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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
8
A government scientist outlines rabies in two stages the furious and the paralytic in dogs. Early signs include restlessness changes in disposition reluctance to be approached and altered bark. As the disease progresses the animal becomes irritable unable to swallow drooling and finally paralyzes into a dumb form.
Warranty deeds and transfers recorded across multiple townships detailing parcel swaps. JWNley to Sadie Burk lot 10 by 100 feet in Butler area. G M Magill to Leonard Davie 120 acres near Hudson. A E Machert to Tucker family lot 170 by 290 feet in Butler. Knorp Trustee’s Spruce & Walnut Grove Church lot 15 rods by 100 feet near Deepwater. Mary A Clymer to Clyde Stine 40 acres near Elkhart. Henry Doley to John Gloyd 210 feet west in Grand River. Mawaon to A Black 54 feet in Deer Creek. Bertha Duncan to Preston Judy 10 acres in Hudson. Davis to Ruth Riggs 40 blocks Sperrye addition to Nick Hil. W W Ferguson & Moore to KL Rigus 11 feet near Oxane. Jas H Cook to Paulene Cook 4 months west Park lot 2 and east 64 feet near Mick Hill. F L Dickerson to Reece Geer 80 acres in Mt Pleasant. J M Christy to WH French 5 acres in Mt Pleasant. S M Sheets to C M Clark 274 feet near Wess Point. Johnson to Clemens Uirich lots in Amores. Herman Steiner to John Yoss lots in Prairie City. John Yoss to Herman Steiner lots in Prairie City. Opeo Suelzes and James Robison lowe 5 and 6 blocks in Town Cos 2nd add to Rich Hil. G A Henry et al to AC Burkhart 500 feet in Pleasant Gap. Rolon Smith to FE Bads and wife 400 feet in Deepwater. J B Albin to John Albin 60 feet in Homer.
An advertisement claims liver and bowel stagnation cause trouble and promotes King's New Life Pills as a reliable remedy. The copy notes the product sells for 25 cents at T. Clay's Sarag chore and urges readers to buy for relief.
Floods across Texas devastate Brownwood Coleman areas as Pecan Bayou and Colorado rise. Towns Elkins Regency and Ebony reportedly swept away with three drownings and multiple residents fleeing. One more town reportedly lost in the San Antonio River.
In Columbia Tennessee on April 27 W J Riggins a white man replevined his wife Ada Templeton from her parents Esquire Farries required a bond of twice the value of the property and Riggs set the wife’s value at $10 providing a $20 bond.
New York April 20 William J Bryan contends money is being used to control one third of Denver Convention delegates to influence the presidential nomination. He cites questions about income and plutocrat labels while noting his lectures writings and public service account for earnings.
In the May American Magazine The Interpreter profiles a famed English naval officer famed for bravado yet often labeled a coward by fear of common dangers. Anecdotes span parachute misfires at sea El Caney shell bursts Omdurman and terror of toothache, illustrating mixed courage and superstition.
Milson a four mile from Tacoma on the Tacoma-Seattle Inver urban railroad has passed a tax of five dollars per year on bachelors. City officials hope the levy will attract wives and nearly double the population. Mayor Claude Weeks supports the ordinance while a bachelor council member protested but was silenced. Several single men threaten moving residence to avoid the tax.
President Roosevelt quiets Missouri Republican groups by striking at their leadership in Washington at noon. Simultaneously the Senate received the renomination of Frank Wyman for postmaster of St. Louis, a move protested by Representatives Bartholdt Caulfield and Senator Warner and by St. Louis politicians.
Washington April 20 The Navy Bureau orders resumption of recruiting as Congress eyes 6000 additional men for the navy with 3000 to be recruited before July 1. The department seeks to capitalize on popular willingness to enlist and plans to advertise in weekly publications and magazines reaching available young men.
Fairfield April 20 Farmers raided Kattleenske Bluff on the Littleabash River near Fairfield and dynamited a rattlesnake den killing more than 160 serpents. Survivors were clubbed by hunters while others fled. several hunters were bitten in the attempt. The bluffs had long harbored the snakes and wounded livestock.
Washington April 27 orders detach Rear Admiral Charles M. Thames from command of the second squadron on the Minnesota and assign him to command the United States Atlantic fleet on the Connecticut. The change becomes effective May 9 when Rear Admiral Evans is relieved.
Excerpt from Agnes C. Laut in The Outing Magazine May issue. The essay muses on spring’s awakening in nature, asking if plants feel or know, and contrasts science with religion in explaining why life blooms at dawn. It reflects on orchards, fruit trees, bees, and the sun’s influence on growth.
A compact fragment presents a verse about judging a strapping man in perfect health and imagining how time recalls past loves. The piece evokes memory and loss, reflecting on how memories can outlast age and strength.
Mrs Fannie Maude Hale 22 is shot and killed by elder sister in law Miss Victory Hale 24 at home near Bodysville. Victory Hale later goes insane and is confined to the state hospital in Fulton. Authorities report a long standing family feud and fraud allegations over a small farm property.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. and Waldring, Kinnan & Marvin. It touts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, price 75 cents per bottle, and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Chesapeake flag taken by HMS Shannon in 1813 has been presented to the Royal United Service Museum by William Waldorf Astor. Astor also bought the Balaklava bugle and Crimean medals auctioned alongside the flag, and these items were given to the same museum.
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