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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
1
In the Howard Gould divorce case, testimony suggests Mrs. Gould exaggerated her rights of personal privilege in intimate association with Booze, while Bro Ake of the Ironton Register vouches for Bod Weiser as decent. The narrative centers on disputes over behavior and propriety within the marriage.
The Saint Joseph Lead Co of Bonne Terre Missouri has increased wages for every employee by 20 cents per day effective June 15. The Ironton Register is hoped to publish the item though the paper appears inclined toward industrial calamities.
The winner covered 232 miles in a little over four and a half hours at about 51 mph on rough country roads. The remark about rapid transit hints at railroads influencing state and national legislatures to block better roads, delaying improvements for motorists.
The Independent and other Democratic papers had ridiculed Elvins and Rhodes over tariff policy. Now the Senate has agreed to the House rate of 81.50 per ton, and the bill is likely to carry this rate at the end. Observers say to wait and see how the situation unfolds.
A damning report alleges the Sugar Trust and meat packers bribed customs and food inspectors to dodge duties and inspections. Investigations in East St. Louis target both cases, with critics accusing the rich and their officials of escaping punishment as the law favors the powerful.
Ex President Roosevelt, railing against socialism, argues in his Outlook article that the United States must wrest control of the government from rich men who used it for unhealthy purposes and keep it out of their hands. He presents himself as a strong advocate of the doctrine amid his criticism.
The piece argues that governments have long been exploited by rich interests and urges mass empowerment to reclaim government for the people. It defends exposing crooked business, supporting ethical action even if it harms business temporarily, and envisions socialism once laws protect the public from malfeasance. It condemns rich malefactorism and calls for stronger law enforcement.
Jefferson City June 18 The railroad rate struggle is misrepresented. Governor Hadley as attorney general sought enforcement of state rates. Federal injunction halted his effort, and a state court injunction blocked a railroads conspiracy to fix rates. Consequently the three cent rate fell to two cents per mile, with few roads abiding by the agreement.
Governor Hadley, after the Federal Court forced a two cent rate halt, pledges to curb railroad discrimination against Missouri. He aims to prevent higher Missouri travel charges than those in other states, asserting a just and reasonable policy and promising further actions as needed.
The St Louis Star muses on rapid tech progress since the Civil War era. It notes wireless telegraphy saved lives at sea and transformed daily life, from gas to electricity, phonographs, and mass messaging. It contrasts past constraints with modern speed, efficiency, and social change.
Creditors and all interested parties are notified that on the first day of the next Probate Court term the partnership estate of J and W J Casey John Casey deceased will make its final settlement. Monnan J Casey administrator of the estate.
A collection of pithy quips on faith, fate, and society ends with a small-town anecdote from Chicago News: Andy Wyatt of Betteview helps a distressed traveler in a Gum Springs stretch between Ponhole and Graniteville. The circle finds a missing pocketbook worth 21 and a secret flask amid a night out, ending with shared gratitude as they head to Graniteville.
A humorous tale about Henry Ward Beecher returning an umbrella loaned to a woman, only to find a pasted note declaring the umbrella stolen by a Presbyterian thief. The episode recalls Beecher’s honesty and wit as a preacher and social figure.
A music shop clerk recommends a cheap 50 tune flute book. An elderly man sits in the store and plays through tunes on his flute for an hour, saying he has only finished half the selections. No sale details given.
A dangerous lunatic in Spain escaped confinement and attacked a policeman wielding a sword and killed him. He seized the officer’s revolver and fired at pursuing police and gendarmes, wounding three people before being shot down. The ensuing panic closed doors and lasted for hours.
Little Dick, a village boy, traps shy frogs in a shallow swamp and pockets them in a perforated tin bucket. A passing young lady admonishes him as she admires her hat with a striking creation, prompting his mischievous remark about making frogs wear it.
A St. Petersburg paper details a romantic affair where the wealthy young Baroness Urusoff, widow of a prominent Russian official, is wooed in a story that features Moscow cavaliers and a fashionable courtship that ends in love.
A Philadelphia woman testifies that Dr Miles Nervine rebuilt her fragile nervous system and vigor. The ad promotes Nervine with money-back guarantee. Also notes Globe-Democrat subscription rates and a historic golfing anecdote about John Paterson and Duke of York.
A baroness shuns all suitors until a peasant girl visits her residence and becomes a maid. The girl, Maximoff, reveals himself as a young Russian nobleman who had posed as a servant to win the baroness’s trust. They marry after a brief engagement.
The article describes a Turkish Ramazan evening in which houses open at sunset for aviftar. Strangers and friends sit to a hospitality feast after cannons mark sunset. The meal includes olives or dates, jel lies with sweets, soups, buttered eggs, meats, vegetables, beurek, kadayif, pilaf, rice milk, blancmange, junket, and coffee.
A projected game stirs interest as Batk contesters join Regaty Wee in a memorable golf matchup. The event draws attention to legendary players and expected high level play across a notable venue.
Paul Walneman recounts Zekris Topelius as the most popular Finnish poet, famed for patriotism. He quotes Topelius advising a Finnish boy in England that despite offers abroad, his future must honor the cottage awaiting him and the blue sky of his homeland.
The stork is revered in the Netherlands where nesting sites are cared for by households and a number are kept at public expense in The Hague. The observer recalls seeing two storks on a chimney as the railway passed over the Hollandsdiep, their nest a loose bundle of sticks atop a rooftops.
A cautionary passage warns that men who display excessive gentleness and calm, slow deliberate speech may be fabricating a hidden craft. It notes such personas are often the most successful knaves, appearing innocent while concealing sharp deceit.
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