This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
6
Miss Sophia Kittlesen of Evanston says after twenty five years of chronic catarrh and a long list of cures Peruna cured her. Her throat and cough improved and she declares Peruna healed her and recommends it to friends. Peruna tablets offer the medicine in tablet form as a daily dose and come with a free Peruna Almanac for 1909.
Navy recruits at a Kansas City station aboard a big battleship devote time to needlework. Gunners mates, sailors, and others speak of banter and crafts, with many writing letters, logs, carving wood, weaving belts, purses, and sewing silk. Embroidering and drawing threads are common skills among seamen.
In the Circuit Court of Katee County Missouri an order directs publication to defendants George Douglas Joseph T Masley and Wm S Bell who cannot be found. The action seeks to enforce a lien for delinquent drainage district assessments totaling 5 dollars principal plus 235 10 interest and costs on land in Katee County. Defendants must appear at the February term in Butler to plead or the petition will be confessed by default. A copy of the record is to be published in the weekly Weenivy Times for four consecutive weeks ending at least thirty days before the first day of the next term.
The New York Globe reports on millionaire lunches, noting Rockefeller favors milk and crackers, Archbould prefers sausages and buckwheat cakes, and Morgan dines in private at 23 Broad Street. It describes frugal habits of Yoakum and Mather, Flower’s ordinary meals, and White’s long Street tenure with careful billing.
The glycerine used in Dir Phoree’s machines is said to enhance medicinal properties of native roots and improve the plumpness of the blood. It is claimed to be a demulcent nutritive antiseptic and antifoment, aiding chronic bronchial and lung afflictions and aiding wasting flesh in long standing coughs. Prof Finley Eliingwood endorses glycerine as stabilizing hydrogen peroxide in solution and aiding stomach ulcers.
A Northern Kansas page touts Muco Solvent as a cure for diphtheria grip croup scarlet fever and other mucous membrane diseases. Dr Wu Boteler and Northwestern University staff endorse the product noting dramatic relief in infants and a daily death rate drop in Polar Wisconsin towns after its use. Hess offers the spray and internal dose with a guaranteed claim.
Kansas City Star reports Halley’s Bluff along the Little Osage River hosts red sandstone ledges with a row of wells carved in stone. Thirty six wells remain, circular and precisely cut, possibly defense by Spanish explorers or provisioning sites. Local accounts cite Fort walls on the bluff and debates persist among scientists about the origin and purpose of the excavations.
The Macon county Society held its fifth annual dinner at the Knights of Pythias hall in Macon Missouri with about 200 guests including Judge N M Shelton John T Barker W E McCully and Benjamin Eli Guthrie among toasts. The group aims to foster friendly county relations and attract new settlers and will meet yearly.
Fort Worth Texas Judge Cowan testified before the Ways and Means committee supporting the 14 percent duty on cattle hides. National and Texas cattle associations urged retention. a National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers brief argued for protection against New England shoe makers. The piece notes a moral awakening aside from the main trade debate with local remarks and a historical anecdote.
Travel sale offering excursions to Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado treorla Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Teakessey Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming On all tires and third Tocadaye of each month at rate of one and one half fare plies $2.00 for round trip. Twenty-one days from date of sale ELC. VANDERVOORT.
The account describes Joe Shannon's arrival in Kansas City amid an alleged assault plot at the Southern Hotel. A well dressed young man confronted Shannon, a rushed interview followed, and investigators sought to suppress details. The St. Louis Republic notes tensions about publication on Shannon's return to Kansas City.
A garbled testimonial from Hall's Drug Company promises a hundred dollar reward for the person Cabarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice claims fifteen years of acquaintance with the subject and urges buying the cure, with testimonials and a mail order offer.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.