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\ i | The Butler Weekly ro ] ue Historica; Soci- VOL. XXXV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912. NUMBER 7 FOSTER. _C. C. Swaren’s barn in the east : | part of town was consumed by fire J. W. Darby returned home Sun-/ Wednesday evening about dark. day, from Clinton, Mo., where he George Badgett who was living on had been visiting his sister Mrs. Du-| ho premises, ran a pig under the vall. , barn and lighted a match to see how Mrs. Will Lyle returned home from | to catch it, from which the hay caught Kansas City Monday where she had / fire, and soon the barn was ablaze, | been visiting her relatives. C. B. Cullison and Perry Jennings came in from Butler on the Wednes- | day morning local. Miss Nora Harkins of Rich Hill spent Thanksgiving with her sister Mrs. D. L. Hughes. Mrs. Tillie Ritner and children of | then to ashes. é DINAH. Along the Miami. Miss Mary Allen and pupils enjoyed a vacation Thursday and Friday. Miss Allen visited Miss Mary Hennesey at Nevada during her vacation. Butler visited uncle and aunt Mr. and oe ie ala 27 ee Riba IE LB, with last Weck: home of their uncle, J. J. Walker, in Alex Goodwin, wife and daughter, | pjeasant Valley Thanksgiving. Mrs. Jun Miller and children return- Miss Hazel’ Linard! returned’ home ed home Sunday from Nevada, where Wednesday from Adrian where she the spent Thanksgiving with their " A faire i daughter and sister Mrs. Johnie Al- ee ia (Hint sali tive len and family. r Lyle and Walter Fisher spent Fred Bell was oun from the city Thanksgiving day with Walter Jones. and spent Thanksgiving with his par- z y ents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bell. Gordon Chappell spent his holiday ,. | Thursday with Wayne Wolf. Mrs. ‘Maggie Armstrong came: in ss : ‘a eae i Thursday to vtsit with her parents, Miss Alice Kohler is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hughes. Mrs. Hanby in Butler. H.E. ‘Arbogast came in Wédnes- Miss Ethel Fisher visited Bethel day evening and spent the holidays school Friday afternoon. with home folks. Prof. Lonnie Brisco came up from Metz Saturday to visit home folks. The Missouri Pacific people have treated the depot with a new coat of paint. Prof. Johnny McCollom spent the| Merton Shillinger of Spruce and holidays with relatives and friends in Miss Maude Hoyt were married at the Kich Hill and Nevada. Prof. J. V. Bell who was operated ona short time ago at Kansas City, was an arrival on the Saturday train. He looks bad, but says he is feeling as well as could be expected. But his steps are slow and feeble. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. | Passaic. Miss Margaret Meinen returned home from Virginia Saturday to re- main until after the holidays. day, November 28. The bride is the charming daughter of A. G. Hoyt and Mr. Shillinger is most happy in his choice of a wife. She has been a | most efficient teacher of the primary | ‘class in the Tygard Sunday School | ‘lever since it was organized. The; i Bunk tittle folks all loved her devotedly | Shetrone, Nov. 29, a girl. and will miss their teacher very » Mo. ce ‘man of sterling qualities and ha few days with relatives and friends.|many friends in this locality all of Mrs. Rowland will be known by the| whom congratulate him most heart- people in this vicinity as Miss Vesta! ily, They will reside on a farm near Courtney, who with her parents mov-|Spruce. May joy and happiness at- ed from Foster to Alba, some few tend them through a long and _pros- years ago. | perous life. MIAMI. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Wheeler of But- | vue i ler are visiting her parents Mr. and | Mrs. Frank Smith of the country | west. Apples For Sale Good winter apples for sale. Jacob Burda. +Butler, Route 2. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF and Misses Suits AT HALF THE ORIGINAL PRICE $25 Tailored Suits at.......................... $12.50 Miss Katherine Meinen left Friday | to spend two weeks with friends near | residence of Rev. Ticknor Wednes- | North New Home. i Mr. and Mrs. McCullon of Nevada | visited her sister, Mrs. Frank Milles, jand family last week and returned | home Saturday night. : | Wm. Sproul and family spent Thanksgiving at Mr. Bellier’s near Rich Hill. John McKissick, wife and baby | spent Thanksgiving at her parents’, | Mr. and Mrs. Leonard. Mrs. Grover McCoughey visited with her brother-in-law Brick Mc- Coughey and family one day last week. Ezera McCormack has a new hay i baler and he and Sid Zeiler are baling hay for S. M. Barr. Mrs, John McKissick and Mrs. Cliff | Ehart purchased some leghorn hens from Mrs. Shay. : Miss Kate Strien was on the sick | list with a bad cold. | Zack Patterson and wife and baby | of Jefferson City visited his parents |at Nyhart last week. The pie supper at Lost Corner was Miss Maud Martin, teacher, got the cake. They made something over $12. Guy Phelps is better at this writing. Mrs. Mattie Richmond is helping | Mrs. Henry Hill paper this week. | Uncle George McKissick is about the same at this writing, ‘of Montana came in Monday to vistt | their parents, G. M. MckKissick, and Win. Sproul and other relatives. | Sid Zeiler and wife and baby visif- | ed at Passaic Saturday night and Sun- | day. | Wm. Sproul is on the sick list. Albert Linendoll visited with Wal-| ter Smith Snnday. | Mrs. Linendoll called on Mrs. Zeiler | Tuesday morning. | Henry and Cliff Ehart finished | | husking corn for J. F. Kern Monday. | «Mr. Linendoll delivered hogs to | Butler Monday. | The wire chief of Butler was fix- ‘ing the line 29 as it has been out of order for some time. COR. Elkhart. | Well we had quite a rain but didn’t j make much water for stock which is , ‘very much needed. well attended last Wednesday night. | Geo. McKissick, Jr., wife and son | ‘help to the wheat. \ G. W. Armentrout of Butler spent Thanksgiving with his mother in Am- sterdam and visiting old friends | around town. Will Kershner and wife are the | proud parents of a fine young daugh- \ter who came to board with them jlast Friday. All parties doing well /except Will but we think that he will pull through all right. This is their first girl and Will thinks that she is a dandy. R. L. Scott has his new barn almost completed. Ed Bailey and Deacon Fritts were taking in the sights in Butler last Saturday. The writer and his wife spent last Sunday at the home of G. W. Armen- trout in Butler and we had the pleas- ure of meeting Mr. Louis Shobe while there and you bet we had a good time for you know that Louis is ;a good talker. There will be preaching at thé Con- ‘cord school house next Sunday. Arthur Westover had a lively time one day last weeke His: mules ran off and when he found that he could | not hold them he got out of thé wag- ‘on and told them to go and he said jyou can bet they went. No damag | done. | | W.-H. Hart and family were trad- . | ing in Butler last Saturday. | The writer and his wife called at ithe home of W. F. Stephens on | Thanksgiving night. ‘time but on our return we got lost ‘ritory but we got home at a late hour that night very much the worse for | our tramping around. The dance at Elkhart last Saturday night was alright aud they all report a good time but Newt Crumley didn’t show up. It will bea great | We had a good; jand tramped over a good deal of ter- | VIRGINIA. | Giadys Darnes who is teaching near | Blue M S, ca |. J..W, McFadden had a light plant soend Thanksgiving? ne home ' | put in last week to light his store and | : : RO Ast Week tone nis erore and) S. G. Adams, Bunk Dickerson and | house. ‘Ben Vermilli < hogs 3 | Fred Thornbrugh of Butler spent eater Noa tigation : Thanksgiving with hi les, : Sane ee ieeuncles rout Miss Mary Allen returned Sunday jand John Huffman. \ heer ly ‘from Nevada, Mo., where she spent | Quite a number of neighbors came | Thanksgiving with her friend, Miss and spent the day gathering corn for Mary Hennesy. Lawrence Darr Wednesday of last, , ae lecicn (Heihadla acre bis be | Charles Crosswhite who was oper- ‘could not work and they husked the sited oe irs epee in Hens | mostot his com tar Kini City and who returned home a week i A ; ago Sunday is not so well this week. N. A. Barr’s daught a ; | BUTS Cue Heb Ww nonas been On Friday evening Nov. 29, the | visiting hi i d i visiting him returned to her home in home of Mr. and Mrs, W. M. Hard- | Oklahoma last week. ‘A i | inger was the’ scene of one of the Ps ee Ti oe ae i. most pleasant events of the season. . iis parents, | 1t was a surprise for their oldest son, /Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Wolfe. He re- Lee. About 35 guests were present turned Friday to the city. oe ae : | }and we regret that a lack of space | W. W. Park is getting the lumber] prevents our giving a list of their ‘on the ground for his new house. names. The Enterprise Cornet Band The Virginia school pie supper! boys brought their instruments with Thursday night was wellattended and | them and furnished some good music. /a good program was rendered. Miss} Ata late hour the guests were in- Opal Kinion was voted the popular! vited to the dining room by Mrs. young lady. The proceeds were $29. | Hardinger where light refreshments The M. E. church sent Thanksgiv- i were served. YOUNG AARON. ing offerings to their pastor at Butler) Rancher on Union Thanksgiving Day. Avenue Expires. Col. Lockridge and wife of Elkhart attended the pie supper at Virginia ! and Geo, Pahlman and wife of Am- oret also attended. Marsellus Young, a rancher living south of town on Union avenue, a mile from Uriien cemetery, died sud- . i denly on November 20th, about. six 4 On account of the rain the Sunday 9 'elo¢k while on his way to the house School was not very well attended ,,, D ) from the Sunday. The Parktown festivities were i ting and in some instances sive. barn yard, Mr. Young had been talking to some of the household and started to go the house when he fell in a faint se He : from which he never recovered. — It Jim Vermillion is getting lumber j, presumable that his death came on the ground to build a new barn. from a disease of the heart of long S. N. Kinion cut an artery in his standing. left wrist handling glass. He had recently sold his ranch and Iva Ayers’ two cousins of Paola, bought property in Bakerstield so as Kan., spent Thanksglving with her. to be near medical aid. Marsellus Young was 52 years old, was born in Jean county, Ill., in 1860, moved Miss Minnie Beanand John Thomas | Me! of Kansas City who were married | eh Sunday ate Thanksgiving dinner with to Bates county, Mo., in 1867 and came Will Kershner lost a valuable mare last week. | George Lockridge was taking in the sights at Butler last week. JOHNNY. Those photos you have been think- ing of having made for years. Do you think there’s anything you could give that would be more appreciated? Get the Talbott-Bowman kind. Side Square. WILL GO ON SALE FRIDAY $35 Tailored Suits at............. Sr diated ae $17.50 $30 Tailored Suits at................ satan $15.00 $15 Tailored Suits ees oh We Also Offer Ladies, Misses and Childrens Coats at a Great Reduction . $25 Coats at...... . DRY GOODS ......- $16.50 $20 Tailored Suits at........... ene $10.00 $15 Coatsat.. SAM LEVY MERCANTILE CO. CLOTHING West okersfield. Calif.. in Ar 1 her sister, Mrs. John Harper and /t® Bakersfield, Calif, in April 1891, family. and bought the ranch on which he Sous Seek wt ap. »/ nas since resided. fle was married Prof. Ben Parker and Alea wh on November 4, 1907, to Miss Hattie Adrian took dinner Thanksgiving | Higche Giiicans Advis eMOe cBeidee My ee Haas Barents aM rand | his widow he leaves a sister and two ele P eee ‘brothers: Wm. J. Young, of McLean, Glen Pahlman came home from}, Bowlyne F. Young, of Mound Sarnia SUT He will farm here; City, Kas., and Mrs. Robert Hurt, 411 the coming year. | North Main Street, Butler, Mo.—The Miss Golden Darnes who is attend-| Morning Echo, Bakersfield, Calif., ing school at Warrensburg and Miss| Nov. 21. SHOES men a +