The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 27, 1916, Page 1

inner’ was ven dger Sunday, it be- ing her ‘45th birthday. The table AB fairly loaded with good to eat, in fact everything| eart could wish for in ‘the “way 0 eatables was there in abundance. Those present were: 2¢ | M ad: Mrs. Douglass Bhowning, jand two sons, Richard and John; oF ‘Tinker Hedger and son, w, Mr. and Mrs; John hoe Jr, and daughter, Judis, uy Harborough, Frank Hedger, Miss Lena Hedger; Miss Marion ‘Hedger, N, M. -Nestlerode and wife and son. Every one liad a ‘fine time and left’ wishing Mrs. Hedger many more happy birth- days. Mrs. T. J. Hockett visited with and a good neighbor. present. ny will get well soon. acres of corn to gather yet. This Moving time is here. ‘weather is rather bad ‘on it. - ‘Mesdames Visa ‘Gough and Liz- zie. Blankenbaker - visited Miss |: to change your address. phoen or holler. ~ ‘Bthyl Miller last Monday. They | Mrs, McGuire Monday. N M N went at the request of the W.C-) Aunt Sallie Foster has some sane war, OU, _/ We received a letter a few days} Son Hes ee eee for sale Mound Pickups. “ago from Rrobert E. Thomas. He ‘is now settled ‘about 15 miles west of Buhl, Idaho. He says he is very well pleased with the coun- “try. Said he would have to go ‘and get a load of sage brush to keep warm by. .It will be a long time before his fuel supply will run out. Mrs. Bertha Williams was on the sick list last week but is bet- ‘ter now. H. H. Evilsizer has commenced “to clear the right of way for the new levee on his patch of Marias des Cygnes bottom land. ~ The water has been out on the Marais des Cygnes bottoms ‘for four or five days. The Sunday school at Peru is starting out very nicely for the coming year. It takes lots of peo- pleto make a Sunday,school. Are _ you going to,he one/to help make the Peru Sunday school this year? Tf not, why. not? boug! “Ray Tait, w week. ~ Lora: Deeins : will ive on “the Burton place next year. We think that C. W- Ray will live on his place atthe northeast corner of Butler. Since Elmer Requa has moved to Idaho, he has purchased 20 ‘acres ore land. He now has 60 acres. He says the wheat on the ‘place he bought made 70 bushels per acre and it is worth 84 cents per bushel. CU Doane and Eli Thompson put up ice last week. J. W. Thomas is on the sick list now. He is bothered with nenral- gia. . PUSSY WILLOW. A good crowd was out to the de- bate Friday night at the Crooks school house in spite of the mud. The devil in The Times office made a misprint in On the Wing items two weeks ago. It said that John Foster was herding his cattle on Harvey French’s corn when it should have said that he was busy keeping them out of the corn. Tinker Hedger has gone to the Adrian neighborhood to rent a farm for 1916. T understand Glen Malone has rented the Wm. Weddow’s farm one mile north of the. Virginia cemetery. Glen is a fine man and we welcome him to our midst. Jno. Foster Sr., has a fine male Duroc hog for sale. Weighs about 150 pounds. Mrs. Arch Lewis and children of Amoret are visiting relatives and friends in the neighborhood. corn of C. Ww. As they havea lust of . friends, week, changeable weather. trading in Pas8aic Thursday. ler visitor Saturday. children, Mr. Welch and Mr. G. and son, Harvey, D.-S. West’s Sunday. and Mrs. have the whooping cough, Church. _______North New ‘Home. o Bill Dark spent one night last -week at Cliff Bhart’s. The Wysong and Shay sale was “well attended last week owing to the muddy roads and high water. Everything sold. well. —_77-Ouk mail ore Mr, Haggard F. D. No..6 failed to make route. Friday on: account “of ene Eh d wife, Mrs, J. art an e, Mrs, J. and children spent Sat- it Homer rani? Ladies Suits In Gabardines, Broad Cloth, .Serges and Novelties. The most elaborately trimmed to the most conservative styles. : In all sizes, worth $25.00, $20.00, $15.00 . Your Choice $7.50 a on Sale... At ok Regular Price ate offering al lines £ ‘ound. i ay. Jundy of. Kansas has tent: ed the Andy Simpson farm and) moved on. Ray is a hard worker ~ ‘Phere was a small attendance at Concord Saturday night on ac- count of the high water. but great interest, was shown and. a - good |time was had by the small crowd “Johnny, our good correspond- ‘ent from Elkhart is to be excused! for not writing as I hear that his wife is quite sick. Johnny is a good one and we hope Mre. John- Only four more weeks until the first of March. Don’t forget to tell me Write, We have been having some very Messrs. Geo. and H. D. Cham- bers of Elkhart township were Miss Cora Church of Kansas City attended the funeral of her grandfather, Mr. Jesse Church. Mr. Tom Brummett was a But- Mr. and Mrs, J. B.Ruddell and 0. C. AV. Ruddell isited at Mrs.|. » Mrs. Jas. Elkart and children Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Wright and Mr. Page of Elkhart township, attended the funeral of Mr. Jesse Mr. Webb Shelby was at the county seat on business Monday. ~ Mrs. G. O. Thompson called on Mrs. J. H. O’Dea one day: last Ladies and Misses Dresses lots, etc., NUMBER 15 lisses Bessie Polstan and Flos- ‘Oak Grove Items. nddell_ were trading in Pas- He Saturday. There will be a joint debate at ic school house Friday night. 'Elishart and Passaic debaters will debate. Everybody come.: number of young. people held ating party on Bone’s Fork Monday evening. The ice was good and the skating fine. - Mrs. J.'F. O’Dea, who is teach- ing school near Foster, has closed his school for two weeks on the account of measles in the school. |, “Miss Lucey Eichler visited Miss Prue Sharp one day last week. ‘Mr. W. M. Rice is the champion rabbit hunter of Passaic and vi- cinity. He killed 78 rabbits in one day. Miss Sallie Holwell visited Miss Edna Mier Saturday and Sunday. Mr. C. F. Wise has rented his farm and will move to Ohio soon. |. Mrs. Webb Shelby visited Mrs. J. B. Rice one day ‘last week. Mr. O. C. Welch was trading in Passaic Saturday. ; _Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ruddell were Butler visitors Thursday. Mrs. B. E. Lockard went to Mc- Cracken, Kansas, to visit her chil- dren for a few weeks. . Mr. Frank Green, the cattle king. of Passaic, and J. H, O’Dea were trading cattle Saturday. Miss Gracie Fulk visited the Prairie Rose school one day last week, ; Mr. Harley Medley of near Cornland visited at Mr. Ed Mor- ris’s last week. Tlie little daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Geo. McCarthy won the bon bons at the pie supper at Passaic school house last Friday night. F. A. O’Dea_ butchered hogs Monday. _ Fred Chureh, Edson Snyder and Chas. Conklin butchered hogs one day last week. - LITTLE IRISH ROSE. last week. Misses Nena Batchélor Cook Saturday afternoon,, Mrs, Jake Frey is quite this writing. Mrs. Clara daughter, Nena, with Mrs, Batchelor’s W. G. Cumpton and wife. M. W. Evans and son, Batchelor Sunday. boy. writing. and family. ¢ night with Fayette Keen. P. F. Evans Saturday. ter part of the week mother, Mrs, Lawson. night with Merl Sargent. The Oak Grove Club met Jan. 22. A very ter the elected. following officers President, Geo. secretary, Miss Nena Cor. Sec’y., Miss Hattie press corresponding Ben R. Baskerville; Cleve Lawson; sargeant at Pete McCook; janitor, Evans. They adjourned to February 12. leady-to-Wear Garment For Ladies and Misses is in This Sale Our entire stock i is being sacrificed at prices that will _ surely tempt you when you see the SnEEe: “Ladies Coats In Corduroys, Arabian Lamb,. Broad Cloth and Mixtures. Worth $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 Your Choice $9.00 Ladies and Misses Coats | In Corduroys and Mixtures, worth $18.00, $17.90, $15.00 ‘Your Choice $7.00 Ladies and Misses Coats Worth $13.50, $12.50, $10.00 Your Choice $4.00 of. -seasonable goods, odds at oo reduced prices. Miss Beulah Bowman called on Mrs. Chas. Wigger one evening] Will Clark property in Mulberry Rena Varns called on Miss Myrtle spent Sunday parents, called on his brother, J, M. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Mart Butler are the proud parents of a fine baby Henry Beerman, who has een quite sick is some better at this Mrs. J. T. Keen spent Sunday with her brother, A, L. Gilmore, Cotton Gabriel spent Tuesday A. L. Gilmore sawed wood for Mrs. Erie Nichol spent the lat- with Mrs. Garfield Ramalia spent the latter part of the week with her parents, Frank Smith and wife. Bruce O'Neal spent Thursday Improvement esting program was rendered af-|: Keen; vice president, Everette Harvey ; Batchelor ; Gragg; secretary, treasurer, Archie Mulberry and Western Bates A. J. Meints has purchased the and will make it their future home. . The Mulberry literary society are planning on giving a special and ill at|program and pie supper Friday night, February 4. and| _Unele George B. Bohlken is planning to keep cool next sum- mer as he had his ice house filled up last week just ahead of the big rain. Wednesday was hog. killing time at J. H. Leiners. Messrs. J. C. Raucher and Geo, H. Bohl- ken were his helpers. Will and Albert Meints of Ster- ling, Nebraska, arrived Wednes- day for a short visit wtih rela- tives and old neighbors, Mr. and Mrs: A. C. Davis and daughter, Dorothy, who have been living near Devils Lake, North Dakota, for the past eighteen years, visited at the Dr. J. C. Sa- geser home the latter part of the week. Mrs. Davis will . bemem- hered as Bell) Thompson and called at the home of ye pencil pusher, the old home place, as her father built the place we live in. The Davis family were moving to Chanute, Kansas. The farmer wanting to buy a good Seully lease will do well to sce Col Harlan Porter. Ed Meints left Monday for an” extended stay in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. R. Bohlken, H. K. Dykman and family were visitors at John Dykman’s Sunday. There -is an old batchelor in this neighborhood who says, ‘‘there is one thing sweeter than love’s young dream and that is to wake up and find that he is still sin- gle.”’ RAMBLER. . Summit Happonings. Mr. T. C. Jones had a birthday the 22nd and of course some one heard about it and told some one else until 45 found it out and went in to help him celebrate and all had a-fine time. When it comes to entertaining T. C. is right there with ‘singing, speaking and play- ing on the tambourine. -All left at a late hour, wishing Mr. Jones many more birthdays. Mr. and Mrs. Waltemar Aiken are visiting their parents, Mr. and Roy, her inter- were arms, meet Mrs. Albert Argenbright. Elmer Sturgeon, wife and son were Sunday visitors at-Jim Gar- rett’s. i Dr. Norris is complaining the last few days. RaJph Cummins is out of school nursing a cold. Don’t forget the sale, Thursday, the 27th, at the Jack Sturgeon farm. Clarence Bolin amd family spent over Sunday with homefolks; Jim Thomas and family. Lost, one bridge partly finished went down Mound Braneh. Sev- eral ladies are disappointed as they had planned. to sit on it in the good old summer time and tat and get behind a line that is not busy. Mrs. Culbertson several relatives to week. Mr. B. Powell took several loads of hogs to town Monday with the help of his neighbors. Charles Thomas and Oscar Price attended the McElroy sale west of Butler. SUNSHINE. Spruce. Ira Eads and John Mulkey made a business trip to Clinton in interest of the new store. The post office will move into ~ the Mosier store soon. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Snod- grass have a fine baby girl daugh- ter at their home. Mr. Del Lutsenhizer is spending a few days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Price. John’ Mulkey moved into the Gutridge property this week, pre- paratory to opening the Eads- Mulkey general merchandise store. _ Sickness is abounding entertained supper last in all system ontemplating doing away with the switchboard at tein