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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
4
Early Summer no eo Aargamns offers ladies dresses corsets underwear fans hats shirts pants and more with bargain prices. Men get hats shirts pants ties and more while household items like thread ribbons linens and groceries fill shelves. The store promises guaranteed fit and the lowest prices, the place that saves you money.
A fragmented timetable notes a stop at Mineral Point and references the Omows and Belmont mail, with times around 0.4 am and 12, mentioning Bismarck and St. Louis mail trains. It appears as a partial rail schedule with unreadable portions and scattered station names.
The document lists county offices and officials for Washington County including county court judges J. Boyer and J. Long, probate, clerk, and surveyor positions. It references election dates and court terms with references to March and November sessions and notes on special terms.
A disparate set of notes records visiting relatives, neighbors, and local happenings around Flat River and surrounding towns. Mentions include Miss Dora Livingston, Judge W. C. Ton of Belgrade, Miss Myrt Woods, P. K. Sylvester of Sunlight, and several residents from St. Louis and nearby communities. Social visits, repairs, schooling, weddings, and a large Settle Wallace wedding attendance are described, with attention to telephone construction, heating furnace installation, and farm tasks.
Miss Alice Rieh of Alton Illinois visits Stringtown and Wheat and barley food gains praise. Two of M J Casey’s horses were stolen from a pasture opposite its store last Thursday night, bridles and saddles removed, riders fled, horses found en route to home, released by the thieves. Similar thefts near Mineral Point involving George Moore horses occurred last week and those animals likewise returned home next day.
Rev J A Connolly of St Teresa’s Church celebrated a special high mass Thursday for the twenty fifth anniversary of his ordination. Assisting were the same clergy who aided at his first mass in Potosi Missouri June 1, Father McDonald deacon, Father Jones pastor of St Columkille’s suldeacon, and Father Mohkeows master of ceremonies. Father O Reilly was present as former assistant pastor at the cathedral chapel.
The Zewoler O Manlon wedding near Piedmont took place June 17 at St James church with a brief ceremony and reception. the Ruth and Robinson marriage occurred June 21 in Balgrade with elaborate attire and gifts. A Settle Wallace ceremony at the Presbyterian church followed with a simple, elegant service, no attendants, and a later home reception.
Fertile Camp of Modern Woodmen of America turned out en masse to decorate the graves of deceased members buried in the Catholic cemetery in Old Mines last Sunday. Venerable Counsel Whaley led ceremonies with Neighbor Barton as banner carrier. The procession began at Mr. Ross' house and proceeded to the graveyard amid pleasant weather and many ladies assisting in the decoration.
Persons seeking small farms and large stock-range tracts may find buyers by listing with W. T. Herter. This notice invites farm owners to place details for potential purchasers and highlights Herter as the contact.
The Methodist Sunday school will host a song service next Sunday instead of lessons. Officials urge full attendance and welcome new members. The note from Pastor Tranny Whrteneap mentions planned class changes. Also reported: stores of O S Florence and Chas Bryan at Desloge were robbed last Wednesday night of goods totaling 250 dollars.
Fragmented report covers jail rock work in St Prancets County, ore finds near Cuba, a drowning of eight year old Ernest Davis at Festus, and shipments of eggs from Sullivan. Also mentions railroad and merger news around De Soto, Farmington crossing work on the Southern Missouri line, a court decision, and a frantic arrest at the Florid Nifcue place involving a bricklayer Paul Stolle of Fredericktown.
A fragmented note references a new garnishment law effective June 25 affecting debt collection for debts up to five or ten years old. It suggests aggressive actions against nonpayers and warns about credentialed individuals who may resist.
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