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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
Aggregate abstract of Bates County Missouri showing personal and real estate taxable property and revaluation as of June 1 1907 for 1908. Excludes railroad telegraph telephone and merchants assessments. total likely over eleven million dollars in taxable wealth for the county.
Mrs John Sparks ill Sunday afternoon with Dr Smith called. Hogland from Amsterdam attended church in Virginia. Ettie Femuliner from Bethel stayed with parents in Garden City. Rev O Brien from Shelbyville closed meeting, Rev Allen from Butler preached weakly. Prohibition sermon described as protracted. many notes on large preachers and spiritual stature. Myrtle Johnson visited Mrs Noland staying with a sick mother.
James Hinkle, a Benton County farmer, was found dead two miles south of Benton from suspected strychnine poisoning. A coroner’s jury ruled death caused by poison after several neighbors shared a meal at his home. Duvall of Perc y, Ill., is jailed as a suspect. requisition papers will bring him to Set s county. The report notes coffee preferences at the meal and a lingering illness for Hinkle.
The column reports unusually nice weather for the time of year with good road conditions. Rev. Clendening returned from a protracted meeting near Rich Hill, then left for Altona and came back Monday. Mrs. George Brummett and Tommy visited Butler for trading. Local Sunday School interest grows and Epworth League seeks support. Mrs. Clendening traded in town, and Nora Fisher oversees a progressing school.
Local notes describe Mrs Jove Quintin and son Jake visiting from Kansas City for several days to see her parents Mr and Mrs Badgett. Eula Steele returns home from the city to visit her father Walker Steele. Leila Morris goes home to BiDorado Springs Missouri after four months with her grandmother Mrs Alpha Briscoe. An assorted parade of relatives and neighbors are mentioned with illness updates and social calls across the area.
An attempted Sunday evening dynamite blast at the Rich Hill Enterprise office caused windows to blow out and light damage. Local paper The Review condemns the act, notes few injuries, and urges condemnation of such dastardly deeds by responsible citizens and leaders.
Arthur Boots and John Hudson, both about 16, were arrested at ElDorado Springs on charges of shooting at a Missouri Pacific caboose where eight staff were aboard. A rifle round narrowly missed Roadmaster O Laughlin. Boot's bond was $150 and Hudson's $100. Hearing set for February 25. arraignments occurred before Judge Caldwell with not guilty pleas.
Tax notices and local financial updates discuss Buller authorities. Thieshir Cecks tr titre tiny nite and related phrases suggest tax assessment or enforcement items. The fragment references UT art and Stathonery Seere, with unclear dates or participants, but points to a municipal fiscal context and possible public notices.
A fragmentary testimonial from a former Butler resident now in Montana touts a bed spring sold by A. H. Culver at the Butler storefront. It claims the spring lasted 27 years with upgrades and notes past sales to local families Frisell, Clark, Pace, Power, Wade, Hartwell, Tygard, and Hotel Pennella beds. The piece promotes the spring as superior and affordable with regional pricing history.
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