Memorial Day Observances In Butler Missouri
May 30 memorial services in Butler included a parade led by the Butler Band and a flower parade to Oak Hill cemetery with a volley for the veteran dead. Hon. W. O Atkeson delivered a memorial address at the Ohio street M. E. Church after a 1:40 p m gathering. The piece notes heat casualties in St. Louis and local commerce promoting fashion goods. It mentions a Missouri State Bank dividend and a tornado death toll in Snyder, Oklahoma, plus prison-made binding twine for sale and a humorous marriage rite misquoted with a jokey finish.
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Butler
A. Rt
Oak Hill Cemetery
W.E. Walton
Ohio Street
M. E
W. O Atkeson
Hume Public School Elected Leaders and Local Notices
Prof F M Stephens elected principal of Rich Hill High School and Prof C M Leedy returning to join Hume community. Dolpha Taylor, 4, fractured her right leg Sunday after a fall from a gate. Amputation of a Dorsey leg performed for a TB case by Dr Pierce and W A Williams. Sam and Ben Wilson buy Jim Cook farm for 7000 dollars. School enumeration shows 192 pupils, down from 194. Advice to parents about backing children in school discipline ends note.
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Kema
Hume Telephone
F. M. Stephens
Hume
Rich Hill
C. M. Leedy
Hume Folke
Dolpha
J. M. Taylor
Dra. H. E. Pierce
Kansas City
W. A. Williams
Dick Dorsey
E. M. Brooks
Merwin Normal College
Hume Public Schools
Sam and
Ben Wilson
M. L. Beadles
Jim Cook
Missouri
Wilson
J. M. Gasaway
Miss Kate McClements Visits Sister in Bethany
A Bethany Missouri teacher Miss Kate McClements visits her sister Mrs Dennis Thrall. A Paris Kentucky letter mentions Lee Beall formerly of the city named deputy sheriff and enatodian of the new county courthouse built in Furia.
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Kate McClements
Bethany, Mo
Dennis Thrall
Paris
Lee Beall
Furia
Lee
Miss Elsie Moore Dies in Kansas City
Miss Elsie Lorene Moore died Tuesday May 30 1905 at her mother Mrs Jennie Moore's home in Kansas City after a severe cold and hemorrhage. Born and raised in Butler she was 17 or 18. Employed in the lace department at Jones Broad store and well liked. Remains were brought to Butler on Wednesday.
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Elsie Lorene Moore
Jennie Moore
Kansas City
Jones Broad
Butler
Hutler
Young Langan Killed Trying to Board Moving Train
The Missouri Pacific case in Vernon County Circuit Court concerns Vincent Langan a boy under 18 killed at the Butler depot on June 10 1904 while attempting to board a moving train. The W E Langan et al suit seeks 5000 damages after a demurrer to the plaintiff's evidence was sustained and a new suit started.
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W. E. Langan
Mo. Pac. Ry. Co
Circuit Court
Vernon County
Andy J. King
W. W. Graves
Langan
Vincent Langan
Butler
Young Langan
Walton Trust Company Grounds A Large Farm Mortgage Dividend
The Walton Trust Company directors met on May 27 and paid stockholders a 5 percent dividend from net earnings since January 1 1905. They added 2000 to the surplus fund and highlighted safe profitable lending on Missouri farms in Bates Vernon Barton Cedar and Dade counties. The president noted thirty four years of farm lending and mortgage sales to over two hundred lenders with ten million dollars in loans issued without a loss of principal or interest, and no foreclosed farm bought to save loans.
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The
Missouri State Bank
Tts
Walton Trust Company
Bates
Vernon
Barton
Cedar
Dade
Missouri
Walton
School Board Elects Teachers Across Four Schools
The school board met Wednesday night to elect teachers from among current applicants. Superintendent retained. Richmond continues. Washington School hires Cosby Brown 7 8, Cassity 5 6, Ely primary. Webster hires Davis principal, McGlagson 5 6, Ray 3 4, Whitsitt 1 2. Franklin hires Ford 5 6, Newsome 3 4, Moore 1 2. Douglass hires Kennely and Wright.
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Richmond
Misa Emma
Henderson
Anna Lyle Hill
Allison
Washington School
Misa Cosby Brown
Jessie Cassity
Mrs. Ely
Webster
F. L. Davis
Misa Eliza McGlagson
Jessie Ray
Anna Whitsitt
Franklin
Mina Mary Ford
Ora Newsome
Anna Moore
Douglass
W. W. Kennely
Arthur Wright
Missouri Fish Commission Ships Jack Salmon to Western Rivers
A special Missouri fish commission car attached to a Missouri Pacific train distributed large quantities of jack salmon to towns across Western Missouri for stocking rivers and lakes. The new species attracts skeptical old fishermen, though officials say meat tastes better after a harsh winter.
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Rich Hill
Missouri Fish Commission
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Son
Electric Bitters touted as cure for malaria and ague
A vintage advertisement claims Electric Bitters relieve and cure malaria and ague, highlighting a tonic that avoids quinine's after effects. Endorsed by E. S. Munday of Henrietta, Texas, who says his brother recovered from fever and jaundice after taking the product at Frank T. Clay's drug store, price 50 cents.
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E.S Munday
Henrietta
Tex
Frank T. Clay
Funeral for Drowned Boy Otta Martin at Rich Hill
The funeral of Otta Martin, a youth who drowned in the Big Muddy Saturday, was held at one o'clock this afternoon from his parents' home. Mr Hyde, visiting Papinville, said Martin likely tried to cross a submerged foot log with nailed slats forming a fish trap. Missing slates caused the log to slip, throwing him into the current where he drowned.
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Rich Hill Review
Otta Martin
Big Muddy
Hyde
Papinville
Martin
Guaranteed Cure For Piles Ad in Old Notice
An old classified style notice markets a product titled a guaranteed cure for piles claiming relief from itching bleeding and pain within six to fourteen applications with a price of 50 cents. The ad uses now archaic wording and emphasizes guaranteed results despite medical skepticism.
Mrs Ina Tiffany entertains Ladies Aid June 1 1905
Mrs Ina Tiffany hosts the Ladies Aid Society of the Ohio Street M E Church at her Butler Missouri home for a June 1 1905 afternoon and evening program. Tents new features and a 10 cent lunch from a pretty booth and table with coffee included. Conveyances urged to meet at 1 30 at the Ohio arrest M E church. wagonets will be present for all attendees. Committed by McFarland Bros Z J Williams agency handles Sayers Scovill vehicles and Columbia lines with harness.
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Ladies Aid Society
Ohio Street
M. E. Church
Tiffany
Butler
Aid Society
Ohio
McFarland Bros
Z.J. Williams
Sayers & Scovill Vehicles
Columbia
McFar Ie Bros
Butler, Mo
Severe Storm Between Lindon and Pleasanton
Report from Rich Review cites a severe storm along the Frisco route between Lindon and Pleasanton. Telegraph poles were toppled, several farmhouses along the line damaged, a passenger train between towns was halted, a barn on Mr Stagnete’s place torn down, trees uprooted, and crops damaged by high winds.
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John Bowyer
Condh Frisco
Frisco
Lindon
Pleasanton
Mr. Stagnete
Pain poisons advertised at Frank Cleys drug store
A fragmentary notice claims pain poisons originate in tings of dipopel and promotes Dr New Life oefears to cure all due to polaone of undigested food. It lists 25c at Frank Cleys drug store with a beguiling endorsement to try them.
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New Life
Polaone
Frank Cleys Drag Store
Sedalia May St Hearne Incident Reported
A brief item notes an incident in Sedalia Missouri involving Hearne a negro out on May, detailing alleged assault by a husband and wife and a related disturbance.
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Sedalia, Mo
St.Hearne
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Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
Savere & Scovill
McFarland Bro
Oklahoma
J. P. Edwards
Snyder
Jefferson City
Matt Hall
Hall
Jemima
John
John Jamison
Arch Stone
Elsie Moore
Ting
Andrew Jergens & Co
Cincinnati
Witch Hazel
Mrs. Ina Tiffany's
Fes
Guthrie
Okla
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