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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
6
Local hardware dealer promotes a Christmas sale with a wide range of stoves ovens and heating appliances including Round Oak Range Superior Cook Stove Wil son Heater and Perfection Oil Heater. Also lists carvers Rogers cutlery aluminum nickel plated enameled ware and toys while offering special church and school pricing and inventory reduction before January 1.
A roundup of notices from several periodicals recounts the Amsterdam Enterprise Christmas edition with a colored cover and praise for editors. Items include births in Roelsville, high turkey prices in Hume, valued mule sales in Thomsontown, and residents moving to Sedalia. Other notes cover a Montrose souvenir edition, hunting injuries near Appleton City, a St. Clair County railroad vote rejection, and Cass County Shorthorn sales by George App of Austin township.
John L. Sullivan secretary of state elect appoints Ed Gehrean as assistant corporation attorney at 2500 dollars. L. M. Wilson named chief clerk of supplies in Sullivan’s office at 2200 dollars yearly. H. B. Todd becomes aide on Governor Gardner’s staff and will attend the inauguration January 8. Nevada Post notes duties include liaison with the governor and greeting guests.
Fort Sam Houston Texas December 16 A new transportation unit named Tractor Company No 1 will be activated on arrival from Peoria to move cargo in the Big Bend region with Caterpillar tractors and four trailers. The 75 horsepower tractors haul 100000 pounds, operate with a crew of three, and save manpower versus motor trucks. If successful, 50 more outfits may be ordered for border use and potential Mexico operations.
Twenty coal miners died and ten were injured in a gas and powder explosion at Mayer mine No 9 near Stone City Cherokee county Kansas yesterday afternoon. Most injured expected to recover. The disaster marked the worst in Kansas coal mining history aside from a 1888 Fron tenac blast.
New York December 17 Experiments with an eight hour day in the Cleveland yard of the Nickel Plate railroad raised individual switchmen efficiency by more than 10 percent according to James D Monahan general yardmaster who testified before the arbitration board in the dispute between the switchmen union and thirteen railroads He said the quicker pace was mainly due to workers desire for a permanent eight hour day and doubted they would maintain it if the plan became permanent He noted additional costs would be involved and the hearing will be continued.
In Washburn Connecticut on December 16 Michael Mockus a Lithuanian minister faces blasphemy charges for questioning the apple and whale story in scripture. The 274 year old law bans challenging any portion of the Holy Writ and a prior September jury hung. Theodore Schroeder of New York president of the Free Speech League was to defend him.
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