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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
1
A sequence of reader testimonials from Bound Brook to Columbus, Birmingham to Nashville praising Peruna. Citizens report relief from colds, headaches, la grippe, pneumonia recovery, and general health improvement after using Peruna.
A Sedalia Democrat summary notes an erroneous belief that all rural free delivery mailboxes must be numbered and that letters could be mailed to the numbers alone. A Washington dispatch clarifies the issue, stating the Rural Free Delivery scope was misunderstood and that the fourth assistant has recommended further steps.
The New York Sun notes Missouri’s bold industrial shift in recent years with a 30 percent growth in manufacturing. Meat packing surged to 60 million dollars, tobacco to 30 million, and malt liquors 25 million, while boots and shoes commerce reached 26 million and foundry and machine shop output expanded across the state.
In Popular Bluff Missouri Curtin Jackson a Black man was found guilty of assaulting Mrs Dan Norman and sentenced to hang on March 23 Three hours after trial began the jury recommended death The case drew a packed courtroom and a tense crowd Sheriff Hogg escorted the prisoner to safety after the verdict amid mob pressure.
Washington reports General Grosvenor was defeated for renomination after a twenty year career in national politics. He left the House chamber unaccompanied in a somber mood and condemned the outcome as a "damnable trick" while stating he will not run independently.
The St. Louis Republic notes Missouri has long supported the Democratic South and Republican efforts there have been weak. This year’s GOP drive aims to break Democratic dominance at the center and reverse past influence, energized by national party sentiment and a goal to reshape regional political power.
A census bureau report for a congressional committee shows western states dominating five year gains in manufacturing. Oklahoma leads with 351 percent capital rise, 200 percent production, 100 percent establishments, and 147 percent jobs. Todlin Territory mirrors Oklahoma with large increases. Nevada Idaho Utah follow. Overall output and capital rise 20 to 200 percent while some establishment declines occur due to consolidation.
A woman's headless body was found beside the tracks near Ossining New York on February 26. The coroner could not identify her after hours of inquiry and noted unusual mutilation around the neck. A possible train death is suspected though no clear cause has been established. The victim wore a well kept dress, rings with sapphires and a pearl.
Loyal, Wisconsin February 26 James Mulligan of Iola narrowly escaped burial alive during a funeral procession. The hearse driver heard a cry of Where am I from inside the casket as it moved toward the church. The coffin was opened and Mulligan, conscious and talking, revealed a three day trance.
A bold society notice urges American girls to embrace physical culture and outdoor sports while warning parents to curb overwork and late nights. It promotes a "Common Sense Medical Act" and stresses guidance between parents and daughters for healthier transitions into womanhood.
A Westerner returning from New York to prairie Kansas laments city life and praises neighborliness. He recalls a sick farmer aided by neighbors and a wagon of musicians visiting a sick man, illustrating community ties and shared hardship in rural life.
A fragmented quotation describes brutal torture by Philippine tribes and claims the speaker, W. M. Sherman, endured three months of kidney inflammation. He credits relief only after trying electric bottles, though the garbled text cuts off mid-sentence leaving unclear details.
An advertisement touts a psoriasis cure claiming relief in thirty days. It describes severe skin symptoms including patchy, scaly, bleeding and unbearable itching. The cost is listed as $4.75 for the treatment.
A Hutchinson Kansas man claims thirty five years of psoriasis ends after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He describes severe itching and raw skin from scales that repeatedly formed, and notes he was cured in thirty days. Dated April 20 1905.
Lawrenceburg Indiana February 22 Michel a young inventor died testing his life preserving device for skating on thin ice. A light waist framework extended three feet each side and when his foot hit an obstruction he toppled into Tanner's creek. The device hampered him and he could not right himself as he sank, and he died after being pulled from the water.
Lawton Oklahoma February 26 two young children ages six and eight of Mr and Mrs Charlea Blackman were burned to death last night ten miles east of Lawton. The couple had left the children asleep in a camping wagon while they attended an entertainment and a burning lamp toppled sparking the blaze that consumed the wagon and killed the children.
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