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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
H R Martin and family moved to Oklahoma this week. Mrs A Deardorff broke her right arm near the wrist and dislocated the wrist. J H McCombs visited from El Dorado Springs for business. Jim Cumming and Cora Rexroad were married at the bride's parents home four miles east of Adrian Wednesday evening.
Patchen reports Nellie Vandeever visiting De Forest home in Drextl ian guest. Crook heads to Heppner Oregon to locate. Hilton couple return from Kansas City visit. Gragg visits Butler for final settlement with Combe and tidies tax scale. Liston Gage and Myrtle Massey wed at bride’s parents south of town.
Community notes from Foster recount family moves near Floater and Nyhart, marriages and illnesses, travel to Butler and Leavenworth, a death in the Robb family, and local school events. Klondike School closed due to rain. a box supper raised $1565 for the library. A quilting gathering hosted by Mrs Martha Clouse drew 14 attendees, with a family list and a note of goodwill.
Virginia items report Cap Nicheila visiting Towersdale, Misa Clara Manger teaching summer school at Hotwater, and Misa Rachel Park visiting Baldwin. Notes cover road dragging, local marriages, farm work, court activities, and church events. Also listed are residents traveling to Oklahoma and New Mexico, school visits, and upcoming Christian Endeavor meetings with state president E Hunter.
A rural Peru column reports a community supper held for March 21 1908 to aid Mr and Mrs N M Brown, notes on improving residents and a fatal illness. Thomas Brown son of Mr and Mrs Noah Brown dies at home March 8 1908 after pneumonia. The Oak Band plays at the funeral and community members attend, with condolences offered to the bereaved family.
The Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain announces that after March 10 two thousand workers at the foot of Sidney and DeKalb Streets in St Louis will be dismissed, raising total idle employees to 7500. No detail on broader retrenchment. M G Markham denies any receivership, asserting the company can pay all debts.
A public sale on March 10 1908 at ms farm 3 miles south and one mile east of Butler offers 2 mares aged years 4 mules 24 cattle with calves 5 head yearling heifers a 2 year old Shorthorn bull 2 cows with pigs 24 sheep about 0 pounds 10 about 150 pounds 48 high bred Shropshire ewes 35 lambs and 1 registered Oxford buck. Terms cash with 6 percent discount or 8 months without interest. Listed by T L Barrer.
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