Rich Hill Family Plans Move to Henrietta Oklahoma
Chae and McMullen from Rich Hill prepare to relocate with their family to Henrietta Oklahoma where they will reside in the future. Myrtle Hartwell visits from St Louis for two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. R Hartwell. A teen attempted a bicycle loop on the square, fell, but no one was hurt beyond street and bin wheel damage. Zula Smith of Harrisonville, a graduating class member, suffered a painful facial injury on school grounds from a wire handle attached to a heavy ball used in hammer throwing.
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Chae, McMullen
Rich Hill
Henrietta
Oklahoma
Mise Zula
Odorless Onion Invention Echoes Across Bates County
Wing Hop, a Chinese gardener near Freeno California, claims an odorless onion with all normal vegetable qualities but no odor. The note mentions Admiral Evans shifting to navy General Board duties after retirement, and Henry Frieze’s curious potatoes with tops missing, exhibiting a topless tuber variety.
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Wing Hop
Freeno
California
Drainage system in Missouri bottoms praised
In Carroll county the editor viewed a drainage setup in the Missouri bottoms, featuring one main ditch and several laterals. Though smaller than others in the area, it is considered a success with land draining valued at 150 to 250 dollars per acre, resembling the alias des Cygnes bottom lands. Reports from Ray county note no large wheat tracts and profits around 25 dollars per acre annually.
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Carroll County
Missouri Bottoms
Des Cygnes
Ray County
Rich Hill Tribune
Traveling man asks for frog legs joke
A Missouri traveler asks a hotel waitress for frog legs. She retorts she has three big brothers. The item ends with a brief joke from the Dallas News.
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Missouri
Rgze
Dallas News
Businessman Sees Phenomenal Local Trade Growth
The Columbia Herald notes a local businessman maintains strong earnings equal to last year, with overall activity ahead of two years prior. It contrasts the recent panic’s lighter impact with the 1893 crisis, which followed years of poor crops and carried deeper consequences.
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Columbia Herald
Dolnga Bualneas
Passaic Sunday School Declares Children's Day
In Passaic community notes the Sunday School plans a Children’s Day for the second Sunday in June with Miss Westi Rice as president of the Busy Bee class. The article urges participation, mentions roadwork by Asa Roster, farm remarks, a weather-free league night, and the upcoming quarterly conference led by Rev. W. G Beasley at Mt. Zion.
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Westi Rice
Asa
Oates
Mt. Zion
Butler
Dixie Sharp
Charles Zwahlens
Catharine Church
Mamie Packer
Gladys Wilcox
Nettle Smiser
Verna Brummett
Anna Clendening
Elx
Callahan
Johnstown
Gragg
Adrian
Passaic
Ms. Zion Church
Real Estate Transfers and Cemetery Lot Sale
Real estate transfers list multiple parcel changes in Town Cos Adrian Rich Hill Butler and Sprague with prices from 12 to 2500. Cemetery plot sale notes Creacent Hill Cemetery and Leffler lot transfer. A city anecdote questions why churches fail to welcome lone country youths, urging outreach.
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James E Huddélaon
Stan Rocker Lote
Adrian
CW McMullen
Ruth
McMullen Lote
Rich Hill
Geo P Huckeby
Lowry
Gwin van Metre
Geo Lobensteln
G P Wyatt
Eec
Ms Pleasant
Butler
Thos J Smith
Pleasant Gap
Nancy M Leffler
G C
Creacent Hill
Alexander Leffler
Creacont Hill
Thomas E. Williame
James E Convers
Town of
Sprague
Emma
Hickman
Mayme J. Hickman
East Aide
Memorial Day Observances by Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic headquarters in Kansas City issues General Orders No. 5 for Memorial Day observances on May 30 1908 inviting schoolchildren patriotic organizations and the public to participate. Readers are urged to read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address and join memorial services with allied groups and the Women’s Relief Corps. Also notes Flag Day June 14 1908 with a request to observe on the preceding Saturday.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Patriotc
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Oceana
Mra
Sarah J. Winang
National Presidents Women’s Relief Corps
Woman's Relief
Boston
Maas
Charles G. Burton
Mislaid Judgment at a New York Dinner
The New York Times reports Heinrich Conried recalling a crisis misstep. A Lutheran clergyman advertised for a butler and a well dressed, clean shaven young man in black arrived asking to staff the home. The episode ends with awkward questions about law, carving, and meals, hinting at a broader caution.
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New York Times
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Hilary Arbuthnot
Air
Deaths of a dear little boy Earl 11 funeral at Mt Olive
The community mourns the loss of Earl a young lad aged eleven years nine months and ten days after a long illness He died May 14 190s and was laid to rest in Mt Olive cemetery Friends and family convey deep sorrow and sympathy to the bereaved parents two brothers and a sister survive Also note the advertisement for Omer Kodol complete digestive tablets sold by C W Hees
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Little Earl
Irea
Jesus
Bylon
Earl
Mt. Olive
Slater
The Sympathetic Judge From Judge's Library
A compassionate criminal court judge faced a sobbing thief awaiting sentence. The man admitted never being imprisoned, and the judge gently reassured him before delivering the sentence. The scene portrays a famed humane jurist balancing mercy with duty.
Depositors Paid in Full at Colgate Bank
Guthrie Oklahoma May 25 Within an hour of H P Smock banking commissioner taking charge of the International Bank of Colgate he had authority to pay depositors in full though the bank's cash and available land fell short of total deposits by about 22 000 The commissioner acted under a new banking law in its first use Governor Haskell as president of the Banking Board authorized immediate full payment of deposits and began the process
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Guthrie
H. P. Smock
Oklahoma
International Bank
Colgate
Smock
Banking Board
Haskell
Admiral Evans Calls on President at White House
An ailing Admiral Evans visits President Roosevelt at the White House in Washington on May 25. The meeting covers naval operations with the battleship fleet and plans to secure support for further actions along the coast, as Evans asserts he is fit as a fiddle. The two leaders discuss medals and recognition for Evans’s fleet efforts.
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Washington
Roear
Evans
Roose
Congreve
Missouri Acutic Time Table at Butler Station Corrected
Train timetable from Butler Station shows lines for Joplin, Joplin & Express, and Kanene City routes with times around 12:38 pm and 7:00 am, plus local freight and passenger services. Interstate Division notes reflect freight and passenger movements and schedule details with mentions of local and Sunday services.
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Joplin & Southweet
N.C
Joplin
P & So
South Mound
Koneseity
St. Louie
Kanene City Wall
Exene
Kanene City Limited
Mal Lend
Ranese City Crock
Home Seekers Excursion to Western States and More
A dated notice announces excursion options for travelers to Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming and other points with round trip rates and specific city connections including Los Angeles San Francisco and Seattle. Details reference monthly fire and third Tuesday sailings with fares around 2.00, 880.00 to certain destinations, and sale windows from March to April 1908 under B C Vasbervoort.
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Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mexico
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennesse
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Los Angeles
San Franciso
Santiago
California
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Otter
Oley
Las
B.C. Vasbervoort
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Myrtle Hartwell
St. Louia
Mrs. R. Hartwell
Metcalf
Robly D. Evans
The
Atlantic
General Board of the Navy
DeWitt
C. W. Hess
Henry Frieze
Supt. Burke
Frank Allen
F. M. Kinney
Chas. Bushnell
Rev. O ' Vivian
Webster School
Kennedy
Cochrane
Atlanta
K. C. Star
Castoria
Chia
Scotts
Wes Leepfied
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas City
C. W. Hogs
Omer
C. W. Hees
John F. Herrel & Son
Court House
DR. J. Me Christy
E. N. Chastain
Brrcer
Hennett-Wheeler Mer. Co
Regidence
H. M. Cannon
Butler, Missouri
B. F. Jeter
Attorney At Law and Justice
H. A. Nichola
East Elde Square
Butler, Mo
J. T. Hull
Hagestorn
North Elde Squere
Batler, Mo
T. C. Boulware
Office North Side Square
Tabler
GISTN
MDS
W. Hess
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