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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
Short items from Butler area papers note Norfleet and Ream unloading a war road of Fords here Saturday. Amsterdam Enterprise covers local happenings including marriages, school events, and business changes across Amoret, Adrian, Appleton City, Warrensburg and McPherson area journals from 1916.
The writer lists visits to Uncle Geo Fulkerson and W. F. Stephens, notes on a new concrete cellar, candy pull at Jim Kershner’s, a timely dance in Elkhart, and various Sunday gatherings. It mentions election luck for the Deacon, readers hoping to receive The Butler Times, and plans for pie suppers at Alt Vernon and Pleasant Valley with notable local residents attending.
Attention members and visitors invited as Butler Lodge No 254 A F and A M confers the F C Degree on Saturday December 16 1916 at 730 pm Master A DeArmond and Secretary H Culver announce the event
Royal Neighbors held a meeting electing Ada Holloway Oracle Carrie Maddox vice oracle Lula Leese past oracle Mand Koutsch chancellor Edith Hupp receiver Julia Gaines recorder Flora Wemott pianist Grace Barber May Herrell managers oe Brannock outer sentinel Nettie Fisher outer sentinel and Mrs J C Nafes marshal for the coming year.
Community notes describe social visits and church services. Miss Florence Chaney spent weekend with relatives while Rev. Harold Hilliard preached nightly. Local families hosted dinners, hog deliveries to Butler occurred, rock-hauling crews worked, and gifts were given for Christmas.
Miss Ruby Mullis of Butler spent time with her sister Mrs Larris Wheatley and family. Dr Lusk was called Thursday night to see Ray McCann who was very sick. John Sedwick of Lamar Colorado visited friends here. J W Egeleson of Butler visited his daughter and Mr C G Porter and family. Mrs W E Osborne was on the sick list. A J Porter butchered Friday. Mrs Lee M Hardinger spent a night with her parents in Virginia to care for her brother Joe. Lurris Wheatley and J W Cox delivered hogs in Butler. Monroe Burk butchered his winter pork. Mrs Edgar Barr of Ft Morgan Colorado visited her mother in Butler then stayed with her husband’s parents N A Barr. Mr and Mrs Harry Stephens, visiting N A Barr, left for Topeka Kansas. Rev Geo R Scroggs of Butler will preach at Mt Carmel Sunday at 3 PM. UNCLE HENRY.
Mr Davis of Tarper Kansas brings cattle to winter on his Nyhart farm. Henry Clif Ehart and Milt Reeves butcher hogs last week. Miss Fuhrman and Tingle of Butler visited with Mrs Patterson and Miss Ruby. Lon Smith bought hogs from John Ehart and butchered them Saturday. Mr McCormack bought corn from J F Kern. Reeves sold a work mule to Charles Argenbright. Mrs John Phelps is on sick list. Albia Iowa resident Mrs J W Jones buys Butler Times for year. Albert Linendell visited Henry Ehart Sunday. Willie Simpson and wife visited his parents Matt Simpson. Snow storm Sunday night. Matt Simpson butchered hogs Monday. Extra heavy silk gloves for winter one dollar fifty Walker McKibben.
Saturday night a large barn at the Charles Clouse farm northwest of Foster was totally burned. Cattle, four valuable mules and a horse perished inside. 140 tons hay, 250 bushels of oats, two buggies, harness and farm implements were lost. The cause is unconfirmed but possibly silo spontaneous combustion. Insurance was insufficient to cover losses. Knights of Pythias Elect Officers At Blue Wing Lodge No. 190 elected T S Beach C C and other officers for the coming year.
Milford Tye died in Muskogee Oklahoma Friday of last week. His body was brought to Butler Saturday and interred at Oak Hill cemetery after a short service led by Rev. George Scroggs of the Presbyterian church. He was about 75, long a county resident, who left Butler about 15 years ago for Oklahoma. He is survived by a wife and two children C. J. Tye and Mrs Sallie Grider, both of Muskogee.
Speaker Champ Clark and Mrs Clark hosted a luncheon in the Capitol’s private dining room. Attending were several Missourians including Judge and Mrs Albert Norton former Gov and Mrs Joseph Folk Gov Dockery Sam Fordyce Senator Du Bois and his wife Miss Elizabeth Mr and Mrs Fred Lynch of St Paul and Democratic National Committeeman for Minnesota.
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