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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
6
Washington reports a Texas feud between a postmaster and a mail carrier. Shots fired at the office and from behind mail wagons, 44 caliber holes in walls, mail undelivered for a week. A messenger and inspector are sent as tensions rise and residents demand action or licenses to shoot straight.
Mrs. Joseph Holstein aged 21 collapsed at a Syracuse typewriter while replying to a letter from her insurer after leaving work to wed. She had heart trouble for a year and died after writing the word Syracuse. The tragedy occurred yesterday at the local insurance office.
A vial or box of Larative Bromo Quinine promises a one day cure for colds. It carries a refund offer if the remedy fails, with the draggiste’s signature printed on every box.
New bulkhead sliding doors shown on the steamship Deut schland allow bridge or hold control to seal compartments after hull breach. Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes the top vessel equipped, with twenty four doors closing in fifteen seconds to form nineteen watertight sections, promising near unsinkability.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Table promises to cure a cold in one day with a no cure no pay offer. Price is 25 cents.
Ora Ross, a young farmer from Fontana area, was shot in his bed at 1 am in Linn county. A masked man tied the room and fired six shots, warning Mrs Ross not to alarm. Howard Hinle, an insane asylum attendant, was arrested at Paola on the suspected murder. Police seek the murder weapon and a team used by the slayer. Rumors say Ross and Hale had been sweethearts before Ross married Ora Rosa eight months ago.
Paris reports Berlin confirms Princess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen, sister of Emperor William, has cancer. Physicians verdict shocks German court and hinders the Emperor's recovery amid illness.
Four 12 inch diameter plaques in fourteen colors depict the seasons and a 1004 calendar plaque, all by A von Bueast for Malt Nutritio Dept Anheuser-Busch. No advertising on faces, priced to mail for 25c to the Malt Nutritio Dept., St Louis, Missouri.
Ballard's Pain Relief Liniment is touted as a long time favorite family remedy for burns cuts sprains and bruises. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes at H. L. Tucker's Drug Store.
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