davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Gleanings From THE TIMES
Columns Quarter of a Gen.
fury Ago--0ct. 18th, 1884.

fury AgO-Oct. 18th, 1884.
Senator D. A. DeArmond, of Rich
Hill, was in the city yesterday and
paid The Times pleasant call. He
is making an active canvas for elec-
tor for this district.
Capt. A. Henry, candidate for the
Legislature, is quite sick, which has
precluded him from making the can
vas he otherwise would have done.
Miss Ada Welton entertained a
number of her friends with an old
fashioned taffy pulling.
Judge CAN'T, after a five weeks
term, adjourned court at Clinton Sat-
urday.
Geo. w. Miers has been through
the southern portion of Kansas on a
prospecting tour.
Roy Allen, infant son Of Judge and
Mrs. John A. Lefker, died Wednes-
day last.
The latest female craze in Butler is
the bell garter. Little silver bells,
made like sleigh bells, are attached to
the garter and as the wearer walks
her male escort is bewildered by
faint tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, like an
echo from some distant herd of sheep
feeding on the hillside. Don't ask
the editor how he knows about the
particulars. He is a bashful single
man.
DOUBLE WEDDING-A SUR
PRISE. AT the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. R.
Hartman, last Thursday evening,
John B. Armstrong and Miss Maud
Hartman were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony, Rev. Reese, of
Holden, officiating. Rev. Walker
created a ripple of surprise by an
nouncing that he too had been called
upon to officiate in a marriage cere-
mony. All eyes were turned to the
door in eager expectancy, when S. S.
Allen, of St. Louis, appeared with
Miss Alice Hartman leaning on his
arm, and Rev. Walher pronounced
the ceremony which made them man
and wife.
Col. Ed. Vance has moved to Rich
Hill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Kennish Plans to Resign.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. ll.-John
Kennish, State Superintendent of In
surance, has his resignation ready to
tender Governor Hadley, the same to
take effect the last of the present
month. II can be authoritively stated
that there have been no differences
of any kind between the Governor
and Mr.. Kennish concerning the in
surance Department.
In discussing his resignation Mr..
Kennish said that he had accepted the
office at the hands Of Governor Had
ley with the understanding that he
would retain ii but a few months.
Il have held longer. now than | in
tended" said Mr.. Kennish. 1.-THE
whole story is that I wish to return
to the practice of law. 1t was my
wish to do so Immediately following
the expiration Of Governor Hadley's
term as Attorney General and when
l finally agreed to accept the office OF
State Superintendent of insurance, it
was with the understanding that |
would be permitted to retire after a
few months.
Governor Hadley was apprized OF
Mr.. Kennish's intentions from the
start. 1t is expected here that the
Governor will name William F. Mar
ing, Assistant Superintendent under
Mr.. Kennish, to fill out the latter's
unexpired term.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Here's the Proof.
Sloain;s
Imminent

Mr.. y. P. EVANS, Of NJ. Airy, Ga.
sayD' "After being sfliioted fof thrse
years with rheumatism, I nd sloan'S
Lniment, and was cured sound nd
well, and am slAd to ny ! haven't been
troubled With rheumatism since. nv
leg was badly swollen from my hip %
my knee. One-half . bottle took ~
pain and avAI1lne mn - 4 - =, - -,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
USE OF KNIFE A CRIME.
Boston Doctor Rails Against APP
pendicitis Operation.

Boston, Oct.-"An operation for
appendicitis should be called criminal
operation, and as such should be pro-
hibited by law" so declares Doctor
Charles E. Page, one of the best
known Boston physicians.
81 have been following the records
of appendicitis operations ever since
the craze for appendictomy started,
says Doctor Page, "and | confidently
believe that the day is coming when
the people will finally realize that ap-
pendictomy, the cutting Of appendix,
is criminal operation.
"As for the widely proclaimed
benefits and saving OF life by opera
tons to cut the appendix, it seems
hardly necessary to cite the large list
of deaths from the operation. Only
recently we have had the striking
instance of Clyde Fitch, the great
playwright, and Governor Johnson,
OF Minnesota. The surgeons cut off
Johnson's appendix several years
ago; they operated on him second
time, and on the third operation he
fell a. victim to mistaken modern
theories. | have kept track of ap-
pendictory deaths for twenty years
and the list is appalling.
Il remember about twenty years
ago Of having read in a medical jour-
nal a report of meeting Of medical
association in Philadelphia. The con-
sensus Of opinion Of members SEEM
ed to be that the appendix was a USE
less organ and that it was better cut
off than not. There was one member,
however, whose opinion was alto
gather different, and | remember
now his rough declaration Of the APP
pendix as the little oil can of the
lower bowels. This description was
particularly apt, for the function of
the highly useful little organ known
as the appendix is to secrete and to
pour into the colon, or large intes-
tines, its digestive and lubricating
juices"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14

The false pretense that the mon
opoly tariff in this country is MAIN
tanned in order that the American
workingman maybe better paid than
the "pauper' laborer Of Europe is
discredited by the fact that in free
trade England wages are higher and
cost Of living lower than in any other
country Of Europe.
It is not by accident that in free
trade English wages are some 20 per
cent higher and cost Of living about
the same percentage less than in HIGH
protection Germany. The difference
is due to economic causes, chief Of
which Is the tariff in the two coun-
tries.
The protected American manufac-
turer pays his operatives no more
than the labor market compels him to
pay. And in proportion as the mon
ey wage i higher b this country
than ii Europe the hrin increases
the cot q everything that tie Amer
han Wogkinonan ms huy. The
min Wilh % h,nd iaksD irouf tie
Alnefic1n WORK idinnn everythlne Il
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Why We Are stronger.

The old Greeks and Romans were
great admirers Of health and strength:
their pictures and statuary made the
muscles Of the men stand out like
cords.
As q matter of fact we have ath.
letes and strong men-men fed on
ine strength making food such az
Quaker Oats--that would win In any
contest with the old Roman or Greek
champions. 4
It's q matter Of food. The finest foot
for making strength Of bone. mus. :
and nerve IL i1ne oatmeal. Quaaer
Oats u the best because It Is pure. no
hpeks or stems Or black specks. Varrl.
ern' wiv61 are nnding that 81 feed e.
~ farm hands plentifully a ouakcf
0ou they set The bG1t results Is WORK
md economy, II ron aroI convsnienf
r. ~ store bur the regular ils6 p6cis
e1ee; = nj neot IL Uturos ~ ~
elihatas ~ hsfislicl1Iy assisd tinS
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Farmer Flows Up Fortune.

Odgensburg, N. Y, Oct.-A farm
er named Vostburg, living near
Champlain, while blowing, tnrned up
a quantity Of gold coins, furnished by
the weather and dirt in which they
reposed. Digging farther, he found
more coins than he could carry home
at one time. Their value is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
1t is believed the treasure was
buried by persons who stole it from
the British army which camped near
Champlain during the Burgoyne cam
paign. The robbers probably lost
their lives subsequently and no one
knew what they had done with their
booty.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
RUTH BRYAN A CANDIDATE
Ex-senator Patterson is Support.
ing the Nebraskan's Daugh-
ter For Congress.

Denver, October.-R u t h Bryan
Leavitt has announced her candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress from the First Colorado
District. With the support of the
Jane jefferson Club, Of which she is
president of ex-senator Patterson
and his papers, and with her fathers
prestige in Colorado, she expects to
put a Bryan on the pay roll Of the ma
ton again.
But there are mutterings in the
Jane jefferson Club. There are
members much older than Mrs. Leav-
itt some Of them old enough to be
her mother, who believe that If a wo-
man is to be sent to Congress, from
Colorado, the elder stateswomen,
should furnish the timber. They are
perfectly willing to have Mrs. Leavitt
60 to Congress from Colorado six or
eight years from now when she has
become matuse and well poised, they
say, but just now they want the place
for one Of their number.
However, Mrs.. Leayitt and. her
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14

pole bull.
40 head sheep.
2 brood sows; IL shoats just wean-
ed; | Poland boar.
Farm Machinery: Mitchell wagon
good as new; buggy; spring wagon;
good wheat disc drill; harrow; Stand
ard mower; hay rake; John Deere
cultivator; l4-inch breaking pillow; r.
inch breaking pillow; Finch plow;
double shovel; single shovel, garden
pillow; corn shelter; good cider mill;
good hay frame; 2 sets wagon har-
ness; set buggy harness; from 400 to
600 bushels corn in crib; 20 or 25 tons
of hay in barn.
Some household and kitchen furni-
ture.
Sale to begin at 10 O'Clock sharp.
Terms: $40 and under, cash.
Over $l0a credit of IL months will be
given without interest if paid when
due, otherwise to draw s per cent
from date. Notes with approved
security. A per cent off for cash.
Lete will serve lunch.
j. j. CAMERON.
C. F. Beard, Auctioneer.
Wesley Denton, Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Butler, on
MONDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1909,

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1909,
IL Head of Cattle: Consisting of
10 milk cows, 2 with calves by side,
and 2 yearling heifers.
4 Head of Horses: 2 brood mares,
one with horse colt by side, and both
in foal to jack; horse colt 2 years old;
horse colt year old.
AZ Head of Hogs: 8 brood sows,
balance shoats, weighing from 40 to
100 pounds,
Farming Implements: Moving
machine, farm wagon, trap-new,
rubber tired stanhope, runabout,
walking pillow, harrow good as new,
2 sets single harness, set double work
harness, set carpenter tools, hand
cider press. Household and kitchen
furniture and other things too numer-
GUS to mention.
Terms: All sums under $40 cash.
On sums Of $40 and over IL months
time. without interest if paid when
due; il not paid when due to draw 8
per cent interest from date. Notes
with approved security. 4 per cent
off for cash on sums Of $40 and over.
Sale to begin promptly at 1C
O'Clock.
Lete will serve lunch.
MRS. INA TIFFANY.
C.sE Robbins, Auctioneer.
Wesley Denton, Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Public Sale.

Having decided to quit farming,
will sell at public auction at my farm
6 l-2 miles west of Butler and 3 miles
east of Virginia on
WEDNESDAY, OCT. q, 1909,
the following property.
20 head of horses and mules, con-
sisting of span of black mares, 7
years old, extra good brood mares
and workers, both bred to jack;
bay mare, 7 years old, l6 hands high,
all purpose mare, good single or
double, safe for women or children;
good saddle pony; four year old
mare Road Chief, well broke, good
driver or rider; l yearling filley; |
draft mare colt, extra good; | extra
good sucking mule; A two year old
filleys, filley 8 years old; gelding
8 years old; 3 mules 2years old; A
mules year Ola.
"a Head Cattle, consisting of IS
two-year-old steers, all dehorned; 2
milk cows; 2 heifers; heifer calves.
81 Head Hogs, consisting of 10
shoats, weighing from so to 80 lbs.;
5 brood sows, 8 of them thorough
bred Poland Chinas; registered O.
|. c. sow; s pigs.
Farming Implements, 2 wagons,
one with hay frame; buggy with
pole and shafts: | j. |. Case high lift
riding pillow, nearly new; IL inch
walking pillow; 1 six shovel Busy Bee
cultivator; / Ohio cultivator; walk
ing cultivator; 1 Mccormick mower,
SIT. cut, good as new; hay rake; l
two hole corn shelter, can attach
power; harrow; 1 set work harness;
set single buggy harness;
saddle. Between 3 and A hundred
bushels of corn in crib. 10 or Is tons
Of timothy and clover hay. 81 shocks
of corn. 20 bushels of potatoes.
Household and kitchen furniture,
consisting Of Kalamazoo range, No.
IA Round Oak heater, oil stove and
oven, bed room suit folding bed,
child's folding bed, kitchen cabinet
with cupboard, new sewing machine,
washing machine and wringer, rock
ing chairs and stand table, all good as
new, and many other things too nu
merous to mention.
Terms: $40 and under cash. Or
sums over $40 a credit Of 8 month!
time will be given, note with approx
ed security to draw per cent inter
est from date. A per cent off for cash
Lunch will be served on ground.
O.. w. WALKER.
Wesley Denton, Clerk,
SLIT Col. G. E. Robbins, Auc
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14


An aching back is instantly
relieved by an application Of
Sloan's Liniment.
This liniment takes the place
of massage and is better than
sticky plasters. 1t penetrates
without rubbing through
the skin and muscular tissue
right to the bone, quickens the
blood, relieves congestion, and
gives permanent as well as
temporary relief.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. JAMES q. LEE, OF 100 9th St..
Sc, Washington, Dc, writes sThirty
y6ars ago fell from q scaffold and seri-
ouslJ injured my back. suffered terri.
bly, at times; from the small Of my back
all around my stomach was Just Is II /
had been beaten with q club. I used
every plaster could get With no relief.
Saoan's nnimont took the pain rjaht
out and l can now do as much ladder
work - any man in the shop, thanks %
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-14
Wesley Denton, Clerk.
Public Sale.

Twill sell at public sale at my farm,
four miles west and IL mile north of
Butler. on
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-23
4 Classified
Adj Is a Good
Collector.

- t4
'' -
w.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
ARTICLES SIGNED
BY HEAVYWEIGHTS
JEFFRIEs AND JOHNSON ATTAcH
SIGNATURES TO ARTICLES
CALLING FOR BATTLE BEFORE
JULY 5-75-25 DIVISION AND
$4,000 ON THE SIDE.

The Articles
An agreement entered into this dav
between Jack Johnson and James I
Jeffries, provides for the following.
l. They agree to box for the heavy
weigh championship Of the world.
2. They agree to box before the
club, organization or person offering
the best financial inducements.
3. Bids for the contest must be
submitted on Dec. /, 1909, at 8 D. m.
at the Hotel Albany, New York city.
T. Each club, organization or per-
son making a bid for this contest must
have a representative on the ground
who will post $4,000 in coin or certi-
fed checks to make good any and all
stipulations of his bid.
5. The referee is to be accented
when the club bid is accepted.
g. 1t is hereby agreed that the con-
test shall be of forty-fiv rounds or
more.
Z. The purse shall be divided rs
per cent to the winner and 25 per cent
to the loser.
8. Each of the contestants herewith
posts with Robert P. Murphy, Of New
York, as temporary stakeholder the
sum OF ten thousand dollars. OF this
sum each posts five thousand dollars
as wager or side bet on the result
of the contest and five thousand doll
lars as forfeit to guarantee com.
pliance with these articles.
8. The contest shall take place not
later than July 5, 1910.
10. It IL hereby understood and
agreed that the contest shall be fought
under straight Marquis Of Queensbury
rules and with five ounce gloves.
IL. The final stake and forfeit hold.
er is to be decidedsupon when the club
10 selected.
Witness our hands and seals. this
2sth dav OF October. 1909.
(Signed) James ]. Jeffries,
John Arthur Johnson.
New York, oct. S0.--Jacx johnson
and James ]. Jeffries signed articles
in New York late yesterday after
noon binding them to fight forty 1--we
or more rounds to q finish, not later
than July S, 1910, before the club Of
fering the best financial inducement,
the winner to Take side bet OF &c.
900 ana So per cent Of the purse, the
loser to take 25 per cent.
The preliminary discussion was
scheduled for 3 o'clock in the ban
quet hall Of the Hotel Albany. Jeffries
and his manager were punctual to the
minute, but Johnson elbowed his way
diffidently through the crowd ten
minutes late. At the table. as the men
took their places sat Jeffries, with
Bob Vernon at his left and sam Ber-
ger, his manager, at his right; John
son, George Considane, Honest John
Kelly, Sam Harris, Sam Nelson, Bob
Murphy and other well known sport
ing men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
HALL OF FAME.


Please give me-" said the teacher, as
she rubbed her tired eyes,
The names of some great Irishmen,
my dears."
And when hand waved frantically,
she noticed with surprise
The grimy paw Of Jimmie McAleer's.
/" Twas something new for Jimmie to
be interested when
A question was before the house,
and so,
well, Jimmie" said the teacher, name
your famous Irishmen."
He proudly answered. Here's few
/ know:
"McGinnity and Hogan,
Mike Kelly, Dick Cogan
Jim Collins, Wild Bill Donovan,
and Ryan:
McGill and Mcintyre,
Spike shannon and McGuirO,
Mccarthy, Dolan, Daley and
Q'Brien;
Jiggs Donohue. Mcbride,
Waddell. the Phillie'e pride,
Mcfarland. Mugs McGraw, and
McGu1rks
Jack Sullivan, O'Malley,
Pat Flaherty, J. Hurley. Eddie
Burke;
Mccormick and Mcconnell,
McGilligan, O'DonnelI,
Mckinley, Mcnamara and Nc
Gam;
Hugh Duffy and McAGackin,
McHale, McFee, McCracken,
O'Neil, McQuaid, McMannis, and
McMahonJ'
why. Jimmie" cried tho teacher. "Just
wait minute, please.
What did those folks you mention
ever do?
How is It that you didn't give ms
any names like these:
Tom Moore. Parnell. and Robert
Emmet, too2''
Gee Whit exclaimed the urchin, =
never seen dem guys
! named de warmest members in de
mess;
Dc fsllefe you are boostin' fer CAM be
so very wise;
Dey must ave played In some bush
league, I guess"
Hartford Courant.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30

4 Forum want AID VIII seII II nor You
ReaA and Answer Todayss Want Ads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30

and no forfeits were necessary. It WAS
no fights, no eats, in those days.
Then came the sky-rocket leap to
fame. The referee OF the Ketchel-
I. lomas fight was a kind hearted man.
He could not believe his eyes when he
saw the near champion lying under
sight. So the referee consumed great
deal of time with the count.
"One--two--say, Joe, amt you going
to get up?--Three-four won't let
him hit you till you are on your feet!
Get upl" And so on.
Joe got up several times, but there
are reports that Ketchel had him down
at least fourteen seconds on occasions.
Marysville was properly shocked.
The referee was shocked. He was
shocked to such an extent that he gave
Thomas draw, when he was unmer-
cifully whaled by a tramp fighter
whose very name was strange to him.
At that time Thomas was claiming
championship, and perhaps the ref
cree thought a champion should nor
be licked by an unknown. At any rate.
Kelchel got a draw. and laughed about
II. The chances are he looked no fur
Their than the money counted into his
hand at the end of the fight.
San Francisco was staggered by Lhn
nev US. San Francisco knew that Joe
Thomas had gone up into the bush 20
comb a farmer, and expected him 10
return bringing the damp scalp with
him. Instead Joe brought back the
tle-worn howl about lack OF condi-
ton.
Everybody believed him. OF course
he wanted to fight KetcheI again, and
he was accommodated. This time there
was no squaw about condition. Thorn
as went to work, and so did KetcheI,
for the first time in his life.
The men fought two months later,
and Joe Thomas has never amounted
10 ,ti.y Z ing as fig;1csr since thai cruel
lacing. he cid bettAr this time rhrre
we're times when ne : OSLO Ike a wiz
re- bu. Ketchel. thoIgi, staggc.ed at
times, returned strong from his rest
and carried the fight TO his man.
Both men were down for the count,
but in the thirty second round It was
Joe Thomas who went down and stay
ed there.
That was when everybody saw the
new pugiIistic comet Ketchel's record
since that fight is known to infants in
arms. How he trimmed the willy Suli-
van Twins-ard for this San Francis
co loved him, because those smooth,
bald headed boys had become q. plague
on the coast-how he whaled Papke.
Kelly and Thomas. was beaten by
Papke and came again, are tales told
a thousand times.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
KETCHEL A KIND Of
A ring ACCIDENT

c. r. Van Loan writes: A few pug
ilistic celebrities have been discovered
entirely by accident, the last and pos
sibly the greatest Of these is Stanley
Ketchel. If Joe Thomas mad not need
ed some pin money, Stanley Ketchel
might have been campaigning in the
bush leagues at the present writing.
When a man makes good, the e.
knew him when" club pipes up and we
learn that Jared X. Simpson, of Simp-
sons Corners discovered the celebrity
years before any one else ever heard
OF him.
number Of pugilistic Pearys and
Cooks have been out in the limelight
with the claim that they started
Ketchel on the way to his champion
ship. II this is true, it seems remark
able that not one Of these birds ever
chirped before KetcheI fought Joe
Thomas in Marysville, Cal. matter of
two years ago.
Ketchel began fghting in Montana
When he was IL years OF age. Mon
tana sports are proverbialIy keen eyed
and the wonder is that one of them
did not grab the youngster and make
something out Of him, for he began
putting over the celebrated Ketchelizer
with his first fights.
Ketch was nothing more or less than
a pork and bean kid. He did not know
how to do anything but fight and he
did not know much about that. His
only idea was to wade In close and let
ny with both arms, his theory being
that If hes swung often enough, down
would come the meat house."
In 1904 Ketchel had busy year He
opened and closed with draw fights.
but between these affairs were eleven
knockouts, three Of them in one round,
three in three rounds and three in
four. His opponents were the usual
pork and bean gents with the remark
able names-The Kid So and Sos and
the Young So and Sos.
This pork and beans, hand to mouth
| campaigning lasted for three years and
| at the end Of that time Ketch had q
remarkable string OF knockouts Had
his record been published in any record
book II would have attracted immediate
attention and the form savants would
have asked questions about this Mon
tana unknown.
Thirty-seven fights and all knock
outs with the exception of three draws
would attract attention almost any
where
But ketch wasn't good enough to get
his name in the little red books; out
side Of Montana, people didn't know he
was alive and they didn't care.
Then in 1907 the unknown moved
west. He thought he would like TO
grow up with the country. The first
man he fought in California was
George Brown, the rather clever welter
from San Francisco.
1t was bush fight In Sacramento
but 1t served to introduce the Young
ster from Montana. Brown was clever
but KetcheI walked into him and laid
him low in the third round.
The town of Marysville f1ftv rniIes
north Of Sacramento, cIanored for )
fight in which Joe Thomas, the western
onder, might be shown against =
victim. The other man did not mat
ter, it was Thomas who was TO be the
attraction.
ketchel was secured. 1t was not
hard to secure KetcheI in those DAYS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30
'Many-Use" Oil a fine piano polish.
To Play for Mrs. TAFT.

washington Post: Sigrid GUIDE. the
younger daughter Of the Norwegin
minister in Washington, will pass the
winter in New York under the in
struction of a vocal teacher. She has
a fine soprano voice and last winter
won gold medal for her singing in
the conservatory In Christiania. Her
elder sister. Ingeborg. Is a skilled
vtolinist who has declined many offers
TO appear as a professional in concert.
This young woman was graduated
was praised for her playing by the
queen OF Norway. She N.ill play
privately in washington during the
winter season, and by Mrs. Tafts in
vitation win play in the White House.