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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
4
Supreme Court justices and legal counselors pushed clemency for Patrick Brady, convicted of murdering his wife in a Nevada streethouse in 1900. Brady had faced a 22 year sentence. later mental state was debated, with a commission suggesting unsound mind at the time of the crime.
A woman named Mrs. Thos S Anetin of Leavenworth Indiana faced severe female troubles and stomach bowels catarrh. Her doctor urged operation but she avoided it after using Electric Bitters, which she credited with a complete cure. The advert claims guaranteed relief for torpid liver kidney disease biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning at 50 cents a bottle from Clay's drug store.
Bates Aerie No. 553 Fraternal Order of Eagles met on December 5 1906 and elected Worthy President Leslie Brown Worthy Vice President John M Moore Worthy Secretary W I Rice Worthy Treasurer A A Basse Worthy Chaplain Wm Kious Inner Guard W K Hester Outer Guard Y C Combe Worthy Trustees B F Jeter W W Cannon Frank Mabbott Physician J M Christy.
In Neponset Illinois during revival meetings 100 farmers are nightly reached by telephones. Evangelist Hicks preaches into a megaphone at the church, linked via the Farmers' Mutual Company wires to the surrounding county. During the hour of the evening service messages are transmitted to attendees through the system.
A Watertown resident claims his daughter, afflicted with epilepsy for years, was cured by Dr King’s New Life Pills and has not suffered a seizure in over two years. The message emphasizes the product’s effectiveness and urges trial.
Partition suit filed in Bates County Missouri seeks court judgment partitioning real estate in Walnut town, Hates County. It names Sarah M Lowery, George D Lowery, Robert W Lowery and others as plaintiffs. Susan Froen and Carl Clemmene named as defendants. Publication ordered in the Bates County Banner weekly for four weeks. Circuit Clerk C M Barkley attests true copy.
In Bates County Missouri the Circuit Court October term 1906 in vacation November 6 1900 orders publication. Plaintiff says defendant Henry Roberts non resident of Missouri and must answer suit by next term. Publication to be in the Barry Times with a deadline set by law for appearance and service.
Order of Publication in Missouri Bates County court to notify non resident defendants Mary Wenger Anna Stoner Adda Wenger J Lincoln Wenger Albertus Wenger and others that a petition to obtain a decree construing Maria Fry will and distributing trust assets has been filed The notice lists appointed trustees and directs appearance at the February term of court to plead or answer The notice is published in Westy Times for four weeks.
In Bates County Missouri a circuit court case from October 1906 moves to publish notice to defendants Mary A. Claymer Fannie Licksider and others. The action seeks a decree concerning real estate described as lot as well as adjacent parcels in a city lot system. Defendants are required to appear at the next term in February to answer.
A 19-year-old orphan Berthe Gallard cared for three children in Geneva. When a blaze trapped them, she saved two by wrapping them in sheets, then leaped from a window with the third child. She died burned but whispered to fetch the children. The Chicago Journal lauds this act as ultimate courage born from human love.
The National Audubon Society guards 17 breeding islands in the Gulf of Mexico to safeguard bird colonies. Two wardens deter threats, enabling the hatching of about 40,000 white birds including common terns and skimmers, underscoring birds as essential to nature and beauty.
A motor car on a highway out of Walla Walla Washington was destroyed after heavy straw laid on the road to curb dust became entangled in the rear axle. The car lifted its rear wheels off the ground and could not be moved. The straw, packed between the car floor and ground, ignited from the hot muffler as the vehicle had run long distances without a stop.
A future canal could connect Lake Windoes to Lake Huron by water with a surveyed route. The owner of an extensive road system predicts the canal will be dug soon. A motor boat trip from inland to the Gulf of St Lawrence and transporting Canadian wheat are imagined.
A Texas tale recounts a northbound steamers crew narrowly spared from disaster by persistent mosquitos. The writer dismisses mild mosquito yarns as irrelevant to this encounter, noting that any claim of invasion could have backfired on the storytellers.
A Maryland minister mobilizes his neighbor hood chickens as lay members of his church. All eggs produced on Sundays are to be sold for the church’s cause, illustrating a novel fundraising effort by a local religious leader.
In Bates County Missouri Circuit Court under Fernary term a land and partition suit is pursued by Archibald Wart and others against Percival Hart and Jere Hart. The petition seeks a partition decree and proper division of proceeds from property described by metes and bounds in sections and townships within county lines, with non residents Percival and Hart required to answer on February first, 1907. Publication of this notice is ordered in Tre Borien Wark Lyrics for four consecutive weeks.
The document describes a divorce petition in a circuit court in vacation. Plaintiff Matte Calhoun alleges issues with the defendant Robert Calhoun and seeks legal recourse through attorney representation. The case references residence on Pater Street and aims to obtain a court order or publication related relief.
The Bates County Circuit Court in vacation hears a petition by George A. Purdy against Janea Metleary and multiple defendants claiming unknown heirs, widows, and devisees of several deceased parties may have interests in land. The petition explains defendants are nonresidents of Missouri and that unknown heirs or heirs at law cannot be specified due to the complexity of shares and inheritance links. An order is issued.
A damaged notice fragment from Pi County shows an upcoming sheriff's sale action with unclear dates and parties. Readable entities include local officials and property action but specifics are obscured.
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