Village News Roundup from Virginia Oddities and Fires
James Crook and daughter return from California as Mrs Crook recovers from illness. A boy named Rachel injures fingers in a windmill. Dr Smith treats the damage. Christmas at the Christian Church features Whistler and wife with violin and organ music by Miss Hensley. Rumors of a large barn construction by W W Park. A missing jug leads to a search warrant and a recovered bottle. Wolfe’s house burns from a stove, with a resident alert to the blaze. Fire alarm calls reported by Thomas Pepper. Virginia schoolhouse doors note on Saturday. Peter Junda and Bailey Becket plan a new barn this winter. The weather prophet foresees heavy snow and high winds Sunday. A ditch bond plate may bear R F Harper’s name as presiding judge, sparking talk about legacy and licensure. The Christmas free entertainment at the M E Church is set for Monday night December 24.
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James Crook
Califorhere
Folke
Virginia
Peter Junda
Bailey Becket
R. F. Harper
Bates County
Aaron
M.E
Farm For Rent A 240 acre stock and grain farm for lease
A 240 acre stock and grain farm is offered for lease for a term of years. For terms address contact A N Morrell Merwin Missouri.
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A. N. Morrell
Merwin, Mo
Third Robbery at Wright & Son Grocery in Four Months
Rich Hill reports a third burglary at Judge Wright & Son's grocery and feed store in four months. A back door break-in allowed the thief to steal eight to ten pounds of chewing tobacco, about $1.50 from the cash drawer, canned goods, and other items. Police found the door broken at four in the morning. no clues yet.
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Judge Wright & Son’s
Mead
Mr. Wright
Great bargain in Choice Texas Ranch land
A vivid ad describes a rich black sandy loam ranch 10 miles from town near Nueces River. It highlights 90 percent tillable land, rolling parklike timber, minimal underbrush, and provisions for cultivation, barns, and cattle facilities.
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Texas Ranch
Nueces
Agricus
Special convocation of Miami R A Chapter No 76
A notice invites all Royal Arch Masons to a Friday evening convocation at Masonic Hall on December 21 1906 at 6 30 for work on the M E M and A degrees. Attendance requested by order of the E H P. A local note mentions T A Murphy and family, with brief community details and a separate classified style ad offers mercantile travel work with $1000 yearly salary.
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Miami R. A
Masonic Hall
Royal Arch
Local Packing House Planned by Carpenter-Shafer Co
The Carpenter-Shafer Manufactur ing Company bought forty acres of N B Mc Farland land on Mound branch east of Butler to house a packing plant. The stock is said to be taken and the plant will be built and running within the year. It aims to be up to date and sizeable, though not a heavy Swift or Armour rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter-Shafer Manufacturing Company
N. B. McFarland
Mound Branch
Butler
Swift
Armours
Fire at Calaboose Leaves Prisoner in Danger
A prisoner sleeping off a plain drunk in the calaboose Sunday afternoon nearly suffocated as bedding caught fire. Passersby heard him cry for help as smoke filled the cell. The Marshal freed him. the prisoner claimed ignorance of how the fire started and denied matches. The incident, in an out of the way place, was deemed a close call and not a pure accident.
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Calaboose
Smpire
Bates County Fair Directors Form at Butler Meeting
Stockholders of the Bates County Fair Association met at the court house in Butler Saturday afternoon. Premiums from the last fair had not yet been paid and a financial statement was not ready. Directors elected include T. K. Lisle J. R. Douglass J. B. Armstrong W. F. Duvall N. B. McFarland J. C. Clark G. P. Wyatt T. J. Day Sam Walls Adrian John Harper Geo. Rubel J. J. McKee Henry Donovan Mr. Pleasant. Officers to be elected later.
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Bates County Fair Association
Court House
Butler
T. K. Lisle
J. R. Douglass
J. B. Armstrong
W. F. Duvall
N. B. McFarland
J. C. Clark
G. P. Wyatt
T. J. Day
Sam Walls
Adrian
John Harper
Geo. Rubel
Virginia
J. J. McKee
Lone Oak
Henry Donovan
Mr. Pleasant
Whopper Pumpkin, Land Deals, and Honors In Missouri News
Mrs Anna Wilson grew a pumpkin 57 inches long and 56 inches wide and shared it with the editor noting its size and taste. Edward Hancock of Smithfield Illinois bought 160 acres near town at $50 an acre after researching soil and crops. Hume scores again as Dr W A Williams is named Grand Medical Examiner of the Degree of Honor for Missouri, with the office poised for higher pay amid a towel boom.
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Anna Wilson
Edward Hancock
Smithfield
Illinois
W. H. Coder
Hume
W. A. Williams
Missouri
Union Pacific line near Drexel noted in local news
The report mentions a surveyor group near Crawford, a half mile west of Drexel, as part of a planned Union Pacific route from Kaenana City to the Galt, running with the Drexel Star. It also notes Amarillo’s growing prosperity and population, plus a local marriage and a gasoline lighting improvement at Walker-McKibben Mercantile.
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Crawford
Drexel
Union Pacific
Kaenana City
Galt
Drexel Star
Butler rail transport ads end on exchange basis
Butler publishers learned from the General Passenger Agent via the local agent that their railroad transportation, expiring December 31, 1906, will not be renewed on the advertising exchange basis. The piece suggests railroads should place a ten inch wide board in track centers for pedestrians and mocks Congress members guarding newspaper trade.
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Butler
Congress
Bones For the Governor in Missouri Mail
A mailed package to the Missouri governor’s executive office contained a box and a set of bones with no mates and heavy wear. The box, sent from St Louis, carried no signature and likely came from someone opposed to a recent order issued by the sabbath commissioner.
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Post Office Department
Washington
St. Louis Republic
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Cise
Vibil
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Poffenbarger
Virginia Notes
W. W. Park
Wolfe
Thomas Pe
John
Rich Hill Review
T. A Murphy
Grand River Township
M. E. Murphy
Our County
Waxton
Jon
A. Alexander
Alt
Fair Directors
John McElroy
Daily Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas
McElroy
Walker-McKibben Mercantile Company
John Stephenson
Milas Sophie Kemper
Prarie City
Mra. Kemper
J. M. Stephenson
Vernon County
Judge Kemper
Colorado
Rich Hill Tribune
Bro
Funk
Bro. Funk
Arnold
Natraalas
Ake
Alzes
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