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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
8
Fragments report various local items from Bates County and nearby towns. Mentions candidates for county clerk, a clockmaker visit for courthouse tower, farmers discussing land sales, a death by morphine, a small fire, and sheriff travels amid community notices.
Thomas Redmond, 17, was imprisoned for 25 years in Kansas City after a second degree murder conviction for killing Thomas Scruggs, son of a wealthy cattleman. Parting scenes with the family were reported moving. News notes reference health and travels of B. McFarland and wife in Texas and local business expansions by Carpenter & Shafer Co. A railroad collision near Edah, Franklin County, caused damage but no serious injuries. A marriage notice for B. F. Cassity and Miss Lou Croswitt was briefly reported as omitted in a prior issue. Continued sickness of Jenkins at the Missouri bank, and a profile on W. J. Moreland’s business success in Urich, Missouri, followed. Walton Trust Company’s annual meeting elected officers and announced dividends, surplus, and extensive lending activity across southwest Missouri.
Guthrie O T Jan 18 Only thirty days left for original homesteaders to file on claims drawn in the recent government land lottery yet hundreds show no habitation or improvement. The drawn claimants are not filing to prove up, leaving the land for others.
A Tuesday evening reception at Mayor W F Duvall and wife’s High Street home drew a fashionable crowd. Guests enjoyed decorations of white red and pink roses and carna tions with soft electric lighting and carnations as souvenirs. A string band performed in an alcove while guests savored delicate refreshments, hosted by a wide circle of local couples and friends.
Warrensburg notes the democratic county central committee votes to use a ballot for selecting a US senator candidate and sets an unusually early primary date March 29 for county officers. State Senator Nick M Bradley pledges support for his senator pick, likely David A DeArmond, as he vows to campaign. Johnson county previously led with a governor Dockery endorsement.
Miss Maud Shoemaker of Bear Creek township Henry county attempted suicide at home the other day by taking poison. A physician saved her life after strenuous effort. The family remains puzzled by her motive.
H H Haverly traveled to Butler Monday to discuss a lease for a drift south of town and to learn what insurance the It R Co would provide for the side track to the drift. He then proceeded to Kansas City. Mr Hughes and Rich Hill parties have located a drift and plan to haul several carloads of coal daily if royalty rates match those of large firms and if the railroad company builds the switch.
E B Atkins advertises low priced wheat and alfalfa lands in the sheet water country Northwestern Kansas with maps and descriptions. Meetings at Hotel Lee Adrian Jan 30 Merchants Hotel Rich Hill Feb 1 and Republican Press office Butler Feb 1 or 2. Cheap transportation for land buyers Feb 4.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia says these pills cured her two year sick headaches. They also ease constipation and biliousness. Sold at H L Tuckers drug store for 25 cents.
Nevada Mail reports the death of Rev. WIL Smith of Sheldon at age 60 from pneumonia. A longtime Baptist minister he was visiting court when, as he lay ill, he began a bedside sermon and preached briefly before dying. Judge Davis states the scene as he was present during the final moments.
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