Local notes from Bates County Missouri reflect community life
Local readers recount visits by E W Jamian to Fulton and other towns, praise Mulberry school entertainment led by Miss Minnie Robison to fund a district library, and reflections on Masonic Home life in St Louis. The column covers local officials, Democratic gatherings, college debates, and community figures as Bates County eyes civic and educational progress.
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Mulberry
Minnie Robison
Aghout
van B. Vandyke
Bates County
J. Y. Whitsett
Bates Lode
A. M
St. Louis
Tlave
van Be
Butler fish market thrives as two wagon loadsOn sale
The Butler market is well supplied with fish. Saturday two wagon loads were on sale on the streets. W C Bronaugh of Henry county, candidate for railroad commissioner, visited town Monday for the county convention. The death of infant Grecie Raybourn Thaure on May 5 1902 is noted with prayers for comfort and rest in Little Gracie Cemetery.
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Tae Totes
Liberty
Clay County
Willian YW & Itown, Kun
University
Missouri
Kansas Boys
William Jewell
Butler
W. C. Bronaugh
Henry County
Dark Angel of Death
Joe Raybourn Thaureday
Grecie
Hood's Sarsaparilla promised to cure and keep its word
A testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as unique among medicines for blood purifying and toning, claiming radical, permanent cures of all humors and eruptions. A Withers, North Carolina reader says scrofula nearly blinded him but two bottles restored sight and eight bottles gave full vision.
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Hood
N.C. Hood
Mart inique catastrophe relief debate and death toll
Reports from Fort De France Martinique detail the St Pierre eruption with tens of thousands dead, lava fires and scorched remains. A French cruiser evacuated survivors as mortality climbs toward eighty thousand while treasure and bank securities are recovered. Congress approved 200000 for relief as private donations pour in.
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Fort de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Mlanhe
le Carbet
le Prechaur
St Pierre
Suchet
Pouver Guertier
le Precheur
Martinque
Fort
Carbet
Pompeii
Bank of
Des Gerlsolt
Cash Grocery weekly sale in Butler covers sugar and staples
Butler shoppers are urged to buy cash for a wide range of goods from Cash Grocery. The ad touts granulated sugar ten cents per pound and discounted coffee and tea, canned vegetables, baking powder and yeast, plus livestock feed, lye, and family staples. Also promotes wholesale implements and the Famous Sayers Scovill buggy line with price incentives and direct cash purchases.
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Butler
Williams
Sayers & Scovill
Bates County
Bayers& Scovill
United States
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promised Aiding Digestion
Ad copy touts Doctor King’s New Life Pills as boosting digestion and assimilation. It claims the product tones digestive organs, purges poisons, enriches blood, quenches appetite, and builds healthy flesh. Sold for 25 cents at H L Tucker’s.
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Dr. King
H. L. Tucker
Women and Kidney Trouble They Experience Miserable Effects
The notice claims kidney trouble harms both women and men and can erode ambition beauty and cheerfulness, noting prevalence from childhood. It describes Swamp-Root as a remedy, urges treatment of kidneys and bladder, and offers a free sample bottle along with a catalog of testimonials from Dr. Kilmer Co.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Ec Tasure
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Managera For Hospital For Insane No.1
Fulton, Mo
Fulton
Kansas
J. F. Robinson
Hospital For Insane No. 3
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City
Col. Wade
Dr. Robinson
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Congressional Committee
Davidson
Bates Co
Dickinson
Paul Walton
James DeArmond
Central Committee
W. R. Bell
the Oriental
Gor
Ubanvas
Oxfords
Rdale & Keasling
Hill's Gash Store
Them
The
Clinton Democrat
Carl Pollock
Mnet
J B Pollock
Ton
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Gracie
Jesus
Island of Mar
Tinique
Congress
Aulchera
la Soufriere
Island
St. Vincent
Tage
New Orleans, la
Peloe Tva
Washington
House
West Indies
Senate
Heminway
Underwood
Alabam
Cash Grocery
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Rock Bottom
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