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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
Incomplete OCR fragment references real time exam notes, LD, twelve for your ners and nH. Mentions Missouri and Masonable a to p. Details are unclear and readable portions point to a local educational brief.
State officials praise Peruna as an effective catarrh and cold remedy and urge tonic qualities for lasting relief. The page also offers poultry tips praising women poultry raisers and warnings about flock management, plus a brief note on DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
The National Magazine excerpt shows Champ Clark, famed for supporting newsboys, sparring with a visiting Englishman over who knows newsboys best. A New York dock encounter unfolds a witty exchange as a newsboy outsmarts the Londoner with a quip about telling time by a nose. The scene ends with Clark’s quiet victory.
Order of Publication in Bates County Missouri states a delinquent drainage assessment suit against George Douglas Joseph T Manley and Wm S Bell. It notes summons failed, defendants not found, and publication required to enforce the lien of the State of Missouri for principal and interest secured by land in Bates County. Publication to run weekly for four consecutive weeks in Bates County paper.
In a village the hardware drummer laments not booking a single order. A station agent checks his trunk as a railway autocrat responds with wry indifference. The exchange evokes a one-horse town mood and the drummer’s regret.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irregular and painful periods, backache, faint spells, and pelvic discomfort. It claims to strengthen and regulate the female system, warns it won’t cure tumors but may prevent them, and offers confidential letters and medical adviser via the same sponsor in Buffalo New York.
A Fort Leavenworth soldier and companions visit a Kansas City recruiting office at 728 Main Street. They explain how service identifiers on caps and coats show corps: infantry crossed swords, artillery crossed cannons, cavalry crossed sabers, signal corps crossed flags, ordnance corps bursting shell, engineers forging castle, hospital staff caduceus, prison guards wreath with RT,8.
Mrs AC Wil lame of Backy credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a grave yard cough that plagued her lungs for three years. The bottle restored her health, helped her gain 68 pounds, and prevented pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at rank T Clays drug store, 50c and 1.00, trial bottle free.
A method for preparing bran mash in racing stables outlines washing a bucket with boiling water then adding three pints of water and three pounds of bran. It should be covered and left two to three hours. not for immediate use. Salt can help digestion but should not be standard in sick horses unless ordered.
A marketing notice offers one hundred dollars for an uncured catarrh case, praises F J Cheney Co of Toledo and extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. It cites Toledo wholesalers Wacopino Kinsey Marve and notes testimonials, price per bottle, and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Ed McGinnis agreed to accompany President Roosevelt on his African elephant hunt after receiving a letter from the hunt organizer requesting his service as a guide. The Bates County marksman, praised as a crack shot, will meet the organizer in Rich Hill next Saturday to arrange details. Dennis Miller provided the information and helped select him from many applicants.
The Nebraska State Journal recounts life in the sand hills where alfalfa thrives and development spreads. Settlers build sod houses with basic utilities, many homes gain telephones, and crude pole lines use fence wires. Automobiles appear near schoolhouses as Forest rural life balances progress with rugged practicality.
The 1847 Columbia court house in classic style with four large ante columns will be demolished by the county court to clear the view for a modern building. The D A R chapter urged preservation as a museum but loss of view led to demolition. Columns may be saved on a mound in the new yard. Rev H A Hart, pastor of the Christian Church, is known as the football preacher for his college game advocacy. He once spoke of football twenty three times in a sermon. A college named The School of the Ozarks is mentioned as being in the heart of the region.
Forsyth Missouri hosts a small college founded by a Presbyterian department with 200 students, 40 boarders, led by G Robertson. Missouri religious leaders support shorter five to twenty five minute sermons, deeming longer talks outdated. A St Louis philanthropy study finds county poor relief uneven, with 114 counties showing gaps and 16 percent pauperism from widowhood and non support, 14 percent from old age, and 45 percent from illness or disability.
A commentary argues Missouri counties waste funds in fragmented poor relief schemes. The writer suggests a cohesive state wide movement to standardize care and improve outcomes across Missouri’s counties.
Fragmented OCR hint of a travel brief listing many states and a dated excursion offer. Details are garbled but suggests a round trip sale price of $2.00 and a twenty one day window from a sale date. Names and places are unclear.
A garbled report from St Petersburg to London describes a diver named Peteroff whose fortune vanished at banks. He allegedly gathered relatives to show ashes as he claimed wealth had been reclaimed by misfortune, a tale framed as a warning about wealth and downfall.
A southern man, disturbed by a commotion in his chicken house, fires a revolver and demands to know who is there. Hearing only silence, he proclaims he will shoot, while a timid voice from the corner denies anyone is present except for the chickens.
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