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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
7
The article argues trucks will not fully replace heavy horses for short, repetitive deliveries in crowded cities and wharves. It outlines breeding, feeding, and care practices to develop marketable draft horses, stresses disciplined mare management after gestation, and notes foal growth expectations and weaning protocols.
The article stresses the importance of rapid development in the foal's first year for economical growth. It warns against withholding grain, recommends lighted, well-bedded stalls, and feeding foals three times daily. It outlines two rations, one using crushed oats, corn, bran and alfalfa or clover, and a cheaper mix with similar components, noting high-grade stock and proper mating strategies to improve foal quality.
Chicago reports a trained lions troupe killed manager Dietrich D. Dietrich of Brooklyn inside a caged car. Six lions attacked, Teddy the leader aided, Dietrich died. one lion escaped and warned residents before being recaptured. Keeper George McCord unable to help. Madame Adgie Castillo, fiancé of Dietrich, says animals were not normally vicious. Police guarded the car with rifles.
In a landmark decision Washington outlets report that trans continental railways win control of about 700 million dollars in oil lands after the Supreme Court voided patent clauses that allowed land to revert to the government if minerals were found. Justice Vandevanter notes government attacks must be direct and time limits expired.
A rustic column blends humor and practical advice on farm life. It ponders communal jokes, locust invasions, sunlit buildings, pest control limits, orchard choices, and the value of raspberries and gardens compared to fields. It notes pastoral eccentricities and the value of neighborly conversation.
A June 23 blaze at the Layties Chemical Company plant and office in the West End of St. Louis destroyed the factory and nearby flats and homes, causing an estimated loss of $100,000 with no injuries reported.
John Speer and J R Baum offer Jersey cattle at Round Barn Farm on September 1 1914. J H Baker lists Big Bone Type Poland China hogs for sale at Butler Missouri on October 27 1914.
Butler readers learn kidney duties filter blood to prevent backache and kidney ills. Mrs. Mahala Wainwright of Butler credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her two year kidney troubles after trying Clay's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY backs this home testimony and lists the product in all stores.
J H Cook transfers lot 2 bik 132 Ist ad Rich Hill to E M Capps. Mary H Whitehead sells 239 a secs 10 11 Spruce to S Koontz. H H Wells transfers 80 a sec 24 McPleasant to Harley H Wells. Wm Patrick sells 195 ¢ a sec 24 Deer Creek to AB Davis. Mary K Tousey to Yor ing Brown ing 40 asec 14 Hudson. C W Ahifield to NC Wysong tret sec 25 30 Charlotte Mt Pleas. J W Holloway to J H Bratton tract sec 15 Mt Pleasant. J W Holloway to C J Warnock tract sec 23 Mt Pleasant. S E Miller to M E Veree lots 3 4 5 6 bik 165 2d add Rich Hill. T W Overlin to Sarah A Overlin lots 3 4 bik 65 Rich Hill. J H Bratton to J W Holloway pt lot 1 bik 8 Couchs ad Butler. 18000 1.
Notice to landowners of Drainage District No 1 reads that waste must be cut through for drainage, with water carried by a covered conveyor to the ditch bottom, and that any other method to carry a stream is impractical.
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