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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
5
Mrs L R Heinlein of Kansas City visits relatives here and many others from Kansas City and Missouri towns drop in or travel through. Names include Walker McKibben, Gus Seelinger, J A Carey, Dr W A Williams, Captain Ed S Clark and many local residents. Items cover visits, business trips, store offerings, new furniture, clothing and drapery sales, along with a burglar like lamp explosion and a court verdict on a drunken disturbance case.
Bates County landowners formed a drainage association in a Monday meeting in Butler with a five member board elected. Officers named include President W F Duvall and Secretary J F Kern. Six candidates received votes for supervisors with Duvall, Kern, Steuck, Ayers and Bell highest. Monthly meetings set at Peoples Bank. Several local residents noted, including Misses Alf and Pet Broaddus as visitors and Miss Fay Doubenmeier from Cedar Rapids visiting J S Doubenmeier’s home.
Washington readers are reminded of a quotation about the President’s courageous battle against lobbies. The author urges a reread to see Wilson’s effort to stop special privilege that would deprive the people of a well earned victory.
A. H. Culver of this city and Dr W A Williams of Hume were appointed members of the county highway commission by the county court Saturday. Jos Flammang, county engineer, is ex officio a member. The court had previously named three, with the engineer as a fourth, but state guidance declared the setup illegal. Culver elected president and Flammang secretary.
In Washington June 24 Missourians introduced four bills with three previously filed in earlier sessions failing to pass. Representative Dickinson submitted two measures already seen, including extending pension acts to enrolled Missouri militia who aided the Union in the Civil War and granting pension eligibility to Utah expedition veterans from 1857 plus their widows and children.
A large meteorite discovered by Fred Williams on his farm in Fresno was revealed to be iron and nickel after chemical tests. Williams unearthed it at sixteen feet and jeweler inspectors initially mistook its samples for gold.
Final tally for Adrian postmaster before Congressman Dickinson lists E. A. Cherry 259 votes W A Lansdown 46 J H Groves 37 Reed er 35 Geo Moore 29 and Miss Owens with Cherry holding a 103 vote majority. Also included are letters uncalled for at Butler Mo for the week ending June 24 1913 and dated July 8 1919 if not claimed.
A local ad seeks a person to perform general house work. The posting requests willing applicants to apply at the office for consideration and outlines routine domestic tasks.
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