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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1900
Page
2
A giant pair of shears turned out by an American machinist in Coatsville, Pennsylvania split a four foot wide by two foot thick iron slab in one stroke. Oleomargarine 32 percent lower butter content. 83,000,000 pounds sold in America last year. Russian scientists claim seeds germinate faster with passing electric current.
Postmaster General amends postal rules to permit recalling a registered letter after dispatch. This measure promises convenience, especially for women who wish to add a postscript before final delivery.
The article states that bicycle manufacture in the United States will increase by about ten per cent over last year. It notes there are some 5 manufacturers and estimates 1899 output at least 1,000,000 wheels, totaling about 1,040,000 in the country.
Japan now has about 149 daily newspapers and nearly 60 other periodicals while two years earlier there was not a single regular daily publication. Printing from regular metallic types became common in Japan around 1974, marking a shift in publishing practices.
Speakers at a charities conference declare with unanimity that unemployment causes most distress among the laboring classes. The claim is deemed reasonable and accepted. lack of food is linked to starvation and lack of breath to high mortality.
A Chicago mother hands her 11 year old son to the police after he steals fifteen dollars from her. The article condemns the act as a public admission of parental failure and disgrace, noting the severity of such early delinquency and the mother’s responsibility.
California nears completion of gathering its orange crop with an estimated 14,500 car loads, up from 9,000 last year. The crop’s value is about 4.6 million dollars and the Los Angeles Express notes 4.6 million capital invested in the orange industry, highlighting prosperity in the sector.
The Maryland plan to erect a monument at Antietam honors both Union and Confederate soldiers, echoing a Canadian public garden tribute in Quebec to Wolfe and Montcalm that marked a turning point in North American power.
The Pei l Ho river flows into the Gulf of Pe Chi Li near Port Arthur. The river is six miles long. Shang Tung province south of the gulf has 6 4000 inhabitants while Chi Li province hosting Peking and Vien Tsin holds 354 100 000 people. The two provinces together rival the United States in population, with seventeen other provinces equally densely inhabited.
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, commanding American naval forces in China, has served 39 years. He entered the naval academy from Illinois in 1957, aided by Civil War era service, became captain nine years ago, commanded the receiving ship Independence during the Spanish American War, and attained rear admiral last year. New Jersey forms a state board of children’s guardians to remove pauper children from almshouses and place them in homes, a policy aligning with a recent legislature. about 225 pauper children exist statewide, with most now placed.
An Illinois postmaster asks a court to restrain his wife from alarming him with a bowie knife at work. He cites disruption of mail handling and expeditious duties, noting the sanctity of Uncle Sam’s post office is violated. He suggests a peaceful agreement to end knife incidents during office hours.
The aging of timber is now completed in hours using electric current. Timber rests on a lead frame in a wooden vat and is immersed in a chemical bath. Water vessels with porous bottoms cover the setup while the dynamon’s positive and negative poles connect to the lead frame and water vessels, driving sap to the wood’s ends and expelling it. The wood then dries and is ready for use.
Washington reports show a record foreign postminister salaries this year totaling 4270 with increases from last year. Census projections place population at 7,004,742, with manufacturing and farm outputs rising sharply. Admiral Dewey denies vice presidency candidacy as cabinet moves plan dispatch of ships from Manila and a 5,000-man force if needed. The Ninth Regiment sails, and tensions rise over the Kempt-Conger silence amid reports of trouble in Peking. Exports are set to exceed prior records driven by manufacturing gains.
Aggregate exchange activity across leading Clearing houses reached 205.757T against 1.945, with a decline from the prior week. Business statements show a higher national activity versus last year. Tragic violence reported as Charles St Myrick killed his wife and then himself in Gilbertsville NY. Rochester welcomed Gen Otishone with a 200000 crowd. New York debtor Arnold Feldstein suffered a roulette loss of 164934. National league losses by club percentages listed for week ending 17th. Delaware congressman John Warecker collapsed and died at Smyrna. Moscow damage and Philadelphia powder blast killed three and injured 21.
The report lists numerous incidents and notices from 19th century America and beyond. It mentions deaths and executions in Missouri and California, political nominations in Michigan and Kentucky, labor unrest in St. Louis, drownings in Bellewood Ned, a California marriage law ruling, a Ashland cattle firm failure, and various regional incidents including fires, quarantines, and elections in Cuba and Kansas City. It notes 114-year-old Kansas resident Mrs. Kittie Williams as Kansas’s oldest, and broader unrest such as streetcar violence, a Leadville fire, and a Des Moines auditorium fire.
Andrew Popp of Minneapolis Minnesota died at 100 years 1 month and 12 days Funeral arrangements and further notices will be announced by local authorities and family.
Foreign intelligence reports fires destroy Bo gota city hall in Colombia with 36 dead. English statesman Gladstone widow Catherine Glynne Gladstone dies in London at 188 years. China advices mixed as violence escalates. Troxers kill 1764 Chinese Christians. Filipino campaign yields casualties and captures, while Americans report deaths and material losses. Boer activity and colonial shifts loom large.
A series of official appointments and residences is listed for Melville C. Ptrown Arthur Noyes and James Wieherstain. Reports of naval alerts, fort actions near Tako, and a global naval engagement include British French German Japanese ships and allied responses. A guard detail at a port and tax revenue charges are also mentioned along with a fatal shooting in Flora Indiana and a strike by St Vol plumbers.
Germany naturalized residents face disfaver in the fatherland and Hawaii mail rates rise. Carleton College receives 25 from Dr D Ky Mearsons. The wallpaper trust seeks a receiver as one of its early major consolidations. Since January 1 174 national banks formed, 2754 by June 6. Agriculture reports show a 30400 acre fall in fall wheat sowing. Four shiploads of 3900 Christian Endeavorers head to London for July convention. James W Thadbury Maine oldest living ex senator turns 98. Mrs Kruger says no relatives in Boer war four sons six sons in law 43 grandsons. Death of Mrs T M Keyworth in Lincoln ends John Bunyan line. Rhode Island and Mississippi require over one year residency. Minnesota four months. An American library established in Manila per Lieut Col Mey. Filipino market washerwoman smoking cigar depicted in Manila scene. Harvard President Eliot receives artifacts for museum from alumni in the Philippines. Patrick Sharkey dies at si n Fast Cambridge last survivor among four founders of Father Mathew Temperance Society.
June 10 dispatches report China entering war as Taku forts fire on an international fleet. Accounts vary with Che Foo and Shanghai sources noting forts occupied and heavy casualties among British German Russian and French forces. Ships struck by 12 inch guns and Japanese Russian positions loom as foreign powers order troops to active theaters.
The Ninth Infantry is ordered from Maniche to China with Col Lisewmen commanding the reg tment based at Fort Lae near Meou nila. Officials expect transport aboard soon with possible typhoon delays. Gen MacArthur reports the move to Taku and transport port Albert. The Seventh Bengal infantry also ordered to Hong Kong amid Chinese crisis. Russia demands 30,000,000 in indemnity for damage to Chinese railways.
New York June notice from Western Union Telegraph Co states telegraphic communication with Ta Ku and Tien Tsin is reestablished via the Siberian and Welampo route. National Educational Association to hold annual meeting at Charleston July 7 15. Oscar T Carson of Columbus is association president and Irwin Shepard of Winona secretary.
In Chicago yesterday three ale horses fell in the Harlem steeplechase. Brien rode Lone Setter and sustained severe injuries though expected to recover if internal damage is not serious. Frond, the favorite, won the race easily.
Ashland Oregon June 10 federal authorities declare the quarantine against San Francisco due to bubonic plague at the state line is invalid.
A massive parade of political clubs filled Broad Street last night in Philadelphia, with five miles of mounted and foot processions, floats, and electric light displays around city hall. Police controlled the crush as streetcars paused to allow gaps, while visiting clubs praised Philadelphia’s order. An amusing emergency interlude featured a vaudeville style milkman tale as a diversion inside a parade line.
Frankfort, Kentucky June 1 William Culton, jailed on an accessory murder indictment for Koebel, received a postmarked Port Worth Texas letter claiming involvement. Culton calls it a crank note but notes its line of travel after the shooting and has handed it to his lawyer.
Perry E Barnard a paper hanger aged 30 shot and killed his former wife Jennie Davis and seriously wounded her mother Mrs Wim Davis and his three year old daughter returning home from church at a Flora street crossing Jealousy is given as the motive. In Philadelphia a British steamer Maryland carrying Capt Haxter his daughter and eight crew from the waterlogged schooner Nelly arrived after being picked up at sea on June 11.
Sherman Texas June 19 Sidney Spears was hanged at noon yesterday for the murder of his wife. July 6 1899 Spears cut her throat while she was asleep.
Swcep rates in every direction are offered by the Chicago Great Western railway. One fare and a third for round trips, children half rates. Tickets on sale July 3 and 4, good to return July 5. For further information inquire of an Agent F. G. W., or address F. H. G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams street, Chicago.
A playful exchange in the Baltimore American features Wheels and Miss Gabby discussing visiting a mind reader. The humor hinges on a quip about the mind reader confusing the speaker with a bicycle advertisement.
Grand Trunk Railway's new Summer Tourist Folder offers pleasant ways for summer days. Descriptive literature, obtainable from city passenger and ticket agent Jargis at 249 Clark Street, corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
A Paris physician prepared a long life remedy and tried it on himself. The experiment reportedly extended his life beyond his expectations, while the rest of the world is referred to as the other world in a note from the Houston Globe.
A collage of late 19th or early 20th century ads and quack cures touts products like Yucatan Chill Tonic improved, Beemin's Popsin Gum, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Prices are listed, claims of efficacy and refunds appear, while assorted maxims and quips from various papers accompany the short promotional blurbs. The tone mimics local newspaper advertorial filler.
Letters from Susan Wymar and Margaretha Danben praise Peruna as a relief for female complaints and pelvic catarrh. They claim improved health after using the remedy and urge others to seek Dr. Hartman’s free women’s book.
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