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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
6
President Wilson triggered the wireless lash to bathe the Statue of Liberty in light as a symbol of American freedom. The ceremony near Bedloe’s Island drew diplomats and officers, highlighting welcome to millions of newcomers and France’s gift to the United States.
The Missouri Agricultural Station on the dais demonstrated self feeding to promote rapid hog growth. A feeding trial used a separate self feeder allowing hogs to eat as much as they wished. The diet comprised corn 20 060 pounds shorts 118 pounds and tankage 1 pound per batch with an average daily feed per dog recorded as 8 180 pounds and a cost of 5 08 per 100 pounds of pork produced, per L A Weaver Missouri College of Agriculture.
Washington December reports that Major General Bell argues attractive blue uniforms inspire soldiers to meet ideals. Marines praised for sharp brass buttons, while field units keep drab khaki. Marine officers note blue uniforms improve efficiency at sea and ashore.
Thanksgiving was a homecoming day for Butler area students attending colleges and universities. Names include Gardner Smith Anna Bell Thompson and James Williams from the University of Missouri Leslie Harper from Westven Dental College Kansas City Frank Tuttle from the Collegiate Institute Ft Scott Kansas Ruby Henderson from Huff's Business College Kansas City Robert Maddox from Business College Kansas City.
Earl Leeper of Pressant Gap visited relatives in the north part of the state and decided to own a Jersey heifer. He had it shipped by express, and it arrived in good shape Saturday. He took it out to his farm.
Wormy hogs are not profitable or healthy. Hogs get worms from eggs in food or water. keep in clean, well drained lots with fresh lean drinking water and no pond or runoff drinking. Apply lime to lots occasionally. treat badly infested hogs with calomel and santonin dosages per 100 pounds. Ensure ample trough space. remove hogs from slop early. use MissonI Avenue Animal Experiment Station remedy with glanders, Foumion, charcoal, sulphur, copper, and sodium bicarbonate.
A banker finds a counterfeit ten dollar note on a curb stone and passes it along through a chain of payments to settle debts until the bill is traced back to him. He discovers the note is fake, bearing loss to the bank and revealing the peril of recirculating bad money through multiple hands.
In St Louis Missouri on November 29 Ora win Roy Lewis were found guilty of first degree murder in the April 7 killing of Motorcvere Policeman John McKenna. The jury returned the verdict at 8 35 p m four hours after deliberations began and the penalty assigned was death.
Berlin reports military experts estimate six million casualties across the Somme Verdun Russia Isonzo Macedonia and Romania since June 1 averaging about one million per month. Allied offensives at Somme cost about 1.5 million casualties while Verdun race has stalled and Romania shows some gains. Russian losses north of Romania outpaced all others. Figures are approximate and based on statisticians in touch with the situation.
James Melton of a Worland farm was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge near a store. The weapon slipped and fired into his left groin, delivering a fatal wound. He died within minutes, aged 43, leaving a wife and ten children. An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
In Glasgow Missouri on November 29 J P Bentley age 90 and wife Susan Fristoe Bentley age 88 mark seventy years of marriage today. They live near Forest Green and Bentley runs a farm while valued between seven and seven hundred thousand dollars. Born on adjoining farms the couple agreed if one felt anger the other would keep temper, a pact they say preserves harmony.
Washington Nov 30 The United States Navy has proclaimed military rule in the Dominican Republic to quell political chaos and pave the way for a protective regime similar to that in Haiti. Eighteen hundred American officers will maintain order through January elections, supervising native officials and handling customs revenues under a nine year treaty arrangement.
A Kansas farmer I F Erdley of Hiawatha sent his son John to the State Agricultural College at Manhattan with a cow. The cow provided milk and room and board worth about 17 dollars per month, and the man running the dormitory says he is 20 dollars ahead after one year. This year Erdley sent three cows with his son, all sisters, and the boy expects to return home a capitalist.
Butler lodge No. 180 elected officers for the coming year at its regular meeting Monday night. Noble Grand John Krvn, Vice Grand Frank Adams, Secretary W. S. Arnold, Treasurer M. E. Fullbright, Trustee H. H. Wells. The lodge reports a flourishing condition with new members joining each meeting and anticipates a prosperous season under the new leadership.
Concrete posts can be produced on the farm during winter with proper materials and care. Use fresh cement, clean sand, well graded gravel, and a rich mix with four reinforcing rods. Forms should be oiled, posts kept moist for a week, and cured for a month before use.
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