25 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
1
A former United States senator from Arkansas died in Little Rock on Sunday. The report notes his age and career, with brief details on his service and local impact in Arkansas politics.
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Frank Shuster murder case for a new trial due to inadmissible testimony. Shuster had been convicted of second degree murder for the 1913 shooting of George W. Booth near Happy Hill, claimed self defense, and faced a ten year penitentiary sentence.
Richards Mo Feb 19 Two masked men held up Flooyd Vanderwall night operator of the Kansas City Southern Railway at 7 oclock tonight They took his watch and 6 The two men were captured by Sheriff Gray of Vernon county Monday morning The men gave their names as John Dodson of Pittsburg Pa and John Smith of Texas Vanderwall identified them as the ones who held him up.
The newly organized C I C of Green View Sunday School held a birthday social at Miss Opal Briscoe's home Wednesday night with fruit salad and cake. Attendees from nearby areas helped serve lunch at a local sale, and residents from the Briscoe and Scrivener families visited or planned moves.
Washington Feb 17 assurance that the United States faces no shortage of food was given by the Department of Agriculture. A surplus of wheat on hand February 1 would permit exports of almost 1 million bushels daily until the new crop. There are larger supplies of corn meat animals butter potatoes apples and fruit at the start of 1915. Prices for meat animals butter potatoes and apples showed declines in January. Acreage of winter wheat sowing in several nations increased 3 to 33 percent.
Cardinal James Gibbons linked Europe’s warfare to biblical prophecy, saying nations rise against nations and great sorrow marks the world as the war’s magnitude grows. He noted the unprecedented scale of loss, with thousands to tens of thousands of lives sacrificed hourly as the conflict intensifies.
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