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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
3
A patient letter from Bloomdale Ohio claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured chronic backache and female ailments. The testimonial urges other women to consult Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice.
A fragment from a period humor piece recalls a Hartford woman’s quip about summer travel and a husband’s supposed thrift. It cites Mark Twain as presenting unconscious humor about expense and domestic plans. The dialogue contrasts heat in hell with earthly budgeting and a wife’s country vacation.
A country doctor recalls a man who moved into a dilapidated cottage and began briskly whitewashing its interior and exterior. The doctor notes the house had been an eyesore for years while the resident claims the previous occupants had ten children, twins three times, and hopes whitewash acts as a disinfectant.
Eva questions affinity for pressed flowers, Jack says they recall a Kise via a telephone. Eva reacts with gracious curiosity as Jack explains the loss of their sweetness.
In Salisbury Missouri a woman reports that Grape-Nuts relieved sudden cramps nausea and vomiting after other remedies failed. She and her husband praise the product and say physicians in the county increasingly recommend it. The letters urge readers to read The Road to Wellville and cite there is a reason.
Missouri official urges steady yearly employment for all jobless in the state. The 1910 Red Book notes hunger and lack of shelter foster crime, urging wealthy citizens to use surplus capital to create lasting work and improve living conditions for unemployed Missourians.
Jefferson City reports a Republican plan to submit a constitutional amendment for redistricting Missouri senatorial districts by initiative this fall. The measure, backed by Walter S. Dickey, requires at least 24,000 signatures due July 3 and would take redistricting powers from the legislature only if adopted, with first elections under the new system in 1912. It lists the 24 districts and their partisan majorities and counties.
It is estimated the state free employment bureau saved about 14,288 dollars for 7,114 men and women in the just closed fiscal year by providing free placement. If private agencies charged the going rates seen in St Louis and nearby cities, the savings would reach near 16,500 dollars, with additional personal savings by applicants using the state service bringing total benefits to about 25,000 dollars.
The twelfth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor Union of the fourth district met at Kuden with A. W. Kokendorfer of Sedalia giving a stewardship address and L. G. A. Copley of Kansas City speaking on statewide prohibition. New officers named include Charles A. Dixon president, Charles F. Rock vice president, Evangeline Hinkle secretary, Ora Root treasurer, and Mary Truthes junior superintendent. Next convention set for New Franklin. the group endorsed statewide prohibition.
After a day in session the Fulton board of state hospital No. 1 for the insane rejected all bids for the new 40000 addition to the state hospital. All bids exceeded the architect’s estimate.
Judge John F. Philips granted a temporary injunction against Sedalia Licht and Traction company and appointed Edward F. Swinney and William H. Towell as receivers. The City Trust company sought the action amid prior litigation in which Sedalia Licht and Traction was a party. The petition alleges mismanagement of the company affairs.
Herbert S. Hadley visited state hospital No. 1 in Fulton as guest of honor and heard officers and managers discuss the tuberculosis hospital’s new building to be named after him. An Orrick woman, Mrs J H Browning, died from burns after trying to start a fire with coal oil causing an explosion that also partly destroyed the horse.
The Merchants Stock and Iron company of St. Louis notified customers that no further trades would be made in stocks grain or provisions. Manager Frank J Minor was convicted of conducting a bucket shop and all alleged bucket shops in the city are closed. Western Union telegraph service withdrew its wires from all such shops several days ago.
Johnson county Odd Fellows lodge held its annual picnic at Pertle Springs. Former Gov A M Dockery grand master J H Bryant deputy grand master addressed the gathering along with other lodge officials.
The executive committee of the Business Men's league of St. Louis voted to join the Kansas City Commercial club in backing the proposed constitutional amendment for a $5,000,000 new state capitol building.
The commentator laments blunt honesty after a quarrel with a woman over a joke about her favorite candy making people fat. He reflects on tact and public perception, noting the moment created an unintended rift.
Henry Palmer of Cole and Walnut Streets Barnesville Ohio describes severe back pain swelling of feet and hands and blood in urine from kidney trouble developed after army hardships. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York with improvement and recovery. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box.
The article honors Florence Nightingale on her ninety first birthday, noting nursing as vital to modern medical practice and disease recovery. It recalls her Crimea mission, the 1872 Belle vue Training School graduation, and the growth of nursing as a humanitarian profession attracting women worldwide.
A humorous quip reflecting on education and geography asks where the country lies where chickens lay eggs that are unusually sick, joking about the lack of knowledge and its comic misfires.
Skin beauty promoted by Cuticura soaps and ointment for treating skin and scalp ailments. Promoters claim they soothe itching burning scaling and hair loss while cleansing and beautifying the complexion and hands. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston will mail a free 32 page Cuticura Book.
In a country town a scene centers on the laying of a church foundation stone. Mrs De Payste recalls dismissing a chauffeur named William for laziness despite his varied duties. The chatty old lady misnames local figures as the duke and duchess, mayor and mayoress, and a vicar.
A drummer falls ill and visits a renowned physician who misdiagnoses appendicitis. The drummer protests, while the doctor insists, demanding five dollars. The scene shifts to a wife boasting about a year together, then exposing a seven year marriage to a traveling salesman.
Col. Robert C. Carter recounts Private Dash of Company A during a Nashville banquet tale. Dash forages on a rich estate and encounters a grande dame in evening dress who refuses him food. He presses, she refuses again, and Dash quips about others being equally resolute.
An explorer recalls the sun in arctic regions appearing like an elusive magnified gold dollar. The passage comments on barber humor and a quip about tariffs, while referencing Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup and a Fuller maxim about self-improvement.
A haberdashery clerk shows a collar button dubbed the North Pole button in honor of Cook and Peary. A humorous customer quips that the name is fitting, noting the button’s elusive location.
An advertisement promotes Coca-Cola as a cooling thirst quencher available at soda fountains and bottled. It offers a 2-cent stamp booklet titled The Truth About Coca-Cola and a Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 containing schedules, a poem Case.y At The Bat, and other baseball data compiled by authorities from The Coca-Cola Co.
Miss A. wears a delicate fawn skirt that peers envy among friends who urge her to bequeath it. One rival notes it would match her waist perfectly, while Miss A. dismisses it as nearly worn out, declaring it “on its last legs” in a witticism from Success Magazine.
An OCR inspired mash of an advertisement for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and a Glenn-like druggist claim plus a joke from Puck magazine. It mentions F J Cheney & Co Toledo and a reward claim, with testimonials and pricing notes. The fragment includes unrelated dialogue about a violent lunatic superintendent with straightjacket fashion.
A Philadelphia Methodist recalls a Norristown preacher who in a long Sunday prayer recounts his misfortunes and then prays that if God must test him again, he be tried with the burden of wealth.
Fragmentary ad-like text praising Dr. Pierce and Perry Davis remedies. Mentions Dr. Pierce's Pellets and Perry Davis Pain Kit, with scattered quotes and testimonials. No clear news event. appears as vintage medical advertisement material.
A overheard remark reveals Bondsonby quit smoking, claimed due to a playful tease from a stenographer who said she would kiss a pig rather than kiss a man who always smoked, prompting disbelief.
In a dramatic dramatic excerpt from Modern Society a husband rushes to alert his wife as a house blaze forces a rapid escape. She hesitates to tidy the rooms first hoping to present a neat scene for arriving firemen before they flee for their lives.
A terse exchange reveals a man is told he is the father of triplets. The doctor questions whether any other siblings were overlooked, underscoring a surprising pregnancy outcome and rapid counting.
A pithy saying asserts that speaking is an easy burden while a good word is rare and costly through silence, attributed to Til Lotson.
A fragment references Lewis' Single Binder cigar as a throwaway line amid unsigned verse. The note hints at marketing verse or a partisan quip with a brief, obscure citation from A. Williams.
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