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Dr. Pest Says: “There is a Reason” There is'also a reason why we do not desire to ‘seperate you from any.more of your cash than is absolutely necessary. That’s the reason we offer you: 1 large éan tomatoes for 12 large can tomatoes for.. 12 2 » cans tomatoes for... 4 Ibs. fancy rice 3 ths. dried peaches. 3 ibs, prunes 1 gallon can peaches.. 1 gallon can apricots.. 5 tbs. navy beans... 3 cans peas 3 cans gooseberries. 3 cans blackberries... 5 tbs. granulated sugar.. 10“ “ “ 15" 20" It’s Always Good, Clean and Fresh at GOSNELL’S GROCERY Phone No. 77 North Side Square Butler, Mo. Green View Twinklings. Miss Dale Briscoe, who attends Mi ie Sells of Butler visit q| high school at Foster and Roy Reedy iss Cannie SOU Or Aue e uy ete | visited the Green View school Satur- the Green View school Monday. ' day. i | Mra: J.C, Wilson spent Wednes-| Mr. Harley Scribner-made a pleas- day alterngon wan Mra Ed) Graves, | ure trip to Pleasanton, Kansas on the Robert Orear and family spent Sun-\ motor car, Sunday returning Mon- dap afternoon with Mr. Chas. Gar- | day, woods. | Mrs. L. M. May spent Saturday af- Mrs. C. J. Sells and daughter Can- | ternoon with Mrs: Ed Graves. nie of Butler, spent the first part of| < ‘ Leet | | Miss Ila Scribner was the guest of the week with her daughter Mrs. J./ 9.0. wa: di : S, Woodfin and family. Miss Edith May Sunday evening. Mrs. Q.J.Scribner called on Mrs. L.| O. S. Scribner Friday. M. May Wednesday afternoon. | May and Herbert Gray spent Sun- Misses Clara Stakerand Julia Young day with Amy and Leslie Wilson. spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. | TWO CHUMS. > SSerbner. } premremerecty ro Ong: hurler : : | North New Home. Mr. Lonnie Brisco who spent the, Shristmas holidays with home folks,| Last Wednesday several of the returned to school at Warrensburg, |"eighbors and friends Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Neukirk butchered hogs for | Congressman Dickirison by Clarence Morris:was having petitions and bills presented every day. The petition fora rural route out of, Foster he would not grant as only two or three of the Foster people could read or write. He also said the bill written by Elmer Laughlin asking him to see that Montgomery Ward would seil goods cheaper he would not listen to. Ward died the other day worth fif- teen millions, made .from buying goods for Laughlin. What Laughlin should do is to join the Farmer's Union at New Home arid buy his own goods. Mrs. Fred Laughlin, as Het- tie Green, gave a little history of her- self after being left a widow with seven children. She attributes long life and good health to the use of onions, which she keeps with her and had her dinner lunch in her bask- et.which she crrried, consisting of onions, potatoes, apples and bread. She is seventy-eight years old, in good health and attributes her success to secrecy. Little Misses Mildred Loyd and Helen Jennings' gave two pretty recitations. Aaron Burr by E. E. Laughlin was made to call for set- tlers for the Ohio territory. His talk was back to eighteen hundred. One could grasp the greatness of advance- ment in the past century from his story. Rowland Arbogast ‘as Uncle Sam with his suit which looked ex- actly like the pictures we see, was stunning. He said one hundred and thirty-seven years ago, he built: his house with thirteen rooms, but as his family grew, he had increased. it to forty-eight. Little Miss Muffatt .was Ada Bright and Evangeline, Hazel Journey. Harry Martin posed as FOSTER. Jule Heckadon and family were ar- rivals on the 2 o’clock passengerfrom Butler, New Year’s day. Miss Ada Atpogast and brothers, Grover, Deé and Norval, visited with their cousin, Maggie Heckadon and family of the Reavely neighborhood, the latter part of last week. : S. S. Summers and brother, Will, of Worland and a friend, Mr. Lock- ridge of Iowa, were business visitors to our burg Thursday. The east bound freight on the inter- state went into the ditch New -Year’s day near Colony, Kansas. The wrecker went west at 4 o’clock and brought the‘gentleman in. Jim Treasure and wife of Nevada spent the holidays visiting his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Treasure. Arthur Borron and family of Kan- sas City came down Wednesday of last week to attéhd the Swarens-Seig nuptial. The residence of Josh Lyle burned New Year’s evening together with its contents. The family being absent from home, the origin of the fire is unknown. Prof. W. C. Chamberlain and wife of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Chamberlain, on east Sixth street. They returned home Saturday on the motor car. A. H. Clouse Barn Burned The barn on the old Garrison farm, now owned by C. H. Clouse was en- tirely consumed by fire Wednesday night. There was a_ considerable amount of hay and straw in the barn and practically all his farm machinery | Father Time and with his sickle keen which was stored in the barn was| skipped quietly across the platform, lost. Mr. Clouse was in Kansas City | announcing he was nineteen hundred at the time of the fire and the origin |and thirteen years old, and was fol- of the fire was unknown. There was | lowed by little Leona Shelton, carry- three hundred. dpllars insurance on | ing her banner, nineteen hundred and the barn which will not covertheloss. |fourteen. Topsy Turvy by Miss Mrs. Bassett, Dead Bertha Bailey and Mrs. Ed Batterton It is with much. sorrow -we an- | Who sang ‘‘Old Kentucky Home’’ was nounce the death of our esteemed | Side-splitting. These two sat up in friend and neighbor, Mrs. Hiram) "Nigger heaven.” “Laugh and the Bassett, which occured at six o’clock| Word laughs with you’’ was fully Friday morning at her home on|4emonstrated. The church piano was Seventh Street, after an illness cov-| Presided over by Blossom and Peach: ering a period of several years from | Blossom twins, Misses Lula Hamilton the dread disease, consumption. For |2d Goldie Swarens, also Patty, just several days before her death her life | from college, Miss Cecil Wright, and Sunday. |Galvin gathered at their home and ‘surprised them, it being their 20th Mr. R. H. Jones butchered a hog | Those present were i ‘ anniversary. AV Eanes Y, ‘ : \Geandena Newcome, Ralph Newcome Mrs. and Mrs. Chas. Blevens, his) aq family, Mrs. Gaston and children, father and mother, and Mr. and_ Mrs. | George Clark and wife, Isaac’ Clark J. S. Woodfin spent New Year’s day | and children, Harve McDaniel and with Grandma Woodfin. 'wife, John Erhart and family, John Mr. C. H. Clouse was in Kansas | Langford and family, and Fred Lang- City last week. \ford. They all enjoyed themselves Mrs. J. S. Woodfin and mother, | greatly and a dance was given in the Mrs. C. J. Sells called on Mrs, Chas, |evening and all left at a late -hour Rankin Tuesday afternoon. | wishing Mr. and Mrs. Galvin a happy | New Year. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reedy and) y children spent Saturday with W. T. Mr. and Mrs. Keeton, Milt Reeves Briscoe and family. jand wife, Mrs. J. W. Jones and son, There was preaching at the Green| Willie, and Henry Erhart and wife View school by preacher T. B. Jones | Visited at the home of Cliff Erhart Sunday night. He will be there again | ursday. ; Jan. 25. : | J. W. Jones returned home Friday Mrs. C. J. Sells of Butler wag in |'#0m-Albia, Iowa, where he had been this vicinity on business the first part | Visiting his parents, W. A. Jones and of the week. i wife, and other relatives.. or, : Mrs. Mattie Richmond is visiting Misses Mollie Graves, Alice Lee, |. ‘ A Faynell Scribner and Messrs. Thomas Wei) WED) AM EES Mile ginia neighborhood. Reedy, and Birl May spent Sunday | : evening with Prudence, May and Ree oe Calvert left Thursday for Woodfin. : Fred Stanfield and wife spent Sat- Floy, the daughter of Mr. C. H. ‘ ‘ Clouse, is sick at this writing. uay ana Sunday. with Mut-Reeves “Misses Clara Staker and Julia} yy. Mary Brown and Mrs. Ran- Young called on Mrs. Garwood, Fri- dolph of Kansas City, visited ato day afternoon. Strein’s the latter part of the week. | Merritt Pickett and family are visit- Poor Blood |ing relatives at Grandview this week. . af 5 | George Bracken, wife and son, is Responsible Raymond, of Albia, lowa, whois vis- iting with his parents, J.C: Bracken for much sickness and ‘suffer- |%4 wife of Butler came out Sunday ing because its quality deter- |t0 visit wjth Henry Ehart apd J. W: ‘mines our resistive power, é With poor blood we. are lan- Jones, , Lewis McKibben, wife and daugh- guid, susceptible to colds, lack | natural energy and ambition, ter Anna, Orval Pickett and wife, Spent Sunday at Homer Linendoll’s: and the gradual declitre of strength makes: prompt and John Ehart and family visited at Lon Smith’s Sunday.» _ ’ Lyman Hensley of Butler ‘shipped _ careful treat: t necessary. |a car of hogs from Nyhart to Kansas Drugs or aleohol cannot make | City. Monday. bl and: must be avoided. | “Mr. Linendoll spent Monday after- Scott's Emutsion is nature’s |noon with Mrs. McCormack. grandest blood-maker because | Charley Garwood and wife of Fos- of its wholesome medical nourishment, | ter visited with her aunt Mrs. J. L. so carefully predigested that it assimi- | Strein and family Saturday. lates without taxing digestion and| Dr, Patterson made a business trip be oo so ge aod red Papua to Butler Monday. COR. Ql si ens the organs PTL Leap RT SG <, and tissues and upbuilds the whole. ~ Card of Thanks. - system. In deep gratitude we extend our "Absolutely nothing compares with | sincere thanks tothe many relatives Scorr’s Emutsion to purify and en- a was hanging ‘in the balances. She Rutherford Laughlin’ the boy scout. suffered much but bore her afflictions | The music was classic and all were and suffering with Christian fortitude | glad to rest from laughing while the until the end came.. Mrs. Bassett the | Piano was being played. Other dress- twenty-four years she has lived in| UPS were: Mrs. Gray, in an evening our midst, was loved and held in high| tess of twenty-five years ago, as esteem by all who knew her and her, Alice Roosevelt; Dowe and Irene Col- friends were numbered ‘by her ac-| lier as Jack and Jill with their bucket quaintances. of water; David Laughlin as Huerta In her death leaves not | 0! wate v I only the vacant chair but the home is with his Mexican hat which was most as large as he and his sword swung broken up. Malinda Bassett nee) i cae Boyle was born March 12th, 1847 in| to his belt; Wing Luand Ching Chang Ripley county, Indiana. She was | by Maude and Bertha Martin in real united in marriage to Hiram A. Bas-|Chinese costumes, plain pink and plain green; Ina Martin as Little Red sett, July 22nd, 1866, at Cross Plains, | P's" s in| Riding Hood and’ her grandmother, that state. Moved to Missouri in Mrs. Clarence Morris, were too quickly 1882 near Rich Hill. In 1889 she : 1 0 moved to Foster where she resided! tecognized toneed introduction. The program was still more enlivened by until her death, January 2, 1914. To n Mrs, Perry Jennings and Mrs. C.-C. this union were born three children, Swarens, ladies from Japan; who two boys and one girl, namely: J. Jap E. Bassett of Hutchison, Kansas, Rol- | composed a ‘song, wrote it in the back of a song book and when introduced lie Bassett, at home. The daughter, , ? Hallie, with the husband preceeded | Sang their song. Miss Ruby Gray in a real Pocahontas suit with beads, her to the grave several years. if ke Funeral sérvices were held from the| bells, and’ fringed ornaments, sang an Indian song which brought down Christian church Sunday at three , \ o'clock by Rev. Adams of the M. E,}the-house. Sir ‘Walter Raleigh by John Bailey with high plumed hat, church of Hume and the remains fol- lowed to the Salem cemetery by a|capeand knee pants, made a most large concourse of sorrowing rela- distinguished bow. Mrs. E. E. Laugh- lin represented. Martha Washington { tives’and friends. The remains were |" F n laid to rest beside the husband and |!" evening dress and simply courtsied when called upon. First Lieutenant daughter who havegonebefore. The two sons, Eddie and Rollie, have the|Botkin and Comrade Millsap, both sympathy of the community in their cavalry soldiers of the Civil War, bereavement. gave a very interesting drill and bat- Watch Meeting at the M. E. Church ‘tle talk. Presiding was Alice Free- Watching the old year out and the snysiathes ee ton Prcsgi se new year in by the different churches ducing everyone with, ‘eis uaoal greos Coyet Mullies Saturday. ugar Do you know you have been We have beerrgiving 19 ence of 3 ibs., which if you would every dollars worth you buy you save 15c It is the same on all you buy, for is a good profit. _if you will read our prices and compare e world—we will save you We have their catalogue and know what Compare and satisfy your- catalogue house in th money. we are talking about. , self. _ 20 ibs. best granulated sugar by sack, 100 tbs $1 4. qetting only 16 ibs. 1.00 or a differ- trade with us, which — ibs. for with any .00—other places you get 16 tbs, 85—other places you pay $5.00 Large Cans Sweet Potatoes 10c, 3 for 25c Other places you pay 15c straight ’ Large baked beans. .10c, 3 for 25c or 85c doz. Other places you pay 10c straight , Loose-Wiles crackers, salt or plain, by box 6c ib. Other places you pay 8c straight Best colored syrup, per gallon............:....+..40¢ Other places you pay 45c Best white syrup, per gallon. Other places Best dried peaches....... Other places Fancy Japan Rice. ..... ih Other places yor you pay 65c Gr apa aeen ene 3 ibs. for 25c you-pay 10c se capensis ....4 tbs. for 25c ff u pay 3 for 25c ; This is not talk—just price and you will see you can save 25% in one year’s time. Say your would save $25. In five years We want to make this our banner year. account would run $100, you it would make quite a saving. We want to run our cash sales this year to $100,000. .Last year we did not miss it ” very far. If prices and square dealing will do it we wilt reach the goal. Try our place if you have WE HANDLE Norfleet The Only Independent Grocery, Phones, 144 and 49. Garage 35 West Side Square “Mt. Zion Gleamings. Weare still living in hopes that we will have some sunny weather be- fore long. T. N. Board was in Amoret’ on business Saturday. J. S. Meyers butchered Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Fout called on Mrs. L. Brayton Saturday. 7 J. D. Morehouse a girl. | Miss Connie and Leta Rankin and | Mrs. Pearl Cartmill’ called on Mrs. Miss Inez Cox visited~Miss Ellen Mullies Saturday and Sunday. Lanson Brayton and sister Edna, | Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield and children, Opal, Cecil and Fred, Miss-Mary and DeSsie Bobo and brother Clyde, and | Sam McConnel were guests at the home of Geo. C. Adams Sunday. There was school at the Mt. Zion} school house Saturday. There was preaching at Mt. Zion Sunday at four o’clock. Mr. Gray, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. G. C. Adams, re-| turned to his home in Maynard, Iowa, | Wednesday. Born January 2d to Mr. and Mrs. Reetus Bush a baby girl. The teacher and pupils of the Mt. Zion school were entertained with a watch party New Year’s eve at the home of Miss Bessie Adams. Social games were played until the hour of twelve when refreshments, consisting of oysters and crackers were served. All left at a late hour: after having a | evening. Born January 2d to Mr. and Mrs. never traded with us. EVERYTHING d Ream , Bakery and Hardware Store. BUTLER, MO. | Misses Connie and Leta Rankin, Iva ~ Ayers, Adna Brayton, Mr. Parker, Sherley and Niell Board, Clarence Garwood, Clay Myers, Stanley Bray- ton and Bessie and Herald Adams, ~~ Mrs. G. L, Brayton was in Worland | shopping Saturday. Ye Miss Leta Rankin~and Miss Iva Ayers called on Mrs. Blevins Sunday Ray Foster was in Amo i Monae ret shopping — 7 Mrs. Ida Mullies and daughter, Ruth, are visiting in Kansas City now. ie PANSY. Adrian Notes. From the Journal, Grandpa A. J, Smith received a telegram last week from ‘his son-in- law, Clay W7fllace, stating that a boy baby had been born into their home and that all parties were doing well. Frank Limpus, living nine miles northwest: of Adrian was accidentally shot last Saturday morning about eight o’clock. ‘The bullet entered the right side of the bak, touching one kidney, so it is thought. Beare Miss Ruth Rush and Mr. Cecil Mack Hawkins were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents one mile south of Adrian, Christmas day at 6 o’clock p. m. It.was one of the big social events of the-year in this Section, there being 135 guests pres- ent, em Great Services. The Gospel Team Revival continues this week. . The meetings are differ- ent each night, Evangelist Davis isa master at running wide awake ser- good time. . Those present were was an enjoyable affair which farsur- 2, prsséd the fondest dream of ‘those gave a most beautiful classic story, interested. As the old year passed \ opleag —* ne pula out the bell in the steeple rang a vente , maps as the grown-ups. death tolling chime, as ‘if to say ape eir“name written in the “Farewell Brother Watkins, ah!’ casts ai eg oi 4H. Pie and coffee was served after. the| 4 hares as Dolly Madison, prob- program to about 200 people. The|®”¥ 2° Sweetest woman that ever graced the White House. Special in- vitations:were given: to those given program was extemporaneous, was planned to be educational but fun was | istmas treats by the Sunday school. nds, comfortably Admission to predominate, real cultured fun. ji Characters were represented” from filed al Pas and Walter Raleigh down to President|Junch was free and all said it was Wilson. Jessie Doolittle as Presi-| 200d to be here. DINAH. dent Wilson in his speech discussed List of Letters “The High Cost of Living’ made. | remaii uncalled for in the post call for ambassadors, to places like| office at Butler, Mo., for the week Mexico, and gt the same time was re-|eading January 6th, 1914: cuperating in Florida. “Ed Batter-| | Mt, and Mrs. Thos. ton, as Governor Major, said roads} ang were too bad to even mention g sympathy shown | roads. vices. Fine Farm of 560 Acres For Sale or Lease as a Whole in New Home Township, Bates County, Mo. - Rolling land; two springs; branch of the Marais des Cyanes flowing through it. Situated as follows: The‘west half of the southwest quarter of section 29. and the southeast quarter section 30, and east half of the the northeast quarter of the of the southeast quarter Of tion 31, afd the west half of section: ship 39 of range 32. For further: 2