The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 21, 1910, Page 1

Che Butler Weekly x ay a ' State Hes VOL. XXXII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL ; 21, 1910. VIRGINIA. Mrs. J. H. Park returned from . : New Home Monday, where she had Floyd Park is putting a new roof! been taking care of her mother, Mrs. on Miss Rachel Park’s house. ____ | Peter Crooks, for nearly two weeks. Bert Warner was around with his) She reports her not much improved. fish wagon last week. Réy Burk left last week for Mon- W. J. Bard’s house burned down | tana. Saturday. They got everything out) Miss Jesse Stream, of Amoret, was except what was in the dining room| in oyr neighborhood last Wednesday and cellar. ‘ : arranging her music class. O. M. Drysdale and wife, of Amo- Miss Mayme McKibben and Prof. pate ahe-gga with Mra G. W. |Geo. Pahlman held the county ex- as amination for graduation from the Miss Icy Jenkins came town from eighth grade at the Virginia school Kansas City Saturday to visit her! house the 9th and 16th. Those tak- mother, Mrs. B. F, Jenkins. ing the examination were: Beatrice The Mulberry Hay Seed Band en-| Silvers, Holly Pahlman, Maud Mar- | tertained a large audience in the M. | tin, Marie Jenson, Martha Park, May |. W. A. Hall at Amoret last Saturday | Martin and Edna Fleming. night, and received a large number of compliments from those present. The boys will furnish the music for Miss Maddy’s entertainment at Plain View Friday night, April 22nd. Ev- ngandprenr-af pede ely i Pee boa ll ry mp ord hi read. vice to the pub- | V2" ~~ wen building Monday afternoon, and re-| waay eee |modeled their hitch racks, cleaned Bailey Beckett and son, Lee, re- nailed the roof on Young Aaron's the _— and also cleared up the last k. Mr. Beckett is do- bene ak wee } sled ie Two large autos went through Vir- ing some remodeling work on Miss ’ Rebel Park’s tee A week. | ginia and Parktown Monday evening. Dick Craig and family, of Okla- They made the appearance of a spe- homa, who stopped on his way to cial train in two sections. en Montana to visit Mrs. Craig’s brother, Everett Drysdale had the misfor- Geo. Ruble, left Thursday of last tune to get his black saddle mare cut week for Montana to make their/0" the wire Thursday. She was future home. Mrs. Lucy Berry and runningand playing, and kicked over daughter went with them. | the wire, cutting her leg: badly. W. W. Rubel has put up anew) J. E. Leonard and family and Jess wire fence along the road on his farm | Williams and wife went fishing Thurs- across the road from the store. day last week, They caught several R. T. Judy is taking osteopathic pounds of fish, but they were caught treatment in Butler. in the rain, When a fellow drives up to his J. C, Cross and Harley Warder-| girl’s home, and the girl’s father | an took hogs to Butler Monday. comes running Out to meet him, take| Roy Burk, who is visiting his par- his horse and put it up, it is a sign | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Burk, ex- that the old gentleman is well pleas- | pects to leave for Montana the last of ed, but it is not a reliable sign of a| this week. wedding for sometimes, when pa] Matt Hinson has treated his house falc in love with the young man, the | and barn toa new coat of paint. J. girl becomes jealous and changes her |S, Ison is also painting his house. mind, and the big day never comes} Mp, Corlett is reported no better at | wenn. this writing. b cayd poner ~ 4 epee? nd Grace Osborne spent Saturday and UNGAY) BOG: SLOWHaAes TOU She vo Sunday with her parents, Mr. and rate for awhile. Some of the farm- Mrs. W. Y. Osborne. ers talked of building fires around YOUNG AARON. their orchards and corn fields. Farm cael work has been at a standstill fortwo} py sink vi your stock with ‘‘Sleeth.”’ weeks on account of rain making the | ¢1,00 invested will bring back $100.00 ground too wet. 22-tf Misses Maggie Jones and Nell Cald- well, of Amoret, spent Saturday night and Sabbath with Miss Josie Jones at Virginia. West Despuete. dise and Hardware, Charles Parker, We have had very bad weather the eran ie hada re A snow, andl barber and painter; Rev. Hargiss ge - ; |to preach to the good people on the if it continues cold there is grave fear) ong Sunday of each month and Dr. ot vine being killed. : Fletcher to administer to the sick; Nick Murphy was in Johnstown | Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Winans, our ex-| Saturday. cellent telephone operator; Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, who has been very | Mrs. Fred Rich, hotel proprietor and sick, is improving. rura} mail carrier of Route 2; Mr. 0. J. Radford, our local merchant | Troop, carpenter and Captain Price, | of Spruce, sold $420.30 worth of eggs | the blacksmith, the busiest one of all. last week. We congratulate our former editor, Miss Delores Reese visited friends; J. D. Allen, on his success as being in Butler last week. elected Clerk but regret to lose him Miss Florence Williams and Miss| "4 hope his son Robert will success- | Lizzie Walters of near Peru, popular | fully fill his father’s place and with | candidates in the piano contest, were the aid of the correspondents’ scrib- in this vicinity last week soliciting blings the Times will come to be the | subscriptions. best and most interesting paper of | Miss’ Myra Snodgrass visted her the — | brother Coleman, at Appleton City ae H. Dunn, candidate for County | last week. lerk on the Democratic ticket, was There are several cases of whoop- in this part of the county last week ing cough in this vicinity. shaking hands with his friends. Miss Goldie Spears, who is attend- ing high school at Appleton, spent | Sunday at home. | Mr. I. M. Kretzinger and John and | Peat McCook have new buggies. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Charters, Jr., were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Herman of Culver Sun- day. I, M. Kretzidger lost a valuable | mare with colic last week. Mr. and Mrs. Q. J. Radford’s youngest son runa rusty nail in his foot and it has absessed three times and had to be lanced. His foot is re- ported to be getting all right. Wm. White, of Appleton City, is spending several days on his farm, On the 18th Mrs. Edna Muchmore, _The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. | his niece, who resides on his farm, | Emmett Young died Wednesday, | invited a few of their friends and ate April 13, of whooping cough and was dinner with him, it being his birth- buried in White Cemetery. id iy. Abouta year ago Mr. White J. H. Baker was called to Butler | wi as having his eyes treated at Butler Thursday to serve on the board as an | by a specialist and was almost blind, arbitrator on the case of changing|but we are glad to learn that his the boundary line of Altona and Ed-| sight has almost been restored. | wards districts. H. H. Harshaw shipped about two | Lee Turpin purchased a new buggy | car loads of fat cattle to Kansas City \at Butler Saturday. Girls, look out! | Monday. | From all appearances we believe that} Mrs, Marshall Brown was very Miss Mabel Charters will get to take! sick again and the doctor was called. | the first ride. Also Mrs. Jas. Brown has been very Corn planting has been very much | poorly. delayed on account of the bad weath- " recently was connected with the Quite a number of this vicinity Hy board at Spruce. | were called to Butler Tuesday, the . O. J. Radford was called to | 12th, as witnesses on the Kogbrea| Kana City Monday as a witness for ‘and Kegerreis case which was tried | the defendent in a Metropolitan street before Judge Denton. The Judge | railway company suit. took the case under advisement until; My, Reinheimer’s party and _ toll the May term of court. | phone lines have been down for some The village of Spruce is a prosper-| time. He has been notified time and ous little town. They are laying new again and the patrons are getting sidewalks. The occupants are 0. J. very tired of such poor service. Radford General Merchandise, Dick- FARMER JOHN. inson & Stephenson General iecehen jup a new yard fence. The new telephone line just built Mound Items. Mr. Chas. Jenkins and family, Mr. Will Yeatts and wife and Grandma Yeatts spent Sunday with A. Barkley * and wife. Mr. Cox and family Sundayed with ‘Mr. and Mrs. Holden. Mr. Hook of Arkansas is visiting his relation, Mr. James Gragg, of near Passaic. Mr. A. M. Moles transacted busi- ness in Adrian Monday. Mr. A. M. Moles and family and Mr. Rose and family spent Sunday with Mr. Will Poindexter and wife. Miss Minnie Poindexter proud owner of a new piano, is the Looks like winter yet. Most people jare afraid the fruit will be killed. | Farmers are getting anxious to work. Mr. Frank L. Dillon, Mound pho- tographer, was out taking pictures Monday morning. Mrs. Katie Yeatts, teacher of Dillon school, is suffering from a sprained ‘ankle. Mr. W. N. Poindexter is putting These are the kind of farmers that make Missouri farns what they are. Miss May Green has returned from Kansas City, where she has been very sick the last few weeks. Mr. A. Barkley transacted business jin Adrian Monday. The census takers have begun their work which is a hard task to do in thirty days. Mr. Frank Dillon has a very sore arm, caused by boxing with Mr. Jake Fahenstock. He hit a right swing, hitting Mr. Fahnestoc k in the neck with the side of his glove. Miss Margie Greenup spent Sunday with her teacher, Miss Ida Dillon. Remember preaching at Mt. Olivet next Sunday. Everybody come. Prof. and Mrs. W. I. Dillon visited Mr. Ed Fouts and family Monday ,evening. A hen on the farm of W. I. Dillon, ‘because she couldn't get some little chickens to raise, has adopted 5 little kittens and takes the best of care of them. Elizabeth Chapel Christian Church. Sunday, April 24. Bible School 10:30 a. m. Preaching, 3:30 p. m. W. M. MAYFIELD, Minister. eS, NUMBER 26 East Lone Oak. Rev. Stille filled his appointment at Willow Branch last Sunday. His next regular appointment will be the first Sunday in May at eleven o'clock. May Blankenbaker has the measles at this writing. The patrons, of the Peru school, gave the teacher, Lovelle Bouyhan, a surprise dinner the last day of school. Quite a number were present, and an enjoyable time was had by all. We notice our worthy editor has been the lucky man in the appoint- ment of Supreme Court Clerk. Con- gratulations, Col. Allen. We don’t often mention the weath- er, for everybody knows how it has been any way before they read these items, but say wasn't it cold the first of the week. We think we will have to change our calendar after this and have March come after April instead ‘of before it. Miss Winnie Shepard gave the rural examination at Peru last Saturday. Some eleven pupils from the Willow Branch school took it. We have an idea that there won't be more than one or two schools in the county that will have more than that. F. L. Blankenbaker threshed cane seed for Henry Evilsizer the first of the week. Clela Ardath, daughter of George and Katie Daniel, of near Horace, Kansas, died April 14 of organic heart failure. The remains were shipped tothis place for burial. She wasa kind, affectionate little girl, The father, mother and little brother have the sincere sympathy of relatives and friends. PUSSY WILLOW. Along the Miami. Versa Vermillion has been unable to attend school for several days. Miss Maude Hoyt and Harry Hoyt have the whooping cough. Mrs. H. J. Martin is on the sick list. A. G. Hoyt attended the funeral of Emmett Young’s baby, east of town, Thursday. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Mr. Young and his fam- ily. The pupils of Bethel school are preparing an interesting program for Friday. Their school closes that day. Mrs. Nance has been ill for several days. MIAML — iu the Clothing Department EES EE SAM’L LEVY “MERCA: TILE CO. $35.90 | $10.00 | $13.50 Mens or Young Mens Suits, all wool, a suit that will give you long satisfac- tory service. As long as they last, Your choice at..........$5.50 Mens or Young Mens Suits, Blue Serges and Fan- cy, Mixtures. Fabrics, tail- oring and linings of. the best. Special at......$10.00 Mens or Young Mens Suits, hand tailored, trim- med in high grade manner, cut correct and up-to-date. Special at........ 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