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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
Rich Hill Brice and Tile Co announces an upcoming sale of wired brick and tile products. The ad lists prices such as wine, 12 forks, and stock like Staeh, with amounts shown in dollars and cents. The message is partially garbled but indicates factory-made bricks for sale at a factory price per tow.
Captain Charles Carples recalls a deadly New Year on the Mississippi frontier. twelve men frozen to death during a celebratory night at Morello Fort with whisky bottles found beside frozen bodies. The freezing weather and guard misfortune marked the bitter dawn.
The Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company arranged to purchase 2,800,000 ties from a Hawaiian lumber firm and Japan. Hawaiian olm wood is tested and compared to white oak for durability, with promising results for railroad use.
The Pineville Dermocrat editor known as Gay Edge with J and Kirby hunted on Christmas day using firecrackers to drive rabbits and squirrels from their homes. They caught two squirrels and a rabbit. Also, Engineer Tom Mansfield faces a fine for killing quail in Kansas after a covey was killed by an electric headlight frightening birds on a night patrol.
The Fredericktown Democrat News prints a seasonal message to all readers including weekly borrowers and paying subscribers wishing them a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
John Griesten, a Sedalia area farmer, owns a calf born August 28, 1900, that resembles a human head. The calf is small, about 60 pounds, under 28 inches tall, with a fine silky coat and short legs. Its head and face show human features while the body remains Angora goatlike. both sire and dam are registered cattle.
Topeka Kansas January John W Poore of Mound City asks Attorney General Jackson to file for a receiver for the Madison branch. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners and the supreme court order daily passenger service. The railroad says trains run at a loss but the supreme court requires operation. The attorney general will not act until a full investigation is completed.
Thomas M. Johnson of Osceola touts ten English poems as the noblest, while Springfield Leader derides the list as a “bum steer” for plain folk. The criticize notes overheated praise for Milton, Emerson, and Shelley, cites misprints and local anecdotes, and reports unrelated local incidents and a bank burglary in Raymore.
Miss Helen Wilcox of Eltingsville Staten Island swam in the ocean near her home last night, despite water at two degrees below freezing. The feat lasted two minutes and was done on a wager, as reported by Yonkers Statesman.
Chicago Daily News notes Eva and Edna discuss a faded love triangle. Ethel reacts to her former admirer with public tears and speculation swirls about a rival woman in the case.
A Royal Magazine notion argues that discovering the North Pole serves a practical purpose. It suggests the discovery could save future expeditions by providing essential navigation and strategic advantages.
Winnie recalls they are like sisters and that he owes her a grudge, as they pass.
Real estate transfers list multiple warranty deeds including W H Hopp to A H Black parcels in Atkison Park Butler for 75. Peter Ferarie to Arthur Duvall 240 acres in Mound for 10,000. J N Kiine to A A Black Atkison Park lots for 155. St Clair Powell to J A Elgin 808 in Mound for 3,760. Uriah Ayer to Joe D Moore 41 Osage for 75. Ruben Graham to DM Stone 205 Sthadd Rich Hill for 650. Clark Epperson to W H Patehton 240 acres West Boone for 8,000. Midkiff to J W Evans Rockville 2,600. Train to H P Tharp 200 acres Charlotte for 7,500. J Clark to E R Power et al pt lot 2 bik 11 Butler for 3,100. Arthur J Porativo Mary lerarts 290 acres Mound for 1. HJ Wink to O M Anderson lot 11 blk 45 Rich 1M for 10.
Abraham Brown of Winterton, Ohio, recounts five doctors diagnosing heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and vet trouble with no relief. His wife urged Electric Minters which he says restored his health. Ad touts cure for blood poison weakness and stomach liver kidney complaints by F T Clay, drawitat, 50e.
Early today robbers blew open the McCurtain state bank safe and escaped with about $2,000 in gold and silver. They fled toward Muskogee as lawmen pursued. Separate reports claim a post office safe was cracked at Crowder, yielding $220 in currency and stamps, while a hardware store burglary netted revolvers.
Public auction at the Ashby Hamilton farm ten miles northeast of Butler or five miles northwest of Spruce with items including a team of black geldings, cattle, sows, farm implements, hay and grain, and household goods. Sale starts 9 30 A M with cash for sums up to ten dollars and credit terms on larger amounts, conducted by auctioneers Frank Green Col Ben Harrison and clerk C F Norton.
Thomas W Cunstonham, president of the Conninchan sectional bank, pledged all real and personal property to secure deposits as the new Joplin financial institute began operations. The Bank of Joplin ceased, the new bank started Thursday with 3200000 capital while the former had 4000 capital but about one million in deposits. The staff, about twelve, mostly women, includes vice president Joel To Livingston.
A masked adventurer begins a voyage around the world from Trafalgar Square. Facing a northeast wind, he undertakes the $100,000 bet, aims to survive by selling photographs and pamphlets, and will spend no more than $5 at the outset.
Bonner Springs Commercial club members planned a New Year’s dinner to celebrate finishing eight miles of the Kansas City Bonner Springs electric road. They did not invite women but an hour before the dinner their wives appeared, secretly provided with extra chairs and plates by the hotel. One member admitted they would not neglect inviting wives again.
Notice is given that letters testamentary for the estate of M N Welsh decedent have been granted to Ames, the executor, by the County Probate Court in Missouri. All claimants must present claims within one year for allowance and within two years from publication for their claims or be barred forever.
Notice of adminstration for Fredinaod Setmill Hetvapirt estate granted to undersigned by Bates County Probate Court Missouri bearing date December 7. All persons having claims against estate must exhibit them within one year for allowance and within two years from date of appointment for bar. Schapeler, administrator.
An offer to present the Rural Route Republic and Butler Weekly Times for one year at 22.50 with advance Times payment. If the Times is prepaid for one year, subscribers can add 150 to receive Daily Republic for a year. Non-subscribers may remit 250 to get Daily Republic and Butler Times by mail for one year.
The Rural Route Republic explains its Old Reliable St. Louis Republic format with regular and telegraphic pages, mailed daily except Sundays. Subscriptions are for one year, via Rural Free Delivery routes, payable to The Times, with the offer of The Times and The Republic for one year.
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