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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
8
This extract presents a South Carolina senator praising the state for unwavering Union devotion. He recalls Revolutionary sacrifices, extols Carolina’s heroism, and condemns discord while urging steadfast support for the United States and its liberty. He cites figures like Sumptera and Marions and honors New England’s role alongside the South.
Fragment from a historical speech praising Daniel Webster and collective American patriotism. Addresses Webster’s career and finds pride in South Carolina’s names Laurenses Rutledges Pinckneys Sumpters and Marion. Expresses gratitude for patriotism and shared national heritage.
Beall of Beall Misa reports his wife suffered consumption last fall before using Dr King's New Discovery. After trying everything else, she improved at once and was fully cured after four bottles. Trial bottles are offered, with guarantees by Frank Clay, Druggist, at 50 cents and one dollar.
Miss Mary Oman, an orphan from Newburgh, after three years of search, was found Wednesday evening by wealthy relatives in Ireland. Her parents died leaving three children who were sent to an orphan asylum. The kin across the sea aim to locate the other two siblings with Mary’s aid.
Charles Lee and John Morlin, bosses on a Nashville construction project, fought a duel at Pleasant View five miles south of Williamsburg on June 12. Lee was shot twice in the abdomen and twice in the face and is expected to die. Morlin is dangerously wounded.
The Bates County Court in May 1955 appointed viewers and an engineer to inspect a large drainage project along the Maries des Cygnes and Osage rivers. The petition by J. Kern and 32 landowners seeks ditches to reclaim over 30,000 acres of wet swampy land, aiding public health and welfare. A report found the plan necessary and practical, with a July hearing set in Butler to consider objections and potential funding methods.
In Anadarko Oklahoma on June 12 farmers from the southeast county area report a severe crisis. Replanted crops are being stripped by a web worm outbreak after recent rains winds and hail. One man found five acres infested in the morning and by night fifteen acres were wiped out. Farmers say they have never been so alarmed before.
Snyder Oklahoma staged memorial services on June 18 as churches unite to honor the more than 100 killed. The services follow the disaster that left many buried without rites while emergency care ran through the town. Dr. St Clair of St Louis, en route to Brownington, notes the aging veteran status and long service of local fraternal figures.
Special round trip rate to Kansas City two dollars and fifteen cents on sale Saturdays each week. All trains from Butler after noon and all trains Sunday good to return on any train from Kansas City before noon the following Monday. Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs area. return window June 30 to July 4 with good return August 8. Fare one dollar six dollars and five cents account Epworth convention. Special rates to Colorado and Utah points. One fare plan fifty cents for round trip. June 1 to September 30 good return October 31.
In Bates County Missouri the Probate Court, May term 14, hears J W Campbell petitioning for sale of part of Wm A Detase estate to pay debts. Court orders publication for four weeks and serving notices to heirs ten days before next term, with hearing details to be set.
Several papers note cattle deaths from buckeye and wild cherry leaves. The Liberty Advance reports buckeye has no commercial value and suggests removing all buckeye trees. Wilted wild cherry leaves eaten by cattle are said to be almost certainly fatal.
An old ad fragment touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts and sores, urging readers to carry it for a frightened horse and other minor injuries, citing Frank T. Clay’s Drug Store as a source.
Lincoln June 19 a mob is feared after Mg Ploehn attacked and killed Alma Goose near Plattemouth last Saturday. Sheriffs and police, heavily armed, guard the area to prevent lynching.
The ad claims Electric Bitters cure ague and malaria better than quinine and without its side effects. It cites a testimonial of a man saved from a low condition after taking the tonic. Available at Frank T. Clay's drug store for 50 cents.
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