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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
2
A Bates County Record Hudson correspondent argues W O Atkeson should try again for Congress. Kansas City reports Attorney General Herbert Hadley may join a New York law firm for twenty thousand dollars yearly, risking Republican hopes in Missouri. Dems likely to win as Democrats unite.
Mrs. Robert W. Hardin died at her mother Mrs. Preston Argenbright’s home at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning. Her newborn daughter died shortly after birth from complications. Funeral services were at the M E Church South and Oak Hill cemetery. Argenbright was born near Altona April 11, 1881, married Robt. W. Hardin in 1906, lived in Vicksburg, Mississippi, before returning to Butler in June.
Notice to teachers. Regular examinations for teacher certificates will be held at the west school building in Butler, on Friday and Saturday, in August. Subjects include Reading, Civil Government, United States History, and Science. A. L. Ive.
Isaac Concklin 68 of Colmar died after a horse dragged him about half a mile to a gate when his foot caught in the buggy. Walter Concklin and Dr. Hopkins aided him, but he died about five hours later. Funeral held at Methodist church Springer with burial in Springer cemetery. Survived by son Walter and daughter Mrs Harries Cook, plus siblings in Ohio and Missouri.
A local committee visited Louis and presented Butler’s depot request to Vice President Clark Butler. He promised action within the fiscal year starting July 30, 1907, contingent on funds, aiming to build a depot that would honor Butler citizens and reflect well on the company.
The body of Uncle Fred Sorders, longtime resident near Altona, was found Tuesday in Geo. Brand age's cornfield near Adrian in a badly decomposed state. Coroner said death by own action due to a cut throat, with a posse led by Constable Aall locating the body. The funeral was held at Altona Cemetery beside his relatives. Ernest White, son of Jerico residents, was murdered in Parsons Kansas after riding a freight car from Vinita Oklahoma Territory. a 14 year old witnessed a dispute over shoveling coal with a brakeman who then vanished.
J T Ackerman of near Hume travels to Butler on business and plans a North Carolina visit with one of his sons. He farms 800 acres in the county and rents 400 more, starting as a poor boy from North Carolina. Gov Folk commutes Lord Barrington's murder sentence, citing lack of corpus delicti, while judges Graves and Walhant dissent.
Hiileboro Illinois August 12. Tensions since last Friday when John T Maddox an elderly white man was attacked by a Black man escalated into a race riot. Negroes and white citizens clashed in the public street for several hours before most Black residents fled the town and order was restored.
A Chicago Daily News quip features an agent offering a book titled How to Be Your Own Lawyer to a wary old farmer on a farm porch. The farmer rebuffs, fearing it teaches him how to rob himself by grace, underscoring skepticism toward self help legal guides.
Walker McE Kibben are making extensive improvements in their big store room. The office has been moved to the northeast corner and shelving and counters rearranged to better advantage and give more room. The interior is being repainted.
Of the successful Butler graduates to face the world none has exceeded Chas W Ross. He married Miss Ann Hannah and moved to Auburn New York to become a traveling salesman for Dunn McCarthy Shoes. He invested savings in stock and now earns over ten thousand dollars yearly through rapid growth of the firm.
Five miles north of Eleberry Missouri Miss Sarah Shock daughter of Cornelius Shock of Cameron was killed while attempting to load a car at a track when struck by a freight train. The incident occurred on August 19 and is reported as a fatal railway accident with the victim identified by name and lineage.
On Dr Melick's farm near says the Mets Times a tin box hidden by robbers from the Necado bank looting nine months ago was recovered A pocket book containing a number of bile was also found though the money had not remained with it
Miss Rosser won the $1,000 Angell prize for best dramatization of Black Beauty. Angell reports the play's literary charm and refined comedy, praising character drawing and natural dramatic situations. Rosser received $1,000 June 25 and sold the rights to Atkison and Thatcher of Boston for $1,200 for immediate production.
Rumor among society circles that Carroll Day and Helen Armstrong wed in Olathe Kansas on April 6 is confirmed. The couple lived apart after their marriage and Day traveled to New York Washington and the Jamestown Exposition before settling in Shreveport Louisiana where he is now employed.
Two prominent individuals unite in marriage as relatives and friends celebrate a long and happy life ahead. The article notes both families are well known and have many supporters in the community.
Frederick B. Richey was refused U S entry by recruiters in Joplin Missouri due to a tattoo of Eve on his arm. He then devised a plan to join the army by visiting a shop and having a gown tattooed over the image, after which he was admitted to service.
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