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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
2
A column of misc items includes a mix of opinion lines and quirky notes. Topics range from a miner desperado and a Peruvian testimony to naval warfare quips, immigration, Napoleon, Wall Street envy, and odd questions like can a whale scream. It threads humorous asides about oysters and business prudence.
A columnist suggests a novel pest control plan by releasing educated rats to patrol the city and post a sign declaring No rats allowed aside the city, reasoning that the educated rats will guide others and deter infestation. The idea mixes satire with commentary on urban management and public signage.
Mr. E. R. Thomas of New York states he cannot live comfortably in that city for less than $50,000 annually. Yet some people still believe they can be very comfortable on one berth of that amount.
A Columbia University student bannered by a long tenure at the university argues that the landergraduates of America’s largest owner university should aim for more than athletics. The remark frames a call for lasting achievement after decades of constancy.
A Virginia man sues for divorce claiming poor cooking as the fault. The story notes the wife's famous phrase feed the brain and suggests she had a strong recipe for a happy home.
A Smoky City minister launches a campaign against the wedding styles chosen by newly rich Pittsburg militiamen. Amid panics and preachers, pundits and the press, there appears to be little amusement for the city’s sudden wealth.
The pupils of a western military academy expelled a classmate labeled a mollycoddle and the faculty approved allowing self government for the scholars. The incident suggests other students share the trait within the establishment.
An Indiana woman uses a harsh remedy after her husband returns intoxicated. She sews him up in a blanket and horsewhips him, arguing that reform may be sincere but such a method is painful and unacceptable.
A New York boy known for the “What?” habit was sent home by his employer with a note to his father asking for cure. The note ended with a remark that they liked him and should be sent back. This treatment contrasts with harsher responses others with similar habits often face when entering the workforce.
The Newark New Jersey common council has attacked a nuisance bill by banning representations of crime and indecent pictures. Commercial posters may be defended as art, but authorities condemn theatrical advertising as falling below moral standards.
Objections to a young woman joining the varsity debating team appeared to fade as she out argued the opponent. St Wan noted judges might be biased but personality helps in debate. The lady won the argument and proved fitness for the formal trial of reason and persuasion.
The new regulations limit emigration of Japanese laborers to Hawaii to those with prior visits and extend to their immediate families. Estimates place the Japanese population in Hawaii around 40,000 to 70,000, with a possible additional 500,000 emigrants under the plan.
The Illinois Central Diamond Special from Chicago to St. Louis plunged 40 feet into a ditch three miles southeast of Springfield at 4 am Saturday. Engineer Homer Davis and fireman escaped injury. four rear coaches carried passengers who were shaken but unharmed. A crowbar near the wreck suggests the spikes were pulled to wreck the train.
In Carlisle Kentucky a band of night riders killed Harlan Hedges, a prominent Independent farmer, seven miles northwest of town. Awakened by shouts he fired at intruders, the riders shot back killing him as his wife reached his side. The masked men fled without setting fire to the house or barn. This marks the first murder by nightriders in the Blue Grass region.
In Waterbury Connecticut a hotel fire early Saturday sparked gas meter explosions as two policemen alerted guests who escaped suffocation. Firemen were felled by gas in the rear of the building with one man in serious condition.
Maurice White and his wife tried to steady their infant on March 7 in Cincinnati. In the struggle Mrs. White scratched Maurice on the nose with her fingernail, and erysipelas developed. He died Saturday after the injury.
Mrs Barbara Offtner an elderly resident of White township was found unconscious at her home Friday after burglars robbed the house. She died Saturday from the beating. Indiana authorities investigated the incident in White township.
Washington action by the Interstate Commerce Commission finds Santa Fe’s $3.36 per ton rate on Colorado coke to Amarillo Texas excessive and orders a maximum not to exceed $2.90 per ton. Chairman Knapp signs the opinion Friday detailing the ruling against Amarillo Gas Co. and the Santa Fe system.
A blaze broke out shortly before noon Saturday at Forest Park University a girls school at 600 Slayton road on the south side of Forest Park opposite the World's Fair grounds. The fire started in the kitchen near the eastern end and spread rapidly to the main building and Cairns Hall adjoining the structure.
New York Ada Henkle twenty years old listed as a Chicago bookkeeper was arrested last night at the request of Chicago police. She is wanted on charges of grand larceny.
Grover Cleveland, the only living ex president and member of the national child labor committee, writes secretary Dr A McKelway that he cannot attend the committee meeting in Atlanta planned for early April.
Five hundred people were made ill from ptomaine poisoning after a church social in Upper Sandusky Ohio. They suffered after eating chicken and waffles at the event.
Ada Palmer of Chattanooga Tennessee was pursued by bloodhounds and arrested for arson at the $6,000 residence of H McFarland on Mission Ridge. This marks her second arson charge.
Dr. John Wellesley Sill, once a noted physician and cancer specialist in Worcester mass, aged 83, has requested transfer to the state almshouse at Tewksbury.
In Evansville Indiana Mrs Jenny Farmer was found with a stab wound in a buggy after a confrontation with Mrs Nancy Davenport wife of John M Davenport president of Abstract Title Guarantee Company at the office of Dr Henry C Jorgensen. Dr Jorgensen was found dead in his office a suspected suicide. Coroner to hold inquest. Davenport allegedly attacked a stenographer and had prior asylum history.
In Berlin and Char kof, 62 delegates from a national Jewish organization were arrested by troops while meeting to discuss race under Muscovite rule. They were tortured, chained, and imprisoned without trial, with leading Jewish figures from across the Empire among those detained.
Sensational letters threaten Mayor Busse Chief Shippy and Assistant Chief Sennettler. A mysterious man named Nouby Slee arrested near the mayor's residence after midnight. Letters describe a noiseless revolver firing steel point cartridges and poisoning victims. Slee held for investigation.
Representative Lilley has effectively stepped back from the charges against the Electric Boat Company as the inquiry opens with Secretary Metcalf as key witness. Lilley sits apart while Chairman Boutelle presents a letter from William Dulles denying resigning a directorship over suspected misconduct. Metcalf testifies submarines are a naval necessity.
J Edward Boeck, a New York jewelry buyer, wanted for theft of pearls and diamonds valued at 165000, was arrested Tuesday night after leaving a McAllister street saloon. He had desk room with Marcellus and Pitt on Broadway and access to their stock, allegedly making off with 50000 worth of Chinese government bound pearls plus other gems.
New York report says Harry Kendall Thaw will remain at Matteawan unless his mental condition improves soon. Officials tie his release to the outcome of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s divorce suit filed on grounds of insanity.
Des Moines Iowa reports a looming coal famine as every Iowa mine is set to close on April 1. Dealers predict at least four months of shutdown with little coal mined. Local companies stockpile coal and factories brace for reduced supplies.
In Burns Mississippi an unidentified Black man shot and mortally wounded Baxter and Rufus Burns, who are relatives of Senator McLaurin. Governor Noel ordered bloodhounds from Rankin County convict farm to pursue. motive unknown.
In El Peso Texas, Charles Jones and Charles Logan, mounted customs guards, were found dead in the Rio Grande dry bed Friday morning. Smugglers are blamed. shooters were heard Thursday at midnight and Friday, with the victims found among smuggler footprints.
A letter from A Kaltenbrunner, Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, praising homesteading in Western Canada. He recounts his and his son’s farms between Rouleau and Drinkwater, near Moose Jaw creek, with 70 acres wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre, 30 acres summer fallow at 25 bu/acre, 9,000 bushels of first class oats from 160 acres, and carloads shipped at 53 cents per bushel. He asserts weather and spring delays aside, Western Canada crops cannot be checked.
A comical exchange from New York Weekly recounts Mrs. Smallpurse urging her husband to invent wealth. Months later he unveils a patent for a barbed-wire safety pocket for husbands, prompting delighted anticipation of fortune.
An elderly man was brought in comatose with snake venom symptoms in Victoria Nova Scotia. Investigation showed he had been bitten by a dog that died soon after from snake bite. Medical treatment succeeded and the man slowly recovered from the snake poison indirectly transmitted by the dog.
A clubman recalls a cousin attending Lucia at the Metropolitan last winter and asking if the opera is in Latin revealing a witty audience quip. Also a Mrs Torkins anecdote notes a wife gifting cigars to her husband who smokes a pipe to save them for later.
Milan reports Miss Elkins will be created a royal highness in her own right upon marriage to the Duke of Abruzzi. The Curious Delta Serva notes the accord elevates her status as she weds into the Abruzzi line.
Washington D C The condition of Senator W J Bryan of Florida was reported very critical Thursday Dr Samuel Fry Ellis physician was at his bedside all night with the Senator's brother who arrived yesterday from Florida in response to telegraph summons
Julius Kruttschmitt of the Southern Pacific Railroad confirms plans to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada from Reno Nevada. The line would create the longest tunnel in the country with an estimated cost near ten million dollars.
A soldier was killed Thursday during fighting between a picket and thirty Persian brigands convoying contraband near Tiflis. The clash involved a small detachment encountering armed raiders in remote terrain, with the casualty reported as a single fatality.
George M. Jones aged 10 of Dillerville was struck by a Heading railway train in Lancaster while walking to town. Both legs were crushed and amputated in an effort to save his life.
Governor Swanson grants Leo C. Thuman, under sentence of death for murder, a respite to March 27. The pause gives Thuman a fortnight to complete his autobiography.
Tennyson earned between $25,000 and $35,000 annually from his poetry, reflecting substantial literary earnings and commercial success for the period.
Patrick Cavannaugh, noted long distance pedestrian from Trenton, died here last night after an operation for intestinal trouble. He was about 53 years old.
In South Bend Indiana the will of the late James Oliver was filed for probate. The estate is valued around 50.9 million with most assets to be managed as a family trust for the Oliver family by son J D Oliver. Nephews and nieces receive 1000 each. Distribution to grandchildren occurs when the youngest turns 30.
Lancaster man Eorze M Jones was struck and killed by a Reading railway train in an accident near Lancaster. The incident details remain unclear as investigators examine the scene and identify the exact causal factors.
A tersely reported item from Norfolk notes a gubernatorial action related to a murder case, detailing a grant or respite connected to the proceedings and an autobiographical project in progress. The notice hints at timing and legal context without graphic detail.
An ad extols Grape-Nuts and Postum as suitable for older adults, highlighting easy digestion, brain and nerve support from wheat and barley components, and testimonials from a 74-year-old user and a 92-year-old customer. It notes diastase action in barley and phosphate content under bran in Grape-Nuts, claims ease of thinking and writing, and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Charles Rice former Macon Second ward councilman was jailed for refusing to pay a $5 attorneys’ fee assessed against him in a April trial. He argues the prosecutor under the new salary law earns $2,400 annually and should not receive a case fee. Prosecutor Dunham refused a $2,500 salary, claiming salaries cannot be reduced during his term. Rice, charged with disturbing the peace of rival Thomas Watts on December 18, 1907, paid all costs except the county attorney’s fee and preferred jail to settling what he calls an illegal debt.
The county court revoked the license of Wellsville saloonkeeper William Arnold after two youths, Albert Stuck and Albert Perry, swore they were under age and had bought whisky there. Temperance forces, aided by churches, celebrate a victory in the four year contest and plan countywide action. The Coming M S A Debates at Missouri include three interstate debates with a single leader for two debates. Missouri will defend the negative of the motion that all elective public officers be nominated by direct primary under state regulation.
In Union station Nevada a woman dropped a $5 gold piece into a weighing machine believing it was a penny. She urged the conductor to delay the train for a $4.99 rebate, but the agent retrieved the coin. She left rejoicing, and the next day the agent received a penny in the mail from the honest traveler.
Jesse D. Allen, a Taney county merchant and former Brown Branch business owner, was arrested on mail fraud charges. He allegedly wrote letters to wholesale firms in St. Louis Kansas City and Springfield claiming to be worth thousands of dollars.
A recent blaze at Jefferson City destroyed the Star Dynamo company plant and caused $6,000 damage to J. F. Heinrichs furniture stock. Total loss estimated at $16,000, partly covered by insurance.
Mr and Mrs James A Thompson celebrated their golden wedding at Cave Springs. Mrs Thompson is under 65 but mother of seven children with 23 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The oldest grandchild is 30 and the oldest great grandchild is 9. In fifty years there have been only two family deaths.
Group 9 of the Missouri Bankers Association held its annual meeting at Butler recently. The bankers come from Masonry counties including Bates, Cass, Cedar, Vernon, Henry, St. Clair and Hickory.
Rev Dr Myron W Haynes pastor of Delmar Avenue Baptist Church St Louis will preach the commencement sermon at Hardin College on May 24.
The Holden Progress recognizes farmers who keep roads clean and passable, giving honorable mention for their goo work and dedication to community upkeep.
A Palmyra man digging post holes in his yard uncovered a small graveyard. One legible stone bears the date 1833. Local residents seek to explain how the graveyard was covered up and what remains buried.
The Booster Cleanup club forms in the 100 block of Broadway Excelsior Springs attracting interest from the other blocks as merchants embrace the neighborhood cleanup effort.
Hannibal city council weighs increasing the saloon license from 400 to 800 dollars and limits on the number of dram shops to one for every 709 residents. The proposal would cap at 30 saloons instead of 48 under the current rule.
Arthur Roselle a Benedict, former labor commissioner and editor of the Bergister at Webb City, marries society reporter Miss Alice Cresswell in a quiet ceremony at Lamar.
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