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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
3
A collection of reader letters from Union City Tennessee and other towns praising Peruna for health. Ageing correspondents describe sustained wellness, regained strength, and relief from nervousness and bronchial issues after using Peruna for years.
A brief advisory notes that readers who dislike liquid medicines can opt for Peruna Tablets as an alternative. It highlights a tablet form of the remedy and encourages considering it for those sensitive to liquids.
In Columbia Judge Bradley sustained a motion to quash in the Waters case charging violation of the local option law. The ruling held the act unconstitutional as written but recognized that a person may delegate ordering of intoxicants to a bona fide agent. The decision notes no state criminal appeal exists and hints the case could reach the Supreme Court only by writ of error.
Missouri premiums for the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 0 to 19 are detailed. The list shows prizes for Ten ears Yellow Dent and Ten ears White Dent, plus other varieties, with items such as cultivators, corn planters, incubators, fences, and farm wagons, totaling substantial values. The page includes further premiums and notes the show’s agricultural policy and advertising free program.
The Rockville Booster notes Jared Grigge’s notable corn entry at the Boos ter prize. A four ears specimen measures fourteen and a half inches, filled to the tip. Grigge estimates his crop averaging sixty five bushels per acre, a promising yield.
University of Missouri ceremony marks laying of the corner stone for the new Agricultural Hall east landsom building in Columbia. A. M. Dockery, once governor, acts as Grand Master, an ear of corn sealed in copper box, and 30 contest entries from across the state. Missouri students parade after football game and burn an Iowa coffin in bonfire. Daughters of the American Revolution meet in Columbia with 100 delegates, milestones proposed along the Santa Fe trail, and state officers elected. University sociology professor Dr Charles A Ellwood warns of rising divorce rates and urges legislative remedies. Baptist Association moderator E W Stephens elected. college religious life study notes 1610 of 2000 students are church members in Columbia campus departments.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as superior to alcohol extracts for digestive and liver ailments. It praises glycerine-based preparation from native medicinal roots, claims wide efficacy from indigestion to bronchial and catarrhal conditions, and urges perseverance for consumption prevention.
Major J. H. Graham led a blue coat raid on a Wichita joint selling disguised whisky. Three wagon loads of beer and two whisky-making recipes were seized, including cayenne pepper and laudanum mixtures. The raid, described as the most successful since the ski, targeted an operation that advertised chemically pure whisky.
Read as a 19th century advertisement promising a cure for catarrh. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats constitutional disease from the blood to mucous surfaces, claims a $100 reward for any failure, and urges sending testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
General W C Cates reports to the president on progress marking graves of Confederate soldiers who died in federal prisons. He notes legal hurdles, including confusion from removal and reinterment preventing individual headstones. About 25,000 Confederates died in federal prisons and were buried from Beaton to Santa Fe New Mexico.
Readable text notes Cassenna company in Jerico Springs Missouri about stomach tablets becoming available. Details are sparse with scattered phrases suggesting product or company mention and local reach.
The item notes Mark Twain and burglars, referencing humorous commentary and a figure nicknamed the Laugh Maker. It suggests a discussion of literary figures and a playful vein in depictions of crime, with Vitral mentioned in passing as part of the quip.
Mark Twain addressed the Library Association on Books and Burglars. He toyed with a scenario where burglars intrude on his home and inspect books, claiming their moral uplift would be altered if the library were open. He notes burglars rarely disturb sleep and even wonders if they could be sent to Congress.
Two Irish soldiers in an English regiment are friends until Rooney rises to sergeant and treats Melrane with contempt. Melrane asks what if a private mistakes the sergeant for a concerted monkey and says nothing. Rooney fears the private would be sent to the guard house, provoking a plan to leave the matter unsaid.
Mrs McGuire asks Tim why he cries. Tim explains a fight broke out near the corner between the McMannusea and the O Rourkes, but he says he avoided injury because the rivals surrendered before he could join. The exchange captures a street feud echoing in a Chicago Record Herald item.
Deputy Sam Wilson and Hone Telephony arrested I A Robinson on assault and battery at the Robinson farm south of town Thursday. He pleaded not guilty before Justice Rainey at Sprague Friday. trial set for November 10. His wife recently secured a divorce after an incident when he returned home and struck her. Neighbors intervened and he was taken into custody. Robinson had been connected to the Pryor Creek Daniels incident that drew attention.
James Poole, a Missouri migrant homesteading near Melrose New Mexico, claimed the drought would ruin his 40 acre corn crop. He sold crops to a neighbor agreeing to replant with wheat. The neighbor’s replanting yielded an average of 20 bushels per acre, and Poole reportedly laments the turn of events.
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