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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
8
Public sentiment at Fort Scott questions prohibition viability as local liquor law enforcement yields acquittals. A Nevada Post editorial calls prohibition a flawed theory in real communities. Teethenia teething remedy promoted for children with hot weather ease and teething relief priced at 25 cents per box.
Eight miles from home on a ranch in rural No. 2 Santa Barbara, Uncle Billy Griggs writes from warm California about health, family, and comfort. He details weights of himself and wife, describes fruit and meals, and expresses longing to attend the new courthouse cornerstone ceremony in Butler, sending regards to old friends.
Albert Harline tried to demolish Dan T Clifford's Main Street saloon after the keeper refused him a free drink. He lit a fuse and dropped a bomb fashioned from brass tube with plaster of paris, but Clifford and police stopped him. the device contained enough explosive to wreck a building.
John G. McNair, the peach king of south Missouri, begins shipping from Buffalo fruit farm at Koshkonong as fruit ripens across towns on the Memphis route. Conservative estimates total 650 cars, with Koshkonong at 250, Mammoth Spring 20, Thayer 10, Brandsville 25, West Plains 10, Olden 50, Pomona 40, Mount View 20, Willow Springs 10, Cedar Gap 40. Koshkonong crop sold to McNair, Mammoth Spring tract bought by S.R. Young & Company of Springfield.
Mrs. Nannie Gall of LaGrange Georgia used Bucklen's Arnica Salve on great sores on head and face and claims a quick cure beyond all hopes. It heals sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles. 25e. Cure guaranteed by H L Tucker druggist.
Pittsburg Pa Aug 12 The steel strike battle shows the Amalgamated leaders commands about 14 000 out with two earlier calls totaling around 45 000 now near 60 000 out The gains at McKeesport and Wheel ing boost prospects for week long accession The Amalgamated group in Chicago Joliet Bay View and the Kiswiminotas Valley lag with no new recruits Carnegie mills in this city reported footholds and reserves poised to widen the walkout
Virginia items recount local moves and social visits with names like G W Garner Heckadon Pilgrim and Aaron. The Springfield audience attends Wilson Creek commemoration with a Confederate statue unveiling and speeches. A Katy train robbery near Caney switch yields small cash but notable loot and a later roundup arrests seven suspects.
An old exchange lists reasons an engine is spoken of as she. They wear a jacket and apron, drag a train, have a lap and guides, ride wheels, and won t turn for pedestrians. They foam and refuse to work, attract men, and require a man to manage them.
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