25 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
1
United States warships Wilmington and New Orleans, two arriving here, have been suddenly recalled south to Shanghai. The Annapolis, expected here soon, also redirected to Shanghai amid reports of an Shanghai incident possibly tied to the ongoing war.
An ad touts two women, one pale and one rosy, asking why. It credits Dr Kings New Life Pills with restoring health by stimulating digestion and preventing constipation. Available for 25c at Frank T. Clays Drug Store.
In Topeka Kansas on February 20, Miss Anna Eva Fay, a noted medium, declares the senator will be acquitted in the upcoming bribery trial in St. Louis next month. The medium admits she cannot determine guilt and the question remains unresolved. Notice: due to a business change, all debts are requested to be settled.
Jake Gray is on the sick list this past week. Tom Frost suffers from dropsy. Joshua Chitwood died last Saturday and was buried Sunday at Union cemetery from a complication of diseases. Fred Rich and William Odneal named mail carriers on routes starting Feb 15 from Spruce to Pleasant Gap and Spruce to Ballard. I M Kretzinger and wife attended the sale of the late Mrs Josie Hill in Rockville. Protracted meeting at Lucas had 68 converters. Rev Stone filled his appointments at Pleasant Home Baptist church. Fry family plan to move to Pittsburg Kan. Mrs Sam Drake of Henry county is very ill. amputation of a finger and hand occurred, Drs Cline and Bowden performed the operation. A Lair to Windsor for carpentry work. Fred Rich and family move to Spruce for 12 months. Miss Emma Lair guest of Miss Bertha Cowan. Tom Woat and wife to live with Albert Young this summer. F A Kretzinger and wife welcome a baby boy born Sunday morning February 14. Stephen Tillery and wife celebrate a 10 pound baby girl Friday Frontz.
Worland neighbors report Lasewell and Drury will start work on a new implement building to handle farm tools this season. Mullis and Rankin, a new firm, are expanding business. Residents plan house painting to improve appearance, while Mr. Franklin renewed a lease on Dunkerly’s coal land. Butler is urged to support Worland’s growth.
West of the present works Dunkerly and Franklin are praised as practical miners who produce good results. Lasawell is ready for checkers players. Miller and Son expand shelves and stock, keeping pace with meats markets and restaurants. Fred Wagner traveled to Foster, and Dr. Williams of Hume called in Friday and Sunday. Litell and daughter from Mound Kansas visited Saturday. continuous small town update and social notes.
The state committee and attendees in St Louis last Monday expect Judge Gantt or Attorney General Crow to be the gubernatorial nominee. Sam Cook faces little opposition. Opinion on other offices is unclear for delegates. For piano tuning and musical instruments, contact Bike F M Skaggs via post or Endres restaurant.
Virginia items recount obituaries and community news from Park Town and nearby Virginia. Cicero Browning's child died, ages two, from measles to cold lung. Thomas Wright's daughter also died after illness. Squire Hackett to hear a law suit as crowds discuss politics amid a snowstorm. Mrs. Harry Simpson moved to Kansas City after an operation, while Clark Vermillion near Mound City nears end of life. Local residents plan schooling, farming, and minor delays due to Washington's birthday closures.
F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire says chronic indigestion and nervous debility troubled him for years until Electric Bitters. He credits the medicine with restoring his health and says his wife remains in excellent health, calling it splendid for female troubles. Only 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed. By Prank T Clay.
William Rudolph, also called Charles Gorney, who killed a Pinkerton detective near St Louis, attempted to stab guard Roe in the Kansas penitentiary dining room during a prisoners march. He was restrained by fellow inmates and now shackled in solitary, with a note to his mother found on him.
A Missouri profile portrays Hon David A DeArmond of Butler as one of the most intellect and disciplined members of Congress. Collected and reserved in public, he reveals a surgeon like precision in political combat while his scholarly demeanor and judicial temperament hint at a possible future on a state supreme bench.
Ogden Utah February 21 Twenty five people are dead and about fifty injured after a dynamite carload exploded at Jackson a telegraph station on the Great Ogden Lucia cut off of the Southern Pacific railroad The blast followed a collision between two freight trains blamed on air brake failure Harrisonville Missouri February 21 Cass county Democratic Central Committee meets and calls a county convention for April 18 1904 to nominate delegates to state conventions with township conventions April 16 under township committee supervision
A few young Percheron stallions of high grade and full blood offered for sale. Interested buyers may inspect the stock. Prices reasonable. Located 3 miles northeast of Butler at 1446 J. W. Banwaanrr.
A runaway nearly killed J.B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois after a four year battle with a leg ulcer resistant to doctors. Lut Bucklen’s Salve healed the wound quickly, also effective for burr eruptions and piles. Clay’s Drug Store advertised the remedy.
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