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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
The Potosi Journal prints a string of quips on daily life and society. It notes jokes about golf, Sundays, and politics, plus whimsical takes on gaslighting, crime, and aviation. It quips on scolds, alimony, and sparrows, ending with a joke about a home ice machine.
A remark notes the charm of a sleeping porch in this season allowing a shower bath without leaving the couch, highlighting comfort and novelty of indoor convenience.
A wealthy California socialite ends her engagement to a European nobleman, a bold personal decision deemed far more thrilling than quiet remorse, signaling a high society shift in the romance market.
An old reference notes England planted its first settlement 305 years ago while American fortunes settle there today. A housewife in the East has found a way to make jam from spinach and may even turn sideburns into shredded wheat, a curious nod to modern invention.
A Philadelphia man travels to Brazil to film a boa constrictor. Two brothers reunite after years apart via a tattoo mark, the only reason for tattooing. Congress seems dull amid baseball and presidential campaigns. Boston tests a rotated awake car on crooked streets. A machine lets a three dollar investor draw five dollars, but the inventor is arrested.
The article lists radium, wireless, the telephone, antitoxins, and six other modern marvels named by Cornell scientists. It questions why the kitchenette is not included among these wonders.
Some Chicago bachelors would like to adopt sons, but object to wives. This shows to what depth of desperation the prevailing styles of feminine garb will drive particular men.
A reflective remark notes the appeal of moving to the suburbs to enjoy pleasures and social visits with only the cost of travel.
A Pittsburgh woman reports her dog swallowed a half dollar and then, perhaps enticed by the wealth, consumed a $400 diamond ring. With the owner absent from public life, observers deem the situation a waste of business potential.
A French count who claimed that American husbands blame their troubles on wives not obeying them has faced consequences in France. He offered no concrete examples to illustrate his remarks, remaining discreet about any practical demonstration.
A titled English lady states she will quit England and reside in the United States because she prefers American men. She notes she is a wealthy widow, and her decision is made in a leap year.
Taft wins 436 delegates including 20 from Virginia and 26 from Texas after a bitter hearing on contested seats. Roosevelt gathers 430 delegates with victories in Washington and DC. Taft and Roosevelt clash over party structure in Texas while Ed Lyon fights a reorganizing move. Chicago closes amid tense partisan mood as 254 seats finalized.
A Memphis jury awarded Mies Elizabeth Cissel of Osceola Arkansas 25507 against Philip Fransioli for being ejected from the Fransioli hotel during a festival last September.
An asserted conspiracy claim states the Rothschilds have ruled Europe since Waterloo and that European nations remain deeply indebted to them, making repayment impossible. The text casts a shadow of financial power as political mastery across the continent.
The quote emphasizes dignity firmness and fairness toward customers and self with honesty and command of respect as keys to quickly filling the order book. It frames ethical conduct as essential to business growth and customer trust.
An eminent Louisville magnate says his son understands few duties of wealth noting he cannot learn auction bridge and shows no desire to marry a chorus girl. The remark appears in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Longtime residents who walked miles to district school and carried supplies now worry over their children’s access to homebound meals and a better course of study. Officials weigh feasibility and safety amid community concern.
Resolutions at a Chicago flood and drainage conference call for republicans and democrats to include river flood prevention and land reclamation in national platforms. Fifteen states represented. Robert R. McCormick elected president of the new Association of Mississippi Valley States for River Control. Isham Randolph urged federal coordination while Katmai eruption news reports no loss of life and widespread ruin near Kodiak Alaska.
Monmouth and Montgomery county officials failed to have 16 year old Fay Vanil der identify a prisoner as the man who asked where the Moore residence was in Willisca before the octuple ax killings in Vil lisca Iowa. The suspect gave the name Joe Ricks and claimed Clarinda Iowa as his origin, a coincidence tied to a separate ax murder of William Dawson and family in Monmouth on October 1.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Norman J. Meek arrived in Baltimore with officials John L. Martin and Urey Woodson for a lengthy conference at the Belvedere hotel. A call was issued for national committeemen to meet June 20 to perfect the temporary organization for the Democratic conclave. Contests will be reviewed June 24, the day before the convention.
The Republican national committee awarded Colonel Roosevelt eight delegates and Taft six in Missouri, settling disputes and boosting Roosevelt to a path toward nomination. North Carolina disputes were resolved, giving Roosevelt a favorable eight to Taft in those contests. After a week of deliberations Taft holds 159 delegates to Roosevelt's 13.
New Orleans reports the fiercest windstorm since 1909 as Morgan City Louisiana faces levee breaches and main streets under four feet of water. Across Mississippi, Gulfport sees only minor damage to fences and roofs while Pass Christian records a wharf smashed by a steamer breaking from its moorings.
Cordova Alaska reports no word from revenue cutter Manning, leaving the fate of Algonak and Raspberry Islands residents and mainland survivors of last week’s volcano eruption unknown. Wireless attempts continue but distance and small gear hinder contact.
Rioting at the American Smelting and Refining plant in North Amboy, New Jersey, escalated to martial law threats as 500 deputies and private detectives faced 2,000 rioters. Four killed and twelve wounded by bullets, with efforts to burn the $10 million refinery and dynamite stolen from a freight car. Guards opened fire. seven bystanders wounded when deputies misidentified a crowd in State street.
Six thousand Jewish butchers in New York plan to close shops until wholesale meat prices fall. East Side Jewish women have announced a boycott of kosher butchers until prices are lowered.
Following a chemical examination of the viscera of Arthur Lindorf aged 15 Mrs Louise Lindorf his mother and Henry Ruby a room er at the Lindorf house were taken into custody by the police and the deaths of the woman's two husbands and two other children are under investigation.
In South Norwalk Connecticut a massive local eagle, the largest ever seen or shot in the area, attacked Emma Trowald near her Westport home. The seven foot bird grabbed the girl by her dress and attempted to carry her off, but the garment tore and the child fell to the ground.
Troy Alabama reporter notes Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of the Sixth District declares he will oppose Joseph E Johnston for re election to the U S Senate in the 1914 primaries. Johnston’s Senate term ends in March 1915.
In Washington 116 585 petitions signed by 116 582 voters urge a constitutional amendment enabling women to vote. The petitions were circulated by the Socialist party national officers and the Socialist Women's National Committee. Representative Victor Berger, author of a suffrage amendment resolution, presented them in the House.
Two brothers, John Hunter 30 and James Hunter 35, exchanged gunfire during a long standing feud in Hiambure. John was shot three times including the abdomen and chest, while James was struck once in the chest and twice in the legs. Both men are in serious condition and have families. John runs a local feed barn.
Fargo based Paul Jarzo, arrested here, confessed to shooting his father in Pullman HI after an alleged whipping. He claimed the attack was in self defense and that he did not realize the wound would be fatal.
Denver and New York capitalists complete negotiations to purchase the town of Adam Arizona for $100,000. The property includes a hotel trading post and distribution station and serves as the tourist starting point for the petrified forests.
New York Mayor Gaynor announces ongoing Mississippi flood relief efforts with the Southern flood relief committee receiving new collections totaling 1232 dollars, raising the overall total to 2098 dollars.
Washington reports petitions signed to vote were presented by Representative Victor Berger in the house, signaling legislative action on voter measures and party priorities.
United Spanish War Veterans of Iowa meeting in Dubuque proposed petitioning Congress to grant pensions to Spanish War widows and orphans on the same basis as Civil War pensions, seeking annual support through a program modeled on Civil War pensions.
Enos Stoner of St Joseph Missouri received a life sentence for murder of deputy sheriff W R Lykens after a fight with William Steffens during a chicken raid Steffens also faces life in prison for his role in the incident
Official dispatches from Homs report Italian garrison repulsing a vigorous Turkish attack. Turks suffered all killed and wounded while 21 Italian soldiers were killed and 1 wounded.
An unconfirmed report states Mexican rebel forces under Gen Orozco suffered a disastrous defeat near Yorreca and retreated northward to Jiminez, जिल.
In Rogers Arkansas four men dynamited the First National Bank at Huntsville and fled with $12000. No suspects have been located and Huntsville serves as the Madison County seat.
Three men died when struck by an extension wire in Elizabeth New Jersey. Smoke marked the utility line for over an hour as firemen retrieved the bodies from the high tension line above the street.
Rioting left one hundred fifty people wounded in Palermo amid a reign of terror across the city. A large portion of the injured were women, with fifteen gendarmes among the victims.
Miss Emma Schneider aged 22 who once gained fame as a Broadway show girl committed suicide at her residence 434 Jamaica Avenue East New York by inhaling gas. Authorities report no foul play and a note was found. The death is being investigated by local police.
Mrs Louise Lindorf was arrested in Chicago as police investigate the deaths of her two husbands and three children. The five individuals were said to have carried life insurance totaling about 10000 dollars.
Wealthy Lexington merchant and farmer Dock Jabbert from the Jabbert clan in Oweley county was assassinated. He lived 30 miles from a railroad in the eastern Kentucky mountains. Assailants are unknown.
A 15 year old girl in Hartford Connecticut has applied in the supreme court for a decree of divorce after a year of marriage. The petitioner states her husband forced her to marry.
An earthquake collapses the village of Naranjo on the Costa Rican coast. Many residents are feared dead as the river near the village washes away ten houses and swamps the area.
Chicago report says President Taft declined to consent to a woman s suffrage plank in the Republican platform. Col Roosevelt is said to be pledged to that concession despite Taft s stance.
Four dead and twelve wounded in Perth Amboy New Jersey amid strike violence. Deputies opened fire during the unrest as the state teeters toward anarchy and the prospect of martial law looms.
The House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill. It governs Gen Wood as chief of staff, grants a vote of office, and provides a commission on the withdrawal of army posts.
In Juarez Mexico a clash between federals and rebels left 175 men fatally wounded near Sonia Dublan. Prisoners reportedly died shortly after in incidents linked to telegraph poles.
New York appellate division of the supreme court ruled actress Laura Bigger must pay $30,000 to Mre gnes Mary Hendrick for the alteration of her husband’s affections.
Fragmented antebellum style text with odd aphorisms and product mentions. Notes reference Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Ciarfield Tea, and a string of proverbs and conversations about love, regulation, and engagement. Contains era-typical commercial and literary bits.
Advertisement extols Marine Eye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes and granulated eyelids. Claims no smarting and quick action. Says illustrated book on each package and positions Murine as compounded by Ucalists used in physicians practice for eye care.
Canton mayor Turnbull cites a Titanic official remark as a public disgrace for the Titanic administration and recalls a Canton boy’s cruel reply to his nurse. A famed Florida lecturer on women’s suffrage jokes about Baltimore oysters and beauty, provoking a boy’s quip.
A northern traveler recounts questioning Steve, a Southern plantation worker, who answers every query with "Yahs, sah." When pressed to say more, the man replies simply "Yahs, suh," illustrating perceived taciturnity among Southern Black people in a dated, racist anecdote.
Cholly Gayburd asks Grace Saintly to marry him in a witty exchange about the story of Jonah and the whale. Grace affirms belief in the tale. The humorous moment centers on a marriage proposal.
A farmer recounts ten years of stomach trouble from coffee use. After switching to Postum, he claims full recovery, weight gain, and no further stomach medicine. His family also adopted Postum after witnessing his improvement. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and a ten day trial, promoting The Road to Wellville booklet.
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