Missouri-Illinois RR: Period Newspaper Articles

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The M.R. & B.T. Ry. Company, through its general passenger agent, Mr. C. M. Swan, has caused the following notice concerning the embargo on intoxicating liquors, to be posted at all its depots:
To Agents, Connections, and all others interested:
National legislation, effective July 1, provides heavy penalties for violation of laws prohibiting transportation of intoxicating liquors: These laws prohibit the introduction of intoxicants of any description (see exception), from any Interstate point to any prohibition or local option, dry territory.
The County of St. Francois, State of Missouri, has adopted the provision of the local option laws of the State of Missouri, relative to the sale or disposition of intoxicating liquors, including penalties for the violation thereof.
These Companies will therefore refuse to accept State or Interstate shipments of Intoxicating Liquors, Wine or Beer, for transportation or delivery or for storage on its premises or its depots or stations when destined to a point within the County of St. Francois, State of Missouri.
EXCEPTION — The only exception to the above rule will be, that shipment of Intoxicants into St. Francois County for scientific, sacramental, medicinal or mechanical purposes, may be accepted when of such character, and in such amount as may be reasonably supposed to be intended for such use, and when bill of lading contains endorsement signed by shipper that shipment is actually intended for scientific, sacramental, medicinal or mechanical purposes.
INTOXICANTS AS BAGGAGE — Our tariffs prohibit the transportation of liquors of any kind in baggage containers. Any liquor so transported is “Contraband.”
Agents will refuse to check any baggage containers if they have knowledge, or reason to suspect, that contents are wholly or in part, intoxicating liquors of any sort.
In case where suspected containers may be seized by officers of the law, Agents will take receipt of such officer for the confiscated property, reporting matter to the undersigned, and attaching strap portion of check with receipt taken from officer.
Train baggagemen are expected to watch closely notifying destination agent of any baggage they suspect of containing liquors and making record of the transaction on daily trip baggage reports, Form 203.
Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Nov. 2, 1917.

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SOLDIERS DESTROY BARREL
OF WHISKEY AT THE I.S. DEPOT

A barrel of whiskey which was in a car on the siding at the Illinois Southern depot was destroyed by the soldiers when its location was reported to military headquarters at St. Francois by Mrs. Hattie Harris Sunday.
Mrs. Harris started an investigation when she detected that her son, aged about 12 years, had been drinking. He confessed that he and several other boys had discovered the whiskey in the car and had obtained some of it by boreing a hole in the barrel. Several of the boys, all of whom were of tender years, got drunk.
After telephoning the soldiers, Mrs. Harris waited near the depot until the soldiers arrived and showed them the car in which the barrel of whiskey was stored. The boys in kahki knocked in the head of the barrel and poured the whiskey on the ground.
The whiskey was consigned to H. L. Siebert, a saloon keeper at Ste. Genevieve. It arrived in Flat River October 21, and was part of a shipment of freight that had gone astray.
Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Nov. 9, 1917.

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THE FEUD ON AGAIN.
(St. Francois Herald Newspaper, Wednesday, July 16, 1902)

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WILL HARRIS MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT HANDS OF WILL DOOLEY
The Harris-Dooley feud of long standing resulted in the killing of Will Harris by Will Dooley on the north bound M. R. & B. T. passenger train between Doe Run and Rock Springs last Wednesday afternoon.
Several different reports of the killing are in circulation, but the following seems to be the true statement of the facts: When the train left Doe Run, Harris was a passenger, and was seated in the rear coach talking to a young man in the seat in front of him. Dooley jumped onto the rear steps of the coach, first having asked if Harris was on the train. As far as could be seen from the Doe Run depot, Dooley was still standing on the rear platform. As the train approached Rock Springs, Dooley walked up the aisle to Harris’ side, placed his revolver near Harris’ head and said “You killed my father and now I’ve got you.” With that he fired three shots, all taking effect just above the left ear and the bullets coming out back of the right ear. Dooley ran to the rear platform, and as the train slowed for the station, jumped off and disappeared in the woods.
Conductor Belknap and Brakeman McGeorge removed Harris’ dead body from the train and put it on a bench in the depot, where it was viewed by many persons. Harris was evidently about to make a cigarette, as a sack of tobacco was lying on his lap. He had a 38 calibre, hammerless Smith & Wessen revolver in his hip pocket. The weapon was first examined by the HERALD representative. Four of the chambers were loaded; the other was empty, not even containing a cartridge shell and the hammer was resting on this empty chamber.
Coroner English held an inquest Thursday morning, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased Will Harris came to death from pistol shot wounds at the hands of Will Dooley.
The killing is an outgrowth of the fight at a Doe Run picnic August 4, 1900, where old man Dooley and Wes Harris were killed and John Dooley so injured that he finally died.
There are three brothers yet remaining on each side – Dallas, Jim and Frank Harris; and Leslie, Will and Joe Dooley. The Dooleys are each under $3000 bond for appearance at the October term of Circuit Court on the first charge.
Will Dooley is reported to have been in Doe Run Wednesday night and in Elvins Thursday, but so far has not been captured. Some think he will surrender himself, but the belief seems unreasonable.

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NEW RAILROAD DEPOT FOR LEADWOOD

The construction of a new depot is well underway by the Missouri-Illinois carpenter crew. The north end of the old building was left so agent Eaton would have a place to carry on the business.
The first depot at Leadwood (then known as Owl Creek) was an old box car. It was used for a few months until the one that has just been razed was moved there in the summer of 1905 from Rock Springs near Doe Run. A few years later it was necessary to build an addition to it.
Russell Eaton has served as agent more than thirty years out of his thirty-seven years of service with the railroad.
The new station will be built on the same plan as those at Rivermines, Desloge, Festus and Herculaneum.
Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. Dec. 9, 1949.

[bargetanika]

How many steam engines were cut up for “defense” during WW2? I’ve always wondered how many junk automobiles were scrapped for defense. Not many, I would bet.

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May 27, 1904
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July 25, 1904
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I got a laugh from this statement ‘These laws prohibit the introduction of intoxicants of any description (see exception).’ I remember my paternal grandfather telling me he had a ‘medical exemption’ during prohibition. So did a lot of folks. My grandfather called whiskey his ‘medicine’ until he died in the 1970s. It took me along time to get the meaning he associated with the word medicine! I wonder if they investigated the doctors for the number of medicinal alcohol scripts they wrote?. Jerry

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May 13, 1904
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March 4, 1904
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Farmington Times and Herald, St. Francois Co. Missouri, January 7, 1904
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