Butler Notice and Local News Highlights
A notice announces a new wholesale and retail field seed store in Butler at North Main and Pine with a full line including red Texas seed oats for spring seeding. Also mentions Profits Evevard Co Foresee Black Mammoth Jack and a hunting incident where a Canada goose, weighing 15 pounds, was shot. A Missouri Confederate Veterans letter encourages ex Confederates to unite with camps for social, benevolent, and welfare purposes while forbidding political action.
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Texas
Call
Eee
North Main and
Pine Streets
Butler
Evevard Co
Joe Morrison
Et. Childs
Wm. Bell
Walker Cannon
I. H. Blood
Tome
Joe
James B. Gantt
James W. Allen
Missouri
United Confederate Veterans
Manual training topic dominates Jasper County teachers meeting
Superintendent Burke attended a Jasper County Teachers Association meeting in Carthage in the new high school building dedicated a day earlier. An address on manual training by Harvey of Menomonie Wis impressed Burke who hopes Butler will soon add a public school manual training department. Also noted is the visit of Mr and Mrs Carter of Omega Okla with ties to Butler and an 1898 land claim, plus a cyclone near miss and a family home destruction following a late night storm.
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Burke
Jasper County Teachers Association
Carthage
Harvey
Menomonie
Wis
Butler
Aire. H. Carter
Omega
Okla
W. F. Hemetreet
R. L Brant
Under the Wheels Major Crowell learns of Dr Rogers death
Major Crowell received a telegram Tuesday about the accidental death of Dr Leonard P Rogers a Scully agent at Beatrice Nebraska He left on the evening train for Buffalo Illinois The Beatrice Express reports Rogers died instantly at Godfrey Illinois after the train started when he stepped off for a walk He had recently been named head Scully agent to replace Koehnile and planned to move to Lincoln Illinois Funeral will be held at Buffalo Illinois today.
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Major Crowell
Leonard P. Rogers
Scully
Beatrice
Nebraska
Buffalo
Lle
Beatrice Express
Rogers
Lincoln
Ills
Godfrey
Ille
United States
Koehnile
Dr. Rogers
Inquiry About Missouri Troops Dispatch Details War Readiness
Jefferson City reports that Adjutant General DeAr mond received a government inquiry on Missouri military strength for potential war. The state lists four ready regiments plus an unattached battalion, one artillery battery in St Louis, another being formed in Kansas City, totaling about 5 000 troops available for immediate deployment.
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Jefferson City
DeArmond
Parrtment
China
Missouri
Kansas City
Found Can of Gold in Old Barn Near John Short's Place
In a northwest town area on Saturday evening Walter Crutainger and schoolmates found an old tin can of gold coins sewn in cloth inside a box above a stable door. The coins totalled 280 dollars, counted at the Cruisinger home. John Short, a Bates County native, was an eccentric trader and Jim Franklin’s reputed father. His widow lives near Johnatown.
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John Short
Walter Crutainger
Butler
Bates County
Jim Franklin
Jim
Mr Short
Johnatown
Beautiful Bagdad in Austin Promotes Opera Star
After a matinee of Bagdad in Austin Texas Opie Read praised Miles Adama predicting a top position in music. The touring company boasts a strong chorus and will perform at Butler opera house on Tuesday March 6 1906.
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Austin
Texas
Opie Read
Miles Adama
Bagdad
Butler Opera House
Butler High School Play Night For Library Fund
Butler High School students present an evening at the opera house on Friday March 9 featuring two comic plays, a drill, readings and recitations to benefit the Library Fund. Liberal patronage requested from the community to support the event.
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Butler High School
Opera House
Ohio
Nome Says Automobile Could Deter Horses On Course
Local observer Nome claimed the automobile would discourage horses at the event, suggesting a change in pace and crowd dynamics as the race approach.
Elks Minstrels Deliver Entertaining Night of Comedy
Butler Lodge 958 B P O Elks staged amateur minstrel acts with black and white performers. Notable acts included Charley Fisk as manager, lively song numbers by Ray Tyler Orville Stansbury and Gladys McCarty, plus a well received female impersonation by Robert L Zoll from Warrensburg. The crowd enjoyed jokes, dances, and several specialty routines, praising the evening from start to finish.
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Butler Lodge
Ellison Hut Shenoy
Charley Fisk
Charley McFarland
S. H. Blood
Harry Olloway
Bob Allen
George Carruthers
Leon Fox
Will Badgley
Clyde McFarland
Orville Stansbury
Oscar Revie
Robert Smith
Ray Tyler
Gage
Vis
Orville Stansberry
N Fox
H Holloway
Gladys McCarty
Dorothy Koontz
Luther Delameter
Arla Bailey
Kitty Delameter
Nellie Jones
Beula Walker
Orville Stoneberry
Harry Holloway
M Smith
Lena Morris
Mary and
Wiz
Frank Koontz
Robert L Zoll
Warrensburg
Walnut Township Update Highlights Charley West's Role
Charley West, a Walnut Township resident, contributed to township affairs as a longtime settler and active participant. The report notes his steady involvement in local governance and community matters during a recent Wednesday.
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Charley West
Walnut Township
Charley
Annual meeting urged for cemetery association in April 1906
Officers call especial attention to the annual meeting the first in April 1906 at which no old members are exempt. Citizens urged to join and contribute small dues to keep up and beautify the city's cemetery. The association, with the cemetery committee, has engaged W Holloway as caretaker of the grounds and he will devote his full time to the work.
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Ladies Cemetery Association
Butler Stok
W. Holloway
Woasen
Sorter Changes In Ried Hill Review
In the column titled Things Sorter Different Now Gabe in Ried Hill Review, the writer reflects on a shift in approach during a partial week in progress. The piece notes variation in style and process as the sorter role adapts to new conditions.
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Gabe
Ried Hill Review
Girl Dies Saving Friend Near Glasgow Bridge
In Glasgow Missouri on February 26 Miss Anna Mae Digges died after pushing her friend away from an oncoming freight engine near the west approach of the Long Bridge. Mira D Arthur and two others fled the embankment but four ran onto the track as the locomotive approached.
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Glasgow
Anna Mae Digges
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Cable & Groves
Des Moines
Butler, MO
L. L. Jupy
Athoret
Kansas
Kit Macakerel
Macakerel
Beautiful Bagdad
High School Entertainment
Nome
Hiram Nichols
The
Elks Minstrels
Kentucky
Cannon-Weiner Elev, CO
Miss Digges
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