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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
3
Jiggs jokes Boozer looks vacant because he is full. Harker notes Bilking is an enthusiast who calls himself a sportsman, but Parker recalls his only notable act was a wild goose chase three years ago.
In a terse exchange, Tallman warns that a second game mistake is foolish. Shortman defends himself denying the insult while admitting two prior marriages.
An excerpt features a polite host stressing self sufficiency in milk while a guest child makes a wry remark about a sour cow. The humor contrasts polished domestic talk with a sharp throwaway line. A literary tone questions pretenses in social ritual.
Judge David P. Dyer in Hannibal Missouri issued a temporary injunction restraining 25 western railroads from enforcing or advancing interstate freight rates. The US government alleges the rate increase violated the Sherman Act. The petition names Attorney General Wickersham and aides, with hearings likely in St. Louis.
Lisbon reports say more than 500 people drowned as a fierce cyclone hit East Africa near Mozambique. Many ships sunk and land damage widespread. among the losses 400 African miners en route to Rand mines per numerous dispatches.
A lightning strike on a barn on Mrs. Henning’s farm half a mile east of Corning Ark killed Frederick Walters and Floyd Peck. The bolt stunned Carl Henning and Joseph McNeil who were present at the rural scene.
Lieutenant F. B. Foulois piloted the government Wright aeroplane for over an hour in San Antonio Texas, continuing the army’s attempt to prove sustained flight capabilities.
Forest fires raging around Slave Lake in Manitoba have caused losses of millions of dollars. If fires remain uncontrolled, the fir timber of the region is at grave risk of destruction.
Two large grain steamers, the Chicago of Buffalo and the Selwyn Eddy of Duluth, became tightly wedged in a single bridge draw in Chicago. Efforts to disentangle them have so far failed, delaying river traffic and raising the risk of further damage.
A St Louis mass meeting formed a committee to curb dangerous explosives during July Fourth. Archbishop Glennon urged a more sacred Independence Day with a religious tone, criticizing fireworks and gunfire as unpatriotic and dangerous, and calling for united, calmer celebration.
Miss Elizabeth Thomson, secretary of the Kansas City Socialist club, cannot run for Missouri superintendent of public instruction due to a law that requires state officeholders be men over 25. Secretary of State Cornelius Roach withheld her Socialist ticket application in Jefferson City, citing the gender rule. A replacement Socialist candidate will be named.
Mrs. Geo. C. Harness wife of the secretary of Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance of Bunceton was drowned while crossing a swollen creek near Speed. Their buggy overturned and both were swept into the stream. Mr. Harness escaped but she died. her body was recovered a quarter mile downstream.
Three former University of Missouri men won scholarships in Columbia University New York Mark Skidmore class of 1905 earned a romance language scholarship Ernst Horn class of 1907 from Greeley Colorado received a research scholarship and Benjamin M Anderson of Columbia Mo earned the Garth fellowship in Columbia Missouri Oakland?
J A Runyan industrial commissioner of the Commercial club who has been in Ironton for the Missouri Valley Land and Immigration congress met Governor Hadley and J H Curran state immigration commissioner. They assured him they would attend during Gifford Pinchot's visit to Kansas City.
Committees from the Civic league and board of freeholders of St. Louis join civic groups in St. Louis to back home rule but decide against submitting the initiative proposal. They fear it would be tangled with the prohibition amendment, making passage unlikely.
The Westminster College of Fulton board considers relocating to Hannibal after a cash offer of 75000 dollars and a SIdacre tract from Hannibal’s Commercial Club led by Benjamin F Edwards of St Louis, president of the board.
Among the oldest railroad employees in continuous service with Missouri Pacific is Lee Glandon who has served as station agent and operator at Raymore for 28 years He began work with the Missouri Pacific in October TS870 documented as a longtime Raymore station figure.
Andrew Milter a 68 year old wealthy farmer living near Knobnaster Johnson county fell ill while driving hogs to Knobnaster and died within minutes of heart trouble He served in the Civil War and was a member of the G A R.
The Houstonia hotel owned by Mrs. Jennie Brayler burned due to a defective fire. loss estimated at 2000 dollars with partial insurance. In unrelated case, David Lewis, 22, pleaded guilty in Macon before US Commissioner Wilson to robbing the Keota Post Office, receiving 25 dollars, and was jailed on a 2600 dollar bond.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys and related backache. Testimonial from J N Markham of Montesano Washington describes dropsy, bloating and back pain improving after using the product. Sold by dealers at 50 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Hix curses his son as insane after news of marriage. Nix questions. Hix notes the son married yesterday and earns only ten dollars weekly.
A Brooklyn man recounts a 16 year battle with a severe skin disease that worsened in warm weather and confined him indoors. After trying many doctors, Cuticura remedies brought rapid improvement and he declares himself cured.
A letter from Artemus Ward Jr describes his time at Bowdoin College in Maine and a humorous self image as a Bowdoin Arab. The writer laments parental worries and recalls past county fair suggestions, reflecting on the path to being a humorist.
London May 14 Dr Sambon on Field committee findings that maize is not the cause of pellagra. The parasite simulator named simullum repans, a goat species, is identified as the disease carrier. The report dismisses maize as causal and points to zoonotic transmission by the biting goat.
Clergyman recalls scripture about marriage while a seeker after divorce notes the decision was made by a justice of the peace. The exchange hints at a civil ceremony differed from religious union and the legal dissolution process.
An inscription notes Casey at the Bat from the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book of 1910, including schedules, records, and other baseball data compiled for readers. It mentions that the Coca Cola Co of Atlanta sent the book on receipt of a 2c stamp, plus a pamphlet about Coca Cola.
A Washington Heights milk dealer describes his eight year old son Willie visiting the country. Willie watched Uncle Hezekiah milk a cow the first evening and was told milking would continue. He said Uncle Hezzie had finished two faucets and begun on the other two.
A young girl recounts a nearby scarlet fever incident during a recital. Her confusion leads her to tell a caller that Johnny has scarlet fever because his face is red and his chest is broken in. The mother intervenes in the drawing room to explain the situation.
Feaxz J C swears before A W Gleason that he endorses Ball's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for catarrh and vows one hundred dollars for non cureable cases. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo publish testimonials and offer the treatment publicly. Retail price is 75 cents and doctors advertise Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A dialogue from Ladies' Home Journal depicts two men leaving a concert hall. One envies the singer not for voice but for courage described as tremendous. The exchange highlights boldness over vocal talent in a brief reflective moment.
In a tense exchange up to Pa the dialogue reveals a quarrel where one speaker claims to have overheard Jennie saying to call papa if Charlie repeats an act. The others deny, prompting insistence that the accusation can be proven by the speaker's own ears.
An old advertisement promotes Pettit's Eye Salve for eye disease or injury with a claim of harmless fast action. It lists Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo New York as sellers and prices at 25 cents. The rest of the fragment includes miscellaneous moral observations and parodic lines.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis warns it will take about forty five years to provide adequate hospital space for all indigent consumptives. Last year 7,000 beds were added across hospitals and sanatoria, yet 300,000 indigent patients remain unserved with only 22,720 beds nationwide. On May 1, 1909 there were 15,244 beds and 294 institutions. the annual report notes 99 new institutions and 7,500 more beds.
A New York magazine editor at the Authors' Club dinner criticizes the graft and crookedness seen in the industry. A young writer notes that society worships wealth and that wealth and honor are treated as synonymous terms in America at present.
A Sunday Magazine piece from the Los Angeles Times quotes a boy named Jimmy Jiggs answering a father’s test of geography with a cheeky definition about what one wears inside trousers to brace for a whipping. The note ends with a Kelman quote urging stronger loyalty to friends.
At a Caruthersville meeting between the Deering and Southwestern Railroad president and the Commercial club an agreement was reached to extend the line into Caruthersville.
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