Potosi journal., 1912-04-10

Mrs. Rebecca White of Fountain Farm
visited in Potosi the latter part Of last
week.
Mrs. NJ. f. Rhodes visited relatives
in st. Louis several days the past
week.
Mr.. q. w. Hanson of Aptus was a
visitor at the Journal office Thurs
day last.
Mr.. S. c. Mason of Belgrade was in
Potosi Monday and made the Journal
office pleasant call.
Sam Thurman, who is studying
medicine in St. Louis, was home for
the Easter vacation.
There will be a partial eclipse Of the
sun on April II at sunrise. 1t VIII
only last a few miutes.
Mr.. W. T. Hopkins of Old Mines
was in Potosi Monday and made
business call at this office.
Born, Sunday morning, March -,
to the wife of Benjamin Marbury,
son.-Farmingto Times.
Mr.. Gus Long of St. Louis was III
| our town Friday last on his semi-an-
| nual visit in the hat trade.
You ought to be takingithe journal
this year and keep up with what is
| going on in county politics.
into the new home Mr. Boyer recent
| " boughe OF Judge Dinning Tuesday.
| IrontOn voted to grant an electric
light franchise on Tuesday OF last
week to a corporation that will put up
a plant there.
Mr.. ]. H. Declue of Trout was a
caller at this Office Friday last and
reported that wheat was coming out
fine in that locality.
Will Lewis, formerly of this place.
has gone into the newspaper business
and now has charge of the Scott County
Democrat, at Benton.
| Postmaster Blewett Smith left on
Wednesday last for Hot Springs,
where he will take the medicinal baths
for couple of weeks.
| C. A. Strayer and a force OF men are
doing some much needed improve
ments on the Methodist parsonage
property. All fences are being rebuilt
and painted.
Miss Pauline Harris was home iron
st. Louis to spend Easter. Miss
Pauline expects to complete the course
in stenography she is now taking II
about month.
The District Conference of the Farm
in gton District will convene at Bis
marck next week. Rev. Collins DcH
ny, Bishop; H. p. Grove, z. F.. Anl
J. K. Burlington. Secretary.
The latest idio-we were about tt
say idio-we were about to say idlocy-
idiosyncracy in feminine dress is ;
skirt with an apron hanging dow
behind. Have you noticed it?
|
Rev. H. p. Grove will preach at thu
Methodist churh Sunday night. Ever,
> one is cordially invited to hear him
The Sacrament of the Lords Suppe
} will be admins tered at the morning
service.
Tom Kelly, an old man, was assault
ted and beaten with a bottle, by ont
G. r. Romine, in the saloon OF tht
latter ut Bonne Terre one day las
week. Kelly was severely hurt, hu
will recover.
Bismarck voted down the PROPOSE
ton to bond its school district for {
new S14 600 school house by vote O
two to one at the school election las
week. Still Bismarck needs a new
school building.
The Board of Equalization finished
its work Saturday morning. 1t made
but few increases in the assessments
OF real estate. The increases are2iv-
| en- in the report of the board. pub
| !ished elsewhere in this issue.
Mr.. J. X. Briscoe, formerly OF th':
lplace, but now located at Riverside
in Southern California, is visiting
friends here. Mr.. Briscoe says lie ha:
a home in California and his own or
ange groves and never wants 10 live
anywhere else.
Republicans, remember the party 5
county mass meeting to be held in
Potosi next Monday, April 1.!.h. Most
of the counties of this state are de
clarng a preference for Colonel Roos
welt, and see 10 II that Ola NaShliS-
ton does the same.
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4 rumor that two prominent bust
ness men OF Fredericktown had beer
indicted for burning down the Madi-
son Hotel at that place some time ago
caused much excitement and comnlent
in that burg last week. The Frederick
town DemocratNews, however, te-
nounces this rumor al slandsrons and
| false in every pafticular,