Untitled Note From Missouri Office 1906
A garbled 1906 Missouri note references Deggendore, Binch, and Pualisites with a date of ALNE 13 likely indicating a local item or notice. Readable fragments point to a dispatch or record from an office.
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
4
A garbled 1906 Missouri note references Deggendore, Binch, and Pualisites with a date of ALNE 13 likely indicating a local item or notice. Readable fragments point to a dispatch or record from an office.
A historical listing names county officials and judges for Washington County, including names like Breeidadge Jos J. Wiltiaved Mills hore Mo aeiesenaher F H H Farris Steelville and others. It outlines county court districts, probate court, sheriff, treasurer, assessor, and county officers. It also specifies court terms and dates such as first Mondays in March August February May August and November, with notice of special terms as needed.
Trains stop at Mineral Point with Belmont Passenger and Express services listed. Times include 11:10 am for Texas Express going south and 5:51 am for Memphis Express going north. Other services like El Paso Express and Local/Express are noted with approximate times.
Local notices and society briefs from Potosi Missouri and surrounding towns. Mentions visits by residents to St. Louis Old Mines Belgrade and Miner Point. Notes on school brickwork Oak Lane Dairy Farm ice cream store closures and planned entertainments. Includes a fatal fire incident accident and church events with scattered personal names and dates.
A picked Pubesi team traveled to Caledonia on Sunday and played a ball game against the local squad, Caledonia winning by a score the paper calls too numerous to mention. The item also notes local notices, app subscriptions, court cases, pastor changes, a near fire at the Filton homestead, bridge works near Berryman, a shooting incident in Claytown, and various community updates from Jacksonvile to Belgrade and Harmony townships.
In Dent County a dry outcome was declared at a recent local option election. Agnes Rourke of Cadet was adjudged insane by the county court and ordered confined to the Farmington state hospital. Work on Davis Cave advances under Fetcher and Myer with a ventilation tunnel nearing completion and the entrance to be enlarged for safer access and reduced wetness. The interior will be illuminated to showcase onyx walls.
Notice from County Commissioner J. W. Houston announcing the regular teachers examination in Potosi on Friday and Saturday. Exams start at 8 00 a m each day. Teachers without certificates and those needing renewal are urged to attend or send certificates for renewal.
Elvios residents recount a humorous tale as two nimrods borrow a Washington county horse for Sunday fishing, a second horse joins the escape toward Caledonia, hinting at a secret horse protest. A health note praises Foley's Kidney Cure from City Drug Store.
Notice is given that plans and specifications for heating the Potosi School Building by steam will be received by the Board of Education up to June 1 1906 at Rice p.m. The building has six rooms with halls. The Board reserves the right to reject any plans. For details address the Secretary. By order of the Board. Henry C. Bert President, M A Casey Secretary.
A proverb notes that saving a little from earnings and placing it in the bank yields financial security. Wage earners and salary workers are urged to save regularly, building an income from saved dollars, with a safe bank account as a ready place for funds. POTOSI, MO.
Belgrade news reports Aunt Liza Hutchings dies Friday morning at seven. Dr J A Eaton reports wife not improving. Baptist church selects Rev Creed Fortune as pastor for the year. Mrs Eaton of Goodland visited Belgrade. Ice cream social raised funds for M E Church South. Dr Robertson now practices here. Wheat harvest starts. Wid Kill Turncroft Courtois visited Belgrade. Woodman Lodge may build a new hall. J M Wiley may build a new store, signaling a building boom. Potatoes bugs appear. Fourth of July near Clear Creek grave has Hryan monument unveiling with distinguished speakers. expected general good time. Parlor.
Creditors and all interested residents of Washington County Missouri are notified that on the first day of the next August term of the Probate Court the administrator J W Nixon will make a final settlement of the estate of Meek Burton deceased.
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An old advertorial note claims deaths from appendicitis decrease as use of Dr King’s New Life Pills increases. It asserts they save from danger and cure constipation, promising strength and vigor after use. Guaranteed by S. FE Thurman Droggist. 2c. Try them.
Local notes report a recent rain, visits by Hardie Dearing Robert Turns at Blackwell on business, and several neighbors at a Saturday picnic. Names Stella and Sam Cummings pass through, J M Ramsey and Robert Burns depart for St Louis, Burns staying away, and deaf school student Shutte's boy returns. Also a kidney health ad promotes Foley's Kidney Cure.
Floyd notes crops look good after recent rains. Sittses and Whitener open a new saw mill. Mrs W V Earles and daughter Hunzel visit relatives in Ohio. Sunday school organized last week. Rev Layman preached at Bunker Hill. Geo Wilson and family visited Undine. N F Whitner returned from Fredericktown. Henr Cook and C L Whitner visited Jim Silves. Local youths attended a social at Frank Portelle's. all report a nice time.
River ton Iowa postmaster G W Fouts reports a near fatal robbery and loss of comfort in a letter. He claims twenty years of chronic liver complaints caused severe jaundice and that doctors prescribed Electric bitters which cured him for seven years. The fragment mentions a sale at S F Shortmes’s store.
W B Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee endorses Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a thorough remedy for chronic constipation. A M Ake of Word Indiana reports curing lung hemorrhages after using Foley's Honey and Tar, noting lungs are sound now. The advertisement urges avoiding substitutes and favors City Drug Store for purchases.
Mrs. Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wisconsin found relief after using a 2 cent box of Kucklen's Arnica Salve which completely cured a running sore on her leg that had tormented her for 23 years. It is advertised as a potent healer for piles wounds and sores. Thurman's Drug Store in South Florida is referenced.
Letters testamentary with will annexed were granted to Patrick Munepuy as executor of Mary Allen deceased on May 16 in Washington county Missouri. Creditors must prove claims within one year or be barred from any benefit. two years to file before barred.
A.A. Herren of Finch Ark endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it cured consumption in the early stages. City Drugstore Texico 219 is listed.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record quotes a weary figure debating a husband’s old overcoat. The speaker insists it offers comfort and utility despite wear, pondering its potential to aid business and daily needs.
A fragment urges whitening arms using lemon juice or prepared bleach to achieve a white sheen, promoting this as essential in short sleeve days and advertising the best powders for the effect.
A fragment from Haltimona American notes a quip about light housekeeping and a contrast between fat and dark settings. The quotation lampoons domestic tasks and urban life through a wry mirror on perception and practicality.
Dr King’s New Discovery receives a testimonial from T J Swyer of Grayville Missouri noting three cured cases of consumption and praising its cough cold throat and lung healing power. The remedy is guaranteed by B F Kurman & Co druggists with 50 cent to 1 dollar prices and a free trial bottle offer.
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