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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
4
The Weather Times will be sent yearly for $1.00 postage paid. Fred Iverlet was mortally wounded in Paducah Kentucky by his sister who mistook him for a burglar. Reverend R L Dale of Bonham Texas accidentally shot himself in the head tearing off the scalp.
New York tailors react with agitation to news that Charles M. Schwab is to lead a new tailored trust. The possible shift in control raises concerns among industry workers and suppliers about prices, competition, and business relations.
In Keota Missouri Blain Votter shot and mortally wounded miner Burne during a dispute over who would dance with a local girl. The incident occurred in a quarrel that escalated to gunfire. Police are investigating and no charges are listed in this report.
Mgr. Falconio yesterday laid the cornerstone of the Dominican House of Studies and formally launched an adjunct to the Catholic University of America. Seventeen African Americans were whipped at Whitesboro Texas for refusing to leave the city as ordered, creating a state of terror. A powder famine cripples ore output in the Joplin district and threatens mine closures this week if explosives are not obtained in quantity.
A man rushed into Dallas police headquarters asking the sergeant to close his mouth. He later died at Camden City Hospital in Arkansas. A fire destroyed the Camden Compress and other buildings, causing about $100,000 in losses amid strong suspicion of arson.
A youth living near Muscogee Indian Territory emulated an outlaw, shooting into a neighborhood, robbing a farmer, and fleeing by horse to India before being surrounded by a posse. Associate Justice Brewer writes that lynching undermines law and increases violence, harming the innocent.
In a brisk note from a police judge, the public is urged to plant caution signs at each crossing and to know how to act if a motorman ignores a stop signal. The piece reflects on a man being freed after using a pistol to compel a stop at a crossing.
The Colombian Senate rejected the Hay Pauncefote canal treaty by unanimous vote, leaving the Isthmian canal option to government choice or a wait on the Nicaragua route. Debates center on whether to proceed without Britain, or reroute via Nicaragua. Pulitzer to fund a journalism college with two million dollars, yet no fully distinctive program exists yet.
A historical piece argues mob law as a national scourge and cites Governor Durban of Indiana and President Roosevelt praising moderation. It quotes John Temple Graves and Sam Jones on lynching, noting the mob as a brutal counter to crime and a contentious public dispute over stopping violence versus defending law.
Governor Dockery told 7,000 at Lone Jack that boodling exists but is limited to a few. He said thirty years of Democratic rule have avoided boodling and pledged to punish responsible lawmakers. He claimed control of St. Louis is key and urged rural districts to retire corrupt legislators.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for womanly diseases. It claims thousands of testimonials and urges readers to send stamps for a free book and cloth volumes, promising effective results and common sense medical advice.
The speaker argues trust erosion and urges business leaders to attend nominating conventions to curb boodle. He credits past reform to Democrats in St Louis and states that a Democratic Prosecuting Attorney Attorney General and Judges will convict and sentence boodlers. He asserts a Democratic Governor will jail boodlers. He also recalls a Republican boodle issue at Washington that will occupy them.
In Palmyra Missouri 8000 attend a civic reform rally with Circuit Attorney Joseph Folk and Senator Francis Cockrell. They urge clean government and party tickets, while a monument fund for Civil War soldiers is announced by local leaders.
A head-on wreck on the Southwest Missouri electric railway at Curtis crossing near Carthage resulted in the death of one motorman and likely death of another, with nineteen passengers seriously injured. Motorman Hedges leaped free but is near death. Baker trapped and presumed dead. Wreck was caused by a miscommunication of orders between Webb City dispatch and line conductors. Both trains demolished. injured sent to Carthage for treatment.
In San Francisco on August 14 Jeffries dominated James J. Corbett throughout the bout. Corbett was floored repeatedly and the sponge was thrown in the tenth as he lay helpless from left hooks to the stomach. Corbett vomited after the fight and suffered great pain, though he later shook hands with Jeffries.
In Macon Missouri on August 16 Blain Votter a 17 year old non union miner shot and fatally wounded Burns a young miner at a Keota dance over a dispute of whose dance it was with a certain girl. Votter’s father promised to surrender him if protection is guaranteed. If brought in he will be taken to Kansas City for safe keeping.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces blood and fluids. It claims relief from weakening discharges ulcers inflammations itchings irritations relaxations and pains in females, promising health restoration and beauty. It also touts benefits for scalp care and hair preservation claiming worldwide usage.
The next teachers' certificate exams will be Friday and Saturday, August 21 and 22, at Butler Missouri. The subjects and times are listed for two half days with nine hours of testing each day. Examinations begin at 8:00 a m and 1 30 p m and finish by 12 30 and 6 00 p m respectively.
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