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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
7
A vintage advertisement describes Omega Oil with a green ink package logo a leaf trademark and Higinio Espinosa signature. It claims the oil cures rheumatism sore throat chest cold neuralgia stiff joints strains and bruises and urges buying only Omega Oil as the safest remedy price noted as soc. a bottle.
Alexander T. Sonnekalb, 47, a Newark business clerk, wrote a farewell letter and an ode titled The Revel of Old King Death in the Palace Hotel before taking morphine. His body was found in his room the next morning. his widow and four children survive. An unrelated column extols trusts and reform, followed by local tidbits and ads.
During a heavy rain last Wednesday a flock of wild geese passing overhead settled in Dr. Terry's oat field west of his house. He attempted to drive them toward his chicken yard, warning William Whadden, who approached with a shooting iron to kill the birds. The geese then flew away, tails aloft, despite the dangerous moment.
Ad promoting Cassarets Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C C C. Claims genuine, not sold in bulk. Available at all druggists.
An ad touts NOTO as a tobacco cure promising vigor and weight gain with 600000 cures claimed. In Missouri a long imprisoned convict, John Bogard, was granted clemency by Governor Marmaduke, ending 16 years behind bars and leading to a tearful release amid penitentiary visits by officials.
Advertisement mocks fad diets and cites experts debunking food specialization. It promotes Green's August Flower as a universal health aid improving digestion liver function and blood purity, and endorses Dr G G Green remedies and an almanac.
Dan Tucker, a Pleasant Hill colored man, was tried at Harrisonville on a housebreaking case. Judge Jarrett found him a trespasser against the law and sentenced him to the penitentiary for the offense. The robbed man is also identified as colored.
Indiana delegation presses action in Washington to grant a pension of 50 per month for Mrs Benjamin Harrison. Senators and representatives seeking immediate consideration during their Indianapolis state convention visit. W H Miller, former attorney general, backs the case urging Indiana delegation to move quickly.
The Chicago Tribune blames Providers, not the puckers, for current high beef prices while noting corn crop failure also factors in. It criticizes republican claims of party credit for crops and argues Providers must bear responsibility for price rises, as argued by The Commoner.
Cate Leal and George M. Casey tie as buyers, purchasing the imported bull Choice Goods and two cows with calves for 25000 at Hobbin g Son sale. herd includes Civily Moberta Roberta mother and a prize winning two year old heifer, with arrivals planned to Twenty Ranch. digest and vigor remarks accompany item. plus ship collision near Malaga Spain and odd corn ear questions in a varied column.
In English Indiana April 24 Thomas Foley seeks divorce on cruelty alleging his wife tied his hands and feet while he was drunk and left him exposed to cattle in a field. She says she did so in retaliation for a prior beating. Foley suffered raw skin and shredded clothing.
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