American Gunners Sink U-Boat in Arctic Ocean
An American merchant ship newly under Emergency Fleet Corporation control reports engaging a German submarine off Archangel three days after the clash. Gun crews fired from the stern, hit the conning tower, and the U-boat submerged and vanished. Coordinates cited 73 10 N, 46 E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Dee
Archanes
Russia
Archangel
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Penitentiary Shuts Down for Lack of Coal
Missouri penitentiary shops closed for two days this week due to coal shortages. Officers eventually managed to borrow enough coal to reopen Tuesday morning. Between 1200 and 1500 convicts were idle while shops could not operate.
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Missouri Penitentiary
Country Happenings Near Ohio Post Office
A brief local roundup notes visits and gatherings. A. T. Keen and wife spent a day at the Mabry home near the Ohio post office. Jace and Johnnie Quick spent time with their grandmother Mrs. Randall. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sargent and Mrs. J. F. Harvey called at Ber Nice Dickison's home Friday afternoon. Coleman Snodgrass and wife helped Kid Raybourne with butchering last week. Claud Quick and wife visited Jim Frost's home Tuesday night. Rev Rhiney, Mr Catron and the Merl Sargent couple were entertained at Geo. Sargent's home Thursday. John Watson and his wife welcomed a baby boy. Mrs Clara Batchelor and daughter Nena spent Thursday with her parents, W. G. Compton. Whelma Sargent spent Thursday night with Merl Sargent 2nd wife.
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A. T. Keen
Mabry
Ohio Post Office
Jace
Johnnie Quick
Randall
M. H. Sargent
J. F. Harvey
Bernice Dickison
Dee Vanhoyan
Coleman Snodgrass
Kid Raybourne
Claud Quick
Cal
Jim Frost
Rhiney
Mr. Catron
Merl Sargent
Geo. Sargent
John Watson
Clara Batchelor
Nena
W. G. Compton
Whelma Sargent
Red Cross Ladies Will Work Daily at Courthouse
Red Cross ladies of Butler extend dressings and bandages work to daily hours at the courthouse, seven days a week except Sundays, to speed up supplies for the service members overseas. They report a large influx of material received last week and plan full time labor by volunteers.
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Butler Red Cross
Court House
Sunbeams letter a breezy wartime column of humor and faith
A rambling Sunbeams column laments the pest of nerves, urges cheer and faith, and pokes fun at Hoover era shortages and bashfulness. The writer reflects on prayer, self-improvement, and memories, interlacing light satire with wartime references and holiday wishes.
Far Away Longings Christmas Plea Aimed at Hearts
Poetic plea asks distant souls to share Christmas prayers and bring joy to hearts on the holiday. The verse invites readers to answer with kindness and bless others, promising mutual gladness.
Mrs J M Patty Dies After Long Illness In Butler Area
Mrs Catherine Patty widow of J M Patty died at her home east of the city on Sunday evening December 9 after a long nephritis illness. Born Catherine Campbell in Tennessee on November 23 1825 she married J M Patty September 27 1851. They moved to Missouri near Butler in 1866. Survived by daughters Mrs Mary F Atherton and Mrs Jennie Fulkerson and son William M Patty Funeral at home conducted by Rev George Scroggs Presbyterian Church. Interment Oak Hill cemetery.
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Catherine Patty
J. M. Patty
Catherine Campbell
Tennessee
Missouri
Butler
Patty
Roth
Mary F. Atherton
Jennie Fulkerson
Kansas City
William M. Patty
Little Rock
Arkansas
George Scroggs
The
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Carrie Nation's Brother Confined for Unsound Mind
Campbell If Moore brother of Carrie Nation, famed for hatchet actions, was judged insane by the county court and committed to the State Hospital. He has shown peculiar behavior, claimed divine commands, and pranks at a Nevada road, troubling neighbors and newspapers with visions and self publicity.
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Campbell If. Moore
Carrie Nation
Hatchet
State Hospital
Nevada
Baker
Moore
Missouri Pacific
W L Fuller Killed in Spokane Railroad Accident
I A Fuller received a telegram Friday announcing his son W L Fuller was killed in a railroad accident near Spokane Washington. He fell from the top of a moving train and died at a hospital after severed limbs and loss of consciousness. Funeral services were held in Spokane. He leaves a wife Miss Jessie Waste and five children. He is brother to Mrs C C Catterlin and Mrs Hayden Ray of this city and Mrs Nat Whipple of Parsons Kansas.
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I. A. Fuller
W. L. Fuller
Spokane
Washington
Jessie Waste
C. C. Catterlin
Hayden Ray
City
Nat Whipple
Parsons
Kansas
Red Cross Calls Women to Produce 607000 Pads
The Bates County Chapter has received the Red Cross call for 607,000 surgical pads to be completed by Christmas. Women are urged to work daily in the work-room to meet the goal. The Butler branch should make at least 1,000 pads before Christmas, with all women encouraged to contribute more if already involved. This effort is framed as vital for the service "over there."
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Sunny Jim
Pearly Gates
Red Cross
Bates County
Butler
The
Farm Loans Plan Offers Freedom From Debts
A sales pitch promises a plan to reduce debt burden for farmers with low edit and liberal repayment terms. No renewals or ongoing costs are described, suggesting a straightforward investment option. The text hints at easy investment and appeals to writers named Ruster.
Farmers Club Meeting in Mt Pleasant Township
Farmers invited to gather in the jury room at the Bates County courthouse on Saturday December 15 at 2 30 for organizing a Farmers Club and Dairyman's Association. By order Bates County Farmers Club.
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Mt. Pleasant Township
Court House
Farmers’ Club
Dairyman’s Association
Bates County Farmers Club
Spelling Match and Pie Supper Postponed at Tygard School
The spelling match and pie supper at Tygard school house two miles west of Bri ler, planned for last Friday, were postponed due to the storm to Friday night December 14. Everyone is invited.
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Tygard
Briler
Preacher Calls for Gratitude as War Ongoing at Thanksgiving
Rev. T. C. Puckett preached at the union Thanksgiving service in the Baptist church praising America’s war as a righteous cause aiding world freedom. He lauded the sturdy manhood responding to arm the world for democracy and noted his former pastorate at the M. E. Church, South in the city.
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T. C. Puckett
Union
Baptist Church
America
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Harness and Hardware Store
South Side Square
Arctic Ocean
Camp Fire Girls
Billy Whiskers
Peter Rabbit
North Side Variety Store
Sunbeams
This County
Brunswick
Rhodes’ Pharmacy
North Side Square
Peoples Bank
Farmers’ Club Meeting
Preacher
Rev. Puckett
M. E. Church
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