27 May 1891
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1891
Page
1
A long OCR fragment lists individuals connected to a bank, real estate loans, depository for county funds, and assorted names across roles from cashier to clerk. It reads like a directory page with multiple surnames, occupations, and titles interspersed with partial phrases and fragmented notes.
The People's Party of the United States of America is born in Cincinnati amid chaotic scenes after the platform reading. Leaders shift to support, with Ignatius Donnelly and P. P. Elder rallying the movement as regional delegates weigh southern alignment and a 1892 national convention.
A small group of Alliance supporters met at the Emery Arcade to plan renewed efforts within sixty days. Speakers urged potential members to join without renouncing their current party, while questioning loyalty to the farmers and political blocs. The Kansas scene may shift toward the Populists, with Democrats receiving crumbs or fading in 1892.
A New York Evening Post note debunks tin plate hype amid a local rural column recounting showers aiding oats and flax, farm work by J G Hines and James Culver, new barn by C C Peeler, and town folks like F P Browning and H G Noravin. Children Day services and community updates fill the rest of the column.
The obituary reports the death of Edward D Hall aged just over 15 after an accident hauling rubbish near Lone Oak on May 16 the boy slipped while standing on boards causing both wheels to pass over him His funeral was held at Double Branch graveyard with many mourners and classmates recalling his high character and scholarly promise The piece also notes Stella Hood and Maggie Ferguson 17 stage struck girls from Joplin were arrested in St Louis while en route to New York with W S Dumont who had promised them good positions
Washington May 22 report shows 85,001 immigrants arrived in April, up from 64,212 in April 1890. Germany sent 22,755. Italy 13,128. Ireland 9,492. England and Wales 5,043. Austria-Hungary 8,709. Sweden and Norway 8,502. Russia 4,272.
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