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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
5
Local column lists shopping deals at Hill's Cash Store with items like children shoes at 1 25 1 50 and red ticket sale bargains 10c 25c and 5c cloth brushes tennis flannel and silk lace plus notices of calls visitors vacations and a printer's apprentice wanted ages 14 to 15 plus community updates on meetings court days illnesses and travel plans.
The notice advertises a cook position at the jail with good wages and instructs applicants to contact Mrs. Jee T. Smith. The surrounding column localizes to Bates County and mentions many residents renewing subscriptions and attending church events.
The Clinton Democrat urges strict enforcement of the tethering ordinance to stop runaway horses. In Butler, where many ladies drive, several serious runaways have occurred, costing two respected women their lives in the past year. Miss Caroline Freeman dies after ten days illness at the Smith home. she leaves a large cash and bonds estate and is remembered as a devout church worker.
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