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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
5
County Clerk advertises a primary election in Bates County with polls from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on August 4 1908 unless sunset extends hours. Voters nominate candidates for state district and county offices for the November 3 1908 general election. The list includes candidate names post offices and offices.
A long OCR list presents Socialist Party candidates by office across states. Names include David A. Ball for Governor and Michael K. McGarth for Secretary of State, with numerous others for State Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Railroad Commissioner, Representatives, judges, sheriffs, treasurers, surveyors, and public administrators. Locations cited include Kansas City, Butler, and various townships, with multiple misspellings and garbled emails.
A list of Republican candidates for state and local offices including Jefferson City Boonville Milan Branson and St. Joseph with names such as Herbert Hadley Jacob Gmelich Jesse Tollerton Wilbur Maring and others and nominees for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals along with Secretary of State and Commissioner positions in Missouri.
I. C. G. Weeks certifies Bates County voters the full list of Prohibition Party candidates. Herman P. Faris Webster Grove Monta S. Payne Lancaster James F. Botts Sedalia George C. McLaughlin Holden Ezekiel T. Inman Deer Creek Two district Henry Gough Pleasant Gap Two Louis M. Deffenbaugh Butler Bishop O. Terry Green Castle James M. Fulkerson Fredericktown Jonathan P. Orr Holden I. Shelton Johnstown and the clerk’s designation for the election hours and offices.
Scattered notes recount the Lamar city council's post dry era tax clash as factions clash over an occupation tax. Other items mention Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonials, a Topeka notary public oath, a Kansas City naval midshipman with height surgery, and a heroic Adrian rescue where Eugene Ensworth saved a boy from a runaway horse after leaping at the bite.
Harry Wietermute returned from a westward journey while M. L. Carr plans a business and pleasure trip to Illinois. Misa Ruth Hough of Chicago visited Mrs. C. A. Emerson. J. O. Sears, once involved in the local drag business, saw friends. Mrs. R. L. Caldwell went to Excelior Springs to be with her sister Mrs. Gee who was ill. Pullman is very sick. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Strode left for Kansas City then Washington to establish their future home. Frank Marmon and sister Mary were called to Pleasanton Kansas due to their father’s illness. George Swan’s neighbors surprised him with a 30th birthday gathering.
The Journal condemns Lola Kansas measures restricting Sunday commerce and services, noting the town bans bread and meat sales and even telephone doctor calls. It argues such blue laws echo 1708 rigidity, harming daily life and prompting questions about living in 1908.
A Pueblo Chieftain editorial defends printing a news item despite pressure from a local businessman who threatened to withdraw advertising. The piece argues newspapers serve their subscribers, advertisers, and readers, citing contracts, reporters, and established duties to publish news of the day regardless of market pressure.
Reverend M G Dickson of Hoboken denounces women’s dress in a Hudson county letter. He traces a shift from low necklines to peeka-boo outfits and sheath gowns, claiming immodest exposure leads to lewd talk and moral decline. He asks what women are coming to in the name of purity.
The convention platform praises President Roosevelt as the greatest statesman since Washington and Lincoln, pledges continued adherence to his policies, and outlines aims on wealth opportunity, tariff reform, currency, postal savings banks, and anti trust measures. It endorses a special tariff revision session after inauguration and criticizes minority dissent led by Cooper.
The corrected timetable lists Missouri Pacific trains including Ex No. 8 and No. 2 between Kansas City and St. Louis, local freights and passenger services, with arrivals around 1:00 pm and a Sunday schedule. An Home Seekers Excursion to many western and southern states is advertised, offering one and one half fare plus $2.00 round trip on first and third Tuesdays. tickets valid twenty one days from sale date.
Seasonal railroad fare notes list on sale from June 12 to 16 for travel to Pueblo Colorado Springs or Denver for 1850. direct lines to San Francisco Los Angeles or San Diego 21000. Ogden Salt Lake 3150. Mexico City 475. Portland 6230. Trinidad 2555. California Oregon Washington 156h. Butler Missouri for Republican National Convention Chicago June 12 to 16 tickets good returning by June 40 with 21675 round trip rate.
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