Bates County Dispatch items including flax yield and Sunday school convention
Local notices report Gwinn harvesting 900 bushels of flax seed from 0 acres at 114 bushels per acre selling at 1.47 per bushel. profits cited and land praised as suitable for wheat or grass. Other items: Derr changes papers to Rich Hill, a Statical Electric and-Ray machine bought for nerve and rheumatic diseases, and details from a large Sunday school convention in Bates County with numerous speakers, decorations, and elections for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
K. H
Boulware
Call for Old Settlers Association meeting in Butler Missouri
By order of John B. Newberry president the Old Settlers Association of Bates County calls officers and members to a meeting in the court room of the opera house Butler on August 4 1900 at 10 in the morning to decide date and method for the fifth annual meeting all members urged present Calvin F Boxley secretary July 28 1900 The Rich Hill Fair August 14 to 17 1900
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Newberry
Old Settlers’ Association
Bates County
Court Room
Opera Building
Butler
Calvin F. Boxley
Dr King s New Discovery praised for cures in Ohio paper
Mrs. Ferre Long of New Straiteville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and saving two lives in her family. The ad notes price fifty cents to one dollar and offers free trial bottles at H L Tucker druggist. The missouri Free Press reports a $250 prize for beef cattle at Rich Hill Fair and editor W C Atkeson is nominated for congress on the populist ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Atkeson
Missouri Free Press
Butler
Atkeson
Republican Party
ElDorado Sun
Osborne Drowns Crossing Gallinipper Creek in Missouri
Osceola Missouri July 24 Charles Osborne of Lowry City attended the Republican county convention yesterday. Heavy rain swelled Gallinipper Creek, a buggy with a Miller companion was swept away while fording. Miller swam to shore. Osborne drowned. One horse died. Osborne's body was found Tuesday morning against the Frisco bridge. an inquest was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Chas. Osborne
Lowry City
Gallinipper Creek
Osborne
Miller
Local notes on farming and community affairs in Urich area
Farm renter changes as F C Hendrickson plans southward move with family. Local trades include buggy purchase by M L Price, calf sale by L S Keirsey, and merchandise transport by Geo Gartin. Meetings at Bethel and Walnut draw youth attendance. many neighbors visit relatives, threshing and sales ongoing. several residents plan trips north to visit kin.
Senator Hill to stump New York for Democratic ticket
Senator Hill will campaign in New York for the Democratic ticket and then proceed westward to rally support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hill
Wil Stump
New York
J T Whinnery and town notes in Arkansas Territory visit
J T Whinnery visits relatives for two weeks in the Territory while town gossip records post office pension papers and local church services. Nearby travelers like Jack Berry John Ross and families visit. fair managers consider canceling the crop display. sermons at the M E church are noted. many names of residents and visitors appear across Butler Independence and nearby communities with social calls, travel to Kansas City, and local gatherings.
Slave’s Struggle and Farm Show Draw Bates County Attention
Story frames slavery as disease bondage and promotes Electric Bitters by Manchester resident George S. Williams. It extols cures for female ailments, nervousness, sleep problems, and headaches, then advertises Williams Bros demonstrations of the Kingman Commodore sulky plow on Aug 2–4 near Butler with farmer invites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Williams
Manchester
Mich
H. L. Tucker
Williams Bro’s
Butler
Butler and
Virginia
Mat Rosier
Bates County
Local notices and social items from a small town
Residents share updates on injuries travel and gatherings. Nickell suffers a bad cut. Wm Hall and Chas Rector plan to move to Oklahoma. Dyer and wife attend a two day picnic in Soo,ab. An ice cream supper at Dad Mites drew a large crowd. new plans to thresh neighbors this week.
Past Week Social Ties and Local Happenings Near White Oak
Miss Nellie Allison spent a few days with her uncle nearby while D Ho J B Kash and families plan a Clinton trip to enjoy the gullies. Jobstown merchants report busy Saturday. Jim Mosier Hart of Ballard visited W H Shelton. Fate Coleman hosted Guy Freeman and wife. John Rains departs soon for Rich Hill. Miss Caddie White visits Rockville friends. Mrs Lizzie Morehead hears from son Joe McComick in Granite Ore. Local folks write of wages and better country. Fate Coleman and family return from Schell City then visit relatives in El Dorado Springs. Arthur Chambers and wife return from El Dorado Springs celebration. Everyone ready for the Butler street fair. two social hops in German settlement. Willie Shelton improving slowly. Judge Coleman listed sick. Young people discuss Monegaw Springs. W H Shelton trips to Appleton City. Kirt Green and wife visit. Robert Sutherland family at Geo Allison’s. Farmers baling hay. a good threshing machine would help. Miss Lutie Wooderson under eye treatment improving. Rev G M Blain to preach at Methodist church next Sunday Aug 5. Bert Gilliland and wife at the estate. Hugh Gilliland and wife attended last Sunday. Guy Freeman bought a new buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Hendrickson
Andy Workman
M.L. Price
Dr. Wolfe
Child
A. H. Bell
Urich
Ss. P. Ray
John Deerwester
Geo. Gartin
Price
L. S. Keirsey
P. K. Wilson
Ewing
John B. Hays
M. B. Price
Spruce
Stout
Johnstown
Henry County
Milt
M.W. Anderson
T. N. Hendrix
W. T. Hendrickson
Jess Speerman
Bethel
Bryant
Patrick
Clinton
Burg Price
Mr. Price
W. B. Morlan
Bob Davis
George Price
Jno. Richardson and Sons
Jno. Koontz
Koontz
W. C
W.W. Hill
T. N. Board
John Koontz
Oklahoma
Mr. Teeter
Jas
West
Marion Price
Jas. Chittey
Murray
Hodgen Medical Society
Arbuckle
Walnut
Richard Andrews, Jr
Homer Davis
Clarence Sackett
Thos
Moody
White Oak
Isa Fowler
J.T. Whinnery
Lewis Dudley
Ameret
M. E
Jack Berry
Territory
John Ross
Near Lacyene
Kan
Peter Denning
WT. Pyles
Ed Kipp
Sam Canterbury
Ben Kiser
Amsterdam
Virginia
Ida Cowan
ElDorado
Walker
Mr. Dawson
Mapleton
Kay
Gus Rapes
Art Rapes
May Hughes
Independence
Emma Cassity
Butler
Capt. Nickell
Steve Cook
Paola
Our City
M. F. Kennedy
Kansas City
Fred He Xndon
Walstreet
Kuon- Sas
Grandtiuct Coypur
Wallstreet
Ives
Frank Erwin
Oise
Ho Cope
George
New Hate
Peter Crooks
Wolfe
James Walker
Pork Broaddus
Nellie Cobb
Edith Everingham
Lou Silvers
Germaine Dooley
Daisy Webb
Emma Walton
Mary Hughes
Sam Pollock
Jesse Smith
Joe Reeder
Walton Steele
Art Morris
Lloyd McKibben
Eick
Nellie Allison
D. Ho
J.B. Kash
Jobstown
Jim Mosier
Hart
Ballard
W. H. Shelton
Guy Freeman
Fate Coleman
John Rains
Rich Hill
Caddie White
Rockville
Lizzie Morehead
Joe McComick
Granite, Ore
J. E. Coleman
Alfonso Kash
Bowden
ElDorado Springs
Schell City
Schell City, There Mrs
Arthur Chambers
Butler Street
Willie Shelton
Judge Coleman
Monegaw Springs
Henry Oliver
Appleton City
Kirt Green
Robert Sutherland
Sam
Geo. Allison
Lutie Wooderson
Jobn Crabtree
G. M. Blain
Methodist Chi
Bert Gilliland
Hugh Gilliland
Bucklen's Salve Praised by Soldiers for Wounds
Twenty nine officers and men wrote from the front lines praising Bucklen's Salve for scratches bruises cuts and wounds and for burns and skin eruptions. The salve sold for 25 cents a box and is available at H L Tucker, druggist.
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H. L. Tucker
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Reston
A. H- Culver
MO. Hutchison
Emtealmer
Department Store
Ash OK
Nevada Business College
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Bryan Club
Homer Township
Amoret
Braney
Adam Derr
E. M. Walker
Peru
Mr. Walker
Saline County
Bates
Lone Oak
J. M. Christy
Miss Stella
Christy
C.C. White
Grand River
J. T. Hull
Adrian
Brundige
Clark
Mudd
Bates County Sunday School Association
Bunyard
Edward A. Marshall
Moody's Bible Institute
Chicago
BR. M. Inlow
Harrisonville
J. E. Alexander
W. B. Chancellor
Thos. Reynolds
Adrain
E. E. Morris
Marshall
Nellie Coply
Baptist Church
T. W. Lege
Mr. Marshall
Rev. Jones
A. ©. Gwinn
J.C. Lane
Inc. Speer
Jessie Ray
A. Heinlein
T. J. McWirt
West Boone
C. M. Leedy
Osage
L. R. Porkey
Deer Creek
Aaron Thomas
T. W. Legg
E. C. Vandervoort
A.C. Gwinn
Rich
Oak
John Speers
Mabel Bailey
Foster
Mr. Morris
Coply
Hood
Ballard Breezes
Keirsey
Urich Miller
Wm. Knorp
Brice Ray
Sam Griffith
Pat
Scott
John Wigner
Nickell
Gibbs
S.C Ewin Sod
D. VanHoy
Jake Frey
Dakota
Dad Mitelet
Hall
Chas
Rector
Alliizer
Israel Beard
Stringtown
A. G. Williams
Frowtz
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