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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
4
A fragment notes the Sutter Weekly Times being printed on Thursdays and references a Reverend at a local meeting. The readable text is fragmentary with unclear names and exact locations. The item preserves the basic publication cadence and a stray church reference without full context or dates.
The Kansas City Post reports a proposed Democrat conference in Missouri aims to unite party factions for state gains. It notes strong support for open discussion and a broad, conciliatory approach while recalling a long-running campus leadership dispute at Maryville Normal and reporting on notable Missouri figures and local events of the period.
Readable text notes 42.1 to 42.2 acres of land offered nearby in the Pasasic Bates Sos area. The phrase all in time by any clover suggests agricultural use or timing details tied to clover cultivation. No clear buyer or seller named.
Twenty head of cattle were killed by a single lightning stroke along a fence in Barton county. W W Graves of Butler Mo is in town abstracting St Louis Emporia railroad land titles and optimistic about railroad prospects. A Mingo township wheat yield reached 43 bushels per acre. The Bates County National Bank hires Steve Larkin as deputy postmaster. Jim Wiles builds a story and a half residence near Ballard. A town clock is proposed for the courthouse area. Chas Lebo faces circuit court after a prelim in Clinton for attempting to free his brother. Wm Walton of Lone Oak gifts a large watermelon to The Times crew. Hugo Sigmund of Walla Walla Wash visits Butler. Samuel and Henry Levy shop for goods eastward. Miss Katie Glessner travels to Paola Kan. Rev W C Bewley departs for a two week trip to Monegaw. Miss Fanny Armstrong attends her uncle Mr Woodmaney’s funeral at Pleasant Hill. Sam Lashbrook returns from Colorado. Z A White works on finishing his residence near Altona. Saunders Day and wife and daughter Mollie are mentioned in brief notices.
Sister of Mrs Day travels through Texas while Charlie McFarland writes his brother Nep from Ratoon New Mexico with a discouraging note about his health.
G W Halford, son of a Deer Creek farmer, was adjudged insane in probate court on Tuesday and sent to the Nevada asylum. He requested admission to prevent possible violence, stating fear of harming others. He is about 23, has episodes after heat each summer, rational most of the year, and suffered heat-related pains in the head.
The case is filed in the Circuit Court of Hates County Missouri against defendants C B Click and C J Cilek. The plaintiff seeks to establish a lien of the state for the year 100 and to notify non resident defendant by publication to appear and answer.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Mitchell hosted about forty friends at their countryside home north of Johnstown honoring nieces the Misses Baker of Liberty Missouri Japanese lanterns lit the lawn and a long table under moonlit evening hosted Claud Nelson Ora Keys Leo Spears Wylla Nelson led the serving of watermelon grapes ice cream and cake Old fashioned games followed Guests from Ohio Liberty Missouri St Joseph Muskogee Okla Montrose Missouri in attendance departed praise and delight expressed A Guest.
Squire Hickam of Papinville reports the Rich Hill Papinville road flooded by late overflow. About 200 acres of bottom lands are submerged. the road is knee to waist deep, mud and water reach wagon hubs. Attempts to drain failed. county court asked to provide road relief.
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