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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
5
Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee is marketed as cheaper with stronger taste than Mocha and Java. The ad notes Arbuckle Bros, New York City, as the source of the product.
An account from Kentucky describes a Night Rider siege on a Trenton farm, with burning buildings, threats, and violence. The owner recounts persecution, property loss, church and school ostracism, and a three year campaign forcing withdrawal from local life while defending crops and workers.
The 1824 to 1832 period in southern Illinois is recalled as Egypt due to repeated droughts floods and frosts. Heavy rains and wet soils ruined corn two years saw early frosts wreck crops while later warm winters and widespread weevil damage devastated wheat and fruit trees. The era mirrors Biblical famine as the southern region faced repeated agricultural hardship.
Howard Plotter, of Clinton, sues Modern Woodmen of America in Henry County circuit court for 25000 alleging a lodge initiation in March 1908 caused him to be placed in a box 18 to 24 inches high, the box collapsed, and he suffered a ruptured, permanent injury. His attorneys are Peyton A. Parks and A. Calvird. Local Woodmen member expressed sympathy but denied the society’s responsibility.
Young Theodore Roosevelt reports for work with John C. Gavenway at a Minnesota mine two weeks from now. He will wash sand from ore, work ten hours daily for about 217s a day, live with the manager, and face a rough crew of European laborers as he seeks hard outdoor exercise and a test of mettle.
John Noland, landless and the sole Black member of Quantrell's guerrilla band, died last week at Jackson County Poor Farm after being brought there two weeks ago. A devoted loyalist to Quantrell, Noland remained a distinctive figure at annual reunions of band survivors.
Colonel Moses C. Wetmore declares he did not refuse to aid the prosecution against the Continental Tobacco Company in 1900. He testifies before Referee John P. Butler in the antitrust inquiry and says he provided his testimony and has the transcript.
A satirical piece arguing the shift from wasteful spending to thrift. The narrator recalls idle spending, paying debts, and saving money to work toward future security, contrasting the so called good fellows with stingy men who prioritize family on careful budgets. The Atchison Globe attribution anchors the piece.
It Can’t Be Beat, The beet of all teachers is experience d. M. Harden of Silver City North Carolina says Electric tttera does all that’s claimed for It for stomach liver and kidney troubles it can’t be beat He says it’s the best of all medicines for weakness lame back and top down conditions Also effective for chills and malaria Sold under guarantee at Frank T Clay’s drug store 5c.
Secretary of State Root plans a health training course at Muldoon’s Sanitarium near White Plains on Saturday. William H. Tafts may accompany him. An Oyster Bay meeting with President Roosevelt is slated for Saturday, after which Root may travel by automobile to White Plains. The sanitarium host could not specify length of stay.
On Fort Sill Reservation a coming-out dance for Lillian, a fair maiden, marks her selection of a husband. Indians cleared brush, prepared grounds, gathered timber, and moved camp to the grove for the two to three night event. A brave may announce engagement, with marriage possible this summer or in fall after another dance.
Texas man Livesy killed Gilbert Reese in a sunrise duel with double barreled shotguns at Blackburn Lacy's saw mill nine miles south of Longview on the Sabine River. The two lumbermen settled a long quarrel after a prearranged firing at daybreak. Reese died within twenty minutes, leaving a wife and two children.
In Mankato Minnesota during June flood water overflow in Cornelia Street. Eva Ebler 16 and Maud Worlda 19 from St Peter and Max Sues 20 drowned after entering flooded street to help Ebler and Worlda. Worlda attempted rescue, Ebler sank, Sues disappeared diving to aid.
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