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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
3
Alexander Smith, a noted young high diver, leaped ninety feet from the main mast of the schooner Maria Martin at the foot of St. Aubin avenue. He lost balance about twenty feet above water, struck hard on his side, and did not surface. The body was recovered three hours after the fall.
A vintage advertisement extols women's love of jewels and health. It claims Dr Bosebee's German Syrup stops coughs colds and bronchial troubles early and heals lungs and bronchial tubes. It promotes obtaining Green's remedies and a special almanac.
The Bureau of Foreign Commerce releases an extract from Commercial Relations of the United States for 1901 showing rising imports of American shoes, furniture, desks, bicycles, clocks, watches, cutlery, phonographs, and canned foods into British India and the Dutch Indies. Despite crop failures and Chinese troubles reducing machinery and mill work imports, overall shipments from the United States increased, with coinage goods improving in the Dutch Indies. A Philadelphia firm won a contract to supply Sverabaya waterworks while a Chicago firm opened a machinery agency under Vice Consul Tyler in Teheran, noting strong demand for American curiosities and daily-use goods in the region.
President Schwab of United States Steel explains the purchase of Richmond Death on Staten Island near Tote tenville for the benefit of poor and sick New York children. The property includes land with a lake and grove. buildings will be altered for charitable use. Aiming to provide meals and bathing, children will travel by steamer to the beach and enjoy the open-air season.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra hosted a third court event at Buckingham Palace amid a dress order over trains. Only ladies bearing trains appeared, creating a spectacle as gowns were just shade above ball dress. The controversial issue of worn trains sparked social upheaval in London with fashion houses gaining from court approval.
The Chicago Record-Herald says Hetty Green carries a revolver as a needless precaution and that wearing a placard with her name would deter attacks by any man, presenting a stark personal commentary on safety and notoriety.
The text provides density values for celestial bodies with water set at 1. Mercury 5 Venus 5.14 Earth 5.50 Moon 3.34 Mars 4 Jupiter 1.35 Saturn 0.63 Uranus 1.60 Neptune 2.29.
King Edward VII appointed Graham White to a new role in royal motoring as auto scorchers gain favor. White has been suspended by the Automobile Club for driving at 60 mph on a Dashwood hill run. The king himself enjoyed fast turns in a Caseell machine at Newmarket and once urged a boy to ride along for a thrilling return trip, rewarded with a coin.
St Joseph Missouri July 24 brigade encampment saw Colonel James M McCord open regular troop inspections at Lake Contrary. A general review followed at Camp McCord with Adjutant General W T Cameron observing. The sham battle attracted crowds though heat felled several Ned Creed society members and two 4th Regiment men suffered powder burns. Gatling gun fire and a final capture under Yankee Doodle drew loud applause.
Consul Norton in Harpat reports to the state department that European demand for rugs of purely Turkish origin has fallen, due to lower wool quality and shifts in dye use. He notes two other factors, including Western market trends and changing dyes, and highlights a Murput industry growth led by a native trained in the United States with labor from local orphanages supplying American buyers with special designs.
Report describes a Bowery scene where a patient and a witness recall a steel object swallowed in infancy and a planned knife incident. Elizabeth Durrett, relative to the patient, disputes that he was ever stabbed or swallowed steel as a child.
Frank Jay Gould rode with an escort to Center Street Court and flippantly paid a 20 gold piece to Bail Clerk Lamont for his chauffeur Charles Gansdorf’s 4 city ordinance violation. Magistrate Mayo advised proper procedure. Lamont ordered the coin returned and demanded respectful payment to the court.
The article notes Senator Hanna declaring sympathy with the Salvation Army and a member of the group seen in Lafayette Park near his residence praising his conversion.
Spokane August coroner jury finds death of Mr and Mrs George Graham's three children caused by diphtheria and blames parents for criminal negligence for not seeking skilled medical aid. Jury urges state law to penalize such neglect and references a church group opposing medicine. One child died, two others sick. a fourth survived.
A fragmentary report from Capetown notes a funeral or burial scene involving Rutles and a flag amid a royal or military welcome. Mothers and DeLarey traveled from Europe to attend, with statements by General Botha urging cooperation with the British. The piece mentions South Africa's fallen and the enduring traditions.
An elderly Topeka doctor narrates observations from countless dying patients noting lack of visible emotion in the dying, even amid grieving relatives. He describes a puzzling calm as pain fades and mental peace appears near life’s end, with a mother around a dying child remaining unmoved.
Public notice warns readers to demand authentic Cascarets Candy Cathartic marked with C C C. Cautions against fraudulent substitutes and counterfeits sold by druggists. Emphasizes genuine tablets stamped C C C and availability only through reputable druggists.
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