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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
2
Ledger fragment shows cash on hand May 3 1945 and May 1 1908 balances. Itemized lines include loans on May 1 1908 taxes collected 1907 and 1905, penalties, and railroad bond accounts with figures like 9 650.21 and 16 179.59. Remaining readable figures indicate a balancing statement for the township accounts.
Jim Allen a New Mexico lawyer earns fearsome bills in a range dispute at a dipping station. He negotiates with a stockman, gains 900 ewes and a mustang, and returns to Mercreda Torres with a triumphant claim and a new life. The tale blends ranch life and legal wit in a frontier setting.
A woman reflects on borrowing as she enters a room and shuts the door. A man wanted to borrow her typewriter, and she notes the intrusion as a stranger eyes the machine. A tale recalls Aunt Mat refusing a friend’s request to lend a $500 violin for practice.
The Minneapolis Tribune editorial argues the Dingley tariff law offers no material change. It says campaign managers have buncoed the country and party, predicting Congress will pass a familiar schedule with little real improvement. The piece urges voters to finish the tariff dispute quickly.
By authority of a special execution from the clerk of the circuit court of Bates County Missouri the sale date is set for Friday June 4 1909 at the county courthouse Rich Hill. The bid is to be cash and the property is sold by J B Bullock sheriff of Bates County to satisfy the execution.
By authority of a special exen issued from Bates County Court, Y C Comba Collector of Revenues, vs Charles H Dunham. Sheriff to sell the right, title, and claim in a described real estate located in Bates County Missouri. Sale to occur Friday in June at the east front door of the Court House in Butler between morning and five in the afternoon.
Court ex rel Combe Sasesten issues writ for sale of property in Bates County Missouri to satisfy a debt. Sheriff Henry Walter says the sale will occur Friday June 4 at 9 o'clock, offering the property or part thereof to the highest bidder on payment in hand.
A damaged OCR note references a special executive order from Bates Missouri clerk’s office. It mentions the May term in favor of the State and a revenue official, describing a lot with a westward 49 feet segment. The text is incomplete and contains misread words and dates.
A dated probate record listing executors administrators and guardians with multiple entries from May 24 to June 9 including names such as Rogers Jacob Ford David H Devie and Jno C Hayes. The document records dates, participant names, and roles for estate matters with Judge J. A. Silvers.
Wheress W McAnineh and Odie B McAinch his wife executed and delivered to Bates county Missouri school fund mortgage dated May 10 and recorded in book 444. A lot in Whit Hemal Addy of Butler Mo. sold by county court for cash at the east front house in Detroit city, June 5 1900.
An incomplete note records a gathering at the House of Fine O'Diesk in Thafeny with a time stated as five o'clock in the afternoon. The text is fragmentary and offers limited context or outcomes.
Gay Rapley, whose parents reside near Archie, was drowned in the southern area. Police and rescuers found the body after a search that included local swimmers and volunteers. The incident prompted an ongoing investigation and inquiries into circumstances surrounding the drowning.
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