Notable locals tour region as small town notes flow
Captain F J Tygard and Mina Orr travel to Dennison Texas to visit a brother. Dentists visit Butler Kansas City ties and a horse buggy showcase prompts buying caution at McFarland Bro Butler Missouri. Local calls include J R Prost and Dr Boulware electric treatment for an ill wife. Community updates cover school praise for J M Taylor A C Gwinn and faculty, a wanted young man for government service, and regional farming prospects with rain needed. A Kansas City bridge company faces delays at a river crossing, while an artesian well on the Tygard land flows white sulphur water and stirs local interest.
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Tygard
Darla
Rich Hill
Reviaw
el Dorado
Ite
East Park
Community Bits and Visits Across Town
Mr Mo a daughter Miss Nannie visits her parents and kin. John Foster urges brush and grass removal along roadsides as work nears. Anns visits Warrens one sees Cole Hensly reported. Judy and Robi McCann Sunday trip to old Kentucky home. Parktown scene recalls youths of twenty. Childrens Day at Northwest school with temperance pieces at the churches. Joma Dryedale and family attend Virginia Childrens Day from Butler Pleasanton Kansas. Isay Jenkins returns from Kansas City where she worked for the Star and Times editor. Al Yeoman and wife dine with Aaron Sunday. Effie Miller of Amoret among friends at Virginia. Warren Ayers leaves Virginia for Kansas City to join stock yard duties. Jan Wolfe of Burlington arrives for a visit with parents. Ice cream festival at Virginia Tuesday draws many. receipts sixty dollars. Neatlerodes school hosts Mollie Watkins pupils. dinner praised for uniting teachers and parents.
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Kansas City
Star and Times
al Yeoman
Butler
Aaron
Misa Effie Miller
Amoret
Virginia Sunno Bay
Inquire
Warren Ayers
Virgin Park
Stock Yards
Jan, I. Wolfe
Burlington
Iowa
Virginia
Misa Mollie Watkins
Neatlerodes
Aanon
Notice to Teachers Examination in Butler Weat School
Notice to teachers announces regular examinations for certificate candidates at the Weat School building in Butler on June 23 and 24 starting at 8 o clock. It lists order of subjects across two days, with third grade requiring all subjects in one exam and higher grades to take included subjects plus higher branches later. One examination fee of three dollars covers a complete examination. Signed by A L Ives, Superintendent of Schools.
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Weat
Butler
U.S
Poffenbarger Edwards Invite Butler Youth to Visit Store
Poffenbarger and Edwards urge Butler boys and girls to call at their store each afternoon between four and five to hear a business proposal offering a chance to earn some money. The note appears in the Amsterdam Enterprise and reflects local commerce and youth engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poffenbarger & Edwards
Butler
No Trespassing on Johnson Timber South of Pleasant Gap
Notice warns against trespassing on the Johnson land timber south of Pleasant Gap. The owner, Butler, Mo, urges readers to avoid trouble by staying off the property.
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Johnson Land
Pleasant Gap
Tus
Butler, Mo
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Claims Quick Knee Burn Relief
A Norfolk man reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped severe knee pain and blistering, healing the wound without fear. The ad touts relief for wounds and sores and notes a 25 cent price at Frank T. Clay’s drugstore.
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C. Rivenbark, Jr
Norfolk, Va
Bucklen
Frank T. Clays
Murdered by Robbers in Leadville Saloon
Leadville Colorado June 13 James Sammon pioneer saloon man was murdered this morning by robbers. Officials have no clue as to the men who committed the crime.
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Leadville
Col
James Sammon
Two Missouri Men Die in Switch Engine Accident
Webb City Missouri June 18 Clyde Hammer 19 and Gilbert W Smith 24 were run over and killed by a Missouri Pacific switch engine this morning. Smith leaves a wife and a one year old child. Both men resided in Prosperity.
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Webb City
Clyde Hammer
Gilbert W. Smith
Missouri Pacific
Smith
Ailing Stomach Consternation Sparks Quick Relief Promise
Fragmentary OCR notes describe stomach upset and nerves with claims that bitters quickly ease distress. Mentions Farmington tech pride and generic remedies, but text is garbled and lacks concrete names or dates.
Sheriff Morrin Tackles Circus Cash Shortage
A New Home Township farmer reported William P. Hall the circus man owed him 115 dollars after a ticket seller allegedly shortchanged the vendor by 40. Sheriff Morrin intervened, Hall issued a repayment, and the farmer received full funds. Complaints of shortchanging raised questions about show practices and crowding standards.
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New Home Township
Wm. P. Hall
Hall
Henry Christman
Morrin
Hume News Briefs Include School Plans And Local Events
Judge Shirley Adams returns from Kansas wheat belt noting good crops. Claude Biggs leaves for Warrensburg for a three month teaching course at State Normal to teach Prairie Union this winter. A Texas widow seeks aid to reach St Joseph. husband later appears for silverware. School board hires Prof B F for Hume grammar and lists teachers for term starting September 4. Mrs E B Daweson injured eye by flying splinters while breaking kindling. recovery underway.
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Shirley Adams
Kansas
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Dennison
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McFarland Bro
Geo. M. Risley
J. R. Prost
Bates
Toma
Boulware
M. F. Perry
Shawnee
Perry
Hela
Cbs
Hanes
Rich Hill Review
Marshall Democrat-Newa
J. M. Taylor
A. C. Gwinn
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Butler Achoolsa
Pright
Cedar de
Mechanic Street
Bro. Short
R. A. Wrant
Kansas City Bridge Company
Marias Dee Coenen
Marvel
Amsterdam
Tte
Peter
Hill’s Cash Store
W. E. Thornbrugh
Franklin
Pianos
Effie Allison
Enterprise
Effie Fa
Johnstown
Warrensburg
W. ©. Hedden
Osage
Mr. Hedden
Bates County
Ee. Bates
William A. Nickell
The
Christian Church
Odds and
Childrens
WNT
Bilua
MERC
Uly of
Musa
Missouri
Farmington N Tech
Thas
Adrian
North Side
A. J. Lentz
Sheriff Morris
B. F
Hume
E. B. Daweon
Eric W. Nickell
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