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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
5
Massachusetts Republicans press tariff revision, as Sister Agnes of Yankton Benedictine Convent resists with a shotgun. Springfield postmaster appointment tests Kerens influence, while rising car shortages fuel rate scrutiny. Roosevelt praised for Panama triumph. House speakership hopes hinge on J. M. Atkinson. About 40,000 women form bullfrog clubs to disrupt Landis speech.
The president is receiving scores of letters commending his course in dismissing without honor the Negro soldiers who took part in the Brownsville Texas affair. The letters come mostly from the north and include many officers and privates who served in the Civil War.
On Monday at Popular Bluffs G B Reed fired a 41 caliber revolver at Circuit Judge J C Sheppard while the judge sat on the bench. The bullet hit the desk inches away from the judge, Reed was overpowered and jailed. Reed’s wife seeks divorce alleging extreme cruelty.
The Columbus Ohio theologian Rev Dr Washing ton Gladden wishes to extend life beyond the existing seventy years, praising the current era as good. He aligns with Dr Osler in implying that all men over sixty should be chloroformed as part of his controversial stance.
Tear old John Alexander Dowle, leader of a peculiar religious sect known as Zion, has collapsed due to a diseased mind and widespread hallucinations. The movement, once supported by many, has given way as the city of Zion is abandoned to its fate.
Warden Matt Hall will request $150,000 from the general assembly to build a new power plant at the Missouri penitentiary. The existing plant, installed fourteen years ago, is worn out, with reclamation noted. Builders estimate savings of at least $40,000 yearly after the new plant is completed.
The Kansas City Post, recently under Democratic ownership, now passes to Sheridan Publishing Company with B. J. Sheridan as editor and manager. Known for Spirit at Paola, Kan., Sheridan promises a metropolitan Democratic paper through thick and thin and a commitment to Democratic journalism.
The Republican Press criticizes Superintendent Ives for withholding the long preamble and resolutions from publication. It questions which specific resolution or subject prompted Ives and the institute to be searched. The paper accuses editor Fank of involvement, suggests a politically charged, anti partisan move aimed at women teachers, and claims Fank can produce the resolution from memory or with Ives’s help.
Jefferson City Dec 8 there are prospects of a contest between Senator Fielde Linn county and Senator McDavid Springfield for the presidency pro tem of the Senate The post once went to the oldest senator but with a Republican lieutenant governor in office it carries more than honor It shapes the Senate committee lineup and reflects long Democratic control with Republicans briefly controlling the House in recent years and resistance from the Senate since reconstruction in 1904.
Fragmentary text shows a Port Rice audience urged to seek peace amid war, with references to citizens and a contentious wartime policy, implying a civic meeting or address on pacific goals. The garbled OCR suggests a local wartime peace speech or vote context without clear names or dates.
A broad speech discusses granting citizenship to Japanese settlers, Cuba relations, shipping communication with South America, Philippine tariff policies, wealth taxes, national control over marriage law, and reducing work hours. It urges eight hour days and summer half holidays for government workers.
The second rains have made the roads in bad condition. G W Quick made a business trip to Appleson City Saturday. The box supper at Oak Grove Thursday night was postponed until some time in the near future. Mr Edgar Jennings and Miss Mabel Murphey were married at the home of the bride's parents last Wednesday. We wish the couple happiness. Mr and Mrs Phifer were guests of Green Hours Sunday. Misa Bessie Shillinger visited home folks Thursday and Friday. The box supper at Spruce Saturday night was a success. W H Shelton family guests of W C Shillinger Sunday. Chas Rector and family were Sunday visitors of Martin Mistler. The pound party at Mr Charley Floty Tuesday night was well attended.
Readable lines describe apparel items such as suspenders, duck coats, a warm sweater and winter caps. The note lists prices or codes including 168 and 98e, indicating catalog or sale pricing for multiple items. No clear event or entities beyond generic clothing items.
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