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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
3
A historical column rails against tariff debates seen as local and personal, mocks officials, and questions benefits of potato tariffs. It cites Roosevelt, Aldrich, Rockefeller, Hancock, Daniel, and quebracho policy with satirical tone on economic aims and consumer impact.
A Swiss cave yields bones of men living 100000 years ago amid dangers from predators and disease. Reports note A W Brown of Alexander Maine credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his severe lung trouble and stubborn cough, praising it for sore lungs and pneumonia. Trial bottle offered.
Washington reports that a Taft Diaz meeting is being prepared for the coming autumn with El Paso as a likely rendezvous. Both presidents favor the encounter to strengthen ties and friendly relations between the United States and Mexico. A decision is expected within days. Will Drift Down Marias des Bish Hill Review, Col. W. T. Marsh and Mr. Pharis plan an extended hunting and fishing trip downriver from the town north to Monegav.
Allen Jasper Slayback, 68, a former Bates County resident, killed himself at his Nevada Missouri home by taking strychnine Wednesday afternoon while family were away. He died Thursday morning at 3:30. He left a wife, seven children, and siblings. friends recall a jovial nature with no apparent motive. The article includes unrelated anecdotes and quotes from other papers.
In Sedalia Missouri the Missouri Constitutional Amendment Association voted to submit a statewide prohibition amendment in 1910, despite opposition from leaders who question timing. Ex-Gov Lon V Stephens urged initiative support as members pledged to aid the campaign while figures like Dr E J Moore and Rev A J Campbell argued against early submission. An unrelated ad for Electric Bitters ends the item.
Mrs Clemmons Wong sister of Katharine Clemmons Gould and wife of Wong Sun Yue a Chinese curio dealer declares the Chinese are the best and kindest husbands in the world amid agitation over the Sigel murder. She has been married to a Chinese man four years and would prefer to be cut up in a trunk by a Chinese than be tortured in court regarding her sister’s New York divorce case.
Ditch project manager Geo Erasmusus says about 1800 feet remain to dig, with finish expected early in July. The 26 mile Bates County canal will end, tiling bottoms to boost cultivation as boats move between rivers. Other counties plan canals to drain rich bottom lands, transforming the landscape.
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