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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
1
Readable fragments advertise low prices on candy mixed at 5c a pint chocolates 20e to 50e per lb peanuts 20a quart galton peaches 25e a pint 25e a dozen sweet pickles 65e large assortment of fine groceries Butler area.
Fall plowing active in Spruce area with many cattle being fed. Evans kin from Texas. Wes Pitts of Johnstown in the vicinity. Chas West seen on the streets. Allison hosted a musical. Ste Evans held a Saturday hop. George Watson reported to Arkansas. Emma Lair improving. White’s broken limb slowly mending. Art Subert of Adrian moved nearby. Modern Woodmen in Spruce gained new members. Newberry and J. Kretzinger trip to Appleton City. Rand liver advertisement references and Dr King’s New Brain Booster claim advertised locally.
Nate Silva, wanted on multiple counts and with a £1000 reward, escaped custody in Bates county. He alighted from a Santa Fe train, fled a deputy at Joe Shelton's, and evaded an all-day search by slipping into timber and fields, aided by local recognition and rapid alert calls.
A Dixie Kentucky witness recounts a rough period of coughing before using Dr King’s New Discovery which allegedly halted the worst cough and claimed to prevent and cure consumption. The ad promises trial bottles free at H L Tucker’s drug store with a price of 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
New York University Senate responds to a protest from the Association of Survivors of the Sixth Army Corps in Washington about Gen. Robert E. Lee's inclusion in the Hall of Fame. The senate says it is too late to change the list and endorses Lee as an American immortal in the honor roll.
Willams Brothers announce a December clearing sale to cash buyers with a vast stock of goods at cost. They tout low prices on Pleasanton Shorts flour and bran, wagons from Bain Peoria and Birdsell, and multiple plows including Success Diamond Commodore and Hammer Sulky models. Prices highlighted for cash buyers to inspect in store.
We present a sale of fine china ware vases parlor lamps and related items bought from the manufacturer through a New York broker at first cost. Come in and compare prices and see the savings. Also a car load of Xmas candies nuts and more arriving so shop early to save. Remember what we tell you.
A regional ad from a heavy equipment dealer claims to offer threshers steam engines saw mills and more at prices cheaper than factory rates. The firm touts exclusive general agency for six counties and promises strict deals special discounts and favorable profits for buyers.
Mrs. B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a fatal stomach trouble and yellow jaundice from gall stones. After doctor efforts failed she used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured. The remedy targets stomach liver and kidney woes and appetite loss. Available via H. L. Tucker.
River, B. C., Dec. 14 Prof ell the explorer returns from a 5000 mile trek across northern Canada. The government funded expedition measured perilous routes to Hudson Bay and uncovered red northern forests and timber stretches up to 200 miles wide. Prof Tyrell and J W Bell report a captive Englishman Charles Bunn who lived with Esquimaux for five years and joined the expedition returning to Edmonton with Bell.
Youth in town enjoy social events as Santa themes abound. Mrs. Mack dies, funeral at Germantown cemetery. Christmas Eve lunch served for South Methodist funds at Johnstown store building owned by Annie Howard. Several residents noted in shopping and visits. Mr. Canon of Butler passes away, remembered fondly.
A fragmentary 19th century advertisement claims Arnica Salve can cure piles. W R Smith of Lath writes that while other remedies failed, Arnica Salve provided relief. The misspelled text notes a supposed world leading remedy by Tucker's drug.
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