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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
8
A local dealer reports unloading a straight car load of steel wheel Farm Trucks in Butler. The firm touts best value for money and readiness to offer the best proposition in Bates County with prices starting at $25.
Local shop advertises McCormick Milwaukee and John Deere binders as top choice. Also offers McCormick and Dain mowers, Sulky and Sweep Rakes, plus a hay loader and side delivery rake at reduced prices. Visit to inspect selection.
McCormick Standard and Pure Sisal Binder Twine offered at price points that undercut cheaper brands. Consumers warned they can buy McCormick twine at nearly the same price, making it a better value choice for buyers seeking quality.
We just unloaded a car of buggies and spring wagons and can show you a strictly up-to-date line. We handle Velie models and other lines. Large stock of buggy wheels tops poles shafts and related parts. Prices are right.
A car load of Mason and E. Z. fruit jars has just been unloaded with bargain prices. Also offered are sea fiat ce one upstrumints a coc arters for Gro.
A deadly multi state storm left seventeen dead and about twenty injured as tornadoes blasted through Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Homes barns and silos were destroyed or damaged while trains tracks and roads suffered severe disruption. Claimed deaths include Burgess family near Onaga and individuals in Harrisonville Richmond Joplin and Ft Scott with many others injured or missing.
Masons from Butler Lodges and chapters led by W G Dillon A F and A M Dr H M Cannon J B Walker H C Mexey L R Twyman Gouley Commandry Knights Templar Charles McFarland DeWitt Chastain and C H Burress departed in a special sleeper to Jefferson City for the laying of the sortie stone of the new capital building. About 20 000 Masons are expected to take part in the ceremonies.
Dr. W H Btole succeeds Dr. W H Balthrope and buys his dental business. Dr. W H Stone, practicing in Hiawatha for a year, has moved into the Balthrope offices to take charge. Stone, son of County Treasurer J H Stone, is described as a good dentist with many friends in Hiawatha.
John W. Luttrell advertises byline farms for sale or exchange in Bates and Vernon counties Missouri inviting descriptions to match buyers with sellers. A moonshine whisky plant with 200 gallon daily capacity was captured by government posse near Waldron Arkansas, arresting Frank Osborn and John Jasper. Mr and Mrs W B Dawson have returned home from Sweet Springs.
A cyclone struck Laney Allen's house four miles north of Montrose Thursday night about 9:30. The house was destroyed and one of the twin babies died later. Mrs. Allen and another child were seriously injured and Mrs. Allen’s sister Francis Doll died the next day. The Allens and other twin survived, hospitalized.
The piece notes the funerals for eight year old Francis and his five month old sibling held at White Oak on Saturday. The Allen family received community sympathy as a hired man, staying with them, escaped with minor bruises. Also mentioned is Judge Estes Smith found dead in his pasture Wednesday morning. Additional brief items include Sam Farmer and Tan White visiting Urich, Ladine Harper visiting Elsie Gilbert in Butler, and Harve Harness selling hogs in Urich last week.
Rain and hail linger in Elkhart area as residents record weekly activities including visits by Mrs. Pearl Armentrout and Miss Goldie Coates, hog sales by Ben Coats, a birth, travels to Liberty Missouri, and relatives gathering at local homes with the Royal Neighbors meeting nearby.
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