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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
2
The Butler school board agreed to submit a twenty thousand dollar bond proposition to voters to build a new high school on part of the lot of the west school ward building. Some board members question urgency due to a declining district population, while others insist the end goal is a quality high school reflecting the district's wealth and importance.
A Missouri newspaper items correction notes prior misquotes from 1901 and 1902 statements. It reports a larger wheat acreage in Bates county with good quality grain though heavy rains hinder recent harvest. Apples and peaches were killed by frosts but berry crop remains heavy and fine. Mention of a Kansas tornado affecting Senator Long's land and ponies, cattle losses, and a Kansas City arrest for "mashing" followed by a $25 fine. It also cites Missouri fire insurance payouts in 1906 totaling $8.5 million paid, $3.5 million returned.
In three years work on the waterway only about one twentieth of the required dirt handling has been completed. Expenditure has reached about 30 percent of the total allocation, yet funding seems to be flowing faster than progress.
Rich Hill gears up for Independence Day with assured festivities and a full lineup from July 2 to 6. Attractions include a Ferris wheel merry go round circus minstrels and a sensational high dive by Capt John Patterson from a 90 foot ladder. The city will keep open house all day July 4 and expects hundreds of visitors with ample crowd care.
The Bates County Text-Book Commission met and organized with Superintendent A. L. Ives as chairman and Prof. Porter Allison as secretary. They advertised for bids for textbooks and will meet again on Monday July 15 to select titles. L. B. Starke visits Butler. Bruce Starke reports two weddings June 17 and June 22 in St. Joseph and St. Louis. Jim Boyles notes his 18 acres of wheat and plans to cradle the crop if weather stays dry.
Dr Edward L Metschan son of ex State Treasurer Phil Metschan and Miss Roses Walls daughter of Dr and Mrs J T Walls were married at the bride’s parents home at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon officiated by Father Oliwart. Only immediate relatives attended as bridal attendants included Hubert Parsons and Mrs Parsons. The couple will reside on Upton Avenue near Holladay.
John Woodfin executor announces probate of A H Woodfin estate. Creditors must file claims by the two year expiration date. failure to exhibit claims within this period bars them forever. Probate County publication dated Heh ay of Jane.
The Bates County Missouri Text-Book Commission invites bids for five year text book contracts for public schools. Bids due by July 1, 1907, in Butler. German Reader is among subjects. The commission may reject all bids and reserves rights.
Texas to bar all tuberculosis patients in advanced stages. Dr W H Bramby state health officer will issue eight proclamations establishing a strict quarantine, placing TB with yellow fever and smallpox. A recent Southwestern Texas probe reports many infected entrants.
The note describes efforts to bar health seekers with tuberculosis from entering Texas, outlining the purpose of restricting access to the state for those seeking treatment or residence. It highlights health policy aims and the tension between public health and immigration or mobility.
In a swamp near New Orleans the body of Walter Lamana, a seven or eight year old Italian boy, kidnapped for a $6000 ransom two weeks earlier, was found before daylight by bystanders. Officials say the death appears connected to a confession by one of several Italians held by police amid Black Hand intimidation. Lamana was the son of an Italian undertaker who had received multiple Black Hand letters.
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