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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
6
READY TO SERVE YOU Having recently purchased the Short Order and Restaurant located on the south side of the equate and will be pleased to have you call. Hot and cold ladies at all hours. Soft drinks of all kinds also a fall line of Tobaccos Candies Cigars. Yours for prompt service.
Passaic reports rough roads and hopeful talk of plowing as April nears. Local items include visits by the Murrill and Wilcox families, Easter sermons by Vivian of Husler, and Allen Zwahlen mourning a loss. Lon Lockart advances work, John Etchler suffers a painful hand injury, and Sunday School attendance rises. The Ladies Aid sews bonnets, the school year ends with praise for Miss Lora Fisher, and Rev Clendening departs to Adrian for an Altona appointment.
A concise property description mentions land four miles east of Butler with good soil and hog tight fencing, bearing the bidder or seller label 174 Biackert & Kier of Kansas City Missouri.
Rumors sweep Butler that a new bank is planned with Wesley Denton as cashier and Denton handling the resignation as cashier of the state bank. A deed to the Bank of Bates National Bank building was filed, transferring title to Judge C. A. Denton. Interest from local capitalists and out-of-county financiers is noted, with remodeling plans for a modern front and lowered floor.
Duncan kept his regular appointment. Johnnie Ferrell and Zila Ferrell with Claude and Earnest Baker dined at George Thomas home. S E Smith finished school. neighbors surprised him. Rev Sulter to speak next Sunday. Pleasant Valley teachers’ last day dinner. Migs Low Ballfinch praised. Children’s Day May 41 at 10 am. Archie Thomas and Ross Williams bailed hay for Willison. Liddil offers $10000 of large pictures free.
Amoret and nearby residents report Oliver Witherow is able to be about and Orl Hamilton improves. Willie Whinery returns to Kansas City after visiting home. Mrs Jno Lyle is able to be out, while Mrs Nelson Cole and Charley Rogers remain ill. Mrs Lou Dudley of Hume visits her parents. The new school board elected Frank Oline president and calls a special election on ten year bonds totaling 4400 to build a new school house and levy 100 cents on each $100 valuation for eight months, 70 percent to teachers fund and 30 percent for incidentals.
Southwest Summit reports the Easter exercises as very pleasing and appropriate. Farmers plan corn planting this week with less urgency than last year. Ike Beeman captured young wolves near Devil's Hollow last week. Upcoming excursions gain popularity. Notables include F. E Welch and family, Paul Walton and family, Ed Steffen expected to return soon. A cold, stormy evening sparked frost concerns. Nellie Walters visited Edith Palm over the weekend.
V Griffith of Nevada has been at the home of Prof Gragg. D M Finch and wife are visiting relatives at Great Bend Kansas. B Mauma came from Kansas City last week renewing old friendships. C G White and F W Morlan are sabia eife dences. B B Limpus Co is the new firm formed to buy cream.
Ab Loyd returns home from two weeks with his brother Amos in Pittsburg Kansas. Carmichael family home from Sedalia. Mrs Bush Colina visits with her mother Mrs Gill. Mrs Shawley moves from the city to her farm at New Home. Wirt gets a new phone. Billie Mullin buys Mrs Sarah Scott’s southeast residence. Walter Cecil visits with his brother Fred and wife. Robb family moves into Mr Scrivenor’s residence on Sth street. Hobart Okla resident Al Shelton visits Mort Campbell and old friends in Bates. Odd Fellows attend Hume meeting for lodge benefit. Uncle Henderson Miller improving after a long siege. Frank Goodenough of Butler visits homefolks. Cemetery association dues 1.00 per member due soon for improvements. Digging precautions urged and dues payable to Mrs Judge Sollens or Mrs Salia Arbogast. Prompt attention requested. Topsy.
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