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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
2
A collage of quirky items notes Mrs Jack Gardner writing a novel to win back a rival, a Cincinnati man outgrowing a coffin, bargain buys failing, and a Tennessee couple living in silence for 20 years. It quips about Castro, air travel, Esperanto, a miner’s fortune to a jilted lover, a Philadelphia heiress, and absurd questions about death.
Judge Thompson of the United States court in Cincinnati declares imitation whisky must carry a clear label stating its true nature. The judge implies the alternative label could be poison, underscoring the issue of deceptive labeling in spirits.
From New YorkHorace Greeley urged youth to go west Now Israel Zangwill tells Jews in London to migrate to western United States where there is room for them He addresses the audience from 23 000 miles eastward urging relocation to America’s western states for space and opportunity.
The enduring memorial to Bishey Potter is the cathedral of St John the Divine on Morningside Heights. It is projected to cost over 25,000 dollars when completed, with Potter’s vision and influence chiefly driving the project and securing funding to begin construction.
War department plans 5000 orange underwear suits for Philippine service to reduce heat susceptibility. An orange headgear and body garment are also in preparation to extend the color benefit to all parts of the wearer.
In a New York court a policeman arraigned a chauffeur accused of towing two dead automobiles and speeding at 20 miles an hour. The magistrate quipped that three machines at 20 mph would imply 60 mph, then held the prisoner for trial, punishing no one for his offhand physics.
A millionaire automobilist who crashed a high powered five horse carriages on crowded Long Branch streets will have his license revoked. War warrants were issued for his arrest as authorities condemn reckless speeding. The piece argues such reckless drivers threaten the public and deserve collective action against them.
The era’s fashion note describes a directoire gown paired with a bracelet worn below the knee. It calls for the correct number of rings on the fingers and bells on the toes, to be strictly adhered to.
The text notes widespread distribution of perfected flying machines worldwide and suggests prices are low enough for broad access, though flight costs remain relatively high. It implies frontier officials may suffer stress and aging, with increased hair graying from vigilance over imports and customs.
Paris shopkeepers learn King Leopold has sold the Congo Free State and holds the money in his inside pocket. The notice frames the sale as a curious sign of high life for sale at ruinous prices.
In a satirical note a professor named Lichtenberg is described as sincerely believing he can drown Vesuvius fires. The piece questions whether he has considered the power of superheated steam and suggests a first experiment could be sweeping back ocean waves with a broom.
Frank L. Steen, son of a building inspector, and Rope Rowe son of RH. F. Rowe a leading steelman, are in custody with two others amid police claims of a major land swindle. Police say one suspect is connected to Union Central Construction Company and "young partners" with ties to Andrew Carnegie era fortune. Offices described as downtown suites in a bold fraud scheme.
A short time before Bope and Steen were arrested, W B Haugh of Union Central Railroad of Texas was taken into custody on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Bope and Steen face ordinance violations for operating a real estate business without a license. Police say heavier charges will be filed against the Union Central Construction and Railroad Companies as the case details a claim of land holdings along the right of way in Texas and Louisiana.
Forest fires rage near Eagle River north of Calumet within 200 feet of a block of homes. Woods west of Calumet blaze as Chippewa county fires rekindle. Fires burn on both sides of the Straits of Mackinaw with Stignac and Mackinaw City not yet menaced.
In a pistol duel near Kingstown on Thursday James Moyer was shot ten times and died. Percy Campbell escaped injury and was arrested. The incident occurred in Knoxville Tennessee and authorities were alerted to the confrontation between the two men.
Washington reports total immigration for August at 27,733 with a note that August 1907 immigration was 25,025. The figures reflect yearly comparisons and emphasize month by month totals for national immigration trends.
E Q Moss of Nevada Mo purchases J T Woolsey's stake in Morrison State Bank Morrison Oklahoma and will serve as president. W W Woolsey remains cashier. Bank capital listed at 16009 dollars.
Charles W. Swisher the Republican nominee for governor in West Virginia announced he would resign as a candidate. The move ends his bid on the regular GOP ticket in Charleston.
Mrs Anna Hartlieb Wagner, mother of twenty four children with twenty two boys and two girls including twins, believes she is eligible for a medal from President Roosevelt, who has previously rewarded readers in the antirace death by own action movement.
Lisbon newspapers report King Manuel plans marriage to an English Princess, signaling a high-profile royal alliance. The claim centers on Manuel arranging a matrimonial treaty with the English royal family, suggesting significant diplomatic reverberations.
The sales case was finished Tuesday. testimony described intruder entry and a knife attack. Janus allegedly entered a bedroom, threatened a girl, and slashed Ballard, with doctors confirming a fatal wound. James faces trial next Wednesday as Sheriff Warner received a black hand letter demanding hanging.
Chicaso, 111-Thomas Kearns, a wealthy mine owner and treasurer of Kearns No 2 gold mine, is accused of embezzling 8500 from stockholders. He was arrested here Tuesday night. his home is San Francisco and he supposedly owns over 150,000 shares.
Berlin reports Mrs Fairbanks became ill during the wedding of Miss Cornelia Cole Sellers to Walter Sawyer of this city. The attending physician says the illness is not serious, and Mr and Mrs Fairbanks had traveled to Maryville for the ceremony but were unable to leave.
An unidentified man about 25 killed himself with a knife aboard the west bound Union Pacific Overland Limited in Kearney Nebraska yards. After wounding himself he threw the knife from a window as the train stopped. The body was removed with no ID, but the ticket showed Los Angeles as his destination.
Mrs Evelyn Hoge widow of the late Judge James Hargis files suit in Jackson Tuesday afternoon against her mother Mrs Lewellyn Hargis and brother Beard Hargis. She seeks to place the Havlis department store and all other Havlis estate property under the control of a receiver. The estate is valued around 10 million dollars.
Invitations were sent to labor organizations nationwide to attend the second national convention of The Unemployed in New York City from September 25 to October 2. Led by J. Eads Flow of St. Louis as chairman and Alexander Law as secretary.
Vienna reports Prince Miguel of Brazanza, eldest son of Portugal’s pretender, wed privately to Mrs. Alice Carr Chauncey, a wealthy American widow formerly of Louisville, Kentucky. The couple’s nuptials were conducted discreetly amid Vienna speculation about royal succession and alliances.
J L Robinson chief train dispatcher for Missouri Pacific at Atchison Kansas died in an automobile race held on M A Low’s farm Horton Kansas.
Weatherford Oklahoma mourns J. J. Dick a 25 year old Southwestern State Normal student killed during a football game. He was struck on the head in a tussle and died within twenty minutes.
Richard Rule, once a Cincinnati and San Francisco newspaper man and later a treasury department special agent in El Paso, died here.
Thirty members of the Russian Duma attend the Interparliamentary Union session in Berlin as the fifteenth conference opens to discuss universal peace and international arbitration. German Chancellor Buelow welcomes delegates, with the American delegation led by Richard Barthold of Missouri attending among others.
Mrs Pearson was shot and fatally wounded by Harry Parker after he lured her to inspect property for sale. Parker, who fled with two diamonds valued at 200, planned a Mexico escape, but she crawled a quarter mile to seek help and died Wednesday night. Parker remains at large.
In Paris it is understood Prince Robert De Broglie has left his wife and denies plans to sue for divorce. He says he will oppose any divorce suit by the princess. The Princess De Broglie, an American by birth, was formerly Estelle Alexander of San Francisco. She previously married Sydney Bo Veit in Chicago, from whom she was divorced.
A note from the American Consul at Triinoli reports that Syria has a potential new market for American flour. Major Carson, chief of the Bureau of Manufactures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, is asked to send full particulars and samples of cheap grades of American flour to inform the Ottoman Government. The request was promptly complied with.
Washington D C according to a war department order a reward of 50 will be paid when a deserter is delivered by a civil officer or civilian at a military post or other designated place by proper military authority In special cases and at the secretary of wars discretion the amount may be reduced
Mobile officer arrested a German Staats Zeitung writer on Wednesday on a charge of embezzlement. Mrs Johanny Mondel of Trieste Austria accuses him of deceiving her into advancing 2000 dollars for American money and receiving a $200 check payable in October in return.
In Copenhagen Denmark the private safe of M Alberti former minister of justice now held on fraud charges was opened Wednesday and found empty except for a revolver and some coins.
London naval officials overseeing Tyne torpedo boat maneuvers were enraged when the German torpedo boat D 5 appeared amid the exercises. The incident highlights heightened tension as enemy forces intruded on staged naval operations.
London reports Queen Alexandra is carefully selecting a maid of honor. The candidate must be good looking tactful healthy and above all discreet as the search proceeds within royal circles.
A Yazoo City report says Charles Jones, described as cocaine crazed, killed L. F. McCormack, a store proprietor, his Black man companion, and his infant in Eden, about fifteen miles north of Jackson.
Lightning swept the Glenn oil field near Tulsa causing property damage worth about two million dollars in the last year. Roughly three quarters of the loss involved deep steel oil tanks, indicating vast disruption to storage infrastructure and potential spill risks.
In Pleasanton Missouri Mrs. Rubino Griffin collapsed before the congregation and died from heart trouble after a letter presentation at a Methodist service. Governor Folk names Missouri delegates to the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington, highlighting the state sanatorium and ongoing public health efforts against the disease.
Night agent Hleary Calicott at the Tron Mountain station confronted two armed bandits who demanded money. Calicott grabbed a revolver from his desk and fired, wounding one bandit while the others fled. Calicott was shot in the hip but returned fire and saved the money.
The Sweet Springs farm encampment opens with 80 attendees. Lectures on horses care by Prof. Trowhridse and Prof King, corn breeding and sale preparation by S. M. Jordan. Addresses by Genee Be Hns and AH. 2 Waters. Codees of agricultures Drof. EeSies and Uurvisit state schower enginesr mention courses and demonstrations.
August weather favored corn across the state more than July. Rain was local with no large storms, moisture enough to prevent crop failure. The condition index fell two points to an overall state average of 72, marking a slight decline from July and last year.
Amit Polly Keller, who died recently in Rocky Comfort, Missouri, reportedly left 166 living descendants, possibly the most in Southwest Missouri. She was mother to 1% children, all who grew families, ten still living, with 47 grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, totaling 160 living descendants.
Theorge Mtors a 64 year old CIA veteran, living in Kansas City, was found starving after being trapped in a hexcar for four days. He said a brakeman locked the door while he slept and the car traveled to Leavenworth then St Joseph before returning to St Joseph.
William Muncholland who killed Mc Clelland C Sappington and seriously injured Sappington's wife in an attempt to kill his own wife on June 23 was sentenced to zero years in state prison after the jury deliberated for about an hour and a half. The unwritten law argument raised by the defense was not considered by the jury.
The Milone brothers of Charleston use an engine to pull eight large plows, replacing 24 mules and eight men. The oil cooled machinery runs without water, claims lower cost by at least one third versus coal or wood, and requires only two operators. It can perform twice the work of mules since there is no rest.
Four mile north of Springfield a first year old boy Roy Muse, son of Jack Muse, died after falling into a scalding vat while swinging on a crane at his father's canning plant. In agony he leaped into a nearby pool, his flesh described as cooked.
Elmer T Woodside of St Joseph, son of Isaac N Woodside a railway smitchsman, secured the top score in the examination for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Ray Wilkes of Fillmore and John B Bailey of St Joseph took first and second alternates.
A blaze in Jefferson City destroyed a three story brick building and surrounding sheds used by the transit company as transfer barns. The fire consumed the insured property valued at 2500 dollars and endangered other nearby property valued in the hundreds of thousands. The structures contained inflammable material and burned rapidly within an hour.
The Alton Democrat issued a compact supplement containing five lines of type that report the verdict in a trial. The brief item notes a jury decision and the court proceeding, with limited details visible in the fragment.
State Superintendent Gauss supervised August examinations for state certificates in Columbia Kirksville Maryville LaGrange Springfield Warrensburg and Jefferson City. A total of 184 applicants wrote 785 papers and 169 certificates were issued.
Edward Harold, former postal clerk on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, who sued for cafwo0 damages for alleged injuries in a wreck, has compromised his suit, receiving $5,000. He claimed permanent injuries. The case has been pending for some time.
An unusual scene unfolded in Taneyville during the hearing of Dr. Humphrey versus Frank Coy. Big Colt revolvers appeared in the courtroom as spectators anticipated trouble while Humphrey sought $17, alleging Coy was transferring property to dodge his debts.
Miss Minnie Dyer, heir to the Wilhelm Drane estate and once a Springfield resident, has been legally declared dead under statutes for seven years of absence. Relatives believe she died in a railway accident while en route to California, marking the first such declaration in Greene county history.
In Phelps county there is no Republican newspaper presence though the area includes sizable towns such as Roe and other communities. The comment highlights a gap in party aligned local media within the county.
Farm crops produced wealth with wheat leading the way as a chief producer. Cereal grains and fodder followed in value, while surplus farinaceous products and receipts for 1907 outpaced 1908 by several thousand dollars.
The Webb City mining district remains a symbol of Prosperity, a cheering reminder of enduring resource wealth and local economic hope shared by residents and miners alike.
Officers of the State bank at Cosby report purchasing a dozen repeating shotguns and ammunition for nearby residents to use if a robbery occurs. The precaution follows numerous bank and post office robberies in the region.
The Licking schools have opened, marking a troubling start for boys in the district. Officials report challenges ahead as the new term begins with uncertain outcomes for students.
Missouri holds first rank in poultry eggs and feathers claims backed by a long-term surplus export total. From 1900 through 1907 Missouri received 214,527,835 dollars for surplus farmyard products, underscoring its leading agricultural output.
James N. Hawthorn of Kearney is appointed Clay County school commissioner by Gov. Folk replacing Cr. Storms who resigned. Hawthorn takes over as the county's school leader amid the recent leadership change.
A I Seltzer, newly appointed professor of chemistry at the Imperial Mining college in Wu Chane China, has departed Rolla for Washington to confer with the Chinese legation.
Mrs Ellen Ensley a housekeeper aged 105 at 105 near Spruce ten miles east of Butler died recently at her home. She was thought to be the state's oldest woman and until a few months ago kept well and did her own light housekeeping.
Rev. Charles Burton of the M. E. Church South was severely injured at his Poplar Bluff home when gunpowder exploded during attempts to drive mosquitoes away.
E. W. Ellis of Atoka Oklahoma, a stockman, was found on the railroad track west of McHaine in Boone county with legs and head severed. The body was brought to Columbia for friends to claim and arrange burial.
Robbers blew open the Breckenridge post office safe and escaped with about 1100 to 1200 dollars in stamps and a small amount of new currency. No injuries reported as investigators flash lights over the scene at night. Partners fled before officers arrived, leaving damaged lock and scattered stamps. Local authorities request tips from the public.
A promotional feature urges women to write to Mrs. Pinkham for confidential advice on private illnesses. It claims decades of correspondence with sick women provide proven knowledge to help cases and references letters from grateful readers as evidence.
A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female diseases and organic disorder claiming relief from headaches nerves and a life disrupted by illness after following physician advice prior to treatment.
The thirty year claim of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It is said to have cured thousands troubled with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feeling flatulency indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration.
In Europe experiments test a microphone to detect fish shoals. The instrument sinks and the tapping of fish against it as they pass warns fishermen.
A passenger recalls a country train journey with one vacant facing seat. He asks his fourth daughter to sit in front to avoid sickness. The four year old hesitates and asks in wonder if riding backward will lead to the same destination as his.
The artist, irritated by rustics crowding him, insists viewers gain better view of the sketch from some distance, asserting a clearer perspective from afar. He urges onlookers to step back for a more advantageous sight.
The Japanese Weekly Mail notes socialism has no foothold in Japan and unlikely to gain footing soon. A small group opposed Russia war, once published a newspaper, but dwindled to insignificance. A periodical on socialist views continues yet has no influence or purpose beyond occasional amused reader commentary.
A letter describes years of indigestion and weight loss after irregular meals. After trying various diets the writer found relief with Grape-Nuts and Postum, noting improved health and appetite. The testimonial, attributed to a real reader, promotes Grape-Nuts as a dependable food.
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