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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
4
The Butler Weekly Times is published weekly and offers a one year subscription delivered by mail with postage paid for the price of one dollar.
The Richmond Democrat endorses Judge Gantt as an acceptable Democratic gubernatorial candidate while urging he resign his Supreme Court seat before seeking another office. The piece argues a judge should complete his term, and cautions against political scrambling.
The Clinton Democrat reports Senator William J. Stone denies ever discussing the alum doodle bill with Russell Kneisley of Carrollton or knowing of a 1901 General Assembly measure. Kneisley telegrams Stone calling the interviews fake and signs Russell Kyxeaver.
In Kansas City police court Judge Brady fined a farmer $500 for plain drunkenness. The man claimed $4,000 and showed willingness to buy anything for desociates. A severe lecture followed and a stay of execution was granted with warning that the fine would be pursued if he refused to submit to his friends’ treatment.
A Sharon Springs dispatch notes President Roosevelt spent Sunday on a horseback ride with companions Dr. Butler, Dr. Rixey, Senators Burton and Long. The president rode a fine bay horse provided by F. E. Kellogg, a former internal revenue collector who has bought a ranch in Wallace county.
Carthage Missouri May 2 T B Haughawout 58 prominent criminal lawyer and Republican figure dies in his apartment after several weeks illness pneumonia claimed his life Thursday night a marriage to his bride presumed to have occurred while he lay ill The story ends with garbled name sequence from OCR but notes the late lawyer was well known in the region.
The article excerpts discuss William Jennings Bryan promoting good roads as vital to farmers and national progress. He cites sixteen foot wide roads, plans an experimental road near his farm, and links road quality to education, social life, and political participation. He argues roads should enable voter access and improve rural welfare.
The Nevada Herald reports revived interest in a Rock Island Railroad through Nevada after a long lull. A sounding corps is reportedly surveying Bates county for a projected line, with expectations contracts will be let after survey completion. The St Louis Rock Island line is touted for completion by October, with grading crews possibly moved to the southwest project once finished.
An old fashioned cure for consumption extols salt pork as fat for the ill and promotes Scott's Emulsion as refined fat aiding digestion. The ad claims a lung healing effect from cod liver oil and phosphites, offers a free sample, and directs requests to Bowne Chemists in New York.
May 4. In Dell Missouri Caruthersville authorities report Constable W. J. Mooneyhon and prisoner the Rev D M Malone were murdered by a disguised armed mob at the constable’s residence. Malone 50, wife Mary Frill 26. Frill jailed. sheriff to pursue suspects. mob seized Malone after he defied arrest.
A citizen is entitled to all rights under the constitution but argues that using the constitution to shield criminals is faulty and requires amendment. The statement emphasizes the need to balance individual rights with crime prevention and calls for constitutional change.
Jefferson City May 2 The Cole county grand jury returned one indictment this afternoon and Judge Hazell discharged it noting the panel would likely reconvene in summer The sole indictment targets Senator William P Sullivan charged with soliciting a bribe The case followed indictments of Senators Farris Smith Matthews and Royal Baking Powder agent Daniel J Kelley previously returned two weeks earlier
Bryan defends eternal life against annihilation arguing the divine plan preserves souls and nature. In New York the American Sugar Refining Co sues to recover 850000 dollars in taxes paid under protest from 1898 to 1902 on twenty one million dollar business, with Brooklyn IRS papers served and U.S. Judge Thomas to hear argument soon.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills for a wide range of skin and blood conditions including scrofula, bad blood, hair loss, and skin eruptions. It claims notable relief when other remedies fail and mentions use for infants and child care.
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