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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
8
Notice to teachers states the regular June examination for grading teachers certificates will be held in the west school building Butler Missouri on June 27 and 28 beginning promptly at 9 a m each day. HO Maxey School Commissioner.
Regular communication of Butler Lodge No 254 4 F A M Saturday night at 8 o'clock with work in the EL AL degree. Visiting brothers are cordially invited. W M H M Cassox signs the notice.
Catholic services will be held Sunday at 10 40 with Benediction after Father Scanlan will celebrate Mary. Sunday School at 1 40. The Star Bloomer Girls of Chicago will play Butler Ball Team on June 28. Rural school graduate exams at West School Butler June 21 at 9 a.m. Alva Brown and J P Horr renewals noted.
The Prohibition Party of this county will hold a convention at City Hall on Monday June 4 at 11 a.m. to nominate the county ticket. Hon Volney B. Cushing of Maine will address the convention and speak at the Christian church at 8 p.m. that evening. Prohibition women and men are invited to attend and participate.
A seven week summer session will start June 23 at Rich Hill for teachers and prospective teachers. Special focus on pedagogy. Tuition for the full period five dollars. Maxey, School Commissioner.
Auction to offer 28 head of cattle farming implements harness and household furniture at public sale on Wednesday June 25 1902. Sale held on farm two miles south and one mile west of Virginia. Terms announced at sale. Eaasxrkh Nespeerope auctioneer.
Butler Camp No. 2458 MW A. hosts a banquet at their hall on Thursday June 26 1902 at 7 o clock p m. Woodmen and families are invited to attend. Clerk B. F. Jevrer signs the notice.
The report notes a stairway to the courthouse under construction and a pleasantly memorable visit from Uncle Bert Woolffin, who serves on the jury. It mentions a busy binder trade, an upcoming talk by Frank O’Hare and wife in Butler Friday at 7 p.m., and Lieut. Col. Cland Clark visiting Jefferson City relatives. A small admission will fund Lake and Park track upkeep on the 3rd and 4th, with condolences to the Wiseman family for the loss of their son. Mrs. Milt Thompson of Mingo is remembered. Lila Steele returns to Butler and resumes work at McKibben Mercantile Co.. she is well regarded.
A refined home wedding occurred June 18 at the Silvers residence with Miss Gertrude Silvers marrying T. J. Meleliand, pastor Lotepeich officiating. The ceremony featured daisy carnation and vine decor, a catered multi course supper, and a host of out-of-town guests from Kansas City, Joplin, Harrisonville, St. Louis, and Des Moines.
Mrs. W. T. Johnson wife of the county treasurer was thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse on Mechanic Street near East Dakota. She struck her head and shoulder, received medical care, and was taken home. Doctors fear brain concussion and say recovery is unlikely. Her husband was in Kansas City and alerted by wire.
James Huff of St. Clair County was bitten by a copperhead coiled in a feed trough while feeding horses. He tied a cord around his arm and sought a physician whose remedy saved his life. Julian Hoff, his brother, traveled to visit. Wesley Denton of Kansas City, son of Hon. A. Denton of Butler, visited Rich Hill and is praised as secretary of a local firm and a self made, industrious young man.
Butler Driving Club prepares for July 4 and 5 at Lake Park track east of Butler with expects of fast trotting pacing and running races for purses. The club organized with W F Duvall as president and J Tom Key notes wheat fields in Dade averaging near thirty bushels per acre fertilized with bone dust at about 1 25 per acre.
Passaic notes show J D Tatkwell painting a hotel and adding a white porch, Miss Vesta Rice delivering a new wheel, and Cal Robinson repairing a hack for Mr Boswell. Mentions El Dorado visits, farm vacations, a 1910 washing machine, school hiring plans, Anticipated summer normal, Zwahlen brothers wheat harvest, and local social chatter.
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing her after six months of severe hay fever and asthma symptoms. The ad touts its usefulness for coughs colds and bronchial trouble with trial bottles offered at H L Tuckers drug store. The Border Telephone comment on Sabbath disorder and crowd actions referencing a mayor is also noted.
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