The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-06-30
Baby Shoes.


A. +. Pickett, Douglas county
farmer, found strawberries to be
profitable occupation this spring.
From one and one-fifth acres he
gathered 357 crates of berries which
yielded him S967.50
The population of the city of Wash
ington is S3l, 096. This statement by
the census bureau Thursday after
noon is the first official announce
ment of any population total, as the
result of the 1910 census. In 1900 the
was 2s7,7ls.
C. L. Marriott, of Geary, Oklahoma,
a son of w. |. Marriott, of Rockville,
has invented a display rack which
promises to be a great success and
which has been approved by the
Askew Saddlery Co., of Kansas City.
DR.. j. M. Norris, eye, ear and throat
specialist, gives particular attention
to the treatment of catarrh and its ef-
fects upon the ears, throat and lungs.
Eyes tested free, and glasses properly
fitted. Office on the South Side over
the Star Bakery, Butler, Mo, Sat-.
Old Ladies Shoes.
7. w. Fisk.
Col. L, l.. Judy, the we'll known
auctioneer, left last week for an ex-
tended trip through Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Iowa and Dakota. Upon the COM
pletion of his trip, Mr.. Judy will go
to Trenton, Mo-, where he will take
a short course at the school of auc-
tioneering in that city.
Nevada, Missouri, is enjoying the
thrill of a new wrinkle in OSCILLATION
which the Post calls the Billiken kiss.
1t is claimed that compared to the
Billiken, the Merry Widow and Soul
Kisses are tame and formal. II is de-
scribed as a combination of Joy and
happiness and man and girl.
The Ajax Lightning Copper Cable
system protects you against lightning
If your house or barn is struck mon
ey refunded. 34-4t.
HAYDEN RAY,
South Side Square.
Phone: Office 362, Residence 1863.
Miss Florence Marriott who has
been employed as a stenographer in
Tallequah, Oklahoma, is visiting
home folks in Rockville. Miss Flor
ence has accepted an important and
lucrative position in the Indian school
at Fufaula and after a short visit at
Rockville will leave for that city.
Mrs. M. A. Carroll, accompanied by
her little son, Maurice, returned Sum-
day evening from two months visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Thomp-
son, and her sister, Mrs. Frank Brat
ton, at Bucklin, Kansas. Mrs. Carroll
was very much pleased with the
country.
T. L. Mudd and wife of Kansas
City are here on visit to Mr.. Mudd's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mudd of
the South Side. They will visit Ell
dorado and perhaps other neighbour
ing points ere returning home. Mr..
Mudd is in the railway mail service
and has been for number of years.
Rich Hill Review.
Porter Charlton, husband of Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, the American
woman murdered and thrown into
Lake Como, Italy, was arrested at
Hoboken, N. j., Thursday as he land
ed from the liner Princess Irene of
the North German Lloyd line and
twenty-five minutes later he madeira
full statement confessing that he had
murdered his wife.
Shoes for the 4th of July.
T. w. Fisk.
A number of the big-hearted friends
of John Barnett hooked their teams
to their cultivators Monday and drove
into his corn field, and by night had
everything as "clean as pin." John
has been in poor health for some time
and unable to do manual labor, and
his corn crop would have gone to
the bad" had it not been for the
timely assistance of good neighbors.
Amsterdam Enterprise.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma