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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
4
The Butler Weekly Times is printed weekly at lureta with a note about postal delivery to Mather and references to a local office. The fragment mentions journal printing cadence and a port authority context without clear dates or names.
Missouri Supreme Court buries the Standard Oil, Republic Oil, and Waters-Dierce Oil as violators of antitrust law with 48 percent penalties and $50,000 fines each. Waters-Pierce may continue if disentangled by Jan 15, but still owes the $50,000. The ruling bans oil sales by Standard Oil in Missouri and imposes severe penalties on tank wagon delivery. Also notes county official Lindsay’s call for township reorganization talks and local praise from The Urich Herald.
A Missouri district education letter urges patrons to meet January 15 1909 in local schoolhouses to discuss improving country district schools. The speaker promotes community study of buildings teachers libraries supplies term length and school relation to home life, asking for broad publicity and reports of results.
A large portrait of Judge Sum Fount Hawkins, framed and hung over the mantle in Probase offices,was presented to Bates County by W H Gentzler for the Hawkins heirs. Judge Hawkins, serving a second Probate term, died recently. noted as an old settler from Kentucky and a highly respected county figure. Judge John A Silvers bestowed his own portrait with honor in his office.
Amsterdam notes detail a December 1908 birth to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Pardee, T. J. Fleenor’s Oklahoma return, injuries from logging, visits by Chas Isaacson and Mrs. James G. Walker, depot robberies at Schell City, new quarters for John F. Herrell and Dr. Jno. W. Crabtree, Harper family remarks, a Butler wedding for Thomas E. Harper and Adlin Ballow, and local civic hints from Hon. W. C. Atkeson. Also includes humorous quips from readers and rural advice.
A roster listing B. P. Powell, M. and Carroll, C. B. Radford, W. A. Simpson, and Alva Deerwester appears in the filed notice. The names are presented among other municipal documents as part of the official record. The entry confirms individuals connected to the case or matter under record.
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