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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
8
Local items note promotions, sales, and arrivals at the American Clothing House and Frank Smith & Son. A governor’s era mix of small-town commerce, personal notices, a royal of marriages, a sheriff candidate and a tragic house fire near Rich Hill. The Poultry Show and upcoming Bates county events are advertised as well as smallpox updates.
Governor Stephens grants a stay of execution for McGinnis to December 1, 1900. Sheriff Mudd had prepared for the hanging at the north jail yard. Gen. Clark and Green McGinnis’s father met with Stephens in Jefferson City to discuss the case, as others expect no further intervention. The case concerns a murder noted as one of Bates county’s foulest.
In Butler a new year brings plans for a large ice plant and expanded creamery facilities. Carpenter & Shafer and K A Bennett closed a deal to lease Hurley Lumber across from the poultry house and acquire a 20 to 40 foot wide city-adjoining strip. They propose brick creamery and eight ton daily ice plant capacity, with building plans in progress and anticipated immediate start as weather allows.
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