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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
2
A mysterious artist argues today’s women have heads too large for their bodies and blames modern culture for swelling heads. The New York Sun notes he hopes athletics will reshape physiques to echo Greek ideals. The piece defends contemporary women and urges carving the merit of American womanhood.
Willie Woo a Mongolian chop suey chef from 5502 Lake Avenue aims for a college education at the University of Chicago. He sought admission to the department of household science and offered to teach coeds chop suey for tuition. The dean refused him admission citing inadequate preparatory schooling.
A London urban feature describes how coster girls rent plumes and hats adorned with feathers for outings. Plume loans cost a shilling per day, four shillings for a trio, with extra charges on wet or foggy days. Feathers are widely rented, especially on holidays, aiding a brisk accessory trade among young women.
Miss Carey Thomas spoke at luncheon on children and ingenuity. She cited a humorous letter from a friend's son asking his mother for $27, noting the boy’s awkward postscript about being short of cash and needing $2 badly. A second anecdote described Mrs. Peck fearing a dog bite and Mr. Smith promising action.
A fragment recalls a domestic scene in Town and Country about a baby sleeping when the speaker is away and awake at night to enjoy the company, reflecting a light domestic mood.
American Medicine reports growing efforts to establish nurse training in Asia Minor and Constantinople. Beirut hosts a Syrian Protestant college medical school since 1847, with Dr Carrington leading an American hospital and training school project in Constantinople to fundraise.
A humorous comparison notes the persistent link between hailstones and eggs as a Washington Star quip. The piece laments the invariable size of hailstones described as eggs, while eggs vary in size, and suggests real differences between natural and artificial phenomena.
In Poland the 127000 square kilometer kingdom has fewer than 2200 common schools and 110000 children ages 7 to 14, with Warsaw literacy at 50 percent. Warsaw’s primary capacity is 40000, Russian language public schools 14000, Jewish schools 14000, private provision 10000 to 12000, and War saw’s first common school built in 1903 while others sit in private lodgings. Lemberg Galicia boasts 30000 schoolhouses for 130000 residents.
A newly published pamphlet by Col. Harrison details pygmy customs from central Africa. It claims pygmies marry at eight or nine, with men purchasing wives using spears and arrows in installments, and a man may take multiple wives as affordable.
A reporter questions an escapee about unusual features of her drowning ordeal. A young woman replies she was not sinking on the third attempt when she was dragged from the water, noting the chaotic scene and her brush with danger as she spoke.
European manufacturers win Mexican orders by flexible credits and conformity to local needs. Americans note heavy European gear resists rough handling better, while American machines face strict customs and fragile installation risks. Trade rests on shipment reliability and suitability to Mexico’s labor conditions.
An article notes a London owner making a rug from 14 black cat skins, each bearing an inscription with the cat’s name and years. It suggests devoted feline owners honor departed pets by preserving their fur, rather than portraits, as keepsakes.
A judge recalls an odd case where a larceny suspect lacking money sought aid from a lawyer who also agreed to telegram his mother. The man was acquitted and handed the lawyer an unopened envelope containing his mother's message: Put your trust in God. I am praying for you. Mother.
The Mahavarni festival, the Hindu great bathing event, was observed on May 1. Immense crowds from across the country gathered at Hardwar to bathe in the Ganges. Rice, sweets, clothes, and utensils were given to Brahmans, a meritorious act benefiting the priestly class. In Lahore the festival was celebrated fittingly, and the road to the Ravi was alive all night.
A young subaltern from the Soudan explains to a large party how a stern wheel steamer can navigate the shallowest waters. A solemn Yankee notes in response that in New York a river boat with equally shallow draught sailed anywhere it was damp.
Paul Meurice, Victor Hugo’s literary executor, died in Paris. Rear Admiral Abraham Brayan Has brouck Little died in New York. Adamson Georgia introduced a railroad rate bill. Dan Hamer of Hamer & Hamer died in Emporia. Bowie Alabama introduced two liquor traffic restriction bills. Korea’s emperor protested Japan to Roosevelt. A mother and five children perished in a New York five story fire. two injured. Pope Pius VII manuscript reportedly stolen from Vatican. A $90,000 gold shipment from the Overland wreck at Rock Springs disappeared. Murphy Missouri introduced a $25,000 Muskogee federal building bill.
Advices from Fort Leavenworth report First Lieut. Sidney Burbank and First Lieut. David A. Snyder of the Sixth Infantry jailed in the Philippines on charges of conduct unbecoming officers of the United States Army. Exact specifics are not known and both officers are well known.
The census director reports a sharp cost increase from five cents per person in 1870 to 21 cents in 1900. He urges scaling back minutiae in planning the next decennial census to reduce expenses rather than expand detail.
Kauens City Live Stock reports cattle hogs and sheep receipts totals 17000 15000 and 6000 with market conditions steady or weak. cattle include native steers to 60.6% and western cattle around 254 percent. hogs show heavy trading near 14.9 to 6. to 4.07. sheep list mutton to 6.0 and lambs 5.75 to 7.00 with fed ewes around 5.4.
Cattle receipts around 6000 head with weak demand. hogs strong but mixed. Sheep receipts rise with strong prices. St Louis and Omaha report varied cattle and hog markets. Kansas City grain futures show mixed wheat and corn. dairy and poultry prices listed along with fruits and vegetables. Multiple cities report fluctuating cattle, hogs, and sheep values with regional differences.
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