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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
5
Butler in Bates County features a surge of commerce with Black & Arnold offerings incl overalls khaki pants and Palm Beach suits. Various locals and visitors including J B Walton and J G Hargis are noted, while Dr Hyde's murder trial in Kansas City is postponed.
E D Frazier of Drexel Missouri sold stockers at the Kansas City market near the top price eight dollars ten cents per hundredweight. He runs a large cattle herd and farm while handling Percherons and Jacks and finding time for recreation. The Poland China trade has been the strongest he has seen, with five to ten head shipped weekly.
Heavy rains last week swelled Marmaton bottom causing crop damage and washing out tracks near Nevada. Train schedules were seriously disrupted by flooding and track washouts.
Hugh Seymour Allen of Ek olorado Springs and Miss Alice Irene Nafus wed at the bride’s parents home in this city. Rev. W S Macrea performed the ceremony. The couple plans a brief bridal tour and will reside in Eldorado Springs.
Sunday memorial day for the Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah at the Fraternal Inn hall. They wore regalia and, led by the Butler concert band, marched to Oak Hill cemetery for ritual ceremonies. About 40 graves were decorated with contributions from several out of town members.
Henry Thompson Butler Nellie Thomas Butler Arthur R Waddell Butler Ruby Louise Mead Butler James C Shockey Rich Hill Katie B Wetzel Texas City A B Simpson Stafford Kas Minnie Frankenfield Foster Hugh 8 Allen Eldorado Springs Alice Irene Nafus Butler Mo
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