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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
8
Advertises prices on lemons lemon extract vanilla extract dill pickles soda crackers and other groceries for one day only June 22. Includes notices from local businesses seeking poultry buyers and top prices and a storm of local news including divorces births deaths crimes and court actions from Nevada and surrounding towns with coordinates and names of residents and officials.
Georg W. Pierce died at his home west of Butler on Thursday evening January lth. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church with Pastor Cobb officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill cemetery after a large gathering of kin and friends. He was born in Carter county Tennessee on December 24th. He married Lyden B. Swaggerty October 21 1885 and had six children, living with two sons and four daughters. Survivors include Pierce and Mrs Bracken of the county and Mrs Susan Hedrick of Washington. He moved from Maine to Missouri, settled in Clay county in 1852, then Bates County in 1875 near Butler, where he owned land continuously. His first wife died January 1 1860s. He remarried Elizabeth Chastain in 1869. she died in 1880s. He was known as a nobleman, quiet, temperate, and well respected, embraced religion as a Southern Methodist and kept the faith. He was a good man and the world was better by his living.
Anna Maria Wyatt Jewett, born March 17 1861 in Athens County Ohio, died Sunday evening at her Summit township home. She married Pod Jewett in 188? and leaves husband and four sons Frank Fred Eugene Homer, along with aged parents and brother Pratt Wyatt. She joined First Presbyterian Church of IST and lived as a devout Christian. Funeral conducted by Rev. Jewell at home. burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. community extends sympathy.
J T Flaty from Spruce town says corn in his section is growing well with good color and standing the drought. H L Couchman visits city and plans a 90 day Montana fishing hunting trip with Albert Jenkins. T W Maddox renews as a friend, Uncle Tom works little due to poor health. Sam Starr, Bates county farmer, notes a herd sale progress with about forty head left worth roughly £100 each.
Mrs W R Haviland of Armonk New York writes that her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis until Dr King’s New Discovery saved her life after other remedies failed. The writer also notes a niece with advanced consumption recovered fully. Desperate conditions yield to this remedy, touted as infallible for coughs and colds. Trial bottles offered by H L Tucker.
Word reaches Warrensburg Star of Knob Noster residents poisoned after a Merry Matrons club ice cream party. Several dozen guests reportedly exposed by a zinc paddle left in the freezer. A.M. Craig wife and Mesdames Sharr and Hardy among those hardest affected. all doctors called, several in danger.
A tornado struck Dorchester Nebraska between 3 and 4 PM causing unroofed homes, collapsed structures, and a few demolished buildings with no fatalities and minor injuries. A Burlington freight train eastbound was blown off the tracks west of town, five hours of traffic disruption, and one tramp in a wrecked car was badly hurt. Nearby storm reports suggest severe conditions across the countryside.
Virginia and Deepwater items report social visits church events and farming notes. Families like Yeoman Crook Park and Hensley share gatherings and school closings. Local farming concerns include cornstalks dry weather and pasture shortages with roads and bridges being maintained by area crews.
Fragmentary text mentions Piers, twelve coins, and insurance, with unclear context or final outcome. Possible reference to a financial matter or agency sale but details are unreadable.
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