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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
7
Three typewriters held for postage at the Washington post office after Congress members guarantee their franking. Officials later learn that franking does not cover typewriters, with postage assessed at 19 cents each.
The report notes a surgical removal of the appendix by a surgeon. It also mocks Dr King’s New Life Pills as ineffective, claiming they cause no frightful ordeals and work quietly. The item mentions Frank T Clay’s drug store selling the pills for 20c. It adds a Kansas farm update about M L Stewart at Pratt, shipping hedge posts from hedge trees, with profits estimated between 20c and $6 each and a single tree yielding sixty five posts.
Leo F Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY states Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a annoying cold sore in two days after application once daily. The product is sold under guarantee at Frank T Clay's drug store for 25 cents.
A writer recalls a market gardener who fed horse radish leaves to his horses. One horse with winded issues reportedly recovered after the radish feed. The note promotes Cassenna Stomach Tablets from Cassenna Medic Co in Jerico Springs Mo for readers to request.
The speaker uses a Roosevelt quip about beating numerous targets including the democrats or the constitution and courts. The remark touches on political success and broad aims, implying confidence in defeating many challenges across government and society.
In your hometown, employees earn 90 to 450 dollars weekly with no capital required. Apply at once. The United Wireless Telegraph Co. Cooper Building, Denver, Colorado.
A nostalgic note from Ex. Uden laments smaller papers and fondly recalls Smileyville. It mentions Deacon Skegns ill with rheumatics, Ezra Crowe visiting from Wheatland, Luella Thistledown on a buggy ride, a Plymouh egg with three yolks, Art Hicks visiting, and Abner Bruce planning a local kill while praising Smileyville’s intimate, letterlike community feel.
Council Bluffe, la in December honors on site exhibit for Iown Won Fruit. The awards place Idaho second Washtox ton third Utah fourth and Maryland fifth at the National Horticultural Congress.
A Budapest letter to Los Angeles describes a noon lull on Konsuth Street with shuttered handsome stores, deserted asphalt streets, and a Sundaylike atmosphere. The Danube bridge and empty government lottery offices contrast with only ubiquitous souvenir postcard sellers remaining active, offering novelty images of a straw-headed man and a bug in the bonnes under celluloid covers.
A Kansas editor ridiculed townsmen John Brown and Henry Jones after their horse bolted on a new road. The men demanded reparation for a remark claiming they were sober. The editor withdrew that statement in a subsequent editorial.
The prosecuting attorney pressed for incriminating yes or no questions. The judge ruled most cannot be answered without bias. The attorney asked if the judge had stopped beating his wife, prompting the judge to acknowledge some questions cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.
An advertisement promotes DDD Prescription external remedy for itchy skin. It urges sending 10 cents for a trial bottle from DDD Co. at 112 Michigan St., Chicago, claiming instant relief and quick cure with no waiting.
A letter denounces opening caskets at funerals in churches as a barbaric practice. It argues for a law to ban public viewings, condemning curious crowds and gossip. The writer believes deaths should be sacred and urges church and undertakers to end such ceremonies, praising stricter norms and respect. Also notes DeWitt's Carbotized Witch Hazel Salve sold locally.
Dee Carlotte Rodrigues daughter of a noted California artist and Bohemian starved herself to death over a painting her father valued. She possessed a small fortune in canvas but refused to sell the last major work to save her life, hoping it would stand between her grandmother and want. The tale frames a tragic moral choice amid a once wealthy family. Little DeWitt's pills are advertised by C W Hess.
Dr. C. Carroll told the Medico-Legal Society at the Waldorf Astoria that modern sterilization and pasteurization harm milk. He proposed using alternating current polarization to destroy all bacteria in milk, including those forming lactic acid, claiming it preserves nutrition while eliminating pathogens.
Warranty deeds filed transferring numerous lots and blocks in Connelly's Add to Rich Hill, Charlotte, Deer Creek, and adjacent areas. Notable transfers include KH Williams to Geo G Nevins for lots in Connelly's Add, J A Crawford to Clara Mordida, and TD Smith to City of Rockville. Values range up to 25,000 with multiple $200 to $500 deeds and several parcels in Butler and Adrian areas. Promotions of transfers include Mebride, Smith, and various unnamed parties across Rockville, Butler, and Pleasant Gap districts.
An old Eureka Springs postcard blown from a Berryville home after a tornado three weeks earlier was found in Greene County. The item mentions Pronk Mawtiti and describes the storm’s path northeast toward Greene County before returning, while a health claim for a digestive remedy Koilol is briefly noted in the text.
A mis-spelled ad promotes The Cook's Book a guide of recipes by Mrs Manet McKingie for cooking, baking and household tips. It offers free delivery via a 25 cent K C Baking Powder certificate, claiming the book is elegant, well illustrated and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Judge Charles Nowland appointed to Buchanan County Court announces he will not perform marriage ceremonies. He says marriages are too solemn to be handled by laypersons and criticizes widespread lay marriage, claiming it contributes to divorces. He notes prior banns practice and references local office fees and perquisites amid county judge competition.
A garbled note describes a walking stick linked to Abraham Lincoln and its journey to Washington. It recounts a New Orleans ship owner presenting the cane to Theodore Roosevelt as a historic relic, with references to Civil War battles and brass head inscriptions, and hints at ownership and value questions.
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