Amsterdam Items and Local Happenings
Enterprise reporter John Brayton notes 1.15 inches of rainfall on Monday and Tuesday at the weather station. Will Badgley, Bank of Amsterdam bookkeeper, visited Butler from Saturday afternoon to Monday. In Amsterdam on May 23 at 6 pm Nelle Burnham and Frank E Palmer of Hastings Nebraska were married at the bride’s parent home. The couple will reside at 320 North Belvue Avenue Hastings. Ground was broken for a mill and elevator to be built by Amos H Hall on Walnut Street west of the railroad with a 36 by 30 feet building, 10 foot basement housing mills and grain handling. a north south driveway will run through the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobn Brayton
Hare
Will Badgley
Bank of Amsterdam
Butler
Amsterdam
Mise Nelle E Burnham
Frank E. Palmer
Dastlowe
Nebraska
Mr. Palmer
Belvue Avenue
Hastings
Amos H. Hall
Walnus Street
Missouri Twine Factory Run by Prison Labor in Jefferson City
The Ruralites describe Missouri’s binder twine factory operated by the state in the Jefferson City penitentiary. It uses prison labor to make high grade binding twine sold to farmers at 7 to 7.5 cents a pound in 1000 pound lots or smaller quantities delivered on board. The plant’s annual capacity and price influence help farmers save thousands annually, despite producing only about one twentieth of Missouri’s 25 million pounds annual need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri Farmore
Board of Prison Managere
Jefferson Oiley
Etate
Ite
Alsal
Ruraliat
Doan's Kidney Pills touted in Butler testimonials
A 1900 1908 testimonial from Mrs E R Campbell of Wet Pine St Butler Missouri endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a dependable kidney remedy. The ad claims renewed back comfort and kidney strength with Down's Kidney Pills bought from Frank Clay, priced 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents and warnings to remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
E.R Campbell
Wet Pine St
Down
Frank Clay
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Real Estate Transfers in Missouri Townships Listed
Warranty deeds show J E Owen and wife selling to G W Deardorff in section 31 Mingo township for 2400 dollars. Lowery couple sell to City of Rich Hill in Rich Hill town, block 98, first addition for 300. Forester and others sell to A J Mann in Rockville section 23. Murry couple sell to AC Stanley in Spruce township section 8 for 600. J M Booker sells to EJ Booker lots 6 and 7 in Wyatte addition to Butler for 800. Cornett couple sell to W A Prichard 76 acres in Mingo section 11 for 8000. Joe H and Martha E sell to James B Hogan in Deer Creek township section 38 for 250. CE and Laura Dudley sell to L Hassig lots 24 and 25 in block 25 Amoret for 125. School District sells to D L Frazee in Lone Oak township section 3 for 70. Joao Francisco and wife sell to H A Ellis lot 11 in block 5 West Side addition to Butler for 35. B Winkelmen sells to Alice Greathouse lots 3 and 4 in block 2 Fields first addition to Rockville for 100. Sarah M Lowery sells to W P Cobb in Walout township section 15 for 1600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E Owen
G W Deardorff
Mingo
AD R Lowery
Prichard
Joe H
Martha E
James B Hogan
Plaec
Deer Creek
Laura Dudley
Hassig Lote
Frazee
Lone Oak
Joo
Francisco & Wife
Ellis
Bik
West Aide
Butler
Winkelmen
Alice Greathouse
Rockville
Sarah M Lowery
W P Cobb
Missionary Work In Brazil by Bates County Couple
A Bates County husband and wife describe a year and a half in Nova Friburgo Brazil. They detail mission progress in Campos, Rio de Janeiro, and Friburgo, noting church growth, outstations, and a push to open new fields and a mission school. They share travel, preaching, baptisms, and the challenges of life away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Friburgo
Brazil
Christle
Brasil
Aleo Joye
Rilo de Janeiro
Rio College
Friburgo
Campos
South Carolina
Christ
Bro. Crosland
States
Bright hog outlook signals sustained high pork prices
The Twentieth Century Farmer reports hog breeders face strong demand and high prices for fat hogs, with up to 8 suggested as a likely peak. Feed costs and grain prices keep pork expensive, while some producers cut pig output to favor corn sales. Sheep offer lower grain needs, but pork hogs remain the main profit, as corn acreage is unlikely to rise enough to drop prices.
Carthage Man Faces Fines Over Kissing Proposals
In a city police court a juried decision set 200 apiece for proposals of kisses. Melodian, an Armenian rug salesman, was fined after a public square thrashing for asking a woman for two kisses for a quarter. He offered 25 cents to settle a bill dispute, drawing further anger from a Knight Templar crowd. Total fines and costs reached 450 dollars.
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Carthage
Janes
Melodian
Knighta Templar
Fifty Year Mine Fire Flares Toward Spring Tunnel
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania a half century fire at the Lehigh Coal and Navigation mine near Summis Hill continues despite vast spending. The blaze now threatens Spring Tunnel workings as Reading Company carpenters and masons are sent to build concrete walls to halt its spread. Abundant sulfur deposits in the sunken shafts heighten danger and officials consider filling the chest with water to continue the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Summis Hill
Spring
Reading Company
Ashland
Auto frightens mare. Miller’s horse dies in city lot
In the southwest part of town Rob Conrad’s auto terrified a mare owned by Chas. Miller kept in Templar's lot, causing the animal to drop dead. Miller, a poor man, said the horse had always feared machines and worsened when seeing them, affecting his crop plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Conrad
Chas. Miller
Templar
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Rayo
Standard Oi“S Company Incorporated
Enterprise
Missouri Twine Factory
Bale
W. Hess
Draggist, Butler
South America
Bates County
Adrian
State Bank
Butler, MO
Total
T. C. Boulware
R. B. Campbell
John Deerwester
Co. H. Dutcher
Wm, E. Walton, Pres
J.B. Walton, Cashier
W. M. Hardinger
A. B. Owen
Wm. B. Tyler
Frank M. Voris
J. B. Walton
Wm, E. Walton
Jesse E. Smith
Ass't
Bates
Vernon
Barton
Cedar
Dade
Polk
Oklahoma
Wm. E. Walton, Pres
Frank Allen
C. A. Allen
Peoples Bank
Butler, Mo. J
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