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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
7
A pedigreed draft horse of the heron Clyde breed will wake the season at a barn four miles southeast of Butler. Pedigree can be seen at the stable. Care was taken to prevent accidents but the seller will not be responsible for any that occur.
Notice is given that on Wednesday in June from the east front door of the Butler courthouse the county will let, by public outcry to the lowest bidder, a contract for building iron bridge and abutments across Straight branch in section 22, Deep Water township, subject to county court approval. A $50 certified check is required from the winner to ensure contract and bond. Plans and specs on file in County Clerk's office after May 20. RE JOHNSON, List Ex-officio Com'r of Roads and Bridges.
I H P Nickell administrator announces a final settlement for the estate of 5ST Brown deceased in Bates County Missouri. Creditors and interested parties are notified the next probate term in Butler will hear the matter on May l8.
In Highbridge on Stranger Creek a farm family the Grandstaffs William wife and two children suffered severe poisoning after rat poison mistakenly used as corn meal. The husband poured the poison into the meal barrel and bread was prepared. Doctors attended but no deaths were then expected.
Vicksburg Miss May 22 reports say after the San Francisco bubonic plague alarm many Chinese pass through the south. About 100 or more were seen, with five arriving here yesterday. Officials plan passport and health certificate requirements to allow staying.
Advertisement touts Tabler's Buck eye Pile ointment as a universal cure for piles fissures and rectal bleeding with immediate relief and infallible cure. Mentions price 50 ets per bottle and Tacts per tube and store location H. L. Tucker drug store.
Colonel J West Goodwin marks fifty years as a printer in an address from Watertown New York recalling apprenticeship under John A Haddock in 1841 and a career spanning Civil War publishing moves in Missouri and Indiana, friendships formed and foes faced, and pride in the craft and its workers.
An advertisement touts B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for ulcers cancers skin troubles and blood poisoning. It claims thirty years of testing thousands cured after other medicines failed and offers a $1 large bottle or six for 5 with a free trial bottle by mail from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
John Smith and Sherman Nickels found a emaciated man dying of hunger beside a tree in May near Mountain Grove. They transported him to Walter Heath farm where he said his name was John Flavin and that he feared a man named Power would kill him. He lived with a family near the woods and has one brother in Montana.
A brief 19th century style advertisement promotes White's Cream Vermifuge for children with worm troubles. It claims the remedy restores rosy health after a few doses and lists the price as 25 cents at H. L. Tucker's drugstore.
In Union County New Jersey testimony reveals Mrs Henry Cook formerly Miss Englehardt says she forced a wedding after a liquor incident with Rev Loch the ceremony performed then she refused to live with Henry Cook a wealthy former resident of Scotch Plains He denies proposing or intending to marry and says he never kept company with her Despite years apart she eventually did not join him leaving him to return to Scotch Plains with his wife remaining at her parents home The court referees recommend a decision in the case.
New York May 21 Republicans in Congress who went to the city last night say the vice presidency question with President McKinley grows more perplexing as his health becomes a factor. Washington sources state the president’s condition remains unsettled but no change in plans is expected. aides say his fitness to preside is a key issue with the party split over whether to nominate a running mate.
A fragment discusses varieties like red grapes at Dosexio Portagel for wine and praises a Port Wine product. It mentions practical value for New York and Washington, highlighting delicacy and potential benefits. References Sperr's Port Wine as a good agent and cordial.
In Marshall Missouri on May 22 Constable Schooley brought Miss Minnie E Lathaes to jail on a horse stealing charge. She had been released from Leasington jail after a break in at Higginsville and is accused of stealing a horse near Malta Bend, riding to Glasgow selling the horse for 225 and buying a ticket on the Missouri Pacific to the east. She is 15 years old and described as comely.
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