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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
1
A campaign style testimonial piece extols Peruna as priceless health, featuring women from Shelbyville Tennessee and St. Joseph Michigan. It quotes Lillie C. Martin and Helen Sauerbier praising relief from indigestion, catarrh, and fatigue after using the tonic, claiming it restored appetite and vigor within days.
Mrs. F. E. Henderson of Milwaukee reports strong relief from frequent colds using Peruna. She notes improved health, better appetite, and resilience to cold exposure after using the remedy, expressing previously lacking faith in patent medicines but now trusting Peruna.
Dr Hartman and assistants perfected Peruna in tablet form after two years of diligent effort. The tablets provide the medicinal ingredients of Peruna, with each tablet equal to a standard dose. Mrs Josephine Molat of Portland Ore reports relief from throat catarrh in two weeks and complete clearance in a little over two months.
Washington April 27 Senator Rayner of Maryland attacked states rights and the presidents expanded executive power. He condemned leaders praising the President and criticized a Democratic message for assuming unlawful authority, noting a shift in party rhetoric and public sentiment on constitutional limits.
Jefferson City April 27 report shows Democratic forces gathering for state contests. Senators Wilson Mayer Ryan and others discuss Stone versus Folk dynamics in Platte and Buchanan counties, with Cowherd expected to sweep southern Missouri and carry most Democratic votes. Local officials and former senators weigh Stone’s strength in the southeast region.
The New York Herald reports that Bryan opponents will converge on New York to raise funds to block the Nebraska candidate at Denver. Emissaries from Chicago arrive to arrange finances for anti Bryan campaigns aimed at Republican controlled Democratic machines in Michigan and Illinois.
A committee led by Medill McCormick of Chicago will visit Washington as representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers Association to urge Congress to add white paper to the free list. The decision followed Friday’s White Paper Committee meeting after John Norrie of the New York Times reported on the white paper situation. Charlee W. Knapp of The St. Louis Republic was chosen to replace himself as a director in the association.
The piece chronicles Rochette, once a Melun railway bar waiter, rising in Parisian finance to helm multiple companies, then collapsing as a swindler. From a modest start he built a network of ventures, all valued above par, before an inventor's court challenge sparked investigations and a suspected loss of 20 to 50 million dollars for French investors.
The Bristol Herald-Courier cites a Washington Herald quote defining a gentleman as a man who is clean inside and out, unpretentious toward the rich and poor, brave and generous, considerate to women and elders, and fair in taking his share of the world. The note adds the remark that such a definition resembles an angel.
Five states Texas Louisiana Tennessee Mississippi Alabama were devastated by a cyclone that killed about 100 people, injured around 300, and caused extensive property damage. Towns like Walls and nearby regions suffered severe destruction, with trains reaching the area to report the devastation as emergency crews worked amid widespread debris.
Two cyclones struck Nebraska and surrounding areas causing heavy property damage. Near Pender two fatalities occurred as the storm leveled fields and destroyed farm buildings while another cyclone near Pillay caused further losses and deaths. Westfield Iowa observed the twin cyclones intersecting the town’s outskirts.
The Carrollton Democrat reports Senator Stone and Troy Folk declining to be delegates to Der Ver. It now appears they will be replaced by four former governors David T. Francis Ben Vo Stephens Thos Crittenden and Alexander Dowkery. The move would honor Missouri and be a courteous solution to the delegation issue.
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