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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
2
The Potosi Journal notes curious questions about women chairing, observes New York’s hops production, and hints at political and social discourse. It mentions aging traditions and a jab at wealth versus happiness, closing with a nod to advertising.
A collage of quips and notes spans social gripes and statistics. From Henry James on gratitude to a physician’s nose brain theory and a minister’s seven hundredth church, the piece swivels to robins and cherries, a future Spain, and advances versus old ship ideas. It closes with wheat cars and emigration figures.
The passage notes that British barmaids plan to march on the House of Commons to safeguard their preservation, suggesting they may face lighter resistance than suffragettes. Mentions Mauser rifles as deadlier invention and hints at wartime grievances toward Americans.
Baker Stead promotes peaceful means to secure 31,000,000 and urges cost savings versus war. A city has become cleaner with a sign on waste barrels reading Please help us to keep the city clean attracting pedestrians to pick up litter. A remark contrasts women's smoking with chewing gum and questions who looks better with a cigar.
The piece argues the United States has housed Cuba during illness and now Cuba must cover occupation expenses estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. It also ridicules a Cleveland study denying female equality, and mocks a Wonder Nevada ministerial figure while calling for a gun‑savvy sky pilot.
The passage notes WT Stead rarely uses epigrams, as they entertain yet lack depth for editors who value Stead’s reputation as a prolific writer capable of extensive copy.
The narrator recounts a tense meeting with Anita and her parents after a day of wild shifts in fortune. He fights public suspicion, guards his secrets, and fears exposure as he clings to a fragile plan to rescue his position through looming coal stock collateral and a near term reorganization.
XXII BHE HAS CHOSEN claims Joe reached the office late the following morning, with the fragment indicating a selection or decision affecting him. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
The essay argues that English endures due to its homely, daily-use nature. It notes languages with richer systems fade while English, despite its many exceptions and spelling quirks, expands globally, overtaking other tongues. It predicts English may become the speech of the civilized world.
A humorous Civil War era note asks President Davis to spare Jeems for marriage, with a retort from Mrs. Davis. Mexican President Diaz receives a ceremonial military painting of Gen. Ding at Puebla, praised as a gift from state governors. A New York Press quip mocks American humor, and laundry starches are praised for Defience Starch. Tourists tour England as a guide cites William the Conqueror’s tower.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claiming to strengthen nerves by enriching blood. It cites a Mrs Harriet Porter of South Medford Mass who reports dizziness neuralgia facial pain and fear of paralysis improved after using the pills. The copy lists uses for anemia rheumatism after flu headaches nervousness and partial paralysis and offers a free booklet and product price.
An archaic advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a case of Ostarrh cured by Haj Ontarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo and claims a testimonial and a Halle Catarrh Cure taken internally. It mentions price and distribution by druggists and endorses Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A dialog shows Mrs Jagaway seeking husband whereabouts and Mrs Rawler guessing. The text interleaves disparate notes about glass mirrors from ancient to early Renaissance times and stray lines about a Lewis' Factory in Peoria, plus irrelevant proverbs. The readable portion centers on a domestic exchange with a headache and sleeping husband.
An OCR fragment touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and other quack cures. It also claims a broad-minded man ignores others’ opinions, and promotes Dr Kime’s medicine and nerve tonic with a Philadelphia address.
A humorous exchange features a client urging a lawyer not to join the army, joking about charges. The gag shifts to laundry tips praising Defiance Starch and a smooth iron as a home alternative to steam laundering, claiming better stiffness and less wear.
A young man asks if the girl is enraged and she admits anger, noting it is for this evening only as the electric doorbell rings and she points to her engagement ring.
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