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Butler Weekly Times

Location

Butler, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1917

Page

5

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Country Happenings Local Family Visits and Trades

Mathew Evans and family spent Sunday at Jim Evans home while Marsh Brown delivered hogs on Monday. Numerous local visits and small social exchanges follow with neighbors including Keen, Sargent, Chitwood, and Randall. Rev. Rhiney conducts revival at Peasant Ponte. Mrs Newberry improves after illness.

Mathew Evans Evans Jim Evans Marsh Brown Cleve Hunter Will Gragg Nerbert Snell J. M. Chitwand Oddie Wivier Ernest Pearl Jones Geo. Keen A. T. Keen Craton Mabry Ohio Post Office C. W. Rector Connie Chitwood Geo. Pharis Len Davis Geo. Sargent Everett Harvey Mr. Wise Bruce Odneal Nina Keen Thelma Sargent Rhiney Peasant Ponte Newberry Ina Kien Merl Sargent Geo, Sargent

Message from Pershing Declares Germany Can Be Beaten

Bishop Luther B. Wilson returned from Europe with General Pershing’s message to Americans. Read today for the first time, it stated there is no ground for the heresy that Germany cannot be beaten. Germany can be beaten, must be beaten, and will be beaten.

New York Luther B. Wilson Europe General Pershing France Germany

Christmas Spirit, Church Talks, and Local Events in Charlotte

Charlotte notes a calm Thanksgiving with community gatherings, a baptism near Virginia, a Pie Supper at Crook’s schoolhouse, and a popular-skinned cake winner. Reports cover farm visits, coal hauling from Henderson bank, church activities at Virginia M E and Mt Carmel, and the League and Epworth Herald events led by Miss Ruth Guinn.

Bro. Prost Virginia Judy P. M. Famuliner Schessler Butler Edna Norma Werner Oklahoma W. W. Park Henderson Greenup Margie Edward Marionville Bro. Jones M. E. Church Witwinia Henderson Coal Bank the Red Cross Charlotte Tunsday League of the M.E. Church Ruth Guinn Epworth Herald Grant Garner White Near Amoret

Offer to fatten 5000 cattle for the United States

Carrollton Missouri December 3 D D Thomas and other Carroll County citizens offer to fatten 5000 cattle and an equal number of hogs for the U S Government The proposal has been sent to the War Department and Herbert Hoover for consideration The U S Department of Agriculture ordered an investigation by Assistant Secretary R A Pearson on November 26 to study the plan

Carrollton D. D. Thomas Carroll County Missouri State Board of Agriculture United States War Department Herbert C. Hoover United States Department of Agriculture R. A. Pearson

Lenine Threatens Debt Repudiation and Armistice Move

Bolsheviki leader Lenine warned that Russia may repudiate debts to other nations unless Bolsheviks accept a general armistice. Washington notes say canceling U S debts would erase about 160 million dollars paid for munitions, with Congress eyeing scrutiny as Bolshevik power grows. Peace prospects hinge on a Bolshevik Germany armistice and shifting domestic tides in Russia.

Petrograd London Nicolai Lenine Leon Trotsky Russia Washington United States Germany Anl Rusoe Sergan Coe

SomoCo Portable Hog House Promises Pig Safety

An ad touts the Lomoco Portable Sunshine Hog House as a cost saver for farmers. It claims the shelter prevents pig losses in winter, preserving every pig born valued at five dollars, and emphasizes its portability, summer service, and ready-to-load setup.

Logan-Moore Iowa Agricultural College Missouri

Tank Assault Fails to Break British Hold at Cambrai

British and German forces clash across Cambrai and surrounding ridges as tanks rejoin action after German offensive. Despite two large German pushes totaling about fifty thousand troops, the British lines hold with Byng’s regiments reforming for counterattacks. Tanks again smash through Gouzeaucourt and other positions, ending the day with continued British resilience. The article also notes Red Cross tuberculosis seal drives raising funds and counts Missouri and national totals.

France Rupprecht Cambrai Tommies Jyng Germany Lateau Wood Lavacquerie Gonnellieu Villers Guislain Gouzeaucourt Byng

Red Cross Seals Sold in Butler and Bates County

In Missouri the tuberculosis fight is led by the Missouri Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis with local efforts in Butler and Bates counties. The message urges open air sunshine and persistent effort to prevent 5000 deaths yearly in peacetime and more during war times.

Red Cross Gorrell Butler Bates County Missouri Missouri Association For the Relief and Control

Acres Open to Entry in Missouri Government Land

Jefferson City December 3 reports 194 acres remain for sale by the Federal Government in Missouri. Counties listed include Barry 78 acres in three tracts Butler 3 acres in two tracts Camden 32 acres in one tract Shannon 8 acres in one tract St Francois 40 acres in one tract Ste Genevieve 18 acres in one tract. Figures cited by Guilford A. Leavitt United States Land Office Clerk at Springfield. Missouri holds millions of acres of land south.

Jefferson City Missouri State Board of Agriculture Barry Butler Camden Shannon St. Francois Ste. Genevieve Guilford A. Leavitt United States Land Office Springfield

Missouri Cheese Factories Limited to Four in State

Report notes only four cheese factories operate in Missouri and claims two are located in Botes. The brief cites industry data and local business records, summarizing regional cheese production and distribution.

Missouri Botes. Com

Firm British stance on freedom of the seas in wartime

London reports the government, via J I MacPherson, rejects any talk of freedom of the seas until German submarines are cleared from the oceans. Speaking at a Criterion restaurant luncheon, he called the stance a firm official reply to Marquis of Lansdowne’s suggestion and urged the seas be purged of the pirate foe.

London Marquis of Lansdowne J. I. MacPherson Criterion Lansdowne MacPherson

Football Fatalities Toll in 1917 Season

Chicago reports twelve football deaths in the 1917 season ending with Thanksgiving games, AP notes. The figure is six fewer than 1916 and four fewer than two years earlier, with fifteen deaths recorded in all for some games.

Chicago Associated Press

Lynching of a Black man in Dyersburg Tennessee

A mob seized Ligon Scott after he was moved from Jackson to Dyersburg. He was taken to a vacant lot near the public square, tied to an iron stake, and burned in a bonfire as thousands gathered. Scott allegedly confessed to attacking a white woman in Dyer county on November 22.

Nashville Tenn Ligon Scott Dyer County Dyersburg Jackson Scott

Mrs Field Granted Army Pay to Marshal Field Heir

Mrs Field receives 25.50 a month as army pay, boosting the income of Marshall Field III. Feild, a son of the late merchant, serves as a sergeant in a field artillery regiment in Texas earning 51 monthly, with no waiver or proof of self support, making Mrs Field eligible for half his pay.

Chicago Marshal Field III Feild Marshall Field Texas

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Pershing Grouch Bros May Charlotte News Lomoco Service Logan-Moore Lumber Co Butler, MO Teutons Tennessee Mrs. Field Wyatt Lumber. Co
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