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ra nee a nile ] Wood For Sale. | Col. C. H. Morgan returned, Wed- I have a quantity of wood for sale, neaday ae from 8 trip to St. : 5 either by the cord or load on my Louis. While at the Missouri metrop- | place 24 miles north east of stetler | olis, he called upon the state’s lead £ 6-48 Ike W. Reka’ jing politicians and got a line upon c: —_ “C00 Darnbet® | uhe contest for the senatorship. Col. BIS Se Wt aS ; 20,000 ACRES of western lands) Morgan is strongly of the opinion for sale, Call and see me. - 458m. J. M. VavanaN, Butler, Mo that Mr. Kerens will be the winner. ctuineastieinapaanaliatanei He thinks that Neldringhaus will se * Coat—3,000 bushels on the dur-ps | hardly be in the fight at all, when it . . at Hunt’s bank, Hudson to*:.-hip, |, 4 : at Tctsperbushel. 48tf 0 6, Hunt. comes to the finish. When the 3 ° F Si xen, try struggle comes the Colonel is of the u See our RED TEXAS OATS opinion that the line up will be 43t eons Blevator Co. | Kerens and Parker, with Neldring- plencnesdiastamiaieiananas haus entirely out. The state chair- The Peoples Elevator Co has just) mao, he declares, {8 a mere tyro in : : wer S unloaded a car of RED TEXAS| politics and not entitled to} We are ready for the Holidays with new and useful novelties and staple and useful SEED OATS. They are an extr@/to the senatorship—Lamar Demo- good quailty of oats and can’t be | orat, articles. We are ready to distribute the greatest bargains for the coming Holidays beat for seed. Now is the time to PC Taelr Teg irae Oe NTA Sy] Missouri State Bank. = ever known in our history. Thisris Our Twentyeighth Hoilday Announcement, and we feel We publish today t! Official : statement of the MimouriStatebank| proud to say, that the people believe what we advertise. In our Dry Goods depart- of this city as made to the Secretary j i 2 of ate ander the banking. lame of] ment We show new novelties in Woolen and Silks adapted for the Holidays, table esouri. ‘ é Boas te bank holds in loans) [Yamask, Napkins to match and Towels, purchased for the Holiday trade. Prices are Cash and money In other banks Mn " . . ee . aubject to check $66,165.20, special, because these goods are for the Holidays. Ladies and Misses wool mercerized With capital, surplus fund and A ‘ 3 ; ‘ \ profte $07 4561. (and kid gloves especially for the holidays, Hosiery for women, Misses and Children Its total deposits are $160,254.36. . ° ° . It hae no money borrowed nor isthe best makes and most popoular prices, especially for. the holidays. {t paying interest on time deposits, cow Aaae we sa ESE at SES - ER eID ve toner This is a first clasa showing tor}, ),___ Sd iF SNe ie Ae Ne a ee ‘ FRR Peale rt wi tk oak oe baad All new standard and up-to-date prints, we will sell at 4c per yard, plain and fancy outings in large variety, stand- We are sorry to. learn that Mra. Geo. Cowdery is not improving rap- idly. Her injuries seems to be of a eerious nature. Her many friends sympathize with her and earnestly hope for her speedy and permanent recovery to health.—Adrian Journal. Mrs. Crowdery was injured in the Warrensburg wreck in October. Albert Snelling, of ElDorado Springs, was accidently shot by his friend Charley Clasby, while out hunting rabbits together. The shot lacerated Snelling’s foot and ankle, making a severe and painful wound It is not believed any permanent in-]credit on its officers for their con-| ard colors regular 10c, special prices for the holdays at 7 1-2c per yard. 200 pieces of percale jury will result, as the wound is not|#ervative méthods and safe manage- 8 » SI ! ie y a0 per y' P percale all new goods, styles reg- deep. ment. ular 10 and 12 1-2c¢ goods, holiday prices 7 1-2c per yard. 100 pieces of standard ginghams, great variety, regular C Hagedorn, our popular photog- rapher, is just recovering from a severe fall, received on hallow’een night as the result of some practical joker, who tled a string across the walk. Mr. Hagedorn’s lacerated feel- {nge an still fresh and he would like to get hold of the party who tied that string. The offering for Saturday, Dec. 10th at ths Butler Opera House is a re- vival of “Mugge’ Landing,’’ Scott Marble’s successful comedy drama, | Ff brought up to date and interspersed with excellent anecialties and musical numbers of all the recent New York successes. The peace is handsomely mounted and the acting company is excellent. M. W. A. Election. and 12 1-2c goods, holiday prices 7 1-2c per yard. Standard 4-4 L L brown sheetings 36 inch wide, as long as they Butler camp No. 2450 Modern| uring the-holidays at 5c per yard. In fact we: reserve nothing in our Dry Goods department and are ready to Woodmen of America met Thursday j night and the following officers were # elected for the ensuing year: TOFORE V. Consul, M.S Horn, ees Balas Oe teu et ; W. Advisor, A R. Keeser, = Sea ae es, ee i ; ‘ mn pears any 1: BE. Banker, ( W. Maddox, , ‘ ! Clerk, B. F. Jeter, / Escort, J. B. Harper, Watchman, Elmer Dixon, Sentry, J. N Kline. Manager, M: B. Morris. Physicians, T. F. Lockwood, T. W. ‘oster. Back in Business. Frank Bernhardt, Butler’s old re- liable jeweler, has been prevailed up- onto accept a position with Mac- Donald, the new jewelér, where he will be pleased to meet any #nd all of bis old customers and friends; guaranteeing them good values for their money and sesuring them of the same courteous treatment it has always been his pleasure to ex- tend. 6-36. | 5 The Nevada Poat says that agood many people believe that James Reed, who eo mysteriously disappeared q from Metz last week, will show up all E right in the near future. Wm. Jones, the last person with Reed before he disappeared, is in jail at Nevada, on suspician that he knowe more than he has been willing to tell about Reed’s whereabouts. mi Boer War Exhibition. Kanaas City and return Dec. 11th, to 13th,-1904, with final return limit Dec. 16th. Rute of $2 90 for round trip. E. C. Vandervoot, Agent. We had the pleasure of meeting W A. Maxwell, a wealthy ranchman, of Dayton, Washington, who is visting hie cousins Mrs, F. H. Crowell, June and Jochin Harper, of this city. Mr. Maxell formerly lived in Bates coun- ty and taught school, he said his first certificate was issued by J Seud- der, than county commissioner, Mr. Maxwell left here in 1877. Heowne @ large ranch in about ten miles of | Dayton and says the principal pro- gal ducts are wheat and barley. TS, TT The above represents the leading specialties in our Cloak Department, we have none but new and up-to-date stuff, they are all exclusive styles especially made for us. You will | find nothing like: them elswhere, they consist of the best | weaves of all wool Kerseys in black, tan, castor, brown, blue HOLIDAYS. and navy. Best make of fancy Mannish cloths, the great hickory weave, all'made by men tailors, lined with silk and . 30 doz n men’s fancy shirts, early|| satin, stitched with silk. This department has been replen- toring Kcapetiras : a ee ished, contains over 500 garments and 50 styles. Our prices. | terns, all new cind ug-to date, sizea|| ae less than inferior made goods, all we ask you is to give | 14 to 18, prices ranging from 45¢,|| this department a thorough look, we know we can please 69c, 95c, none of these shirts have you and save you money. ever been shown and will suit - i ea aie will eu a N one but the best do we show inoue Men’s leather, kid and wool gl | and mittens, handsome and wid Fur Department. aang woes: iv is well to see them|| Fur neck pieces to please all, our prices are very popular, opener A new lot received for this special sale. Of fox goods we Bre neat tat od a (nt on show a great variety, black martin, boa are up-to-date, 25c to T5e. They all go at a: uni Electric seals are very good, coon are good wearers, will not ~./ form price of 25¢ per pair. fade, mink are novelties, opossum are low priced goods. Of - Virginia Items. The protracted meeting is still go- ing on and will continue over next Sunday. Rev. Osborne, of Amster- dam, and Rev. Miss Mitchell is con- ducting the meeting. Rev. Sapp preached at Merwin last Sunday. Thomas Wright will have a sale December 12th, on what is known as the Dugan farm. E. L. Quaintance and daughter, The near approach of the Todd trial, which is set for December 12, bee has created considerable discussion as to where {t shall be held, says the Nevada Post. Attorneys and persons } 4 interested in the trial express appre- ime ‘ hension as to holding the trial in the 4 court house, as that building is con- sidered dangerous when packed with people,as it will be at the Todd trial, owing to the great interest in the case. In fact, at the hearing for bail Vis his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Park last week. He bought a car load of hogs and left for home last Saturday night. His daughter, Miss Elsie, says she was well pleased with her visit here among her many friends. Her cousin, Fred Drysdale, tvok her to Butler Saturday toshow her the town. She told me the morn- ‘ his h th . n A a rb eg ctor gis gars pede Hive Ren Seu tanec Childrens suits ‘ail wool cheviote,| muffs, we carry quite a variety. We will show you every: g that JudgeTimmonds adjourned the} chance. The night before she left worsted and caseimere, sizes 3 to 15] style of fur here mentioned. We have over 300: 4 to. hearing to the opera house. years, they go at the price. Be sure . her cousin, Bonnie Kate Wolf, got up a little folks party at “Aarons” and the little folk had a good time. Long to be remembered by them should they never meet again. show you and deliver at once. Remember that something very few people understand. We claim to a little about them, you get what you buy and if not aa factory return the article and back comes your money. .Re- member the holiday prices in this department, it is a cham and see them before you buy. We have about 50 all wool mens saite broken lots, former price $10, $12.50 all go at the uniform price $5.00 per suit. : Belt back, sizes 6 to 12 years, regs| a r rcaitest line of lootwoni a, ular $3.50 coat for the holidays|| © rom ie Wo atom Mrs. Mollie’ Morgan, residing asouthwestof town, was agreeably surprised Wednesday morning by & large company of Woodmen and ’ other neighbors calling on her with| W. F. Finch of Lamar, sonof Tyler Vs. teams, axee, saws and dispositions | Finch who lived many years on 6 j to put into practical uee the training |farm north east of Virginfa, moved 4 which they had to undergo in the from here to Jerico, Mo., where his faitiators part of becoming Wood |ather died thie summer. ; men. They soon got to work in ear | Albert Newkirk formerly of Virginia nest and made the woods ring with} ‘ied in Washington a short time the sound of axes and saws. They | ®K0- } cut in stove lengths and hauled to| Judge Wolf shipped a car load of! the house thirteen loads in the fore-| bogs to Kansas Uity last week. “| noon snd twelve in the afternoon.—| Thos. Hocket and 2 daughters re- Metz Times. ead tata he week from a three it ‘ The Clinton Eye has a lady sub-| the atate. gees Vans att eae | ecriber who owns @ drove of demo-| any deer, as we have not heard id cratic hens. Before the election she! deer supper. og Rev. Wm. Pyles; of Marionville, hend all went on @ strike, aod tn si ferdeeesaa. os perdi