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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
8
Numerous local notices greet Butler readers with names, visits, and renewals. Notables include M A Estes sending in from Gndthe to Eldorado, J C Denton and J S Vance renewing allegiance, and Hon E M Bruster in town for congress. Referrals to Judge Sullens Texas impressions, a wedding of Payton and Carlisle, and field reports from county officials anchor a spectrum of community updates.
W H Dunn of Grand River reports encouragement in race for county clerk after visiting Butler. J F Kern and Newton Moore announce a live stock sale on December 20 including 10 head horses and cattle, 17 cows to calve soon, four miles northeast of Rich Hill. A vandal damaged plate glass fronts, with Power Bros. offering a reward. Walter White and Grace Chitty marry in Butler amid license difficulties. Druggist C W Hess injured while fighting the Park Hotel fire. he recovers at home. Judge Harper praises C C Dickinson’s integrity in Missouri legislature and Congress contest commentary. The old Park Hotel near the square burned early Monday, likely beyond repair. insurance values cited and town residents express mixed relief.
A pretty heiress laments misery over lack of money while a penniless maid asks why. The heiress fears no marriage without wealth, and the poor girl mirrors the anxiety about securing a match due to her own lack of funds.
A fragmentary note recalls a past plan to call for Europe yesterday and ends with a casual exchange about a beer can and hoping for a better one in the exchange. The text preserves names and a casual conversational tone within a brief, unclear scene.
Fragmentary OCR text offers limited clarity about any event. The readable parts hint at a possible group action or meeting but lack concrete names, dates, places, or outcomes to form a reliable summary.
S W Sloop transfers N 1 2 lot 3 and all of 4 block 1 Atkison Park add Butler for 1200. CE Potter sells 40 acres in section 22 West Point township to John W Gwin for 2120. CE Potter sells 80 acres in section 15 West Point township to Lucy Gwin for 4240. Mildred Ball sells 85 acres in sections 12 and 13 New Home two to Edwin D Ayer for 1700. Alfred Kuhn sells lot 2 block 37 Rich Hill to George W Blair for 150.
A notice states W J McAninch will open an office in the basement room northeast corner of the courthouse and begin tax collection for Mt Pleasant township on Monday November 1 1909 Also quoted are editorials criticizing the Deeringized press over a Nevada hospital incident and a political appeal urging Democrats to unite for a February 1 1910 special election plus a local skating notice at Butler Lake and a racial slur incident tied to skating segregation
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