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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
7
Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee is cleaned, roasted and packed by machinery without human hands. A self contained machine, built from septind eBay parts, processes the beans and delivers coffee that is marketed as the best, most convenient, and cheapest in the world. Arbuckle Brothers, New York City.
Mrs. CR Reynolds, with years in Juneau Sitka and Douglas, alleges mothers across nationalities especially Russians sell daughters for profits in Alaska. She seeks action from Washington officials and church groups, criticizing lack of protection for children and moral awareness among the involved families. C. W. Hosa sells Kodol.
Two Dallas police officers chasing a bank robber in a bright red forty horsepower car found themselves seized when the suspect drove off with them. The men were unarmed and clung to the vehicle as the robber sped eight miles in ten minutes before releasing them and reclaiming his car.
J H Wylent, Civil War veteran, owns two copies of the Daily Citizen from Vicksburg 1863 detailing Grant entering the city. The July 4 item jokes about Grants dinner plans and a row with General Johnson, notes Union banner over Vicksburg, mocks mule meat and kittenurge, and calls the edition a curious wallpaper issue to be valued later.
The item notes talk of Tafs and Roosevelt with a proposed dark horse strategy if Tafs loses the nomination. It mentions Booker Washington as a potential ally in the politicking and hints at Lexington News sourcing. Also an aside on Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup and a note that Children See it Sold by C. W. Hess.
In Wellington Kansas on May 1X a masked bandit with a revolver tried to seize money from J B Vandivere, the Wonderland theater cashier, in full view of crowds at picture shows and street attractions. Vandivere grabbed the weapon and diverted the gun as the robber fled, leaving empty handed. Police searched but found no trace of the assailant.
On Thursday evening two youths, George Mordica on foot and Joe Bays on horseback, raced from Drexel to Merwin over different routes. A $500 wager stood behind the challenge, with Bays winning by about seven minutes.
Ex Representative Charles E. Littlefield denounced Congress as the most cowardly class in America at a Union League Club banquet in Brooklyn. He quoted Speaker Cannon and criticized self-preservation in politics while defending wealth as potentially beneficial when properly managed.
Sailors from the battleship fleet wrecked a Santa Barbara restaurant after it charged two sailors six dollars for a fifty cent meal. The incident was described as a righteous clash in naval terms, recalling past actions since the sinking of Ver ra’s squadron.
May 11 Las Vegas New Mexico reports the city rattled by theft of dynamite and caps from a warehouse. A large amount remains missing or scattered, with around 200 pounds believed still hidden. Explosives have caused store damage and widespread fear among residents.
Wilkes Barre May 19 Blackie the world’s only cat with a private fortune of 40000 dollars died today by chloroform to end suffering. The estate left by Benjamin F Dilley will pay maintenance for Blackie and sister Pinkie for life. Miss Addie Ruch is named caretaker with a pension. After death the estate is to be divided and 5000 dollars to fund a fountain for people animals and birds with the bulk to charity. Pinkie died two years ago.
W S Cowherd of Kansas City urged Missouri Democrats to rally behind the flag and back a native born Missourian for governor. He praised the militant Democrats while denouncing bosses and factionalism, and said officers should be chosen from loyal friends. He spoke to the Jefferson Club in St Louis.
Decatur IL May 19 liquor dealers association once wiped out by local option law votes to keep the organization and spend $600 to prosecute prohibition violators. Saloon signs removed from venues now operating as soft drink stands. No cards or music on Sunday in member operated establishments.
Judge Templeton notes an 80 abundance of peaches and plums in the area including Butler. The wild aged plum variety has been killed by frosts while other varieties survive. Some peaches are blighted in isolated spots, but most trees show more fruit than they can mature.
Orlando Oklahoma May 18 S W Hickman buried a mule aged forty years the animal part of steam that brought him from Rockville Missouri to Oklahoma thirty eight years ago the remarkable longevity of the creature noted by residents
In Topeka on May 18 the private car of E P Ripley president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe was turned into a courtroom as he testified in a car shortage suit while speeding from California to Chicago. Ripley did not stop in Topeka for promised testimony and was met by attorneys at Emporia en route to Kansas City. A large number of demurrage suits against Santa Fe over a year old car shortage are pending in various courts.
An advertisement touts DeVire's Little Early Risers as small safe sure and gentle pills. It presents no dates or broad context, focusing on product attributes and reassurance of safety.
St Paul May 18 The heirs of James M Rogers of Arkansas who died twelve years ago lost a salt involving the Clark and Leonard mines in St Louis county valued at a million dollars. The case against Clark Iron Company ended with a Supreme Court decision leaving title in the Iron company. The heirs claimed Rogers held land as a soldier's homestead but the court found he was a Confederate soldier and not entitled to homestead benefits.
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