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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
4
A letter from Capt Lemuel M Tutehingon of Montpelier Vermont praises Portia Tam as a cure for chronic catarrh and throat trouble. He writes the medicine nearly restored him when he was bedridden and unable to work, endorsing it as the best all round medicine.
Mr J W Pritchard of Columbia City Indiana says Peruna cured his catarrh of the stomach and restored appetite after meals with distress. Editor Dewils Zim of St Augustine Meteor reports renewed energy and normal sleep after three weeks on Peruna, crediting Dr Hartman’s remedy.
Louisville details a historic tobacco boom as growers in Central and Northern Kentucky ally with mountain counties in Eastern Kentucky. Reports say farmers in Clay and Owsley counties prepare beds and clear hillsides for burley. Planters expect to ship crops by creek and river to Frankfort or Louisville for sale, with minimal dangers from night riders.
The article promotes Quaker Oats as superior for strength and endurance, citing experiments and broad support. It claims Quaker Oats is the world’s most popular packaged food, widely sold by grocers, priced 10c for regular, 20c for large family, and 30c for the family package with china.
Mrs Helen Yarbough, linked to the Claremore murder of John Bullette, killed herself in Wichita after taking strychnine while under arrest. She had arrived with a man registering as J Jerome and wife from Kansas City, who then left, leaving her to face the pending jail transfer.
An item touts William Parr England’s legendary longevity with a 152 year life tale, then highlights James Wright of Averlosk Kentucky claiming youthfulness after using Electric Bitters. He credits decades of kidney trouble cured by one bottle, urging others to try the medicine at F T Clay’s drug store for 50 cents.
The Clarksville prosecutor received a letter signed by Tennessee and Kentucky night riders warning him to keep soldiers with him to live in peace. The federal authorities will review the threat after the missive arrived via mail in Waverly, Tennessee.
Senator Elkins recalls a Civil War encounter near Lone Jack Missouri with Quantrill's guerrillas. He describes being captured, spared after Cole Younger intervened, and aided to safety with help from an old family connection. The tale links to Younger’s later pardon efforts for Elkins.
Zev Rainey, famed Ginseng King of Henry County, planted a bed two years ago measuring long by wide, yielding dried roots for revenue. He has sold seeds worth 220 and holds 80 in hand, with roots fetching 6 per pound and seeds at a penny each. Rainey aims to expand operations and believes an acre of properly propagated ginseng could make a millionaire.
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