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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1901
Page
4
An ad touts strict business ethics and bold prices. It markets red hot shoe deals and cheap goods claiming honest value. It attacks rivals selling shoddy merchandise and promotes extensive bargains including suspenders and lawn fabrics at low costs.
The entry notes a time card stop at Mineral Point for the Fhe W. J. Gay Co aboard the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern time, with connection times to the Oberon Belt Express at 11.00 am, and Bismarck Acc at 8.23 pm going north, plus a St. Louis Mail reference.
Wheat harvest is on with hints of Huckleberry pie. Town buzzes about ads from The Racket, picnics at Hopewell on June 2, and the Glorious Fourth coming. Residents, vendors, and visitors mingle, including Chris Hockey of Caledonia and others from Hopewell, De Soto, and Potosi as local life unfolds.
Mrs Lizzie Richeson and daughters return from Saint Louis visit. L F Dinning and bride of De Soto honeymooning nearby. Patent granted for fence wire clamp by George F Beals of Irondale. Hay ride to Haunted Spring hosted by Miss Bridget Casey. Rev A J Cheatham and family return from Arkansas. Rucker guests depart for Lynchburg Virginia. Francis Pashea and Miss Mary Bourasaw wed at St James church Potosi. St James church improvements near completion. Mrs A T Nixon and son Raymond visit with relatives. Missouri Supreme Court strikes down mortgage tax amendment. Bob Kelley buried near Cadet. N L Griffith visits from Kansas City. Janey Watkins attends Ursuline Convent exercises in Arcadia then Walnut Ridge trip. John Compton teaches Turkey Branch school. plans Richwoods Township term. L B Tate returns from Korea, lectures in Potosi. Prof W S Dearmont visits Teachers Institute and speaks on education. Mr Clark League to Irondale for dwelling project. Jennie May Lead Co incorporated for Flat River district with $400,000 capital. McArthur lands sale reportedly completed. Hugh McGregor overseeing transfer. Rev Father Granville sworn as Army Chaplain. salary $125 monthly.
A Potosi crowd witnessed Caledonia dominate on the Potosi grounds last Sunday afternoon. Jeff Higginbotham starred at third base for Caledonia while minor injuries marred the visitors as Louis Anderson of Potosi bruised an ankle and a hobo named Wm. T. Bothe was rescued after a fall from a box car near Mineral Point.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference for the Potosi Circuit of the M. E. Church South will be held at Rock Spring church near Hopewell on Saturday June 22 at 3 p.m. Trustees meet at 2 p.m. for reports. Rev. W. R. Mays presiding elder will preach Saturday night and Sunday. All preaching services are moved to Hopewell for this round due to the conference.
Ben M. Griffith of Palmer visited the office to share news from Harmony Township where H. J. Cantwell’s land suffered drought damage. Eleven thousand young fruit trees planted this spring are likely to need replanting due to the harsh conditions.
A bay horse about 16 hands high with a black mane and tail, nine years old, branded B on the left shoulder is found. Owner may reclaim by contacting Geo. E. Breckenridge in Belgrade, Missouri and paying for the notice.
Belgrade reports pleasant weather with forthcoming showers. Sunday children's day exercises drew a large crowd, many unable to enter the church. Wheat harvest is underway with most grain expected to be shocked by week’s end. The diamond drill moved to Big River near the Dent farm. Luther Maxwell’s Hazel Creek saw mill outputs about 19,000 feet weekly for Cantwell Company, with hopes for higher cuts with better timber.
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