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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
4
An advertisement warns that pain and bowel trouble are common dangers and promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as a quick remedy. It cautions buyers to avoid counterfeit substitutes sold by careless storekeepers and notes large bottle prices at 25 and 50 cents.
Vienna reports a Rostoff clash between strikers and troops leaving about 200 dead and 1,000 injured. Cossacks attacked demonstrators, women fighters joined the fray, barracks built from trees, and bodies were claimed in the ensuing battles. The crowd later crossed the Don for a meeting amid protests against Czar Nicolas.
Hiawatha Kansas December 17 Julia Lemoyne a stock raiser has sold all his cows and will raise fine French Maltese poodle dogs. Lemoyne says with little care there is more money in dog breeding than cattle.
At a Chicago South Side Woman's club meeting, Daniel M. Lord discusses modern neckwear for men, citing Thomas Jefferson and an era of lace and prim shirts. A Rembrandt hair style is praised as beautiful but deemed unsuitable for men, while practical dress changes are urged to improve male appearance.
A London Post article, likely by Sir Reward Rusnsell, cites Edware Believes Privaer protesting intrusions into royal private life. The king denounces press interviews and photography at Windsor and Sandringham, insisting private spaces remain sacred and not fodder for sensational captions.
The superintendent's report highlights a marked advancement in education and native industries. It notes growth in attendance and practical training, with basket weaving supporting self-sufficiency and potential district schools integrating races. The text cites increased income from lace and bead articles and signals progress in vocational instruction and credential elimination of the “Wanker Indiv.”
A letter alerts Mymouth Pennsylvania readers that five hundred men in King and Vietre Counties Teoma and Beattie Washington seek wives. James Evans, a former resident, urges good looking healthy women to seek a home in Pennsylvania the finest state in the union with meritorious young men. He prefers Welsh English or German girls and notes 500 men seek partners from the Quaker state.
Theresa Berg and Henry Horner were married during Bo stock's animal show at St Nicholas rink New York in front of about 2000 spectators The ceremony was led by Rev George C Hepburn The maid of honor was Mme Arendonin The couple received 500 for the show and then left as the audience slept through the ceremony Automatic newspaper venders are noted in Berlin news
Albany financier Anthony N. Brody leads a projected American French venture to form a Paris lighting empire. The plan, six months in development, seeks a 50 million dollar capital with shared American and French ownership. The firm aims to absorb Paris lighting companies and promote American manufacturing methods to lower production costs.
The desk of Mr. Cannon in the House reportedly held the first bouquet on an opening day in his fifty year service. A wife sent by a girl from Ulmnets presented the flowers, and Cannon explained he once advised against gifts but later accepted a note from the donor after his service ended, noting the rule no longer applied.
German scientist Dr Ehrlich reports twelve million bacteria on the skins of half a pound of cherries, with currants and grapes following. The findings were sent to the state department by US Consular Clerk Murphy in Frankfort. Ehrlich urges peeling or washing fruit before consumption.
A stone age picture gallery dating from ancient times was uncovered in a cavern near Elyzies France. The ten images depict prehistoric animals in red and brown pigments painted on the rock, including four varied bisons. Chemist Mule cabe identified pigments from the cave walls, indicating notable artistic skill. Telephones to Hoambare. Loud-speaking phones added to all Hamburg fire stations.
A London mansion exposes a curious theft of rare wines. Scotland Yard investigates as a detective rents the house. A bell network misleads the household until a midnight wander yields the culprit: the master in pajamas stealing his own wine.
The 10 inch coast defense gun built at Waterviset arsenal was loaded onto a barge for transport to Sandy Nook Proving Grounds under Col Farley. The weapon weighs 34 270 pounds on a custom car, measures 49 feet 20 inches long, with a breech diameter of 16 inches, and can fire a 2 170 pound projectile up to 21 miles. Construction ran from May 14, 1808 to June 1, 1402, and total cost is listed near 199 000.
A private missive from Ambais sador White to THuney Sellman of Frankfut-on-the-Main is printed in the Frankorfier Zeitung. It denounces Romanian abuses of Hebrews in Welimania as monstrous and compares them to past persecutions including Louis XIVs dragooning of the Huguenots, urging civilized powers to act and decrying legal and moral breaches.
A Naples priest staged a sensational sermon at San Carlos using a man behind the sacristy to groan and rattle chains to frighten a mostly poor crowd. The display caused a stampede injuring many as worshippers fled the doors. Police warned the priest to stop the dangerous theatricals.
The Chicago Record-Herald questions a Turkish setting and notes Turkey purchasing cans while suggesting Armenians were not exterminated. The fragment hints at historical violence but lacks concrete dates or names.
Washington December 18 General Benjamin F Tracy ex secretary of the navy in the Washington Post interview says democrats are in demoralization and Cleveland is the only capable party leader remaining He adds Cleveland might be nominated if the united democracy offers it and he would scarcely refuse.
In Chicago on December 19, K T Crane announced the Crane company will distribute 155000 among its four thousand employees as a Christmas gift. Each worker will receive an amount equal to 5 percent of his annual wages, making this the largest holiday gift in the plant's history.
Under neuralgia torment the ad claims Davis Painkiller relieves agony. It advises to bathe affected parts freely, keep them warm, and avoid cold dampness while noting medical science has not found an equal treatment. The copy markets the product as unmatched for neuralgia relief.
San Juan Costa Rica reports two violent shocks at 4 am with no casualties. Follow up tremors occur at intervals but lessen in severity. In New York Horace L Hotchkiss Gould's broker sells his seat and retires after forty five years on the stock exchange and helped found the Nicaraguan Canal association.
Governor elect Mickey promises no inaugural ball saying as a Methodist he opposes dancing and would not attend. He cites his Wesleyan University trusteeship as risking his good name. Lincoln commercial club committee discusses the ballooned event amid sorrow in society.
Houston December 17 District Judge Wilson rules Mrs Olive England may not practice law in Texas because she is a woman. England presented Oregon credentials and good character certificate but Texas statutes restrict bar admission to men only.
An advertisement extols jewels and health as a woman's priorities and praises Dr. Boschee's German Syrup for early consumption and bronchial ailments. It claims the syrup arrests illness, heals lungs, and drives disease from the system, urging readers to obtain Green's remedies at drugstores and to consult Green's Almanac.
The Central Trust Company of New York filed in U S circuit court to foreclose its trust mortgage on Detroit Telephone Company property securing 600000 dollars in bonds. The Detroit firm is alleged to be insolvent.
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