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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
3
A Georgia farmer quips that poets fail as field hands, claiming they fear plowing to avoid harming flowers and moles. He attributes the idea to inherited laziness, noting poets dodge work due to fear of offending creatures.
An old advertisement argues that women prioritize jewels candy and flowers over health. It urges fortifying against coughs colds and bronchial illnesses with Dr Hosehee's German Syrup claiming it arrests consumption early heals lungs and drives disease from the system. It notes availability through Dr G G Green's remedies and almanac.
A Spring Valley man, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Lovatt, wrestled down Wallace a New York iron merchant after he repeatedly ignored calls to stop. The incident near Nyack caused Mrs Lovatt to be thrown and suffer a broken arm. Wallace then fled, while police pursued. No clear legal outcome given in the readable text.
The fragmentary item notes a patrolling event with a driver and refusal of an action after a signal. Names and places are unclear, but the text mentions a man driving and a signaled act that was refused.
Fragmented OCR text describes clashes over a government printing ban and church or state censors. It mentions clergy and an implied dispute about religious texts, censorship, and public access to a named work. The wording is garbled but centers on a legal or policy confrontation surrounding printing rights.
The piece notes the royal and university presses inking the King’s Bible in 1611. It cites authorities resisting changes to authorized text and laments any alteration as near-revelation. Also covered is Miss Alice Roosevelt’s horseback riding and rising swearing and automobile trends reported by the Chicago Record-Herald.
The London Commercial Intelligencer cites treasury figures showing U S iron and steel production at 40.405 million tons with the United States contributing 14 75 000 tons. United Kingdom 7 79 000 Germany 3 83 000 France 2 902 000 and the rest of the world 3 655 000. Compared with 1901 five year average, U S growth outpaced other nations with substantial gains and a rising steel fleet noted. A Richmond Mo observer reports corn prospects in Ray County with potential yields near 75–100 bushels per acre amid tall stalks and dense foliage. Also an advertisement notes Cas Carters Candy Cathartic tablets C C C.
Fragmented OCR traces mark a visit to a boyhood home with garbled names and places. The text hints at Tehin and mentions Now Test and Viet Voveed, with scattered phrases about weather, a monastery, and a distant audience. The core facts are unclear due to corruption.
Arnold Forster outlined wartime naval expansion citing 79 ships completed last year and 27 more contemplated immediately. He urged continuing subsidized merchant cruisers amid subsidy policy debates as rehearsals for a coronation parade unfold in London, reported by the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Chicago Inter Ocean jokes that a statue of George Washington would fit anyplace and suggests a whimsical solution for Neri to obtain one, saying if Neri truly wants it the thing to do is to speak up plainly.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes the man killed by an elephant the other day likely endured little more than men slain by a small rusty nail, offering a stark comparison in a brief remark.
Strenmath of Railway Engine. A railroad engine may roughly be said to of equal inn strength to 900 horses.
A Port Worth area transit incident ends in multiple injuries as a rail train derails near the harbor. Investigators describe a chaotic scene with emergency crews aiding victims and transporting wounded passengers to local hospitals. Authorities urge caution and warn of possible service delays.
A New York Senator named Kenry Wing, age 28, allegedly entered a foundling asylum at Third Avenue and shot two people before turning the weapon on himself. Sister Cyrila is in danger. another victim is lightly wounded. Wing is jailed at East 67th Street station. He sought a court order and claimed parental ties to the child. Ballard's Snow Liniment ad ends the fragment.
In Cape Town on July 17 the Indies presented Mrs Steyn wife of the ex president with a purse of 1000 dollars as she prepared to sail for Europe with her husband. Mr Steyn lies in a pitiable state from enteric fever with paralyzed arms and unable to open his eyelids.
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