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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
Local court activity noted with Judge Denton presiding in Osceola. Various community items follow including social visits, marriages, business notices, and local productions.
Lumber for sale at the sawmill along Nich Hill road five miles southwest of Butler Missouri. Native lumber of all kinds available. Call on or address L A McElroy Butler Mo F D 6.
Ed Britt visits Butler as a cordial caller. Classified ads offer Langshan eggs and incubator deals. Local social notes mention visitors and travels to Wyandotte Oklahoma. The Eagle lunch room reports robberies and suspected culprit. Twin daughters born to Dr. W H Allen. one died. Grandpa Allen recalls youthful feeling. Kiersey returns from Oklahoma oil fields. visits Broken Arrow. Summers buys a jack near Ft Scott. Incendiary fire destroys Lamar farm buildings. Amsterdams Enterprise covers the case. J Emmett Hook tale parodies a six week old baby. J A Barron notes road meeting turnout hampered by funds. County names Haggard highway engineer at 8700 yearly. Haggard formerly Bates County surveyor.
Our Renewals lists obligee names in the county and out of county groups. The readable portion includes many individuals and institutions such as Adrian Banking Company Bank of Amoret and Spencer Rice. Some entries appear garbled or partially unreadable with several broken names and stray letters.
Carthage March 8 an engineer at the Independent Powder Company works was shot three times during a fight with Thad Rainey of Joplin and others. Baker’s wife and mother-in-law, and Rainey deny knowledge of the shooting. Baker alleges a life insurance conspiracy worth 10000 dollars to benefit his wife. Rainey and the two women deny involvement. Ex County Judge Wm F Kemper of Prairie township is noted as a pleasant caller. Mrs Miranda Shobe, widow of ex sheriff and ex treasurer Luther Shobe, writes from Woodward Okla praising the paper and planning a Bates county visit.
Amoret news lists moves and visits including Mr and Mrs Dave Keller and Elmer Payton moving into a new home. J D Mathews reports loss of a valuable horse to lockjaw. Will Rogers family visit, leave for Nebraska. Charley Cameron family preparing to move to Washington. E P Malony moves to Mulberry. Fayette Advertiser office destroyed by fire last Wednesday. Burkhart’s insurance expired, plant a total loss. circular letter issued promising continued publication at a new site. Burkhart’s old friends express sympathy.
Platte County Missouri voters approved local option by 2 159 to 1 347. Seven of ten townships and twenty three precincts went wet, while Parkville and Edgerton precincts stayed dry. It was the largest turnout for a Platte County special election.
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