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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
7
Orvortestry Life Scholarship info appears along with Nevada Business College in Nevada Missouri. St Mark's Episcopal church will hold Sunday services. Also notes on Hols Sar siparilia tonic for blood impurities and local community updates including fair promotions, political notices, and obituaries.
Ard Sh fh F250 and Modern Woodmen of America sponsor prizes for a parade featuring two seat vehicles with horses and single seat rigs. Prizes range from 2.50 to 15 dollars, plus special awards for log rolling, visiting delegations, camp membership, and best band.
Sedalia hosts a political excursion on Sept 4 with round trip fare of 1.25. Tickets depart Butler at 5 56 am and are valid on all trains returning from Sedalia before noon Sept 5. Eminent speakers include Governor Leslie M Shaw and candidates from Iowa Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. A marching display and fireworks cap the event. Agent E 4 Van der Voort urges advance ticketing.
Elder Jones of Garden City will speak in Virginia on the first Sabbath in September at 11 am and at night. Two loads of Amoret boys, dressed in red, passed through Virginia Sunday bound for Butler to play ball. Miss Meda Cuzick leaves Saturday for Warrensburg to attend the normal this winter. The M FE aid society hosts an ice cream supper Sept 6. Jen Parker and wife moved to Warrensboro to attend school. Chit Jackson criticizes the Republicans as not earning a vote. At Sedalia a big rally was attended by Mat Hinson and W. T. Cowan. John Hedger builds a new barn for his carriage. Aunt Bettie Dudley returned from El Dorado. Joh Porter improves his farm by cutting the ledge along the road. Geo Crooks installed a new wind pump. Dan and Jessie Tickran of Drexel visit relatives. Maggie and Lawrence McCann visit at Drexel. William Bateman visits Coville Ark. Mr Garrison of Butler moved onto Mrs Jessie Pierce’s farm NE of Virginia. The Virginia band will play for a S A picnic at Mt Zion church Linn Co Kan on Thursday. Isaac Lockridge attended Harrisonville fair. Dr Renick of Butler passed through Monday. D N Thompson of Butler was here last week and bought a fine cow from D C Wolfe. If Mark Hanna’s agent here doesn’t open up soon, there will be Prohibition votes here this fall.
Spruce residents keep busy with corn cutting as the camp meeting ends. Murt and Earl Shillinger suffer typhoid fever while most Spruce boys work in broom corn fields. James Harvey returns from Oklahoma trip, and Nellie Harvey plans a Kansas City visit. Compton schoolhouse gets a fresh coat of paint by Dyer, and Ava Beard buys a new buggy. James Harvey also buys the Raines farm, Harley Mitchell hurts a hand, and William Jackson hosts Spruce youths with music. Israel Beard plans a health trip to Montana for recovery.
Suffering readers chase relief with Dr King's New Life Pills promising cure for headaches and nervous distress. They claim to purify blood and boost health, priced at 25 cents with money back if not cured. Sold by H. L. Tucker.
A gusty rainfall last Saturday blessed area farmers and families. Local folks like Renney Maxey welcomed a baby boy, while Neighbors and visitors from Ballard to Golden City shared news of sales, trips, church attendance, and social events. Several attendees traveled to Sedalia for the democratic rally and farm work continues with sowing wheat after the rain. Funeral for Mrs. Duvall noted in Johnstown Cemetery with M. E. church ties.
Announcement states choice seed wheat will be furnished to Bates county farmers at net cost. The notice also mentions 40-31 Power Bras as part of the offering or equipment reference.
Passaic district notes a busy period with land trades, upcoming school openings, and harvest reports. William Walls trades land for a Passaic home, Mr. Hass loses a hay barn to lightning, and corn and oats yields are discussed amid storm damage. Community visits note Prof Crowder and others visiting Eichler.
Elkhart notes Lige tends about 20 hands in broom corn this week with a fine crop. A protracted meeting closed with seven additions. A seven months old boy died and was buried at Vinton cemetery. Mr and Mrs Ralph Scott returned from Harrisonville fair and report a good time. Miss Appie Grider hosted friends from Drexel. David Kendell visited Benton county. Jerry Lane ill this week. Will Haas' barn burned last Saturday with loss of 21,50 and no insurance. Grace Compton returned. A SS picnic will be held in Riley grove next Saturday. Cal Armentront shipped chickens early this week. Gen Chaffee raised the American flag in Beijing. will the administration pull it down.
A woman identified as Wright died yesterday evening from wounds suffered after a mob attacked her at the Private hospital in her home. The incident followed accusations of involvement in a deadly attack on Demis, a Gilman resident. In the ensuing fight two men were wounded and three others were hurt.
Fragments note five Chicago mills dated and discuss sash and door prices as necessary during a supposed rise in prosperity. The report hints at production and trade activity, citing post-dispatch commentary on economic expectations and industrial offerings.
In Rich Hill the Cowles Mine company faces unsettled affairs with Sods stock sold back and Jos M stock moved. notable figures include Jas M McKibben and his family arriving to join leading members. Plans remain unfinalized, no concrete details released yet by Righ teveiw report.
A Review editor's son and a local boy trio read detective tales while in southern Iowa. They help expose a theft at Mr jewelry stone, notifying Ernst and guiding Chief of Police toward the culprit. Dan acted as star witness earning 60 cents for testifying.
Judge Clark of the St Louis Court of Criminal Appeals upholds Missouri provisions banning manufacture or sale of any food additive containing arsenic calomel bismuth or alum. Violators face at least a $100 fine and possible misdemeanor conviction. The ruling asserts legislative authority over food purity and warns retailers and wholesalers to comply or face penalties.
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