Butler News From Around Town In Late December
Christmas visits and homecomings color Butler life with notes on relatives traveling between Kansas City Sioux Falls and St Louis. Local officials and merchants greet friends while recalls of court cases, a box supper for the Fair Play School, a strike by telephone workers and a timber of injuries and retirements accompany holiday chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Graves
Henshaw Distilling Company
St. Louis
Kansas City
Butler
Tax Times
Double Branch Cemetery Meeting Called for Improvement
Residents are notified of a meeting at the Double Branch School House on Saturday night January 13 at 7 o'clock to organize an association to improve the cemetery. Rt. St. Eanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Branch
Rt. St. Eanson
Fire at Edwards Home Destroys Suburban Residence
Friday evening a furnace sparked a disastrous fire at J. P. Edwards home in the northwestern town part. Firefighters arrived promptly but faced heavy obstacles as flames spread through walls and roof. The building and contents were heavily damaged with estimated losses of two thousand dollars for the structure and six hundred for furnishings, insured for one thousand and three hundred dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Edwards
Edwarda
Titterington Case Reversed By Nebraska Supreme Court
Judge W W Graves learns the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed the lower court in the State v Del Titterington. Titterington, who was convicted and sentenced for cattle theft, was arrested in Bates County after his marriage near Rockville. Five indictments had been filed. four were defeated, and the conviction reversed after Graves accompanied the prisoner to Nebraska. Also an unrelated ad notes second hand orgone and sewing machines for sale by B F Ricuanos of Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenee Oakes
Urich
Clinton
Denton
Oakes
W. W. Graves
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Ve. del. Titterington
Nebraska
Bates County
Titterington
Mian Anna Shoup
Rockville
Eye and Ear Specialist Offers Free Eye Tests
Dr. J. M. Norris, specialist on the eye, ear, nose and throat, gives special attention to cataract and its effects on ears throat and lungs. Those needing glasses can have eye tests free and properly fitted. Office on the South Side over Elmer Dixon's store. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dixon's
George Long Pardoned by Governor Folk on Christmas
George Long, a Bates County man convicted of patricide in Henry County on a change of venue, received a gubernatorial pardon from Governor Folk on Christmas Day after ten years in prison. He killed his father, a Lone Oak township farmer, with buckshot to gain property. He was about 21 and considered the oldest prisoner in custody at the time of clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Best
Nyhart
Bia Aon
Butler
George Long
Bates County
Henry County
Folk
Long
Lone Oak Township
Tie
Woodmen Lodge Opposes Mail Order House Ads
Butler Camp No. 2458 of the Modern Woodmen of America adopted a resolution at its Thursday meeting denouncing advertisements for mail order houses in their official paper The Modern Woodman. The camp urged eliminating all ads from the column of the paper to protect rural citizens and support community upbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Solumee
Fodern Woodmen
Talonan
Butler Camp
Successful Wolf Hunt Draws 21 Dogs in Chase
A large wolf chase occurred last Thursday in New Home township after snow, with Briscoe boys, Colonel Bod kin, and Major Miller supplying 21 hounds. The pack pursued a wolf from Bell ranch through multiple landmarks before the quarry was brought to bay at 5 30 that afternoon. Hunters say it was one of the season’s finest chases in the area.
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New Home Township
Briscoe
Yardly Bluffs
Marlas Des Cygne
Colonel Bodkin
Major Miller
Bell Ranch
Yardly Hille
Brashear Ranch
Nybart
Island
Yardly Hills
Brushy Mound
Bella
Joe Vaughn
Major Alleo Farm
Call For Mass Meeting In Butler Missouri 1906
Executive Committee of the Citizens Law and Order League in Bates County issues a mass convention call at the Butler court house starting 7:30 PM Monday January 8 1906 and continuing through January 9 all churches temperance groups to send delegates a program will be announced county organization to be formed at 1 PM Tuesday January 9 1906 signed by G C Miller F L Davis E B Swanson Stanley D Jewell W J Laster Joel A Barker T W Logg Jesse E Smith W H Holloway H Jas Crockett A B Owen J W Hudiburg J K Walker B F Moore John H Funk also advertises egg exchange Sami Levy Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Law and Order League of
Butler
Bates County
G. C Miller
F. L. Davia
E .B. Swanson
Stanley D. Jewell
W.J Laster
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Clothing House
Ines
Are
Phaeton
San’. Levy & Co
Clark
Emma Cassity
Sioux Fall
South Dakota
Lena Morris
Edna Neptune
Austin
St. Loui
Alives
Albert Edrington
Kellogg, Idaho
R. Sellers
Direcl
Charles M. Barkley
Mr. B
Indian Territory
Wiliam Cole
Mrs. Fortes
Lena Cole
Ives
Jefferson City
Charley John_ pow
Kansas
James Boyles
Cannon-Weber Elevator Company
Recorder
T. K Lisle
J. Franklin
Worland
Tudiane
Mies
Mabel Porter
Josephine Porter
M. G. Wilcox
Dr. Boulware
Fair Play
Col. J. A
Christman
Otto the Great
DeWitt McDaniel
Rev
E. E B. Swanson
Bates Geta
Harvey
Frank M. Salmon
Tom Casey
Casey
Alice Smith
Frank Smith
Osage Township
Will Smith
Coffayville
Alice
Dave Owens
Dave
Jan. R. Pipes
Tives
Central Girls
Tfe
Reinheimers
Jus. E. Harper
FE. Boswell
Jim
9Th and
Prospect Avenue
Benjamin Cooper
J. E. Lucky Coal Co
Boxley
Amsterdam
Cooper
Pleasant
Bates County Drainage Commissioners
Bates Lodge No
C. F
Mollie Kelley
Yestery Day
Jefferson Street
Thomas Kelley
Ed Kelley
Maud Guyant
Katherine Kelley
Eleventh Street
Broadway
Father J
Independence
Kansas City Journal
R. R. Earsom
Pleasant Gap Township
W. M
C. A. Earsom
State Teachers Association Lim
Trimble
Davis
Mack
Butler Opera House
Jan
Double Branch Cemetery
Edwards
F. Ricuanos
Butler, Mo
Firet
West Basar
J. M. Norris
Hill's Cash Store
Bates County Patricide
Beriuce
Sami Levy &Co
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