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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
4
The piece accuses the Republican Party of deceit and misgovernance, detailing alleged abuses from gold standard politics to Panama interference, tariff wars, and corporate influence. It argues Republicans obstruct reform, protect trusts, and betray public interests while claiming patriotism and relief for the people is scarce.
A testimonial from ES Munday of Henrietta Texas praises Electric Bitters as a pure tonic that cures malaria by expelling it from the system and avoiding quinine side effects. The letter notes a brother's recovery from malarial fever and jaundice after using the remedy sold at Frank T. Clay's drug store for 50 cents.
Chicago dispatch details a massacre near Odessa with Jews subjected to police and mob violence. Mrs Stein and her child survived by hiding as mobs looted and terrorized the town. The article describes a Russian Jewish Bund, police complicity, and a brutal wave of killings prompted by vodka fueled rioters.
A reader from Oskon Indiana recounts a wife with consumption once given up by three doctors. A new remedy is claimed to cure consumption and colds with one dose said to relieve many diseases. The letter urges readers to try the featured product despite lack of scientific validation.
A notice announces the breaking in of new shoes related to a trustee sale on real estate in Bates County Missouri. The deed of trust includes the southwest quarter and related parcels in section 16, township 39, range 29, to satisfy a secured note. The sale is set at the Butler courthouse Saturday December 9 1905 from 9 am to 5 pm.
Washington December 14 The War department announced that after General Corbin retires in September General Bates will be lieutenant general in April and General MacArthur will be promoted to that rank He also noted that General Wood is likely to succeed Corbin as commanding general of the Philippine division as he is the senior general officer there next to Corbin
Des Moines Ia Der 18 Duels are forbidden in Iowa declared the supreme court in affirming the conviction of Fenton Whitnah of Page county for killing Charles Middaugh. The two men quarreled while drank and agreed to fight it out with their fists with a party of friends they repaired to the edge of town and engaged in a duel first with fists and then with holves Middaugh was killed by a blow upon the jugular vein Whitnah must serve ten years in prison.
Norfolk man C Rivenbark Jr reports severe knee burn blistered badly but Bucklen Arnica Salve stopped the pale and healed it with no scar. Frank T Claye notes Cortelyou’s annual postmaster ratings influence reappointment decisions, signaling a favorable outlook for Welton’s return and the postmaster’s former record.
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