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— mT ann ee <- AEE oy Raa Sg Veekly VCL. XXXI —____.. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 190 TO-DAY The New REGALS for 1909 go on display—by odds the handsomest array of shoes and oxfords you will see this season. We show you the same models that you would see in any of the fifteen New York stores operated by the ‘Regal Shoe Co »” on counties is the “The Big 22 Shapes—7 Leathers And your exact size in any of them. Wear ‘‘Regals’’ this season They are the best for - $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 The Exclusive Sales Agency in Bates and Ver- Hiram Nichols Shoe Co. Shoe Co.” —_————— Foster Notes, Migs Carrie Burge visited wish Mrs. |, Colie Collier Tuesday. ' Mrs. M. C, Miller who has been sick © with the mumps is improving. N. T. Badgets and wife are visiting their daughter, Mrs. F. Scots, in Ne vada this week. | deter Briscoe, who has been in Ar kansas for the lass two years, is home visiting relatives and friends around Foster. Frank Speace and wife, of Coliny, Kan., are visiting in Foster. Frank | ts holding down a section at Coliny tor the Mo. Pacific people and looks hale and hearty. William Webb has sold bis farm } and will go to Texas to look for a home in that sunny southern clime Mrs. Lutte Shanks is visiting he: parents, Mr.and Mrs. J L. Bell, of this place. Mrs. W. T. Stover and sister, Miss + Myrtle McCollough, were in Rich Hill shopping Saturday. W. J. Parlier who has been vonfin- ed to the house fora week with the mumps fs st{ll very poorly. Richard Grant has moved in the roperty formerly occupied by Har. fy Imel,‘at the foot cf “quality hill,” We welcome Richard and his est{m- | able family. If there{!s any one tn Foster or vicinity who hasnot had the mumps, old or young, it is thelr own fault, { jfor Foster has been the mumplest |town on this mumpy side of the | river. Mrs. Jim Moss fs reported very | poorly as her home on East. sixth | street with the mumps, P. B, Hereford, of Rich Hill, was visiting bis children of this place Sat- urday. Mr. Hereford looks well for /@ man of his age. |. Harry Robb and wife lett Sunday | |for Thomas county, Kansas. We understand if they like the country | they will make it their fusure home, Mrs. Hall Webb and family left for Moberly, Missouri, their future home, Sunday. The protracted meeting at the M. | E. ehurch closed Sunday night with poor success, Rev, French, the evan- gelist, is an able speaker and a good man. He labored bard to save ain. ners. He lett Foster Monday, some. thing the “devil” never done and probably never will. Dirv:—James H. Smalley at his home in the sovth east part of town Friday, March 5th, at 1C o'clock a. /ta. at the age of 66 years. Heleaves |awife and 5 children, 4 boys and 1 | the boys were present at the time of |his death. The others living at a distance were unable to attend. He was a member of the Christian church His funeral was preached by Rev. | McFarland and {nterment made at | Salem. Dinan OLI Gang Plows, Sulky Plows and Walking Plows. JANESVILLE Cultivators, Disc Harrows and Sulky Plows. OHIO Cultivators, Disc Harrows and Rollers. BLACKHAWK Edge Drop Corn Planters and Manure Spreaders. . PUMPS OF ALL KINDS For Deep and Shallow Wells and Pump Repairing VER Singletrees, Clevices, Shellers, Harrows, &c. Page Farm Fencing, Farm Implements and Machinery. SOUTH SIDE SQUARE, , | Garden Cultivators, Corn Plows, and everything in girl, all of whom are living. Two of | Mt. Vernon News. jMulberry and Western Bates. Several farmers in this vicinity | Helle! there, did you know that a | have been sowing oats. new recruit had located in the Mul- || There are several of Mr. Knapp’s| berry neighborhood. | folks on the sick list. | The past week has been one that) Mrs. W. H Hart visited with Mrs | the farmers were all glad to ace, |S. S. Fox lass Monday. | The tenant house on the Bucking- Mr. Jackson, who recently bought | ham farm occupied by Mr. Skagg the John Dugan farm, has taken | burned down Wednesday. | possession of the same and is mak | Paul Martin and family, of Fs. {ng lots of lmprovements, which adds Scott, Kansas, visited at the home |@reatly to the farm and helps the | of Mr. Kelley’s the past week. looks of the community. |, John T, Harper shipped a car of Mr. Eichler and family visited with hogs to Kansas City Thursday, Tom Raybourn Sunday. | Harlan Porter and two sons at- Charles Simpson attended the Re- | tended the great stock sale of Grant | publican Convention at Butler Sat | Shaw Wednesday. | urday. | Dr. Sageser and David Elkins ure Miss Odessa Park visited Mrs, Will hauling corn from the Jones farm | Reedy Sunday. jeast of Park Town, Mrs. Fannte Eye visited Mrs. 8.S,|_ W. BE. Caldwell and family moved | Fox last Monday. ‘here from Clarinda, Iowa, and are | Tom Flanery moved last week over 1OW comfortably located on the W. |near Virginia. We regret to lose| A. Downey farm, two miles east of ;8uch an esteemed family from our|Amoret. Charles R. Bowman, the |mides, but what fs our loss will be | NeW realestate man, made the deal | some one’s gain. | between Mesers Caldwell and Downey W. H. Hart and family vistted| Mrs. Fred C. Ewbank, ot near Hot- | with Mr, Kelly Sunday. water, visited with her slster, Mrs, Mr. Johnson moved last week on| Porter, on Thursday, |Geo, Thompson’s place, recently} Herman Mager who had a severe | vacated by Tommy Flanery. jattack of la grippe has recovered | Among those who delivered hogs and {8 able to be around again, ‘at Adrian Wednesday, were Joseph, David Braden spent the first two Clapp, 8.8. Fox, Will Barnes and | days of the week as Butler, |W. A. Young. The friends of Mrs, Dr. Sageser | Mé. Vernon achoo! was well repre. | Will all be glad to learn of herhaving | | sented at the township spelling con- | fecovered from her recent attack of Y.K. W. | rheumatism. | Fred Mager and Albert Hensley y | were seen headed towards the Con- | From the Journal, cord literary lust Friday evening. | Miss Statia Perry, aged 77 years, Miss Anna Bard,who ts teaching tn | y K jdied at her home, 4 miles west of Summit township, spent Saturday | Arche, Sunday afternoon and was! and Sunday at the paternal home, | buried tn the Crescent Hill cemetery} John P. Knox and family, late of the 8rd, ; Clarinda, lowa, unloaded their car j,pitvin Enos and tartly returned | Saturday and Monday, They have | Tuesday from Chicago, where Irvin | rented Charles H. Heckiin’s farm |has been attending Bible school northeast of Amore, since last fall, 1 of . ‘ | George Butler who has been work. | 1000, abana of Fobrancy 94h, | tas W. J. Bard ben een, monk: 1909, about twenty-tive persons as. | ". Harper’s farm on the Marlas des sembled at the beautiful home of Mr, Cygne bottom and moved last and Mrs. (. D. Thatcher, three miles Thureday | northeast of Adrian, to witness the | Tanta he Hensley ahlnned ao |marriage of Miss Bertha Thatcher! Unc ieee m AEDBIOY nesta = oF and Mr. Mark Timmons. The beau. 08d of hows and cattle Monday, : tiful ceremony which united the. Rapin happy couple was performed by the | bride’s causin, Rev. S. I. Meyers, ot | Elocutionary Entertainment. Liberty. Marion Burris and Miss Kate| rol. G. A. Thielman will lis 7 ss ! jelocutionary entertainment under Fansler were unttod {1 marriage Mon- a a {| the auspices of the public schools, at day at the residence of the groom's | ghe Opera House in Buthr on March mother tn East Boone townstlp, 26th. Prof. Thielman is an elocu- |Eequire L. Q Robard officiating. tiontst of rare ability, an artist in | Mary Maude Claunch was born. his line and gives a splendid enter. test last Saturday. Adrian Items. | March 10th, 1891, departed this life | tainment, entitled to a iberel patron February 246b, 1909, after aniliness age of the public. He fs well known |of consumption. The funeral was and has many friends in Butler and | conducted by Rev, Glen at the M. E surrounding country. The proceeds Church after which the remains of of the entertainment wil! {nure to | the lovely flower were tenderly lad. the benefit of the High School | to rest fn the Mt. Ouivet comesery Library fund DEACON? BURPEES BULK GARDEN SEEDS __THAT GROW Clean True Onion Sets Red, White and Yellow. These are the best Onion Sets in town---the small even kind that give you the best value for the money. Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass Fancy White Clover, Choice Red Clover and Timothy, True Dwarf Essex Rape Seed. Cow Peas. Hoes, Rakes and other garden tools, Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, Pocket Knives, Shears and Scissors, Nails, Hinges, &c. : STIRLING MANUFACTURING CO’S Beautiful and substantial line of medium priced JEWELRY. -Every article warranted for 7 years. ,_Burpees Fancy Mixed Sweet Peas and Nastur- tiums in bulk. DEACON'’S First door east of MoF'arland’s Harness Shop. mw EEE. gee WHED. State Historical Soci- ety, ae bigies, 9, NO. 20 THE BIG RACKET ———————————————— =[{=“a=a=a=a=__—amqmgmEmEeEeEeSeseE__ OHSS is open ready for business with a bigger and better line than ever before. If you want a bargain you can get it at our store on East side square, first door North of ‘first served Hill’s Cash Store. 10¢ will buy mor any other store. We don't please you let forget the place. Eggs same as cash. Virginia, P, M. Neweom, on what { as the Newton Ktog fi posts for sale, But! Elizabesh Cordell, of Austin, died Feb. 27h. She was sfster of Mr John Hedger and Mrs \o MOON sth rode. A number of the items | wot misplaced apa did not gex to the printer, the debate at Coneord, Jolin Hedger and wite going to Wl Dures’s new watk trot to the roud and the la helping: him Do not forget the spelling as M. RB. church Satar »Mareh 12 atl p.m, [bts expected thasa schools in the township will { Sspellera. Come out old peor a see the differences betwean spelling now and when you went to school Democrat Convention at Virginia Tuesday, March 16s! nominate townshiy Phone weetlng © Virginia Saturday, March nine o’clotk a.m. to eon proposition of employing Inanager of the line, by req William Hardinger. Aaron man. A general manager ts what the company Mrs. Geo, P Dr. Smith reports Jake Jundy, who Was very sick a week ago with erystpelas and De. Lockwood Dr, Boulware of Butler were eal counsel with Dr. Smith, as gessiny along well at this wri lis wife ts on she sick list and bis mother fs down with the same disease and reported» very sick women Monday of this week. Geo. Adams little girl ts stek, Emanuel Nestlerode who was down with the rheumatism for several weeks fs much better Willie Rubel shipped stock to Kan- sas City Monday Judge Wolfe has quitholding court and gone to trading horses, Some think the judge ts out for the highess office in the township and the horse trading is only a blind to keep the other Republican candidates in the dark. The Judge knows that nearly all of the Republicans sre trying to capture the prize. The Judge may fool the Republicans but the Demo- crats will fool bim and catch the eagle. Claud Martin resurned home last week from Audrian county Mo. He has been visiting kinfolks there for sometime. Mrs. Ben Parker fs doing well. She took a street car ride the other night | and walked two blocks and stood the trip well. Public sale of 330 head of royal bred Duroc Jersey sows at Mullens feed yard Butler, Mo., Saturday, March 27th. Catalogue out, send for one. G, W. Park & Sox, Butler, Mo, R.5 Miss Anna Bard who fs teaching , school east of Butler spent Saturday and part of Sabbath at Home. Roy Cuztck left last week for Ss. | the stockholders will surn out ton ! ‘onthe to try them a Don't forget to attend our big sale Saturday, March 13, 1909 e goods than 25c in > don't expect all of your trade--only our part. If our goods me know it. Don't East Side Square. O. W. JENKINS, Propr. Ask for your ticket, Wire singletree, His mules balke: Who vould blame thea Che Prohibition ticket: will nos. be Hide —ptibtte—unttt-rtretton diy Sariobbe township, AAnor Mingo and North East Bates dy has wuved excepts your “Auub’ und she ts going to move soon A number of the ladtea W. Hart's last Thursday spent the day sewing carpet rags. A most el ible time was spent by all 1 Rabtheriows should be more fre people do nov visit: as they ab G teended spelling and« ipher- mateh wash at Hackler rehool Louse last Thursday nighs ‘Smoky Row” gaineu bh spelling whilea MeKialy puptichosen by Hackler was leader in she cipher. fig mateh A number from Mingo wens Urich last Saturday, A rocky eminence 1 ase W made on bhe line which p road onthe steepest and part of the hill sm cessful in tt is reported Jobo Blake's sale lust Saturday ts reported to have been well attended I§ was reported recently thas Rob- ere Smith had returned home, but 1 investigation the re por’ prov. ed to be a mistake, Last week the farmers talked about plowing, oate sowing ete. .--a few started to sowing oate,—now shey are wading the mud and won fering bow long it will last. The Urich spelling contest will be held Saturday night, March 13. [t prom{ses to be an interesting eon- text Aunt Jemims East Lone Oak. Sowing oats has been the order of the day for the last week, E. E. Eckles fs having some work done on his house, Brick McCaughey has moved to the place he had recensly rented tn Pleasant Gap township. ‘ P. H. McKenna has rented the John Gough place for another year, N. M. Brown, who has been on the sick list for quite awhile, 1s able to sit up quite @ bis now and wiil probably continue to get better. Several of the girls who areattend- ing school in Butler, attended church v6 Peru last Sunday morning. Rev. Keast, of Rich Hiil, preached soa large congregation atthechurch lass. Sunday morning. He sure preached @ fine sermon, which was enjoyed very much by those present. ‘There was a masquerade party and | oyster supper in the Double Branch ‘aeighborkood at Will Baker’s last Saturday night. We hear that a Louts where he has @ position with | xood time was had by all present. the Christian Publishing Co. Rev. Whitseté will hold his regular Mrs. Sadife Coulter, of Col., who. appointment next Sunday. ‘was with her fathers, Joe. T. Whin-| Rey. Suter will not be with this 8p- ery, duging most of his sickness and | pointment any more before confer- death, returned to her home Thurs- lence, We would like very well to see day of last week. . Mrs. Cole Hensley, of Hume, fe | visiting Mra. Joe. T, Whinery. ; him returned for another year. Miss Mamie McCoy, of near Archie, | was here afew days last week keep- Dr. Roads, of Foster, was called to | {ng store, while Minnle made a visit see & man that lately moved on the | to Kansas City. Emry farm near the river bridge. He has the mumps. supper at Miller’s next Friday nj and there fs to be a spelling mateh Bowman was noticed d We hear that there ts to bea - , ging the roads in the bottoms with |{n connection with it. 4 fence rail fora drag anda barbed Pussy WiLLow,