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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
6
The store on West Side Square proclaims a two floor Santa setup loaded with holiday toys and a vast selection. It promises dolls of every description from small to large and an endless variety of gifts including lamps books gloves stationery china glassware and a wide toy range from whistles to steam engines wagons tricycles go carts and dolls.
St Louis readers face a flagship Christmas issue with four pages of colorful children's games and puzzles offering a $25 prize, plus exclusive stories from Bret Harte and Dickens' daughter. The paper touts the largest, most lavish Christmas number yet and teases race for circulation supremacy.
A short promotional note extols Allen's Lung Balsam as the final cure for sore throat and a safeguard for lungs. It emphasizes relief from rawness and tenderness after a "little cold" and frames the product as essential for those who have endured respiratory misery.
In Cincinnati the Lowry Goebel store fire destroyed all evidence collected by Arthur Goebel in the Goebel murder cases. The state attorney will ask for a continuance of the Berry Howard and Jim Howard trials set for January, citing the loss of material.
An ad claims a patented remedy called CCC Careds Candy Cathartic cures chronic constipation. It asserts guaranteed results with genuine CCC tablets and warns the product is not sold in bulk.
A Washington man narrowly misses a Baltimore wedding due to five minute delays on street cars and telegraphs during McKinley’s burial. He wires Annapolis and learns his fiancée’s father fell ill and can’t leave, enabling the wedding the next day and a newfound respect for every minute.
No Longer Estranged Denver December 12 Walhurst the Wolcott estate is being overhauled and refitted for its mistress. After a divorce years ago Mrs Wolcott left the state but has resumed cordial ties with Mrs Theodore Roosevelt through whom reunion is thought possible. Mrs Wolcott now visits Washington where she is hosted by Mrs Roosevelt.
Mass Linn a Robertson of Moberly a central business college student drank half a bottle of face lotion she mistook for cough medicine in the dark. She called for help, grew faint, a stomach pump was used, and she is expected to recover.
A reader is advised that cheap remedies may ease coughs but serious lung troubles need a proven cure. The ad promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the reliable remedy introduced worldwide, claiming it heals tissue, destroys germs, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and ensures rest. Endorsed by Ann H. Tucker, a druggist.
A 1900 Missouri reader testimonial praises Dr Tichenors Antiseptic for wound healing and preventing inflammation. The letters from T E Dotter and D by Gilbert claim it treats colic stomach and bowel issues and aided a painful sore after maggots were removed.
Major General John Kt Brooke told the New York chapter of the Colonel Order of Acorns at its annual dinner that there will be nothing but heaven for a man who dies for his country. He added that such a man most truly has his sins forgiven. The report also notes a cold remedy advertisement offering Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and E W Grove’s signature on each box.
Simon Lederer postmaster of Poplar Bluff Missouri has been indicted by the Butler county grand jury on forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses He furnished a $1000 bond for appearance at the February circuit court term London December 12 reports no compromise reached in the breach of promise suit of Miss Portia Knight against the Duke of Manchester
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