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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
9
A guide to window dressing with varied curtain fabrics from Filmy Brussels to Nicery gauze. It covers light control using dark tints, lace intricated Arabe curtains, and the rise of brass rods, plus a new economical style with a single pair of curtains centered over a pole and heavy side draperies.
A domestic farce unfolds with a quarrel over a rickety step ladder and misplaced trust. The head of the house scolds a lazy helper, blaming neglect for near disasters as a bang echoes from the stairs and the ladder collapses amid a chaotic scene in the barn and home.
A Washingtonian recounts meeting Senator Perkins of California, then chairman of the executive committee of the national capital centennial, at Centennial HQ in Washington. Perkins spoke of saving money for a steamship line by evaluating new ideas, praising a visitor who offered help in selecting practical inventions and noting his San Francisco connections and patent office observations.
The piece discusses the American occupation of Cuba and Porfiriato era impacts on language, focusing on the heavy use and mispronunciation of the letter W by American governors like Wood Wilson Davis and Wheeler. It notes Cuban printers replacing W with VV, varied readings of W as V or double V, and initial resistance from Cubans and papers. observers observe some adaptation as English W usage spreads yet remains awkward in Spanish typography.
The article surveys population and wealth shifts, noting Russia and the United States’ changing rankings over a century. It highlights that the United States more than doubled in population, and New York grew eightfold, with Chicago also expanding rapidly. A table shows century growth in major cities, and a curious science note on a snail’s shell movements closes the piece.
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers including Atchison Globe Chicageo Daily News and Philadelphia Revered. It features wry captions about loafer praise optimism and prison attire along with playful exchanges between children and adults.
East San Francisco reports the Hancock arrival from Manila via Nagasaki with about 1,500 sailors and soldiers dead from battles or disease in the Philippines China Guam and Honolulu. The vessel will quarantine a few days and the bodies go to Presidio for interment or shipment to relatives. The voyage carried 52 cabin passengers 500 steerage and 11 deaths on the trip.
The Salvation Army plans a Christmas Day event for 25,000 poor at Madison Square Garden. Seventeen thousand uncooked meals will be distributed in 200 baskets, each for five people. In the evening 3,000 cooked dinners served on the main floor precede a Passion Play, presided by Commander Booth Tucker.
In the Sue.ker column, two girls are described gathering scraps as Sper's wine wins acclaim. The piece touts Sper's wines as unmatched worldwide, mentioning the American Institute Farmers Club and Alfred Sperer of Passaic New Jersey.
The past week saw generally good health and various local tasks. Burge Price and Ed Radford are involved in two transport and hauling efforts while multiple residents report hay and coal deliveries and market activity. A baby’s death and burial are noted along with several social and church events and minor moves in the area.
The ad declares Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional cure for catarrh and offers a reward of one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. It urges readers to send for testimonials and lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo, Ohio as the makers, with local druggists selling the remedy.
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