergeants and two Republican political workers were each sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Wilson on the charge of conspiring to unlawfully imprison reform election workers.
Garner Ta-Thomas Duff, former county auditor and current state oil inspector, was indicted by the fraud jury on four counts in connection with his duties as county puslnter. Bond set at $2,000.
In McAlester Oklahoma Mrs Sallie Tripp floated 20 hours on a log with her mother brother and two sisters after they were swept into the Canadian river by a freshet. She survived while two others did not. A rescue operation followed in the flooded stream.
J. D. Bren, cashier at the University of Minnesota, reported being robbed by three men of $14,000 near the campus. He was placed under arrest and charged with embezzlement.
Delegates from most cotton growing states attend a Kansas City session of the National Expeller Cotton Seed Crushers association with Robert Kaye of Mineral Wells Texas presiding.
Fire swept the steamer Northwest at the Buffalo breakwater and the vessel, the largest Great Lakes passenger boat, was totally wrecked. The ship, valued above one million dollars, sustained catastrophic damage.
Leaders from both parties predict a serious rift as the split over the Wim J Bryan driven wool tariff deepens. The Democratic caucus votes unanimously to back the measure, pushing debate into next week with a two week horizon under five minute rule. Underwood says the tariff cuts are projected from last year's wool imports, with revenue dropping from 41.9 million to about 40.6 million.
The Commercial Club of Hannibal Missouri has secured a six day option on the old Mark Twain homestead on Hill Street. The plan calls for selling the property, demolishing the building, and erecting flats on the site. A committee is to raise funds to pay for the move.
Francis Feehan, president of the Mine Workers’ union, testifies before the House Rules Committee about strike conditions in the West Moreland field Pennsylvania. He says 20 miners were shot by deputies this year, 18,000 workers went out, 10,000 evicted, and 6-7 thousand remain living in tents and shacks amid brutal hardships and alleged forced labor. He cites numerous escaped workers who report being beaten or shot at when trying to leave.
Washington reports that Democratic leaders abandon plans to amend the Sherman antitrust law. The tobacco case decision boosts confidence in the act’s scope. Underwood and Clayton say the tobacco ruling clarifies the climate, affirming the Sherman law’s sufficiency.
Twenty families were driven from a tenement at 38 East Eleventh Street after a bomb exploded in front of the building, causing partial wreckage. Police say the attack was the work of Black Hand agents, with authorities tracing the crime to organized extortion plots.
In Memphis Tennessee a mob overpowered deputies escorting two Black suspects, fatally harming one Black person during the attempted crime arrest. The incident involved about 50 masked men and ended in a deadly shooting.
Joseph D. Bren, cashier and accountant at the State University in Minneapolis, was held up by three highwaymen on the banks of the Mississippi near the university and robbed. The incident occurred as Bren was traveling in the area, prompting a police investigation into the coordinated attack and possible suspects.
The Hawaii Pacific Oil Co of Oakland California was declared a fraud and a get-rich-quick swindle by the post office department after selling nearly 400000 dollars worth of stock by mail in Washington DC.
Jefferson City Missouri Reverend Clyde God serving a four year penitentiary term for aiding in the death of Miss Lizzie Gleason petitions the state supreme court for a rehearing of his conviction.
El Paso Texas Daniel De Villars was indicted by the grand jury on a charge of complicity in a plot to murder Francisco I Madero in a high profile case.
Paris newspapers report Chocolate, a long time clown at the Nouveau clique, honored with a purple ribbon as an officer of public instruction. The decoration acknowledges Chocolate's 27 years entertaining sick children in Paris hospitals.
J J Lindley representing Great Northern consulted Secretary of State Schmahl on the state fee for registry of a 606 million dollar mortgage to back the bond issue. No decision was reached. An unsigned company statement attributed to James J Hill outlines refunding 336 million of existing obligations including Burlington debt maturing in 2021 and leaving 270 million for improvements.
About 600 men in Boston building trades unions were out of work as union laborers and artificial stone, cement and asphalt workers struck to enforce a new wage scale.
Crossed electric wires sparked a fire that partially destroyed the Walton hotel in Cincinnati Ohio. The blaze threatened several nearby hotels theaters and department stores for a time as firefighters fought the flames.
Ford City boy Pat Arthur McElfresh fourteen years old is dying of a brain blood clot caused by a blow from a Tech baseball during a Memorial Day game. He was knocked down but rose to stand before collapsing.
In Macon Georgia on July 2 a U S judge Emory Speer declared four wealthy Georgians acquitted after a trial on peonage charges. The defense argued lack of evidence and procedural issues while the judge weighed the case before delivering the verdict.
The Stanley steel investigation heard that a six year Bureau of Corporations audit of United States Steel may be submitted to the president. Judge Ellert H. Gars stated the data exists, while Stanley pressed for plans for a global steel trust organization.
In Columbus Ohio Dr George B Nye a Pike county representative was acquitted on bribery charges in the state assembly trial. The jury reached four votes two to one acquittal then 10 to 2 11 to 1 and finally a unanimous verdict. The case marks the first of the legislative bribery trials and the next trial will involve Representative Owen J Evans of Stark county beginning Monday. Nye faces three other indictments and prosecutor Turner said the verdict would not affect broader Ueiherg cases.
Washington reports the 1911 cotton area in the United States totals about 25,004,000 acres, or 104.7 percent of last year’s plantings, with an increase of roughly 1,586,000 acres or 4.7 percent, as per the Department of Agriculture.
The will of Richard H. Clarke a wealthy New York lawyer and Catholic writer leaves the residuary estate income to his daughter Mary Ada Clarke. The bequest requires she remain in the world and not join any religious order or sisterhood.
Republican and Democratic representatives led by Nick Longworth and Ed Webb will compete in a charity baseball match in Washington with Vice President Sherman acting as umpire.
Padnexh Kentucky deputies and marshal served seven defendants in a $30,000 damage suit by Milton Oliver against 100 alleged night riders. One defendant is a county judge of Lons county.
A body found floating in San Pedro harbor is identified as C. W. Caddizon, sought in Minneapolis for operating a gold brick swindle. Police report the death under investigation as a possible homicide or accident linked to the fugitive's activities.
In Lexington Tennessee Jesse Taylor and Charles Douglas, farmers, quarreled over a $35 note. Taylor picked up a fence rail and beat Douglas to death.
Santa Fe vice president J. W. Kendrick in charge of operation resigns. W. R. Storey, another vice president in charge of construction, is named his successor.
Wise and Howe discuss a striking veiled woman. Wise asks why she wears the veil. Howe suspects nothing specific, and Wise jokes the veil hides fear the sun will blister the paint.
Clark Howell of Atlanta relates a case in Georgia where an elderly Black man is charged with stealing chickens. The defense by a young inexperienced attorney is deemed unlikely to win acquittal as the crime is deemed proven beyond doubt. The man receives a severe sentence and, after sentencing, responds to the judge with a wry, humorous remark about his character and his lawyer.
Australia’s Victoria region recently opened its 500th free library. All older libraries remain busy with patrons and collective revenue from halls, subscriptions, and counts around 340000 dollars. About a million books exist across libraries and roughly 2500000 visits were recorded in two years. Fiction dominates reading, though general literature and history also draw attention.
A playful diner quip prompts a pun about hare soup. The patron corrects that the dish is hare soup, turning a simple remark into a light moment in a casual meal setting. The exchange highlights humor in everyday kitchen chatter.
A successful young woman shares her recovery from nervous prostration after using Grape Nuts. She details improved digestion, reduced illness, and the noon lunch habit with sweet cream and fruit, crediting the diet and the book Road to Wellville. The testimonial highlights women’s health and the product’s benefits.
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