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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
3
Missouri state crop report notes 111 of 114 counties. corn 97 percent, oats 83, wheat 92, flax 90, timothy improving, alfalfa up 20 percent acreage. potato acreage near last year, apples weakened by drought and canker worm. Secretary Ellis reports widespread improvements and above average conditions for this time of year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened an inquiry in Atlanta into alleged pooling of cotton shipments by several railroads. A number of railroad officials have been subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury. Geological expedition to Montana departs from Princeton under Prof Farr. The party, aiming to study mammoth marine fossils, will camp near Big Timber and spend summer in Montana and Yellowstone Park.
Gov Jerks of Alabama pardoned John Thomas and three fellow white defendants for lynching a Black man after a fight led to a mob. Thomas inflated the later assault claim to justify the killing, leaving four men originally convicted.
A. Jacobson, a Russian Jew, enraged by business troubles blamed on A Lipschitz, shot Lipschitz in the back of the head at his Natchez Mississippi store, killing him instantly. Jacobson was jailed.
George Roberts aged 14 testifies at Kingston Tennessee that he killed Mrs. John Bailey of Harriman. He claims the husband paid him with a mule to commit the deed.
The weather bureau weekly bulletin notes slightly warmer conditions with ample sunshine across Missouri for June 9 to 16, with rainfall sparse except in the north. Corn and wheat are favorable, oats and potatoes show drought stress in some east central and southeastern counties, fruit crops (apples and peaches) ripening unevenly, and irrigation and harvest progress advancing statewide.
The house adopted a resolution to make the Philippine civil government bill a special order from June 19 to June 26 inclusive. It provides five days for general rebate beginning at 11 o'clock daily and night sessions from 10:20 p.m. for two days of consideration with a five-minute ride and a four o'clock sitting on Thursday, June 26.
In Maryville Missouri on June 17 George Arbuthnot, worker at John Kilbys cattle ranch in Atchison county, was killed by Daniel Watson foreman of the Middle ranch after Arbuthnot beat his wife. Ranch hands who intervened were driven off at gunpoint. Watson, returning to the ranch, sided with the woman and after Arbuthnot drew a revolver, fired two shotgun loads into him.
A head on collision between two passenger trains near Chattanooga Tennessee killed five men and injured about fifteen, with several seriously hurt. The dead named are George Rollins and George Ray both engineers, L A Rankin and James Bernhard firemen, and C Webb an express messenger.
A head on crash between a passenger train and a freight wrecked on the Southern Railway near Macon Georgia. Two persons were killed and 19 injured as trains collided at full speed.
A major blaze in Alexander City Ali left the town nearly destroyed and many residents homeless. Thirty business houses were destroyed with losses estimated at 500000. No injuries were reported.
E R Smith a Birmingham Alabama traveling man was found dead in bed at Greenwood Mississippi authorities reported the death as a natural or unknown cause with no signs of foul play at the scene.
Samuel Kuhn of Monroe Louisiana was killed in a runaway accident. The incident prompted local authorities to investigate the fatal event and its surrounding circumstances.
A letter exchange between President Roosevelt and Rev. Charles F. St. John revives debates on federal power and coercion, recalling Civil War era arguments about state vs national authority. The Democratic party faces scrutiny for reviving such issues as it weighs constitutional limits and national governance.
The piece argues the Democratic Campaign Committee will focus on tariff and trusts as pivotal campaign themes. It asserts Republicans view tariff protection as essential, citing McKinley and the Dingley Act as proof that protection spurs revival, and warns Democrats cannot win by abandoning protective policy or attacking trusts.
A humorous exchange on impulse and inspiration. Bardlet notes his spring idyl inspired writing sent to the Bombardier editor who then feels an impulse, turning into a firing for the editor. The tale plays on creative impulse driving both writer and editor.
An advertisement seeks a young man of high character and honesty to run a branch for a New York mercantile house. A current clerk with ambition and executive ability may apply with full particulars and references from community leaders. Send details to Financial, P. O. Box 138, New York.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a brittle reaction from a girl graduate sample. The piece notes that the crowd's response included a claim that the graduation scene involved others. The source preserves the period tone and internal debate about standards of thought and expression.
Draughon's Practical Business Colleges operated by Prof Draughon run eight campuses in Nashville Atlanta St Louis Shreveport Montgomery Ft Worth Galveston and Little Rock with superior instruction and placement facilities. Special summer rates offered for early entrants. request catalogue from any campus.
Wisconsin Fish Commission plans to stock streams and lakes with fifteen million pike fry and two million muscallonge this year. Authorities aim to provide visitors with ample summer sport by rod and line. The Chicago and North Western Railway offers favorable excursion rates and special train service from Chicago and Milwaukee to Wisconsin and Northern Michigan resorts to handle what may be the largest movement to Wisconsin resorts ever recorded.
In a brief exchange, a theatrical recruiter questions a job applicant about singing and dancing. The hopeful admits inability yet promises to demonstrate a song and dance and insists her attempt would be amusing, hinting at untapped potential behind the awkward moment.
Foot comfort remedy promises to cure swollen and sweating feet and makes new shots easy. Sold at Draggints and shoe stores with a free sample from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Uncle Eben quips about wisdom gained with age in Washington State.
An old ad claims Luxative Brome Quininé Tablets stop coughing and cure colds for 25 cents. It includes testimonial quotes from John F. Boyer of Trinity Springs Ind and Bartueliney, noting remedies and consumer skepticism toward Piso’s Cure.
A Georgia woman reflects on marriage as a failure and buries her husbands, warning that there will be trouble in heaven if she and her partners recognize each other there, as reported by the El Paso Times.
Commentary from the Philadelphia Ledger and Indianapolis Journal discusses Olney's presidential boom, Republican plurality in Oberlin, and Democratic reactions. It notes the president asking Congress for concessions, Bryan as a reform opponent, and calls to organize Democrats to prevent evasion.
Spruce grows nearer Arctic regions than any other tree and two British peers named Lord Grey exist. Chickens purportedly first domesticated in China around 1400 BCE. The human voice heard outdoors at 15,450 feet. Panama hats from Jipijapa in Montecristi Ecuador praised as finest weaving. Omar Khayyam restaurant opens near Waldorf Astoria in New York with spicy rice curry dishes. Representative Babcock of Wisconsin shaved his beard, causing doorkeepers to block him from the floor until identity confirmed. he hadn’t shaved in 15 years.
In Sheperd Alabama on June 23 Sarah EF, 72, reports twenty years of kidney trouble and constant pain. After trying Dodd’s Kidney Pills she says her condition improved dramatically, with the scalding sensation gone and health better than in two decades.
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