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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
8
A busy week in Maysburg and surroundings with many visits and social events. People include Miss Ethel Belt, Miss Nettie Deems, and families such as Deems, Ray, Belt, and Williams taking part in gatherings, church events, and farming tasks. Notes mention a shower, a new barn by A G Deems, wheat cutting, and upcoming baptist ice cream supper.
Mrs James Reynolds returned home from a Kansas sister visit. Farmers southwest of Spruce organized a telephone line and will extend to Spruce. Wheat harvest active. corn looks well. oats and meadow need rain. Mrs Lynn and daughter from Pleasant Gap visited Mrs R L Reece. Sunday church program well attended. Aunt Jane Smith left for visit with daughter Rose Kegerreis southwest of Butler. Dorsey of Missouri Ruralist surveyed local hogs. Radford siblings were with their ill father in Butler. Joe Wix’s barn struck by lightning and burned with loss of corn and oats. Odd Fellows held memorials at Presbyterian church. Mrs W C Turpin improving. Thomas Rhoades family visiting from Fayetteville, Mo. FARMER JOHN.
Dry spells grip Elkhart pastures and water shortages grow. Mt. Vernon school house hosts 3 PM Sunday preaching. J E Romine dies in Kansas City. Floyd Park and Miss Angell wed in past week. Wm Westover reports good wheat crop in Mulberry. Armentrout family heads to Sweet Springs. Dr Amyx trips to KC returns with new auto. Arthur Westover plows oats. Clemments family seen northbound on sled last Friday. Heat reaches 98 in shade. Col Lockridge family visit W P Fritts. John Fritts heads to Western Kansas for harvest. Epworth League delegates elected for Perle Springs. Ice cream supper at Mt Vernon on June 24. Concord school hires Miss Hook of Rich Hill for fall term. Nola Ellis to teach Miami Center school. Hiram Nichols bonds $1000 to answer charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Hartwell, 44, dies in Nevada Mo, survived by daughter Mayme. services held in Elkhart.
Catalog style listing of ladies wear items including white waists at 43c and 1.25 tailored waists, 50c silk hose, colored silk petticoats at 2.19, trimmed hats at 98c, allover lace 37c, Japonika silks at 2hc 35c, white dress linen 37c, India linen 10c, embroidery 39c, dress gingham 12'3c, shirting 9c, wide muslin 5c, and other fabric bargains.
Pete Denning, a leading Charlotte township farmer, was badly injured in a runaway in this city early Tuesday. His team of young horses bolted after an automobile near Ft Scott street, overturned the rig near W P Duvall’s residence, and Denning was thrown, suffering a broken right arm and severe head bruises. He was treated by Dr. Foster and later returned home with Col. C E Robbins.
A Chautauqua Booster Meeting was held in the courthouse yard Tuesday evening with a short concert by the hand. Dr. Jas. S. Meyers of Kansas City spoke on chautauqua topics and then met with the Commercial Club at the Fraternal Inn to discuss ways and means. The program is in another column, and the date August 5 to 13 is noted.
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