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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
3
A Georgia farmer jokes about poets being unsuitable as field hands. He claims poets avoid plowing to spare wildflowers and refuse to bear a mule for fear it has a soul. He attributes the attitude to inherited laziness, revealing a folksy distrust of literary sensibilities.
An advertorial piece urges women to protect health from the pull of jewels and money by using Dr. Boschee's Germain Syrup to halt early consumption and heal bronchial tubes. It stresses the syrup is not a cure-all but promises a certain cure for coughs colds and bronchial troubles with Green's remedies available at drugstores and a Green's Special Almanac offer.
Mrs. Foley of English Indiana sought rebellious payback after a beating by luring her husband into a cattle pasture. She bound him, salted him, and left him to die while cattle ate and clawed at him. The scene left him with severed prestige and raw injuries, while townsfolk hail the act as clever and inevitable.
Opera star Emma Calve announced she will not return to the American stage, planning to sing for King Edward shortly after his coronation and then retire to central France. She said tours wear her out, though she will remain on stage while her voice lasts, claiming self preservation as motivation.
University of Chicago scholar Diane leads a social religious project moving residents of Severn Ivde Park and surrounding Hyde Park homes into the Stockyards district to create a Cholera colony for laboring people. Professor C K Hotere backs the plan, promising sectarian services and strong religious work as the new social effort. Twelve Hyde Park churches plan to support the colonization effort, while some residents volunteer to relocate. The note recalls Lord Salisbury’s coronation reminiscences and a separate royal ceremony detail.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports that Mme Calve will not return for farewell tours in America, and implies she should safeguard her money from decay or corruption by burying it where moths cannot reach.
Finance Minister Witte proposes government-backed subsidies to expand Russian shipbuilding and trade. The plan favors ships built with Russian materials, limits ownership to Russians, and offers interest-bearing loans, partial fuel subsidies, and state support for vessels operating on domestic or cargo routes, with stringent capacity and sourcing rules.
A boy on a bicycle rode down Garfield Avenue toward Lincoln Park and collided after losing control. He sustained injuries and will be hospitalized for five weeks as authorities review the mishap and the down slope from Clark Street toward the tower gate.
Reports say I F P Reith plans a 19 story theater and office building in New York touted as the finest. The design supposedly includes seats arranged to separate individuals or small groups to avoid disturbance between acts. Separately a sect called the Jehevists seeks interfaith reconciliation but advocates harsh measures against orthodox believers, including guardianships and monastic confinement.
Wellington June 20 The Rock Island railroad struggles to lay steel between Wichita and Caldwell as labor dries up. Work stopped after a management change was reported, then resumed briefly only to halt again due to the lack of available workers. Wheat harvest draws men from the line, leaving fifteen on site. Farmers pressing, wet weather accelerates wheat cutting.
A garbled OCR item describes a laxative product named Ta Care a Cold in ye hay Nake Laxative with warnings about a refund if it fails to cure and a note about the box featuring EO W. tiaye's slur nature.
Rioting in Paterson and nearby Union was said to be used by anarchists as an excuse to attack authorities. Several policemen were injured and many locked-out workers were beaten. Paterson plans to disrupt anarchist nests and may form a vigilance committee to keep order.
Mothers urged to monitor children for early worm symptoms and use White's Cream Vermifuge to restore health, with price listed as 25 cents, offered by H. L. Tucker.
A southbound fruit train near St Joseph was attacked by two Black men and four white men. One white man was killed after refusing to surrender, his body tossed from the moving train at Lakeside. The two Black attackers were later captured near New Buffalo as the pursuit continued.
The text describes Major Waller, Lou Vraneisen, Aineea Williams, and Williams as a mentor figure amid privations in the field. It notes deaths from hunger and injuries, recalls Williams receiving a seven winds award, and mentions a New York department official. It references nourishment products claimed to restore vigor and digestion with Merbine.
Disbursing officer Theury Techtin of the Department of Justice was arrested on a charge of misappropriating 7600 of government funds. He confessed to the shortage. Rechtin, from Cincinnati, came under suspicion after information received by Attorney General Knox led to an examination of the books.
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