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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
4
The Weekly Times published every Thursday offers home delivery on paid subscription. Addressed readers learn terms of subscription and delivery details, including rates and service notes from J D Allen and D Alies and Co proprietors.
A fragmented OCR record shows names and roles in a legal notice or court matter. The text includes references to Harper, Ober, Silvers, and Athenry along with scattered positions such as showgeeh andretetirot. No clear events or dates are discernible from the readable fragments.
A mayoral bid aims to rally support for a new public circle project. Wires were taken in a graft sting and the city faces a decisive ballot in a municipal election. Officials promise a safer, or better, transit oriented layout to aid treasi ent efforts.
Review discusses tolerances and appropriation in Livers project with emphasis on pace and public reception. Commentary notes mixed methods, potential bias, and need for clearer sourcing while highlighting community impact and ongoing debate among critics and scholars.
A fragmentary note details a local event or process with undefined actors and places. The readable parts reference refinement and a period affected by a deliberate action. No clear names or dates emerge to identify persons or organizations.
A partially legible historical dispatch shows scattered words and names. The fragment hints at a May event or institution but lacks clear actions, dates, or identifiable entities to confirm specifics.
A district seat in Missouri faces vacancy as officials review the recent election results. The report notes a vacant position and mentions the ongoing verification process by district authorities in the wake of the referenced contest.
Readable fragments describe thin boilerbackers from a Chicago rail system who struck or covered tracks for advances. It mentions a British envoy Mark Hontia and a London representative to this country. The passage notes death in Washington City and subsequent shipment back to England aboard the cruiser Brook for interment.
A garbled passage discusses a dispute about a courtroom warming up a test, mentions a president and society, and comments on reputations after an election. It is unclear and contains many unreadable words.
The report notes hogs topped the market Friday at 0.80 but few are saleable this season. Buyers show reluctance while prices hold modestly alongside uncertain demand, with local traders cautious about future sales and processing outlook.
The report notes a delayed session on an unspecified July day with dusty hours and unsettled business. After adjournment the speaker led patriotic songs sung by members ending with Dixie performed by Speaker Henderson and Confederate Canerul Toker of Mississippi.
The third trial of Miss Jessy Morrison in Eldorado Kansas ended with no murder verdict and a verdict for ten years in the penitentiary on the accound degree. In her second trial she was sentenced to five years. The report notes political sentiment about a Republican state convention and rising railroad fares as observers discuss party dynamics in Missouri.
The piece extols a Democratic candidate born in a neighboring county and educated at a Missouri institution. It portrays him as public spirited, competent, loyal to party principles, and a strong defender of local institutions, urging citizens to vote for him while criticizing opponents.
The Bates County Democratic Central Committee met at the courthouse Monday with a working committee present. Reports from townships show party strength is high at its campaign site with no dissensions and harmonious, enthusiastic support for a large Democratic majority this fall. The party organization is described as in splendid hands, with only concern about the trustees.
Delegates to the States honor life member Jehan Grives as a distinguished fellow citizen. The community plans a Sunday gathering to pay tribute and recognize his abilities in jurist and professional life. A storm in Alton Illinois causes widespread damage, with farmers in the American bottom district reporting heavy losses and many facing ruin.
Hogs sold Tuesday for 7085 per hundred, a top price for the year and among the highest in KC stock yards history. February saw 38.50 and May 1882.85.50 had been renoheld, marking rare price peaks in the market.
A petition filed in St Clair county circuit court seeks to annul and cancel the so called railroad bonds and judgments tied to St Clair county. Plaintiffs led by L T Armstrong Hugh J Punch ROL Crawford and Charles W Nesbit claim bond indebtedness clouds land titles of taxpayers and ask fraudulent bonds and judgments be rendered void. Judge John V Philips is named to show he lacked competence to rule in bond matters. George C Worth leads the suit with two other attorneys. plaintiffs are prominent county residents including Nesbit a banker and several merchants or prosperous farmers.
A reader claims drastic improvement in skin, eyes, and energy after using Fierce's Golden Medical Discovery to treat stomach disease and digestive issues. Dr Terce's Golden Medical Discovery is said to cure stomach related ailments and support digestion, liver, lungs, and heart. The letter praises relief from pain and head aches and credits the remedy with restoring appetite and vitality.
Democratic members of the House press attacks on the administration for opposing reciprocity with Cuba and shielding sugar trusts. The caucus, led by Griggs with Jackson, calls for anti trust reform, lower duties on US produced goods, and immediate passage of measures to curb trusts before adjourning.
Congress faced a pointed set of speeches railing at the majority and backing a robust Democratic declaration. Representative Richardson of Tennessee, the Democratic floor leader, spoke prominently and, at the close of his remarks, the resolutions were adopted amid firm support.
A heated clash in the Senate chamber ends with Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas assaulting Senator Alfred Beveridge of Indiana after an executive session. Bailey was dragged away by colleagues and doorkeepers amid threats of further harm. The dispute stemmed from Beveridge accusing Solicitor Peart of the State Department of an unwarranted attack.
Guthble, Okie officers T. Bathird and Undersheriff Woburn of Tower Mills county shot dead yesterday afternoon during a confrontation with suspected horse thieves. The clash followed a patrol attempting to stop bandits on a northeastern stretch of the territory. Duilurd, a former sheriff, had two years in service and was nominated for a higher post. Suspect Hert Casey is linked to prior operations in the area.
A. Robertson, long-time city worker, confessed after wandering for hours with a loaded shotgun seeking death. He admits eight years of defalcations totaling 800,000. Two other employees are reportedly implicated as losses reach 1,000,000 in gambling. Robertson is in his third term on the city council as authorities expect more charges.
In Dallas Texas on June 2 night clerk Steles Fouts of the National Hotel was killed in a hallway pistol duel with William Irby a local barkeeper. Eight shots were fired with Fouts struck in the head and heart. Irby surrendered claiming self defense and is jailed at the county lockup with a minor cheek wound.
Denver Colo June 40 Jerusalem My Happy Home will be the rallying cry of the International Sunday School Association for the 1904 world wide Sunday school convention to be held in Jerusalem. The triennial meeting of 1905 is scheduled for Toronto Canada.
Sheriff Seitz, observing a wrestling bout between an Italian and a bear this evening, lit a can cracker. It exploded as he prepared to throw it at the bear, tearing his forefinger and thumb. Amputation is unlikely, but the sheriff will likely be crippled.
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