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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
9
In this store every item sells for less than elsewhere with a Quit Sale slashing prices. Numerous fabrics, lace curtains, ribbons, handkerchiefs, hosiery, underwear, and men s wear marked down, including silk ribbons, buttons, talcum powder, and overalls, all at or near half price or less.
Neighborhood updates from Rich Hill include illnesses injuries and visits from relatives. Mrs Loyd and Slater Quinlin shop, Aunt Jane Shelton improves, and Dr Chastain treated a sick child. The Lamptons visit Batea. Lampton family plans July return. Rev Clackes meetings at Salem concluded. Gifted travelers and local trips intersperse with crop and farming notes. The 4th of July plans and a baseball result Foster 7 Rich Hill 8 wrap the entry.
Helen Braden returns from Kansas. Carl Paige of Amarillo visits his father A Paige. Mrs Clyde Moore of Carthage visits her parents, the Robt Braden family. Mr and Mrs John Lyle visit their daughter Mrs A M Coltermans in Sulphur Springs. G A Jones travels with his brother W F Jones to Arkansas. The J D Mathews building occupied by Dr Peck was destroyed by fire Monday evening about 6 o clock last week. doctor saved some furniture and about 100 dollars. Wm Witherow, 81, dies at his son Will Witherows home. burial in Benjiman cemetery. Miss Amy Schauern narrowly escapes drowning after stepping on a loose board and falling into a well about 20 feet deep. rescued by Mrs George Moola and her daughter.
Justice Lambert directs verdict for Mayor McClellan in the 1905 New York recount suit. Hearst claimed ballot stuffing and a 6053 vote defrauding. evidence of official returns and tally sheets was offered. Judge warns that no fraud proven, stressing the risk of disenfranchising citizens on weak evidence.
Southwest Summit reports harvest winds down and storms Sunday caused damage to stock, houses, and barns in town and country. Mrs Copeland and daughter Anna visited relatives over Sunday as harvest crews paused. The Fourth of July plans include trips to Peru or corn field celebrations, while A D Brizner returns to New Mexico for prior work and Misses Jessie and Irena Bailey display broad smiles.
The staff report a lively scene as a new piano arrives, noting they have been too busy to gather news. Politics begins to dominate conversation as the main topic of discussion shifts from daily briefs to public affairs.
The Fourth in Bates County reports plans for rich hill Merwin Peru Pennsylvania Virginia and cheese pointe to host picnics and speeches with open hospitality. Butler will be closed for a town event while residents head to the various gatherings. Farmers in fields delay and merchants stay open daytime while families hold evening picnics.
The ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Bethel M. E. Church South with help from the children will hold exercises at the church Sunday July 5 1908 beginning promptly at 10 o clock. All invited to bring well filled baskets and be prepared for an offering. Mus N A Youn president Mus C A Wass secretary
W. O. L. Jewett reports that the Missouri Odd Fellows home at Liberty cared for 108 children and 45 aged and infirm members and wives last week. The institution costs $27,000 yearly to maintain, with education, labor training, and plans for a domestic science school. The Rebekah assembly and grand lodge commend the home, which received $2,100 from Excelsior Springs at its last session.
Henry Tilson of Brushy Mound country was in town this afternoon. He spoke of no crops or business and appeared wholly absorbed in personal matters regarding widows and the unmarred.
The Warnken dry goods store at Adrian was robbed Sunday with a large haul of silk and calico. Calico was found near Hurley Lumber yards Monday. Two strangers, once held for inquiry, were released after Prosecuting Attorney Dawcon and Sheriff Beard found no connection. No solid clue to the burglars remained.
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