21 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
1
Local notes report bustling events and everyday life in Ballard. Residents discuss property, rentals, and farming, with names like Gartin, Wendleton, Gates, Koontz, Beaman, and Radford appearing amid village visits and social gatherings. Weather, health, sales, and upcoming moves to North Dakota or California color the informal update.
William J. Cornelius Modern Woodman organizer dies after Turkish bath on Twenty first street Kansas City. He collapsed in the hot room while en route to his home from Mereton Missouri and died of probable heart disease. Cornelius aged 47 left a family and was formerly a conductor on the Missouri Kansas Texas line.
Laval of Dallas testifies that after two years of general debility from overwork four bottles of Electra Bitters restored his health. He claims better appetite sleep and energy and calls it the best medicine on earth. Sold by B H Tucker güç.
A county grand jury roster lists members with their residences, party, church, and ages from 14 to 64 years. Names include Foster, Mat Gray, Thomas Walton, George Craig, Henry Mudd, Robert B. Barton, W. M. Steffen, James Robinson, G. W. Tucker, James Nukell, J. B. Hawkins, and W. C. Eldridge.
Dr. King's New Life Pills marketed for digestion biliousness constipation and headaches. Claims to cleanse bowels and improve health with a simple dose sold at J. L. Tucker's drug store.
In St Louis on February 15 eight hundred and seventy young men and women slid down boards from windows as management refused to discharge twenty Black workers. Doors were locked during the strike announcement. workers forced to flee, then the Negro workers were discharged and the strike ended with workers returning to work.
The seller hypes Bates county goods, claiming unmatched planters and cultivators from Sattley Mfg Co with patented features. Promises one fixed low price, loan of a Hunmer of Conmuslore, and asserts rivals cannot match quality or pricing.
An ad touts Sattley walking plows and Janesville and Bach Sisters cultivators as top picks, announcing two carloads of implements, wagons, buggies, and hundreds of items. It promotes Bain Peoria and Birdsell wagons for 62.90 cash and urges customers to visit Williams Grocery for bargains and honest service.
W J Jackson, long time Hum ansville resident, becomes a Johnstown merchant by purchasing J E Rash and Bros stock. He is praised as a first class businessman and returns to his roots in the area. The note lists social visits, class progress at Jobstown, and a range of local happenings from marriages to church appointments and town events through the week.
Mrs Hosa Hichards of Leyrel Springs, NOC, writes of being cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after a prolonged illness. She praises its power against consumption, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and bronchitis, claiming seven bottles fully restored her health. The note also advertises a treatment by H. L. Tacker’s store.
Fragmentary report from Lboneie Cienete Kansas notes gas seepage near a wellfield. Authorities warn of strong fumes, estimating about 4000 feet of flow every 24 hours. Officials emphasize protecting city property and monitor lines for leaks and contamination.
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