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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement invites readers to tour the establishment to witness the care and cleanliness that produce the old original Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee. It claims the coffee, egg and sugar coated, is unmatched and would tempt none to switch to another brand.
A brief item notes several proposals to add another star to the emblem, outlining plans under discussion by officials and committees. The article mentions potential branding updates and timing considerations amid ongoing discussions.
Washington February 1 The forty sixth star signaling Oklahoma’s admission will be added to the United States flag. The Army’s quartermaster general will supply a new star and a complete rearrangement of the flag field. the Navy will provide the plan. Navy action will determine star placement as new flags replace government flags. Federal buildings must display the state and stripes under Congress, and many flags will be issued.
A humorous tale aboard a Central train from Louisville to the West depicts Fiian Coxey asking townspeople if a stop is dry. Kentuckians respond dry and respond with mock skepticism until a whisky trade reveals itself. The back-country man jokes about the traveler being a traveling whisky jumble.
Thomas A Edison explains to the Chicago Tribune a cement house project with a model quarter size. He details iron molds and machinery to cast a full sized house in twelve hours, with completion in six days after mold removal, on sandy soil for about $1,000 plus $25,000 in molds and $15,000 for other machinery enabling unlimited production.
Nellie Halpin, a young woman admitted to Bellevue hospital for examination, is believed by her family to have contracted insanity from a virus carried by a bite from an insane person. The bite occurred in October 1904 while she served as a nurse at King's Park Insane Hospital on Long Island, and she has since shown signs of mental disturbance.
In Bloomington on March 2 Arnold Vanderhelson sold a lottery ticket worth fifteen thousand dollars for one dollar by error. Believing he had cheapened poverty for affluence he sank into drink and decline for years. He died recently in the Peoria county poorhouse while the friend who bought the ticket gleans the prize money and lives in prosperity.
St Louis March 2 C B Clarke vice president of the Missouri Pacific system said he had heard nothing official about the receivership of the International and Great Northern road in Texas. He noted it is a separate company and cannot affect Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain systems. He added he has no jurisdiction over the I and GN and can say nothing about it.
The International and Great Northern Railway owned by George J. Gould was placed in receivership by Judge Edward R. Meek in Fort Worth Texas for default on a bond. Receiver T. J. Freeman of New Orleans will oversee the railway with surety to follow, as the line links Gould’s St. Louis roads with Mexico’s National Lines.
In Jefferson City February the supreme court invalidated the St. Louis City court of general sessions created by last legislature. It held the court lacked constitutional standing as a tribunal to hear cases, determine guilt, and impose punishments, functioning only as a fines and habeas corpus body.
Henry Wilson one of four men charged in the Fort Gibson Post Office robbery was released on his own recognizance after a Missouri girl named Mary Lewis pleaded his case. She traveled from Carterville to Muskogee and spent her money on an attorney then worked to sway court officials to secure his release.
Steubenville Ohio March 2 Five children were born Friday to Mr and Mrs George Campbell Three died an hour after birth but two survive one boy and one girl A remarkable pattern of twins and triplets appears in the Campbell line Campbell a mill worker has four brothers two of whom have twins while the others father triplets His first wife died after bearing triplets.
From the Butler district convention Henry and Johnson counties supported John B. Egner known as the Ble Mogul and distributer. He organized Bates St. Clair Dade and Cedar counties against the Henry Johnson coalition which collapsed. Result was the defeat of Williams and Robertson from Henry and Johnson and the election of Mitchell and Griffith from St. Clair and Dade.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company posts new rules in Wilmington shops prohibiting profane language by workers while on duty.
Senator Jeff Davis spoke in Yellville Arkansas on behalf of governor candidate W. F Kirby when an egg was thrown from the rear. The hot egg missed but others hit platform attendees and some people were splattered, necessitating cleanup of clothes.
In police court John Adams Jr. aged 47 and his 17 year old son faced vagrancy charges. A patrolman displayed seized items including six razors three watches and a revolver before Judge Kyle. Elizabeth Nelson testified that a wax doll was her missing item. Judge Kyle ordered restitution and fined the two men fifty dollars each.
T T Crittenden Jr son of a former Missouri governor became the Democratic Party’s mayoral nominee in Kansas City marking the party’s first unopposed candidacy in a decade Republicans acknowledge no primary fight and hold control of city offices. A North St Joseph dog mystery intrigues residents as a local story notes a black family cared for an old white dog tied to henhouse raids and poultry killings.
Cleveland, March 2. Civil War veteran Russell Page, twice decorated by Congress for valor at Fort Donelson, was found dead in bed after starving himself due to pride. While dying, his wife searched for work. Page once carried wounded comrade Homer Stratton from battle, shielding him from fire as Confederates cheered his escape.
A drunken man staggered into a church pew during a preacher’s talk on vices. The preacher called for him and the man stood, while the sermon styled his “character and fate” as a cautionary portrait. Later the drunkard humorously urged a deacon to rise and endure the same rebuke.
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