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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
5
A chemist can analyze impoverished soil to choose suitable fertilizer for different products. If your blood is starved a doctor may prescribe a tonic or concentrate a fat-rich food since fat is the lacking element. Fat foods are the easiest to digest and assimilate.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil promises nourishment and strength when milk and cream fail. It will stay palatable and beneficial for wasting bodies in children or adults.
Miss Lucille Sheardown of West End Avenue married Dr Lee De Forrest of the De Forrest Wireless Telegraph company at the St Regis hotel. The couple met last October and communicated by wireless as plans for the wedding and departure for Europe unfolded over the past week through rapid telegraph messages.
Miss Mammie Bouyer and J. D. Whinnery wed at the home of Mr and Mrs G H Thompson three and a half miles northeast of Virginia Missouri on February 14 1906. The ceremony took place in a draped parlor to Lohengrin. Rev W F Baker officiated and the couple were pronounced husband and wife. A two course supper followed with boiled ham chicken salads ice cream fruit and cake. Distinct guests included Mrs Sadie Coulter Drexel Henry Kragg Pendleton Oregon Mrs Vena Biggs Hume Mo Mrs E Hickman Paola Kan Miss Hill Drexel Mo and others. The newlyweds will reside near Drexel after March 1.
Johann Hoch, convicted of murdering his wife Marie Welker Hoch, was hanged in the county jail at 1:34 o'clock after insisting on delays. His criminal record lists multiple marriages and alleged arsenical poisonings, with seven wives in the local area, and a pattern of swindling and flight across states ending with his New York arrest on January 30.
An old patent medicine claim promises cure of a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Nine tablets with a refund guarantee. Box bears E W Groves signature on each pack. Quantity 25.
A morning blaze at the central station of the San Francisco Gas and Electric company caused an estimated loss near 1 million dollars. The fire crippled telegraph service, leaving Western Union and Postal Telegraph dependent on circuitous routes with delays. Authorities work to install a temporary power plant while normal service is uncertain.
The largest gas well in the western field, drilled February 17, was struck by lightning and ignited. No injuries occurred. The blaze towers over 150 feet, visible for miles, with an estimated flow of about 8 million cubic feet per day.
A column notes Hindoo women face strict restrictions under holy books including bans on dancing music jewelry and viewing mirrors during husbands absence. It also lists a range of social penalties tied to sons and behavior. The page also advertises farmland for sale or trade near Butler Missouri, 91 acres with a 5 room house and 154% land, plus another 80 acre tract four miles southeast of Butler with 63 acres cultivated, timber, pasture, and small improvements, with sale or rent options by early March.
A terse notice urges readers to remove or adjust firearm related work and equipment. Authorities and local groups respond with calls for safety and compliance amid ongoing gun policy discussions.
Bryan London advertises gun stock and repair services at South Main near Powers Mill. He promises better work and fees than competitors, noting no shop rent costs and options to stock guns with American walnut. Price quoted: 1.6m.
Special one way second class colonist rates to California with tickets on sale Feb 1 to April 7 for routes to San Francisco Sacramento Los Angeles San Diego and other points including Prescott and Phoenix. Northwest rates from Feb 15 to April 7 with destinations Billings Helena Butte Spokane Portland Seattle Tacoma and more intermediate points. Homeseekers excursions on select dates with 75 percent of one way rate for round trip. minimum $10. Limited 21 day return. Also weekly Deas City round rate 2.15 and West Bound Winter Tour 1905-06 with 80 percent of double one way rate and final return May 31 1906.
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