Potosi journal., 1907-11-20


Or. s. f. Thurman and J. q. Long
spent Friday last 10 St. Louis.
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Mr.. f. X. Connolly made trip to
ST. Louis the first OF the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Martin OF Fer
tile visited relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. M. L. Townsend spent several
days of the past week 10 St. Louis.
Circuit Clerk Jos. Cresswell made a |
flying trip to the city last Thursday. |
Mr.. aud Mrs Luther Randall of
Caledonia were in Pctosl Saturday
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Townsend of
Belgrade visited kindred at this place
Sunday.
Mr.. John Murphy and johnny Muir.
ply spent Thursday and Friday last
IN St. Louis.
Pennington has closed its shirt fac
tory and DeSolo is about to open a
shoe factory.
Mrs. J. w. Settle and Miss Salie
Hall Settle made a trip TO st. Louis
last Thursday.
Send your job printing orders to the
Journal Office. No blurred, smeary
work turned out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. z. Maclay OF St.
Louis spent Sunday last in Potosi
visiting relatives.
Mr.. ThoS. b. Self Of near Irondale
was caller at this Office on Saturday
last to renew his subscription.
| We regret to learn that Prosecuting
Attorney S. G. Nipper is quite i'll, be-
ing Threatened wit h pneumonia.
| The building committee of the new
Presbyterian church expects to haye
things 10 shape before long to call for
kbids on the structure.
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The Trinity NJ. E. church at Doe
Run wes destroyed by fire on the 9Th
inst. The loss on the building is
81, 900, insurance, $1,000.
The c0lUred folks have been holding
a big meeting here lately and las,
Sunday there was "a heavy influx Of
our reverend coforcd breJhern.
Miss Ruby Kendall entertained
few Of her most Intimate girl friend,
one evening recently with fudge
party" to meet her frieud, Miss Ursit
Julian, Of St. Louis.
| Among those who have renewed
their subscriptions the past weel
were S. u. Boyer, Cadet: w. n. Rus
ers, Hopewei; +. s. Wilkinson, Pal
mer:' and c. HOckingheimer. Gale
donia.
The Bismarck Mo- hotel had
marrow escape from destruction by
fire on the 18th inst. Fortunatel,
the blaze was discovered in time t.
extingulsh it before any great damag,
resulted.
"A young Potosi bride was told sh
had a model husband. One day afte
she was married she looked 10 tn
dictionary and found that ',nodel'
was defined as "a small imitation o
the real thing
. Miss Celeste LaJoi, aged o., died d
her home in East Bonne Terre. fey
days ago. In her early youth she re
, sided for time at Old Mines, ia thi:
county. She was born in Ste. Gene
tvieve county in 1910.
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Vim. G. Estes returned to Ills min
west Of Potosi Monday, af,erspendin
| /; few days with his family at Fla
River. He has been mining 10 Vast
ington county for the past year wit
much SucceSS.-Lead Belt News.
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u Union Thanksgiving services wi
- be held q. the Methodist church O
v the Thanks.nving-D Day morning. Re,
y NJ. II. Kerr, castor Of the presbyte
b. iau church wiIl deliver the sermon
:, \ general Invitation is extended.
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a County Treasurer Robinson is az
u vcrtiSing tor bios for the sale ot I'll
y court house bonds, 100000. The bono
r: wiii be for $500 each, sixty Of then
81 IL was the intention of the count
court to sell these bonds priva,ei
but found later thai this could not |
done until it had first been advertise
,r for bids and Then rejected all oife
r made under this notice.
A Reynolds county man took dinn'
the other day ut one OF our hotels al
ate his meal entirely with his knif
is When he was nearly through he di
I'd covered he had. no fork. Say"
r said tot travelling man sitting opp
N site, that thar waiter never brur
10 me no fork.,' well. you don't nee
=. one" said the travelling man, seriou
e ily. "The sdickGns don't" said Il
/ Reynolds county man. "What am
:. lkw!He to pick my teeth with"