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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
2
A chit chat column in Potosi Journal riffs on social quirks and mishaps. The notes touch auto speeding, duels, astronomy, embroidery, money debates, Wrights' habits, Coney Island police, daylight saloons, beauty standards, a New Jersey dentist sting, Madrid bull fight, newspaper men dining, and Akron fire losses.
Seven millions of gold has been shipped from New York to Paris Rotterdam and South America. This is more than the total for the month of April. New York's loss of gold since January 1 has aggregated $60,000,000. There are those who predict tight money in Wall Street later in the year.
A Victoria report states Japan plans to dispatch cruisers to Behring Sea to protect Japanese pelagic sealers. Cooperation with the United States could keep seals safe and prevent tension with the Jays. German emigration figures from 1908 show 19,883 leaving homeland, 220,901 in 1881, and 2,750,000 since 1871 with 17,951,000 to the United States, indicating emigration trends impact future relations.
Public schools in Washington observed vine day for the first time inspired by Miss Susan B. Sipe botany instructor at Washington Normal school who proposed beautifying back fences and streetside alleys with vines. The local board of education promptly endorsed the project.
The unveiling last week of a Henry W Longfellow statue in Washington drew national interest with government representatives at the ceremony. The piece honors American literature and Longfellow as a beloved poet who embodies the American spirit.
The New York Court of Appeals will decide if the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness includes a man hearing his rooster crow at night. He argues it is a supreme privilege, and he vows to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed.
An earthquake centered near Lambesc in Provence killed eight people and damaged multiple buildings in Lambesc and En Guille, with partial destruction at Aix and destruction of a vermicelli factory. Shocks were felt across Cannes Perpignan Nice Cette Beziers and disrupted life as troops searched for casualties.
London authorities refused to reveal depositions tied to the death by own action of Marie Ruiz friend of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. The coroner closed the case with no evidence of foul play. Reporters who obtained facts say they were paid to suppress the story with an estimated 25000 dollars spent by the mysterious American handling the sealing of the affair.
In Boston a supreme court verdict was rendered in the libel case of former Judge Henry S. Dewey against members of the Good Movement association. Dewey sought 76.45 million in damages over statements tied to the 1905 mayoral campaign. Dewey led his own defense and testified on the stand. Evidence included works on ancient laws of Plato and Cicero and comparative court procedures.
Dallas reports show 11 people killed with many injured and heavy property damage across the state. A Kansas, Mexico & Orient train was blown from a trestle into the Brazos river near Sweetwater. Hamlin, Merkel, Knox City, Lenders, and Sweetwater endure major damage with possible village washouts and vanishing residents.
Cincinnati based report describes Cincinnati Toronto Jimmy aka king of the yege men escaping from jail in Williams town Kentucky with aid from friends. They left by automobile after jail bars were sawed out over two weeks. A fellow prisoner Jules Jackson aided in the escape.
A blaze swept the Mountain Park area near Hobart destroying the best portion of Mountain Park. Guests in the Park hotel awoke as flames spread causing four to leap from second-story windows. Traveling salesman A M Judson suffered internal injuries.
A panic was averted when the steel passenger steamer Arundel with 300 excursionists aboard ran onto a sand bar in Lake Erie ten miles from Ashtabula. Capt. George M. Jones of New York calmed the nervous passengers.
The Russian torpedo boat Kambala sank in a Black Sea storm during a trials run. Twenty members of its crew are reported drowned as rescue efforts continue and the vessel goes down.
Monterey Mexico police report the attacker Juan Ferrino was captured after bombing the office of Attorney Leon Flores. Flores himself has been arrested and held incommunicado as authorities detain thirty others in connection with the incident.
Four men died when a floor collapsed at the Peninsular Stove Works factory in Detroit. Reports differed on how many floors gave way, with initial claims of four floors caving in later disputed.
Washington senate discussion on the wool schedule tied to the income tax was postponed to June 18 by a 45 to 34 vote after Senator Ulrich's motion and Bailey's charges of undue influence. Aldrich denied such pressure and urged delaying until the schedule is settled, while La Follette warned he would push amendments to the wool schedule that ultimately failed 44 to 32.
In Dubuque Iowa the Iowa State Federation of Labor seated the electrical workers delegates by a large margin despite objection from the American Federation of Labor which sought to prevent recognition of the seceding electrical workers.
Albany police arrested Joseph Floria an Italian after he called at the residence of Bishop T M A Burke of the Catholic diocese and allegedly threatened to shoot the bishop. Burke was in Troy at the time.
Memphis readers report the United Confederate Veterans adjourned their business meeting after the protest against General Clement A. Evans as commander in chief. Mobile, Alabama was chosen as the next reunion site. A parade followed to close the event.
Reports describe a severe storm system moving through west Texas and southern Oklahoma. Heavy rain and wind caused crop damage and structural losses including a collapse killing a man at Maybelle, Texas, while fences toppled at Davidson, Oklahoma, and washouts blocked multiple rail lines.
In New York City the twelfth annual Federation of American Zionists convention opened today and will run through next Wednesday. The primary topic is Palestine’s restoration to the Jewish people, with other Hebrew race matters also on the agenda. It is the largest gathering of its kind since the federation’s formation.
R M Smith and Co lumber dealers with holdings in West Virginia Indiana and Louisiana were adjudged bankrupt by Federal Judge Dayton on a voluntary petition in Parkersburg West Virginia.
Boston reports Harvard University will receive one million dollars from the Gordon McKay will to further technical education. The gift funds are to be paid at commencement, marking a landmark endowment for the university’s technical programs.
Secretary Wesley Green of the State Horticultural Association announced a survey of Iowa’s fruit belt showing the peach crop utterly destroyed by the late frost.
In Youngstown and Mahoning county, the Wednesday vote across 82 precincts shows 11,252 in favor of saloons and 9,263 against, a wet majority of 1,969. The result reflects a local decision on saloon openness in the era.
Walter L. Main of Geneva Ohio, a retired millionaire circus man aged 46, marries Louis Catherine Schneider at the bride’s home in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The bride is 28.
Louis Werner, representing Grace B. Guggenheim, denied here that collusion occurred in obtaining the divorce from William Guggenheim. The exchange centered on the legality and fairness of the action as presented to the court.
Nashville Tennessee H Clay Pierce resigned as chairman of the board of directors of the Tennessee Central railroad. M Felton of Chicago succeeds him.
Henry C. Ide, newly appointed American minister to Spain, presented credentials to King Alfonso. He drove in state to the palace where the king and ministers welcomed him amid a brilliant ceremony.
An American woman injured near Zurich in an auto accident Monday is identified as Fanny the Badger of Kansas City. Her collar bone was broken.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, long time chaplain of the Senate, died at his Roxbury home after a brief illness of heart disease. Born in Boston April 3, 1822, he hailed from a line of notable ancestors, including publisher Nathan Hale and Edward Everett, and he spent a life devoted to abolition, pioneer immigration aid, and civic ministry. His sister Miss Susan Hale and Dr. Temple were among those at his bedside.
Rains hindered the Panama Canal excavation at Big Ditch Washington May, producing 2,896,055 cubic yards, the smallest monthly total in the past year though 193,198 cubic yards more than the same period last year. The slowdown is blamed on fewer working days and heavy rainfall.
Nelson Hayden distributes handbills across Chicago offering a ten dollar reward for the return of his wife who disappeared. He stated he would make efforts public until she is found. He believes in advertising to locate her and asks help from citizens.
Chinese workers refuse to sign wage-scale agreements with salmon canners in New Westminster, threatening a general strike and shutdown of canneries. Replacing Chinese labor with whites or Indians is deemed impractical.
Three leaders of the Japanese sugar labor strike Makino Negoro and Soga were arrested by the high sheriff in Honolulu. They were taken into custody without warrants and held for a judicial investigation into disturbances.
Walter Wellman’s balloon frame and mechanical parts were shipped from Paris to Rotterdam and then to Tromsoe for the planned North Pole expedition. The move advances the Arctic airship project by delivering key components to the flotilla’s launch point.
Mystic Shriners wrap their twenty-fifth annual session in Louisville Kentucky with a brilliant ball as most visitors depart by midnight on the closing day.
Chicago judge Honore appoints attorney Fyffe to represent the court at the re opening of Grace B Guggenheim versus William Guggenheim, linked to the Smelter trust.
Ex-President Castro of Venezuela and his wife reside quietly in a villa near Sanstander Spain. No evidence supports rumors they will fund a filibustering expedition.
Washington DC Secretary of War and Mrs Dickinson depart for West Point New York where today he will address the United States Military Academy graduating class and present the diplomas to the cadets.
Davenport Iowa The Iowa State Manufacturers Association adopted resolutions endorsing Senators Dolliver and Cummings for their stands in the tariff discussion.
In St Louis a clash of political feuds ends in death as Fred H Mohrle known as the Yellow Kid, is shot in the courthouse corridor while awaiting trial for killing Sam J Young. The shooter is Thomas Kane known as Billy Kane, a deputy under Young and later Michael Young.
The Grand Council of the Missouri United Commercial Travelers met in Springfield and decided the next annual Grand Council for Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas will convene in Kansas City with a two day session beginning the first Friday in June 1910. Meetings will be in Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. A resolution protests mileage book abolition and urges a three member committee to press railway officials to restore mileage book sales.
The First Christian church of Mexico hosts the largest Sunday school in the state with a record attendance of 1 083. Rev. Walter M White pastors the church and John W Dry hardware dealer serves as superintendent. Their ads in local papers, begun about a year ago, are credited with boosting membership.
State Superintendent Gass completed a series of teacher certificate exams held in Clinton Jefferson City Joplin Kansas City Macon Poplar Bluff St. Joseph and St. Louis. Of 94 applicants 36 certificates were issued including 17 life certificates 3 renewed five year certificates and 16 five year certificates. Represented states include Washington Iowa Ohio and Kansas.
Railroads enter supreme court with demurrers to Attorney General Major's petition seeking action on the three cent fare rate. The demurrers argue the petition fails to show on its face any usurpation or unlawful exercise of the railroads' franchise rights.
The surplus money interest for May reached 1765.70 dollars, the highest monthly sum on record. The amount is sufficient to cover the salaries of all state officials and clerks at the state capital for the last month.
Camden Point earns praise from the Bee for civic virtue. Marshal H L Jenkins donated one month's salary last year, saying it felt wrong to take town pay without earning it. The town is described as civil, sober, and law-abiding.
Gov Hadley names Green D Greer Sikeston B B Sahoon Fredericktown and H William Lang Farmington to the State Asylum for the Insane at Farmington. Each will serve four years from April 26 1909.
Robert Colvin confined on a robbery charge escaped Rolla county jail by cutting a roof hole and lowering himself on a rope made from bed quilts. He climbed two stories to reach the ground and flee the facility.
Sedaha camp of Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circle unveiled eight monuments at Crown Hill cemetery in front of more than 5,000 spectators. The procession stretched six blocks as attendees watched the ceremony.
The baccalaureate sermon for Central College’s graduating class in Fayette was delivered by the Rev. John M. Moore. In the evening Howard Payne College Choral Society performed a sacred cantata.
At a meeting of the Mexico Business Men's association the following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President, S. P. Emmers. vice president, W. W. Pollock. secretary, Hufus Jackson.
Mrs. Alice Arnold of Montgomery county has been arrested charged with killing her infant. The baby’s body was found in a valise at the home of William Anderson near Rhineland.
A proclamation by the California Fig Syrup Co. asserts there are no scientific advances, only their original method. It warns buyers to insist on the full front-name printing to avoid imitations and ensure the product’s beneficial effects.
Clergyman questions a boy about worm digging on Sunday. Willie replies that his father would say something if he did not dig, but hints at his father’s fishing presence nearby. The quip turns on a sly family dynamic and a fisherman’s stance.
A groom and bride faced an abrupt halt to their ceremony when a man burst in during the pending nuptials in Shawnee County. The interrupter, claiming to joke, offered each partner a Grimes Golden apple before the marriage proceeded. The incident drew momentary shock and amusement at the court house.
An English rabbi says a clock may be placed outside the synagogue to mark late arrivals. Two rabbis walk past a beautiful synagogue. one envies the other, who warns that in this congregation there are many serpents, unlike the original paradise which had only one.
A passerby hurries through rain with umbrella raised when an acquaintance in a doorway asks to borrow it. The playful exchange reflects a light moment about bearing weather and status.
A reflective meditation on hardship and resilience. The speaker quotes Richter and compares life’s sorrows to waves that surround a solitary ship in a haven full of weasels. It ponders escaping under the waves and returning, arguing genuine disappearance is illusory if viewed rightly.
In a candid exchange Mr Dustin Stax admits the challenge of avoiding consumer complaints. He notes that customers can be troublesome and reflects on how businesses rely on them even as tensions arise.
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