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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
The Werxt Times, published every Thursday, offers home delivery to any address at rear with postage paid for one dollar. Subscriptions start with the Thursday issue and include full weekly publication details.
The Missouri Pacific timetable fragment lists connections between Joplin, Kansas City, and local freight lines. It references the Joplin mall and express routes, intercity connections including a 10.5 schedule, and notes on freight handling at Butler with intermittent station details and interstate division markers.
The Bates county Democratic Central Committee schedules a meeting at the circuit court room in Natler on Saturday July 1st at 2 o clock p.m. The call urges attendance and outlines the local political gathering.
The balance at April 30 was 6 363 173.76 with May receipts of 210 937.25 and disbursements of 380 197.45 leaving a May 41 balance of 5 202 715 598. Central committeemen plan to meet next Saturday to choose a chairman and are urged to avoid interference by county politicians and select a candidate capable of running the campaign rather than pursuing personal or factional aims.
The Nevada Mail notes an early stir in Missouri's Sixth District with candidates named Dickinson of Henry, Wallace Crossley, James Saddeth, Chas Morrow of Johnson, John Lucas of St Clair, and Judge Jarrett of Cass. It suggests Congressman DeArmond may run to succeed himself, signaling a hot fight for the nomination.
The Bates County Democratic Central Committee is called to meet in this city July first. The Bates county party urges a quorum and rejects personal ambition for chairmanship. The article supports using the chair for party benefit and organizing a strong campaign force next spring. Thomas M Casey was arrested for forging notes totaling 9000 dollars.
A factional letter urges the county party committee to back a capable, broad minded leader with party experience. It calls for postponing quick decisions, resisting political manipulation, and meeting with a real working quorum next Saturday to advance the party’s aims.
The Globe-Democrat editorial lauds Bryan's influence shaping 1908 strategy, predicts radicalized Democratic leadership at the St Louis 1904 legacy, and notes that Socialist and Populist ideas may surface. It argues Democrats under Bryan may mount a stronger, more credible campaign to challenge Republicans, with Folk appointing Calvird to locate the Northwest Normal School as part of state normal school expansion.
Thomas M. Casey, cashier of the defunct Salmon & Salmon bank in Clinton, faces forgery charges for two notes totaling 900 dollars. One note for 2400 bears forged Wallace & Stevens branding, the other for 3500 bears Stevens’ name. Casey, ill at home, is guarded by a deputy. Notes were used as collateral for a bank loan, with no cash obtained. The Kansas City State Bank earlier loaned 150,000 dollars to Salmon, secured by 307,000 dollars in notes.
A 1899 law allows each State Senator and Representative to appoint cadets from their district or county. Appointees study in the University in Academic, Engineering, and Agricultural departments tuition free, with uniforms provided. Each appointment valued over $20. Applicants must be four year high school academy or college graduates. Representative Church and Senator Dickinson will appoint.
Warrensburg Missouri June 26. The jury in the Hyatt murder case returned a verdict at 4 o clock finding Paul and Thomas Hyatt guilty of murder in the second degree and assessing ten years each in the state penitentiary. Attorneys will move for a new trial and appeal to the supreme court if necessary. The defendants showed little reaction. Thomas and Paul Hyatt killed Herman Martin Christmas Eve in the Cumberland Presbyterian church yard near Columbia.
One hundred cadetships valued at over 5480 remain vacant in the Military Department at the University of Missouri. The vacancies will be filled within ninety days by members of the Missouri Trust. The item includes an advertisement praising Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach and digestion ailments.
The editor of the Earth urges farmers to hold up their heads with pride in their calling. He says to own land if possible, to eliminate mortgage debt, and if not, move to a region where one can acquire ground. Farming offers a noble living for a gentleman and wife, unlike city clerks who face health issues and low pay.
Honolulu June 26. Governor Carter mailed his resignation to President Roosevelt on Wednesday. The move, not tied to E. M. Brown's election as high sheriff, ends a long period of deliberation. Carter believes he can serve Hawaii better outside the governor’s office after a lengthy sequence of events.
The City of Seattle is due Sunday with one million dollars in Klondike and Tanana gold, shipped directly from the mines after leaving Skagway. The Dolphin also arrived with one million dollars in Klondike gold.
A Boston Electro Medical Institute staff chief tours the state on an advertising trip offering free consultation and medicine to cure chronic diseases and deformities. The program claims no cost for examination or medicines, promises possible cures or life-prolonging advice, and notes specialized treatments for deafness catarrh lungs digestion kidneys and tumors with an expert eye ear nose and throat service. Cancer tumors ulcers skin and scalp diseases are cited under a new method with appeals to rich and poor alike.
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