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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
8
A paper notes a Garland man claiming ownership of the largest cow in Kansas. The beast stands six feet tall and weighs 2,100 pounds. It also mentions Clinton’s bonded debt of 14,600 and Butler’s clean record, plus local notices and community updates on residents moving to Kansas and officials’ actions.
Board members inspected seven Butler families on March 15 1900 finding one bed bound and none with smallpox though one family had chicken pox. Quarantine urged and all children exposed to chicken pox barred from school while illness persists. Signed March 16 1900 by Francisco President Boullwake Secretary Restex Cannery and others.
Alexander Jester, charged with the murder of Gilbert Gates, will not be tried at this term. A special session of court will be called for the purpose, delaying the March 26 docket. Jester appears well and seeks an early trial, confident of acquittal after a prior hung jury.
A vintage advertising note promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for jaundiced complexions, liver trouble, and blemishes. It claims clear skin and rosy cheeks with a 25 cent price at H. L. Tucker's drug store.
Mrs Charlotte A Dowell of Garden City Kansas was jailed in Bates county for contempt of the bankruptcy referee after refusing to account for 5106 50 of goods bought on credit for her Garden City store. She admitted sales but offered no explanations or records.
The county Democratic convention at Butler Opera House elected temporary chair S W Dooley and secretary A L Ives with committees named by Oscar Reeder. Business ordered resolutions only. adjourned for dinner and reconvened to adopt credentials, set a program, and choose delegates to Kansas City Jefferson City and Sedalia conventions with Bryan endorsement and anti imperialist plank.
A recent assault on F. F. Collier of Cherokee Iowa caused severe kidney and back pain. He found relief with Electric Bitters, reporting a near fatal impact reversed by the medicine. It purports to cure back, kidney trouble, purify blood and boost health. Available for 50c at H. L. Tucker's drugstore.
Spring health claims promote Hood's Sarsaparilla as a relief for winter impurities. testimonials from J M Hatce of Etna New Hampshire and E L Smiley of Auburn Maine describe healed sores catarrh and tremors after use. A Lowell Massachusetts resident reports tumor reduction after taking the tonic.
Numerous local names report social visits fishing trips and shopping trips in Montrose Johnstown and surrounding areas. Dr J W Cheat and Dr Maxey are noted. Maxey moved to W L Kashs farm. S L Coleman brought cattle and hogs to Montrose. Boon Kash shipped cattle to Kansas City. Farmers begin tilling and sowing oats as Rost reports.
A bank cashier, J K Garrison of Thurnville Ohio, reportedly defeated a robber and credited his recovery from a lung ailment to Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. The testimonial claims it saved him from severe cold and chest trouble and offers a free trial at H L Tucker s.
A fragment lists twenty five brood mares with two stallions a Percheron Candies and a Denmark stallion plus weights 1600 and 1150 pounds. Mention of Calon witress and AJ Pienaar from Elkhart.
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