10 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
1
Elm Grove progress noted under Miss Josie Smith as community updates include illnesses and recoveries such as George Moore convalescing after appendicitis. Local residents travel for visits and schooling with Mr and Mrs different families visiting Johnstown, Puebla Cole and San Bernardino.
Ballard notes a rainy Sunday, stock water replenished, coal hauled, and various visits by J Smith, Mrs Oliver Dale, Mrs Powell of Bronston, and others. Proposals include a skimming station, cistern work, and local road repairs. Individuals like Prof Hoover, Embree, Harrison, Belisle, and many neighbors are mentioned with multiple short updates on travel, purchases, and farming activities.
Health is reported very good in this vicinity. Tom Wigger fell from a wagon and was severely injured. Hudson men and boys played a baseball game Saturday. the boys won. Oak Grove school house hosted a well attended musical. Miss Rose Lawnen won the prize for handsomest young lady. Tom West will work for Andy Stephenson this winter. A. L. Gilmore traveled to Appleton City. Dr J W Choate of Butler visited Friday night. James Harvey has a new dwelling partly erected. Wm Foater buried his five year old daughter after a nail accident. William Wigger stayed with Wm Gragegs last week. Burt Redford bought 80 acres from Thos Cliver. Charles West visited home folks. Miss Emma Durand visited Mr Newberry and family. Sherm Troupe and family visited his brother George at Spruce. A L Gilmore will ship hogs to Saint Louis market this week. John Chitwood and family of Kansas have been visiting. Fuonxtz.
Fragmented OCR text describes catarrh symptoms in the morning including headaches and altered senses. It mentions attempts with various medicines and a suggestion that cure requires constitutional alterative therapy. The passage is garbled with unclear phrases and incomplete drug names.
In Santa Barbara on September 20 1901 C Gilkerson and Alma G Fort were united in matrimony at their Gray avenue residence. The quiet ceremony was attended only by the bride's siblings and their families. The couple hail from near Ballard Missouri where the bride is the youngest daughter of F M Fort. Friends wish them a long, happy life.
A public notice states H O Maxey County School Commissioner will attend the Butler circuit clerk's office on the third Saturday each month. He also directs that any communication addressed to him at Amsterdam Missouri will reach him at all times.
The ad argues that you can lead a hungry thin person to eat, claiming Scott's Emulsion makes them use food by increasing appetite. It criticizes fattening through hunger and suggests a free sample with a demonstration of results, mentioning names and a few garbled phrases.
A long price list showcases discounts on goods from percale and silks to gowns, cloaks, and fabrics. The ad pitches a heavy stock, special fall prices, and “one price cash house” terms to entice purchases amid hard times.
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