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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
4
Readers are urged to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female illnesses. Two letters claim recovery after fibroid-related weakness. The firm offers rewards for proof of fakery and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Nevada officials toured Kansas City roads treated with asphalt oil. Standard Oil provided two cars for the inspection. The process uses asphalt oil sprayed on pulverized dirt then rolled, yielding a hard, elastic surface with water sheeting off like a duck. Council will vote to test on S Ash Street, funded by property owners’ taxes, with a proposed $30 per owner share and a $60 total for a 30 foot by 50 foot lot. The plan targets West Cherry, South Cedar, and North Washington streets for early hardening and durability. The road to the government rifle range near Nassau would be free if farmers raise $200 to fund its work.
Missouri leads in corn production with 814 million bushels in a year, supporting each farm family with about 1100 bushels. The United States harvests 2.575 billion bushels, while world output reaches 3.34 billion. Missouri stands at the center of a vast corn economy.
Castleton recalls a past romance as he receives Nellie’s invitation to visit. He travels to the countryside with candy and violets, only to find Nellie now wealthy and modern. A playful reunion unfolds as she explains she pursued a bustling life while awaiting him. A second segment notes progress in iceberg reporting and wireless telegraphy.
A fragment reflects on poetry and schooling, noting that curiosity drives many to seek the dictionary and expand thought rather than accept rote lessons. The line emphasizes active inquiry over passive learnings in a modern educational context.
A Sunday night proposal leads an Atchison girl to consult her four married sisters. Each shares hardships from marriage, ranging from excess work to lack of personal freedom and divorce. After hearing their woes she writes back she could be ready in a month.
An American engineer refines a water distribution system for St. Vincent, a hurricane and Soufriere eruption ravaged British West Indian island. The project promises revived agriculture, activity and prosperity. a testament to practical American ability aiding humanity.
Topeka May Charles W Harris director of the state free employment bureau will send out forms to count harvest needs in Kansas big wheat counties. City clerks and farming cont ents provide estimates of men required to be imported and those already in county and those unemployed or likely to leave for fields. Typically 20 000 to 30 000 more men needed besides current workers though this year demand is exceptionally high but not expected to reach past totals. Night Riders jubilant in Waverly Tennessee as fourteen men sentenced to ten days in jail and fines of 500 each for whipping J M Reece under Ku Klux and whitecap laws. Indictment cited unlawful masked actions in towns and on others premises with intent to harm assault with deadly weapon and masked assault and battery.
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