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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1921
Page
4
An OCR fragment outlines advertising to local customers including foreign and transient rates, professional cards at 12 per year, settlement notices at 64.50, memorials at 61.00 per 100 words, and card of thanks at 50. It notes legal notices and executor ads with strict rates and wording limits.
The United States holds influential but informal sway on the Rhineland commission through General Allen and American envoy representatives. They attend sessions, submit recommendations, and often shift decisions away from deadlock, with Belgian commissioner Mr Rolyn Jacquenyus noting the strong consultative role of the American side.
Charles Hatch a Catasaqua machinist recovered $35 of the $83 he lost a year ago after receiving an anonymous note explaining the finder kept the cash for an emergency and added $2 interest. Hatch has no clue to the finder’s identity.
Local items report Miss Gladine Banta visiting Potosi, Mrs George Hornsey returning from Alton, and families from De Boto to attend gatherings. Wheat harvests begin amid rust concerns. rains improved crops but roughened roads. The St Louis Star will resume Sunday edition in June. County officials note auto registrations for 1921 and bridge repairs. Civic League plans cleanup drives as rains interrupt outdoor events.
FOR BALE four room celled houroin Potoal with drilled well barn for four horses and J Hodgen assisted by J Mr Hodgen. FOR ALK forty four acres of good timber land near Undine Illinois with per acre price B10. Daisy B Hour owner J BR 8 box 10 Dequeep Ark. NOTICE TO FARMERS I'll be cutting this season with my threshing outfit and solicit your patronage. Phone or write Lewis Bean Latty Mo.
FP Johnson of Potasi announces a carload of California Red Cedar Shingien of top quality now ready for buyers. Call for details. Missouri road convention to study the sixty million dollar road program will meet in Jefferson City on Thursday and Friday this week to express public sentiment to the legislature in special session. Delegates include J. F. Evans and Jon Maclay of Potosi Chas Stocking of Richwoods John C Long of Cadet and John G Walton of Belgrade. Evans and Maclay plan to attend. Seour county to be represented at the conference.
Work on the hydro electric plant at the Western Tie and Timber Co. of St Louis at Jack's Fork in Shannon County is progressing. The dam will be about feet high and over a quarter of a mile long. Power will be transmitted to St Louis, with lines crossing near the area, likely bringing electric service to our city when connected.
Anna Lachance of Old Mines killed herself with poison after learning her former lover Henry Portell had a new girlfriend. She went to his home in St Louis County and drank poison in Portell’s Lepre Street residence. Lachance’s body was returned to Old Mines for Sunday funeral. Portell’s father Henry Portell died in January while visiting his children in Lowie.
A list of names and places appears to advertise home services. Items include F J Bornman Potosi Mo Old Mines Rolla J Pashia Mary Pearl Decine George E Heck Greet Ridge Mo Hertha Alice Hodson Irondale J Thomas Hudon Honne Terre Helen F Adame.
Mise Hazel Rogers and her mother visit Mrs IL E Hadiance and family while Thompson returned from a honeymoon to Leadwood. Irondale beat Caledonia 19 to 5 in a Sunday baseball game. Marion Shei of Flat River visited. Hoy Scouts from St Louis may arrive June 15 at Camp Roosevelt with a new concrete pool and cobblestone spring-house at Gienta Springs. Ellen Simpeco’s body was sent from Lutesville to Caledonia for burial aged 7 years 4 months. Attending funeral were Cie Wowl Kate Moliow Grace Robigsen Harold Walt and family, I L BR Vive and wife. St Louis visitors include Mrs Lawrence Shuler. Moallen family vacation to Big River camp. Willy (Neo) in poor health.
Three local lumber companies tangled in legal disputes over foreclosure and attachment. Washington County Land and Lumber Co interests clash with Cordia and Phelps Brow firms as assets move toward foreclosure. August circuit court set with Judge Dearing to oversee proceedings, multiple individuals charged with obstructing legal process.
The Presbyterian Church invites all for Sunday morning worship on the topic Gods Requirement and an evening message titled The One Taken and the Unie Left. An installation service is planned Friday night and all are welcome to attend.
The Illinois Southern Railroad, with its western terminus at Miemarck, has resumed general train service. Local commuters and freight operations are slated to return to normal as schedules restart across the line, signaling a recovery after disruption.
The romelias of Weedell Sloan and late Arthur Sloan were brought home for the funeral of Jane at the city cemetery. Roy Poresthe led the service, with Mee Liew Slvan among the mourners, as Weedell Sloan aged about one year was laid to rest. Also reinterred were Eminent Campbell and Mer o Campbell of Belleview from France, last Wednesday afternoon.
Local notes report weather delays from last week and announce a Bloomar Chapel quarterly meeting and market dinner. The community shares condolences for Aunt Mary Turner and Nellie McClair, notes several local visitors, and mentions Celia Downard's improving health. A small farming anecdote about Jd Kirkpatrick catching a hooked bucket while plowing.
Fragmentary report mentions Mr J W Orley, a broken eboulder event, Mr Charlie Jenderson in poor health in Upper Sunlight, and Mr and Mrs QO. 5) Martin of Sun. Vigte visiting Mrs Sethar Dickey and daughter during a Sunday.
A correspondent recalls the great Hood in Pueblo, describing water flooding low ground streets, washing away two thirds of houses and mud covering others. The flood cut power, destroyed bridges, and severed east and west town sections. The writer notes the Fraction Company area spared power only by limited generators, with many deaths unrecorded due to chaos.
A faded letter from Pueblo describes a devastating scene with wrecked houses and mangled animals after a disaster, noting a large property loss. It mentions Missourians arriving in Pueblo and a horse accident in Wisconsin. A Millsboro grand jury returns murder indictments for Deck’s death at Herculaneum, with extreme plea offers mentioned.
Notice is given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mankoff Mine Co will be held at the bank office on Moon Money Monday January 20 at 2 oclock pm to elect five directors for the coming year and address any proper business. W Oilononue, President BS F taneit, Cashier May Jubb, Tit
The Probate Court of Washington County Missouri grants letters of administration on the estate of Elizabeth Jolly deceased dated May 2. Claimants must exhibit within six months or be barred. one year to contest from letters. J. W. Sontle granted administration as testimony and seal affixed.
A report released by the American Sowlah feller Comin] notes typhus sweeping Soviet Russia and Poland. The text cites over 2000 fires of Lyplon in Soviet Kisia with mortality near nine percent, attributed to a Jewish median unit operating in Poland.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss popularity measures and meeting intentions for a local event. Mentions names and places in a garbled form, with no clear dates or outcomes.
The piece argues rising home construction worsens urban crowding and harms social character. It cites slow but steady industry data, notes spring and summer activity, and warns of effects on owners and children, urging national progress toward a better life.
Reports from travelers describe a new Soviet erminant institution in Moscow and other towns to address shortages. Thousands of women are employed by the government to search cold archives and record offices for clean sheets of paper or paper feed only for government correspondence.
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