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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
5
Butler Missouri updates include Chinaware sales at J E Williams with 10 percent off and social invitations from Butler Lodge 958 Elks. Local remembrances, renewals, and a ledger loss appear alongside farm listings, recent marriages, and holiday visits from Wichita, Redondo Beach, and Parsons.
Rev Whitsett filled his regular appointment last Sunday with a sermon to a good audience. A protracted meeting continues at Star church with two ministers drawing interest. John and Myrtle Thomas visit from Marionville College. Charlie Ison home from Chillicothe for holidays. An oyster supper at Peru netted over nine dollars. Next Sunday Rev Gilbreath preaches at Peru. Ed Hall and wife Elmer Hall and Robi Lyle visited E E Eckles. Mrs Visa Gough moved part of her house. C M Thomas held a family Christmas tree Friday night.
A humorous exchange shows Tommy misdirecting his mother by giving the family poodle a bath to spray the pavement for Uncle Jerry. The scene ends with recognition as the mother sobs, realizing the speaker is someone familiar, though she cannot recall the name.
A short humorous verse recalls waking briefly to be told by someone downstairs that they have the wrong sumber. The speaker jokes about four interruptions in a half hour while seeking clarification and rest.
A tall office boy and a short one exchange quips about a mouse and an educated monkey using a sewing machine and a typewriter. The tale centers on a mouse escaping from under a desk toward the typewriter as the office boys react with disbelief.
The brief notes Christmas in the Clover area with visits among neighbors and relatives. D. H. Wise and family visited Mrs. Wise's mother Mrs. W. B. Miller. Mrs. Fern Sniffer stayed with her sister. several households enjoyed Christmas together. The report also mentions a butchered calf and local work on hedge and posts.
The Butler nominating convention opens amid a split GOP in Missouri with several candidates for the Sixth District seat. Editorials urge a bold stand against Cannonism and the cabinet, arguing progressives should back a candidate who favors restoring popular rule in Congress. Democrats may cross over to anti Cannon Republican appeal.
In Jefferson City December reports say northern counties face quail starvation after two weeks of thick ice. Deputy wardens note birds are weak and grounded, easy to trap. Jesse Tollerton, state game warden, asks farmers to scatter grain and offers good pay for their grain and time.
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