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Newspaper

Butler Weekly Times

Location

Butler, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1907

Page

4

Marriage by telephone ruled illegal in Texas

Galveston, Texas June 17 The estate of late Thomas Wemberly valued over 200000 is tied up as Nolan county court holds telephone marriages illegal After contesting the will the legality of the marriage was reviewed The ruling requires the marriage ceremony to be solemnized by a minister with the attending parties and witnesses present.

Galveston Texas Thomas Wemberly Nolan Wemberly

Missouri appoints state poultry board members

Jefferson City June 17 Gov Folk appoints Frank Temple Elsberry J A Maxwell Samuel Tetley W H Turner R B Bridgman C A Morton and Arthur B Drescher to a two year term on the state poultry board from the law’s effective date. He also names Walter L Mack of St Joseph to the state board of barber examiners replacing R M Dorrence who resigned.

Jefferson City Missouri Folk Frank Temple Elsberry J. A. Maxwell Fayette Samuel Tetley Farmington W. H. Turner Mexico R. B. Bridgman Oregon C. A. Morton St. Louis Arthur B. Drescher Hannibal Walter L. Mack St. Joseph State Board of Barber Examiners R. M. Dorrence

Women Make the Katy's Flags in Sedalia

The Ladies' Aid society of the First Congregational church of Sedalia has held the contract for furnishing every flag used on the Katy railroad for seventeen years. This longstanding duty reflects the group’s dedication to civic service and the regional railroad heritage.

Sedalia Ladies’ Aid Society First Congregational Church of

Posse Flogs Minister In Western Kentucky Scandal

Paducah Ky June 17 disclosures since the horse whipping of Rev Frank Morton Hawley former pastor of Fulton First Presbyterian have revealed a web of scandal. Hawley 30 years old pursued Mrs Meadows wife of 58 year old W W Meadows while boarding at their hotel. After suspicions grew, Meadows expelled Hawley and Mrs Meadows filed divorce papers for cruelty seeking 20000 alimony. Clothes bills totaling 850 appeared to show planning. Hawley fled to Hollow Rock Ark then was seized by a posse on a northbound train and forcibly carried away. The town laments the church scandal while Meadows faces humiliation and his 15 year old daughter remains with him. Mrs Meadows is believed to stay in Fulton.

Paducah Frank Morton Hawley First Presbyterian Church Fulton Hawley W. W. Meadows Kentucky Charlotte N.C Meadows Mra Mra. Meadows Harris Tenn Meadow

Local Muskogee Grower Harvests First Potatoes at 81 Per Acre

William Gulager of Muskogee reports a twenty acre potato field marketing the first crop at 81 dollars per acre. He plans a second crop on the same land expected to net 50 dollars per acre. An interesting phase notes potatoes along roads and fence corners in the district.

Muskogee I. T Jane William Gulager

Backward Spring Hatches Remarkable Chicken Tale in Roseville

In Roseville Pennsylvania Abe Wells recounts an incubator folly where early chicks were stunted by cold weather then rapidly recovered after sheltering in warmth. The tale notes chicks shrank then grew feathers again, finally hatching vibrant after the heat, prompting reflections on luck and weather.

Pennsylvania Abe Wells Herricks Roseville

Remarkable Rescue in Fedora Tenn by Dr King's Discovery

In Fedora Tennessee C V Pepper reports a miraculous recovery after hemorrhage in the lung and throat. He says doctors offered no hope until he began Dr King's New Discovery, which stopped coughing and bleeding and let him return to work in three weeks. A 50 cent and 1 dollar bottle guarantee is offered at F T Clays Drug Store with a trial bottle free.

Fedora Tenn C. V. Pepper F. T. Clay’s

Jealous Woman Hurls Acid Injuring Two in Kansas City

Jealousy drove Jessie Richardson to throw carbolic acid from a doorway striking Nellie Cole and Lillian Prosse in a Kansas City home. Both women suffered severe facial burns but were not fatally injured. Cole was treated at Emergency Hospital while Prosse remained critically hurt. Richardson was arrested as the incident stunned neighbors.

Kansas City Jessie Richardson Jessle Richardson Lillian Prosse Richardson Nellie Cole Prosse Cole

Three Years For One Dollar Half-Price Republic Ad

The Twice-A-Week Republic of St. Louis Missouri offers a special rate of three years for 1 to June 30 1907. Subscriptions extend to old and new customers with renewals starting after current expiry. The offer promises rotor test 90 papers per year 312 pages and urges readers to spread the word and subscribe.

Republic St. Louis United States

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