10 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
1
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Round Oven as the market's sole gas stove over fifty dollars that sold well in its second year. It promises satisfaction and promotes Lightning and Blizzard ice cream freezers with cedar buckets, warns against pine freezers, and highlights water coolers from two to ten gallons. Call to compare ash anti Bentwood churns and see competitive prices.
Neighbors and relatives gathered at his Adrian, June 20 anniversary to surprise Uncle Lewis Haggard at his home on Monday. He was away in the morning and returned at noon to a warm, approving reception. A sumptous dinner followed, and all enjoyed a memorable community event.
Funeral services were held for Thomas Beard proclaimed the largest man in central Missouri. Weighing 497 pounds before illness and nearly a thousand pounds with coffin and body, fourteen men assisted in removing the body from the residence and transferring it to a baggage truck for burial at the cemetery.
Mrs. Lois Cragg describes enduring months of misery from a severe love trouble and a stubborn cough. She almost died and could scarcely breathe or speak until Dr. King's New Discovery cured her. The note offers trial bottles free for colds throat and lung trouble sufferers.
Fassett a noted short horn cattle breeder attempted self harm by taking morphine and stabbing himself with a dirk after going to an orchard on his farm. He cited being crowny old and needing money for his children as motive. He is not expected to live. The report also notes local items including a murder attempt, social events, and deaths in nearby towns.
Spring humors bring pimples boils indigestion headaches and fatigue to many. The remedy is to cleanse and restore the body by a proven tonic and regimen that rebuilds strength and heartiness after illness caused by seasonal imbalance.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as cures for blood poisoning dyspepsia and related ailments. Urges readers to accept no substitutes and to purchase Hood's remedies today.
Croce Williams & Co begun baling for Packer & Zimmer with about 10 acres to mow. Hotel Tathwell shines in white with new porch. J D Tathwell shipped wheat from Combs Bros. of Shawnee. M Decker sent stock to KC. Farmers and neighbors traded, repaired fences, plowed corn, and planned fall grain haul. A local death, family sympathies, and community talk follow with field work, school repairs, and a suggested town band awaiting interest.
An old newspaper ad promotes Swamp-Root as a cure for kidney and bladder issues affecting both women and men. It claims kidney trouble harms mind, beauty, and vigor, and urges readers to request a free sample and pamphlet from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, New York.
Agent for Celebrated STAR NURSERIES based in Lees Summit takes orders for apple peach pear plum and other fruits including strawberries gooseberries currants and grapes. Stock guaranteed true to type and hardy with fresh delivery from nearby nurseries. Contact residence west Fort Scott Jr. Dunn Butler Mo references local banks.
A government backed Fire Special Fair spans nine Creek Nation towns along the Irieco System line. Sale runs July 7 to July 22 with round trip single fare tickets available, sales on July 6, return by July 17. Passenger representatives of Frisco Systems provide details. Jas. Donohue, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo.
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