McFari and Bros Harness and Buggies Lurries Wagons Spring
McFari and Bros offers harnesses buggies lurries and wagons for spring use. Reliable quality and wide selection described in local ad. Customer pickup and delivery options available.
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
8
McFari and Bros offers harnesses buggies lurries and wagons for spring use. Reliable quality and wide selection described in local ad. Customer pickup and delivery options available.
The St. Louis Mirror is a weekly magazine style review edited by William Marion Reedy with a staff of notable writers covering social religious scientific financial literary and artistic topics. It promises timely discussions and reviews of books plays music and current affairs and invites readers to subscribe for ten weeks by mail.
An old advertisement extols women’s love of jewels and health, warning that pursuit of luxury can ruin health. It urges regular use of Dr Boschee’s German Syrup to arrest initial consumption and heal lungs and bronchial tubes, claiming it cures coughs colds and bronchial troubles. It promotes Green’s remedies and almanac at druggists.
To introduce it to the public the Lake Park show contains music and marching items with prices given for each piece. The annual Horse Show runs November 4th to 5th at the Exposition Coliseum with daily mile track races and baseball games. Visit the World's Fair site and see building progress for the 19th century exposition. details via local agent H C Townseip, Gen Pass r and Ticket Agent, St Louis.
Low rates via Missouri Pacific Railway for Pall Festivities in St Louis include the Great St. Louis Pair with $30,000 in premiums, Veiled Prophet parade, street fair and carnival, horse show in the Coliseum, daily thoroughbred races, and baseball games between American and National League teams. October events extend into that week in November. ask local agent for details.
An American woman, Miss Momie Morris of Chattanooga, is described as the only United States colonel, a largely honorary rank in a German influenced system. The piece notes the empress and military wives, the regimental uniforms, and social privileges, reflecting satire on patronage and hierarchy.
An inventor touts a novel system featuring six guns mounted on upright wheels, loaded from a platform, and arranged to fire at varying angles as the wheel rotates. He claims the design could adapt to any pistol caliber, with weight distribution and balance as key challenges to be solved by experts.
Fragmented passage laments neglect of disabled veterans in Britain after the war. It notes failing relief efforts, eroding support, and the strain on families and communities as convalescence work collapses and unemployment rises. Sparse details emphasize widespread hardship among ex‑soldiers.
See Peeress for cash reports Lady Raglan displaying in coronation robes at Heckenheim Kent for the local hospital. Admission sixpence to view the peeress, with posters and publicity drawing attention from newsies. District officers anticipate cover stories while comments reference royal connections and unrelated notes from Chicago papers.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with a no cure no pay offer priced at 25 cents. The ad presents a bold guarantee and a straightforward price for a staple cold remedy.
In Jefferson Missouri on October 25 Judge John F. Phillips discharged Camden county farmers accused of cutting government timber. They admitted cutting timber to aid starving families after crops failed but claimed they acted to sustain dependents. Charges dropped after their testimony.
The New York Evening Post notes Secretary Shaw used a singing tactic to silence tariff and trust questions at a New Haven political gathering. The device urged patriotic songs to mock opponents, suggesting only high tariff Republicans are patriots while calling for free coal hides and wool.
An old advertisement promises a one day cure with a money back guarantee by B W Groves on every box. It notes Buenos Ayres date and a Port Tiome Entre Rios hurricane impact with many dead injured and ships sunk.
Jay Cooke the financier suffered another episode of congestion of the brain at his home on Gibraltar island last night. He rallied today and is reported resting easy, keeping in view his long career and the strain of recent events.
Newspapers claim a Lexington girl jerked her head back before a kiss, a story locals doubt. The report notes no credibility from Lexington acquaintances. A separate item mentions the first automobile seen in Shelbina breaking down during a test drive.
An 19th century adette touts Bullard's Horehound Syrup as a remedy for cold onset. It promises relief from distressing symptoms and coughs, emphasizing value with prices 25 and 50 cents. H. L. Tucker credited.
A former Sioux chief now an Episcopal reverend in Florida recounts to a Philadelphia audience that Appearing Elk killed General Custer at the Little Bighorn. The account, drawn from the elder, asserts Elk felled Custer with a tomahawk and held his body to prevent looting, claiming the revolver taken from Custer matched the famous chief’s weapon. The tale comes amid a broader energy around Custer's death myths and relics.
The funeral of Jim Younger attracted little notice with under 200 attendees mainly women and children unfamiliar with the Youngers. Four sisters Retta Rollins Denison Tex Helen Selsey Mulberry Mo Delle Mall Lees Summit and Bowie Rose Kansas City traveled long distances to bury him. One sister Ann Jones Denison Tex and Mrs Duncan Fayetteville Ark were absent. The sisters, all mothers, had spent 26 years seeking pardon for their brother, then learned of his death by suicide. Mrs Rollins approached the coffin and prayed, Oh Lord, have mercy on my poor dear brother.
An old advertisement claims Corn-buskers' sprayed whistle bar bed-wire cuts burns and bruises are promptly and happily cured by applying Ballard's Seon Liniment priced at 25 cents and 5y cents, offered by H. L. Tucker.
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