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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
National Commander J Edwin Browne of the Army and Navy Union endorses Peruna as an effective cure for catarrh. he reports regained health, ability to work, and praise for the medicine. A Nova Scotia case notes rapid relief from indigestion after using Perruna, with a recommendation.
Aug 12 Casablanca reports indicate French warships landed 2000 additional troops while street fighting continues. The Jewish quarter is sacked and many Moors killed. Moorish quarters in ruins from shelling. Stores closed, famine and distress widespread among the poor, with consuls ordering reopenings and food tariffs to ease suffering. Bluejackets guard safe areas as shells target Kabyle groups along the beach.
Captain Hewitt Nickerson writes from the Cenaus Building Washington endorsing Peruns as an excellent tonic with medicinal qualities that assist nature in overcoming various illnesses afflicting the human family, noted as always in danger.
Eleven Chinese migrants crossed the Rio Grande east of El Paso and were captured behind the Eastern Grill with restaurant proprietor Mar Chew and a figure known as the Jew Kid. Immigration officers say they were aided by a railroad watchman and prepared box car lodging. Thirteen more Chinese under deportation followed. Seven Japanese drownings were brought to El Paso from Bonguillas and jailed.
Notes from Austin on South Texas Farms show prices from 300 to 800 dollars per acre for old steer watermelons. Mentions first mortgages and interest rates, with city addresses in San Antonio.
James P. Bracken of 610 Tenth Ave New York City long time Water Inspector and Knights of Columbus leader endorses Peruna. He narrates a year of catarrh pain including nasal and stomach disturbances and says a month of Peruna almost cured him with full recovery and no trace of catarrh remaining.
General John Finn of Washington DC a veteran and Grand Army of the Republic leader says Peruna is an agreeable and effective tonic. He notes it soothes and leaves no deleterious aftereffects while aiding his winter catarrhal afflictions and commends its benefits.
Mr G W Woodbury of Rogers Ohio formerly Captain and Center of Hiram College Basketball Team writes that after mind and body felt weary Perma doses revived strength and vigor more quickly and permanently than anything he knows.
A Kansas farmer rode to the county attorney's home seeking arrests for men working roads on a Sunday. The county attorney was weeding and sent him to a justice of the peace who was out fixing a windmill. He tried to contact the sheriff but the official was at the stock yards. The farmer aimed for a constable, but his wife was canning fruit and the horses had been taken to town to a baseball game. The daughters were at a picnic. He abandoned the pursuit, drank from a jug of hard cider, and went fishing.
Small Pills advertised by Clay's Drug Store claim the remedy does not sicken or grip, suggesting ease of use for consumers seeking relief from ailments.
Des Moines on August 12 reports show barber J A Warren has been insane for months. He was arrested while shaving a customer and confined in jail before being sent to the asylum. His wife had sworn out insanity charges and Warren claimed a band of negroes with two blood hounds pursued him for salt cut his wife also caused trouble.
Jefferson City dispatches report J I Sheppard of Fort Scott Kansas, secretary of the National Union of Railway Trackmen, urging Governor Folk to appoint a three member special commission to inspect Missouri Pacific Railway tracks. He wants one member named by the Governor, one by the railroad, and one by himself. The Missouri Railroad and Warehouse Commission would not be overruled. The piece attacks Sheppard as overreaching and unrecognized in labor circles, noting his lack of formal ties or trade agreements with rail carriers.
A dated column argues married life changes women’s appearance and disposition due to ignorance and neglect. It warns of pelvic drains and weakness after marriage and motherhood, claiming natural American root remedies aid health without alcohol or habit forming drugs.
An aged testimonial-promoted ad urges immediate action if hair falls. It touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as restoring a healthy scalp and preventing further loss, claiming long proven effectiveness and decades of sales as a reason to choose it.
The piece condemns Sheppard and his organization as outside labor circles with no standing. It quotes the Advance Advocate calling him a faker and notes complaints about deceived workers seeking to join the I B M W E. It references Governor Folk and the Missouri Railroad and Warehouse Commission, ending with an advertisement for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by Clay's Drug Store.
In Brenham Texas on August 12 a group of black cotton pickers organized a union league to press for a higher price for picking. An eight member committee met one farmer to demand a rise from 60 cents to 75 cents per hundred pounds. They were met by white men who whipped them. The league disbanded and prices remain at 60 cents.
Edward White age 40 of 194 Peas Street Brooklyn died after using headache powders. He had suffered headaches for a year and began taking the powders recently. He died fifteen minutes after admission to Gregory's Hospital and Coroner Shrady obtained a sample for testing.
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