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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
7
Marriage Licenses page notes Cassenna Stomach Tablets growing in popularity. Readers with trouble finding them at a druggist are advised to write the Cassenna Medi company in Jerico Springs, Maine.
Warranty deeds show James W Maxey to Oliver Lan son lot 129 Adrian 210 dollars. Anna T Ricks to Chas Flannery lot Tblk H Sims and Tuckers add Worland 1 2800. Henry Moorhead to Wm Shill inger WY lote 1-2 NW4 see 1 Deep Water 2800. JE Requa to T A Asbury lot 10 blk 67 Rich Hill 40. PC Burns to Wm A Reed 400 sec 28 Elkhart 1500. Wm A Reed to C BE Marshall 40 a sec 16 Faat Boone 1500. John C Simpson to L M Griffith pt sec 7 Osage 2500. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ to Rebecca A Alger lot 1 blk ST Town Coals add to Rich Hill 140. Margaret A Irvin to J Hard away blk 42 Waltons 3rd add to Rich Hill 130. Fred Zimmerman to John H Hough 5 a sec 28 Lone Vak 50. Walter A Weldin to Daniel D Ferguson 20 a sec 16 Elkhart 1250. Mary J Dorn to Mary EF Borze pt lot 2 blk 1 Christian & Condees add to Butler 250. AY Trimble and H A Huclina to A L Lyons pt sec 1 Rockville two 4875. G F Hartwell to Hiram Nichols los 12 blk 23 east side add to Butler 1. Woolford's Sanitary Lotion advert appears.
Representatives needed for United Wireless Telegraph Co in Denver Colorado. Earn nine to nine hundred dollars weekly with no capital required. Position offers a passive income and steady pay in Cooper Building vicinity.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is praised as a life enhancing tonic for men and women. It claims to restore appetite, aid digestion, restore flesh, and brighten life during hard work, labeling Cod Liver as essential food. Advertisement text from Scott & Coombs, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
In Dexter Missouri December, Fred McCullom, drunk, clashed with his brother Harry in their father's drug store among Christmas shoppers. After a failed order to stop, Harry shot Fred as lamps were lit and the father, W. McCullum, had retired from active business. The younger man, 21, allegedly fired first, prompting fatal return fire. A remedy advertisement for Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup follows.
An engineer catalogs tasks affordable with 50 cents of electricity at 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Items include lighting a barn for 30 nights, powering a washing machine for eight washes, running a fan for a month, sewing for two weeks, heating with an electric pad, and cooking and forging feats, all illustrating cheap electric use.
In Palmetto Georgia Dec a bank burglary and store robbery by three African American men led to the capture of one suspect who narrowly escaped lynching. The mob relented, the man was jailed in Fairburn, and a manhunt for the others involved armed locals. The burglars drilled the bank safe hinges but could not access the inner door or cash.
The Gallatin public schools superintendent reports about 40 percent of 232 boys are tobacco users. In 6th through 8th grades 60 of 78 boys smoked. Mothers seek pledges from merchants to bar sales to under 16. Some young pupils already face punishment for hiding to smoke.
Saloon men from Pleasant Hill filed petitions for dramshop licenses at the county seat. Petitioners include Theodore Hlefeland P P Hopkine and Ned Searkhouts with J K Wirt also filing for two city saloons. Proceedings may be moved to higher courts after county court action, with filings tied to recent Farmington Farmington Farmington- era court decisions.
In Philadelphia during December W J Bryan railed at the legal profession and monopolistic power describing the courtroom as a souls market where ideals are traded for wealth. He urged moral sentiment behind laws and condemned municipal corruption and the lobbyist's rising influence. Bribery was labeled a fine art affecting voters and representatives.
Excursion sale offer lists multiple states including Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming. On the first and third Tuesdays monthly the trip costs one and one half fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Tickets valid twenty one days from sale date. E C Vanpervoorr.
An advertisement claims skin is cured by a topical wintergreen compound called D D D Prescription, arguing that eczema is not internal and promising immediate relief by soothing the skin and rebuilding healthy tissue. Distributor F T Clay of Butler Missouri endorses the remedy after long use.
The court house rest room is now open for public use to serve travelers and locals. It features heavy linoleum, mission furniture, rockers, straight chairs, and a center library table. A hall mirror will likely be moved for wear. Two weddings occurred in the rear room with Rev LF Clark and Judge Crouch officiating for Dennis Mason and Coral Moree.
A Bates County boy writes on the value of a short agricultural course. The program aims to train practical farmers, stockmen, and dairymen in a compact time, linking farm work with college instruction. It highlights benefits, debaters club, and eligibility for Missouri Agricultural Co operative Association membership.
The association seeks to establish a unified classification system for animals shown at county fairs and urges fair associations to offer premium lists. It promotes field crop and livestock improvements among members via the annual Columbia corn show and a rolling honor for top products. It will cooperate with the Agricultural College on corn varieties and farm crops, with headquarters at the Royal Live Stock Show, the State Fair, and the Missouri State Corn Show to boost attendance and foster exchange of breeding stock and grain.
Butler Station IP time table shows local freight and through trains with Northbound and Southbound listings. Entries include local freight numbers, approximate times such as 7 am and 8 pm, and references to interline or through connections. The fragmentary OCR mentions trains No 20 and No 2, with notes about stations and interchanges, but exact schedules are incomplete.
An advertisement touts Gassenna Stomach Tablets containing active principles of leading digestants. It claims to treat indigestion dyspepsia inflammation catarrh and ulceration of the stomach by working while the stomach rests. Encourages readers to ask their druggist for the original tablets.
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