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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
Letter from Frank Sioebe of Apple Wis D1 praises Peruna for dramatic improvement after months of illness and a nervous breakdown. He credits three bottles with renewed strength, color, and hope without sanitarium care, endorsing Peruna as a rival tonic. Also mentions Man-a-lin laxative.
Farmers Bank invites Bates County farm boys aged twelve to twenty to a three day encampment August 13 to 15 at J. E. Thompson’s farm, one mile north of town. Hosted with Missouri Agricultural Valley, the event covers lectures, demonstrations, and games. tents and meals provided, attendees to bring blankets. sign and return bank coupon with name and address.
Cincinnati mourns Murat Halstead a renowned journalist and editor who shaped American journalism for over fifty years. The veteran writer died at his home with wife, son Robert, and daughter Mrs Arthur Stein present. Halstead reported Civil War battles and led the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette era before further consolidations. He also covered Republican national conventions for decades and was briefly named minister to Germany in 1889 during Harrison’s presidency. An unrelated medical ad fragment mentions mercury dangers and Hall's Catarrh Cure.
The Wall Street Journal reviews a new work by Doctor Walton introducing Why Worry drawing on Chwang Teze quips about storks and ducks. It argues accept life as it comes and make the best of one’s condition, embracing inequality while pursuing self improvement.
Mia E. R. Pierson of Auburn Centre Pa reports King’s New Discovery cures her long standing throat and lung troubles. She says it heals where other treatments only gave temporary relief. Sold at Frank T. Clay’s drug store. Trial bottle free.
An old Michigan man left 25000 to a young woman not kin for her bright smile that comforted his wife. The piece praises genuine kindness over hypocrisy and warns about smiles that hide malice. It argues true happiness comes from goodness, not material gifts.
Mr A A Felton of Harrisville New York says Dr Kings New Life Ills are just exactly right. The pill relieves without discomfort and is 25 cents at Frank T Clay drug store for constipation biliousness and malaria.
The Kansas City Star reports Wille returns with licorice sticks praised for quality. A New York licorice salesman says the best sticks are for children while much of the product comes from Europe. An ad pitches Kodol for stomach disorders, sold by C. Hees.
A Solomon Kansas town resident recounts witnessing three funnel shaped clouds aloft and between earth and sky last week. The spectacle began about 7 o clock drawing the town out of doors before people fled to cellars as the swirling columns lingered. No earthward strike reported. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertisement follows.
Kermit Roosevelt, now 20 and serious minded, plans to accompany his father on an African expedition lasting a full year. They expect to gather specimens for museums with a collaborating professor, while avoiding contact with civilization. The son notes no outside connections will be maintained during the journey. A local testimonial endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for wounds and sores.
In Coffeyville Kansas a mother and father faced their children aged about ten and eleven after they declared intent to drown themselves in the river. A search party with nets and boats scoured the area for over an hour before the boy was found sleeping between corn rows. The girl recalled the river was dark and cold but they chose not to die. An anecdote line about a Chicago firm and a 1902 medicine note is included but bears no clear local relevance.
Robert Jardine, a 10 year old from Leuseur Minnesota, is charged with murder in the first degree. Coroner's jury testimony says Jardine shot and killed Russel St. John, a boy around his age, after lying in wait. Authorities seek procedures against the young prisoner.
An article recounts claims about Gallatin in Daviess County being part of the Garden of Eden and the misattribution of that origin. It clarifies that Jackson County Missouri is the Garden of Eden, with Adam and Eve said to have settled near Gallatin after expulsion. It also touches on political references and a humorous railroad anecdote related to horse shipments and a legal context.
A fragmented OCR of warrants shows many personal names such as Stephen Met and Albert Wood with scattered amounts and notes. It mentions places like Glsswes and Wind, and terms like warrants and shares, with inconsistent spellings and partial amounts.
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