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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
2
J D Seley editor of Butler daily announces Be Johnson of Butler Mo as a candidate before the county committee for appointment to Maree county Mo County Highway Engineer.
Ed Welton, a Missouri Pacific agent at Worland, and Mire Myrtle Braden, a Worland public school teacher, wed at the bride’s mother home near Amsterdam. The ceremony was small with immediate kin, followed by a Christmas dinner and gifts. They will live in Worland after January 1, 1908, and Mrs. Welton will return to teaching.
Butler dry goods merchants announce twenty days of winter clearance sales to attract county buyers. Each seller offers individual prices while presenting large stocks and varied selections. The four combined sales aim to boost trade, though no price agreement exists.
On Dec 24 the Ellington home hosted Christmas festivities with a large tree and extensive decorations. Music and a two course luncheon followed by a late gathering of relatives and friends including J G Ellington, Lee Ellington, Mrs. Mary Brooke of Coldwater Michigan, Lady Florence Ellington of Buffalo Illinois, and multiple Ellington and Stouffer family members, all bidding Merry Christmas.
The Independent Grocery in Bates County marks its third year of independence on January 1, 1906, recounting a bold break from a grocery combine. It details rapid growth, expansion to a larger building, more staff and wagons, and gratitude to local customers for support and fair dealing. NORFLEET & REAM express wishes for a happy prosperous New Year.
A four mile east of Butler property offers fine soil and a good neighborhood. The fenced hog fight site and terms are provided by Biacsert and Kipp of Kansas City Missouri.
Butler lodge 254 A F and A M and Miami R 4 Chapter held a public installation on St John s Day with W W Rose as Grand Master and C D Aussio as Grand Marshal. Officers installed include G & Cable W M J B Walt 8 W J R Angle J W A H Culver secretary Weasley Denton treasurer W W Ross chaplain Ds Austin marshal J A Rogers 5 D Henry Donovan J D A B Ladwick 88 W RK Bell J8 B F Rosamond Tyler with J Y Whitsets installing officer. Miami BR A Chapter 76 installed H M Cannon H P J W Hall King A B Ludwick Scribe J M Catterlin treasurer F C Smith secretary W W Ross chaplain A Austin captain of host C A Chambers principal sojourner Claude Frazier R A Capitan W RK Holl master of third veil Weale Denton master of second veil F Clay master of first veil. F H Crowell presented W W Rose saber silver tea service engraved Present ed to W W Rose by Mason Friends Dec 27 1907. Rose oldest local mason in service and Knight Templar and 32 degree Scotish Rite mason. banquet served in Odd Fellows rooms. about 600 masons and families attended. Governor Folk appointed Howard Scott to succeed Judge Howard Gray resign ed as Jasper county judge. Supreme Court ruling limits judges salary.
Frank and E J Jewett left Monday for Columbia to attend the winter term at the State Agricultural College. Eugene won the $75 prize hung up by the Farmera Bank at the Bates County Fair for the best 12 ear of corn raised by a boy under 18. They are sons of P J Jewett of Summit and are educating themselves for farming. They are now in partnership with their father and keep a complete set of books.
J J Cameron extols farm life on Butler No 7 noting daily mall deliveries telephone contact with the outside world and access to latest market quotations at any hour. He argues farmers gain many privileges and opportunities town dwellers cannot match.
Mrs B L Pickets of Platteville Colorado visits her parents Mr and Mrs Geo M McKinsick southwest of Butler. She chats with The Times staff and renews subscription for 1908, joining Lizzie J Blount who also enrolled.
In Jackson County the Republican William J. Campbell won the sheriff’s race by 189 votes over Democrat Road among 20,293 ballots. The contest drew strong local interest with factions shaping the outcome, but the result holds no special significance for state politics.
A letter from Hon. John E. Swanger, Secretary of State, to County Clerk C G Weeke, discusses the term of a sheriff following the 1908 election. The note seeks to clarify that the sheriff’s term is four years after the 1908 election and addresses a misstatement in the Official Manual 1907- recent.
Laxaronp North Dakota letter dated December 27 reports no snow prior. winter mild, crops light but rent a land share from Maxbass. requests changing mailing address of The Times from Maxhaes to Lane ford Rural Route 3. Includes weather remark of 15 degrees below zero and three inches of snow on December 27.
Clarence and Floyd Hawkins were arraigned before Judge Boxley on Saturday for assaulting Prof W. W. Kenoly with a deadly weapon. They were convicted, fined $25 each, and sentenced to four months in jail. Kenoly was stabbed in the back during an attempted denial of entry at City Hall Friday night by colored masons. The article laments leniency and notes a jail term as the officers’ recourse but criticizes the lack of whipping punishment.
Kansas City papers reported last week that Miss May Lutsenhiser was injured in a street car accident on Scott Street. Her right ankle tendons were torn and bones displaced. the article notes she was treated and placed under observation.
Mrs. Mary J. Wade widow of Colonel N. F. Wade died at her North Main Street home Monday night. Found by her daily helper Tuesday morning, she had kept a fire all night. Lieut. Fen Wade, her son, from Columbus, Ohio, plans funeral arrangements today. Wade, born in Bloomington, moved here in the 1870s, married Col Wade. only child Lieut. Ben Wade, U. S. Army. Warrensburg notes follow with social visits and holiday gatherings.
Mrs M F Douglass of Warrensburg spent holidays with relatives and friends in Bates County. Mr and Mrs Warford and daughter returned to their home.
Notice is given that a tentative administration upon the estate of M H Webb deceased has been granted to Ames, executor, by the Bates County Probate Court Missouri. Creditors must present their claims within one year from the date of sale or be barred. If not exhibited within two years from the notice, claims may be foreclosed.
Letters of administration for the estate of Ferdinand deceased have been granted to the applicant by Bates County Probate Court Missouri. All persons having claims must present them within one year from December date or be barred. otherwise the estate may be settled as allowed by law.
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