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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
7
Several letters from readers in Missouri Iowa and Connecticut report relief from chronic ailments after taking Yor Merna or Poruna. Testimonials cite cures for stomach catarrh sour stomach and general poor health after a few bottles with statements of dramatic improvement and renewed vigor.
University of Missouri exhibits ten head of purebred and grade steers at the International Live Stock Show winning seventy prizes including five championships and a reserve cup. The crossbred Hereford Aberdeen Angus steer Deserter claimed a 1909 championship and senior yearling class honors. Designer, a grade Hereford, also won first prize in two year old grade or cross bred class.
Horticulturist Jacob Faith shares planting and care tips for fruit trees. Best planting time is late fall after frost and during winter. trees should be banked and watered to weather winter and early spring rains. Cow peas enrich soil. If apples fail to bear by years four to five, prune in spring. Pruning is best in winter before sap rises. wounds over two inches should be painted.
The Carthage Democrat extols Missouri citing twenty three state institutions no major crop failures leading clover production stock farms and blue grass acreage. It claims the largest permanent school fund and one tenth of world corn while producing eighty percent of zinc and hosting many apple trees with land values up forty percent in four years.
The Bates County Poultry Association met in regular session with W. Dooley presiding. J. J. McKee was elected Superintendent and A. E. Glass Assistant Secretary amid praise for Kansas City shows. The piece extols local breeder effort, urges support for Butler merchants and state road funding, and includes a testimonial on Electric Bitters.
Washington DC December 18 1910 reports from the Bureau of Statistics indicate 1910 will be the banner year for international trade. Data from twenty seven countries show higher monthly imports and exports than 1909 with exports likely between 14 and 15 billion dollars and imports above 16 billion dollars.
H C Hillery, aged 70, a pioneer of this area who settled southeast of town nearly 50 years ago, died at his Tennessee home last Wednesday. His son John Hillery of near Sprague and Mrs Sherman Reese of the countryside south of town received word by telegram. Relatives here missed the funeral as the message arrived too late.
Columbia Mo Dec 18 The State Board of Agriculture endorses plans to regenerate the St Louis Fair and create new field standards surpassing prior Missouri fairs. Secretary T C Wilson will mail letters urging county fair associations to appoint delegates to Farmers Week at the University of Missouri January 10 to 18 where a proposed State board and fair management will be discussed. A St Louis based company has optioned acres near Kinloch to sponsor a fair with aims to remove gambling and undesired features, align dates, and emphasize educational and amusement aspects. Exhibitors would include breeding pedigrees for stock and poultry to teach breeders how prize animals are produced and corn is developed.
Butler residents testify to lasting relief from backache and kidney disorders using Deans Kidney Pills. Mrs J C Crutsinger of 412 Adams St cites two family members cured and notes permanent relief after two years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean’s.
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