The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-12-14
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Mrs. Lon Specie, wife of j. r
Specie, formerly Of near Mont
rose, died at her home in Prince.
ton, Cal. Nov. =, says the Mont.
rose Recorder.
The blacksmith shop Of Am
oret changed hands Tuesday and
Chas. Ehrbar the new proprietor
is now in charge. Mr. Ehrbar is
practical all around mechanic.
-Amorct Leader.
Mr.. Irwin Campbell, of Garden
City, Mo-, and Cora Pearl Allen
were married at the home Of the
bride S parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Allen Wednesday morning,
December 9Th, 1916, Rev. w. S.
Hood officiating Adrian Jour
nal.
A box supper which was held
at the HARDWOOD school Thursday
evening was attended by hun
dreds of persons and the proceeds
amounted to $94..13. A cake
voted to the most popular young
lady brought SO.1O.--Metz
Times.
= Mr.. Lloyd Murray, of Hume,
and Miss Alice Shepherd, of Rich
ards, were united in marriage,
Thanksgiving day. They will
make their home in Hume. The
groom is the oldest hon of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Murray, and was
horn and raised in Hume.--Bor-
der Telephone.
Mr.. w. f. Bowen, of Topeka,
Kansas, and Mrs. Edith Weber
of Adrian, were married in Kan
sas City Sunday. December 3,
1916, and departed for Topeka,
where they will reside and where
the groom has a good position
with the Kimball Piano Company.
Adrian journal.
Miss Susan Gilkeson, the 49,
year old daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs.
i. G. Gilkcson of Drcxcl, Mo-,
died here at I o'clock Sunday
morning from pneumonia, at the
home of her sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Wal
lace ut Warrcnsburg, whom she
had been visiting the last eight
weeks.
The Kansas City Southern,
Sunday inaugurated a new pas
sengcr service by the addition of
two new trains One Of the new
trains, No. 5. leaves Kansas City
at 500 a. m. The other new train
No. s, is scheduled at Kansas City
at G 30 a. IN. Regular No. 4 is
now through train, and does not
stop between Pittsburg and Kan
sas City.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schlabah, who
has long been a resident of APP
plcton City, and is the mother OF
". f. and A. y. Duncan, well
known business men of this city.
died December .. 1916, at her
home in the south part of the
city. She had been an invalid for
a year or more and while her
death did not come unexpected,
it brought, of course, none the
less sorrow to relatives and
friends. -Appleton- City Journal.
J. l.. Kyle of over in Kansas
received a fine ram by express
Tuesday. This is by far the fin
'st individual that has ever been
brought to this part of the coun-
try. He is a three year old, i'm
ported from England, Of the Hor-
lick raising, and is an animal that
one could be proud of to head
heir herd. This year he was cX-
hibitcd at four state fairs and got
first place at each: Missouri, H.
ipois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
lie now stands undcfeated in the
show ring of his class.--Amster-
lam Enterprise.
Miss Regina Klein, of Appleton
City and Mr.. Simon Strouse, of
Mcpherson, Kansas, were united
in marriage in the Rose ParlOr
If the Buckingham Hotel by Rev.
DR.. Sale in st. Louis Monday, No
1ember q, 1916 The ceremony,
which was witnessed by the faith
r of the bride and few other
near relatives of the couple, was
followed by a wedding breakfast
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