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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
5
Warrensburg area items cover Clinton Chautauqua start July 20 with remarks on Gen Fitzhugh Lee July 26 and a Fourth of July fair close. Bates county court docket changes from Johnson to Bates, local politics and prominent citizens, farm life, a drowning with two deaths, courthouse yard upgrades, and scattered visits, travels, and remittances.
Members of the K of P Lodge held memorial services Sunday and marched to the cemetery where they dedicated the graves of departed brethren. A wreath was placed on each grave in a solemn tribute.
At Friday night’s Fourth of July gathering Butler appointed a soliciting committee led by Dr. J. M. Christy James Winsett S F Warnock T J Day and Frank Mabbott The group has reportedly raised funds to ensure a successful celebration In other news Exchange grain elevator in the east bottoms Kansas City burned Friday destroying 40000 bushels of wheat with an estimated 70000 loss A Virginia neighborhood resident Mrs Martha Oldham described as Tre Tries’ friend was a pleasant caller A girl from A D Hyde of Japville gave carbolic acid and laudanum to her brother by mistake A Fanny Norris Ottawa University teacher on a KC St Louis train had her bag stolen by a quick thief but officers recovered it with the thief later confessing Miss Norris praised for her composure and independence.
Five hundred lives are reported lost Monday in a cloud burst at Heppner Oregon. Over one hundred corpses have been recovered. Heppner in north central Oregon with a population of 1146 was swept away by a flood driven by Willow creek. The town lay in a funnel and a great surge of water raced down the creek washing everything before it.
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