The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-24
Mulberry and Western Bates.

Charles, and daughter, Elizabeth,
drove over to La Cygne, Kansas,
Wednesday and visited the Tom N.
Marshall poultry farm and invested in
some eggs from their prize winning
pens of Rose Combed Rhode Island
Reds.
At John Francis sale Thursday
everything sold for good prices.
Porter and Son were the auctioneerS.
While this firm makes speciality
of Holsten cattle and Chester White
hog sales, they soon convinced the
crowd at the Francis sale that they
could get good prices on farm sale
ii given the opportunity. Their terms
are IL per cent. If thinking of
holding sale, give these people
trial Satisfaction guaranteed.
Hugh Nestlerodc, the husling sales
man at the Carl F. Hall store, has got
his old time smile BACK again as his
better half has returned from visit
with home folks at Sulphur Springs,
Ark, and brought back a sample of
the strawberries grown by her father
on his fruit farm. Mr.. Hall is selling
those big berries. He gets them in
twice a week. They are sure good
for we tried them.
| w. II. Price and family of Sulphur
Springs. Ark, will read The Times
for the coming year.
MIR. Price has a fifteen acre patch
OF Strawberries and is busy gathering
the crop Of this luscious fruit, also
ten acres in peaches and a good pros
pect for a heavy crop.
The Mulberry Farmers Club will
meet at the school house Saturday
night, May 26. All progressive farm
crs are invited to attend.
Henry Kaufman returned home
Friday from ten days visit at his
old home near Golden, III. He re-
ports farm work behind Bates coun-
ty
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Otto Peters OF Washington coun-
", Kansas, and Miss Marguerite
| Nie,ners at the German Lutheran
church Wednesday, May 20, at II a.
| IN.
Ed Drake and nieces, Ethel and
Edith Bowen, drove Zip to Peculiar,
Mo-, Saturday
!. G.. Rauscher and family spent
Sunday evening at the J. H. Leiner
home.
Mrs. Rosa Cockrel and Miss Maude
Thomas of Kansas City. Mo-, we're
guests at the NJ. W. Bowersox home
from Saturday until Monday.
Johnnie Dykman started in as
bookkeeper at the bank of Amoret
Monday, May 81.
George H. Pahlman, the popular
cashier of the Amsterdam Bank,
made business trip to Kansas City
Thursday. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Stilwell and
son, Willie. Lawrence Reed, wife
and baby, Doris. were guests at the
David l.. Clark home Sunday.
Tom Rowe came in home from
Pueblo, Colo, Saturday, where he
was called on the account of the ILL
ness of his only daughter, Mrs. Ira
McChesney. He reported her much
improved when he left for home.
| Iohn Raumaker of FIT. Morgan,
Colorado. is visiting at he home OF
his brother Frank Raumakcr. OF
Charlotte township and sisters, Mes
danes Isaac Bowersox and w. A.
| Walden of Amoret.
Rev. o. G. Huling and family of
New Landcaster, Kansas, and Miss
Margaret Cooper OF Drexel came
down Thursday for visit at the
Claude l.. Cooper home.
Maude Ewbank is spending a few
days at the Joe Il. .Albin home.
: Messrs. N G. Rowe and Fred I.
Ewbank drove up to Kansas City IN
the Rowe car Monday.
We are all glad that "Uncl lie john
ny" of Elkhart. has returned.
Messrs Charley Glasmire. superin-
tcndent, and Will D. Winery. book
keeper of the Darby fruit farm, were
callers at We pencil manipulator's Of
flee Saturday morning.
John Dykman and family spent
Sunday evening at the Bernie Bohl-
ken home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Meints and
daughter. Marguerite. visited with
Bruno Meints and family Sunday.
Thursday evening Mrs. Myrtle
Welton. teacher, and her pupils gave
an entertainment at the Liberty
school house, consisting of recita-
tons, songs, drill, and dialogues,
which was highly appreciated by
those fortunate enough to be pres
ent. This is surely a record school
with an enrolment of 81. IS pupils
were neither absent nor tardy for
nine months term, which tells that
the patrons are interested in better
schools.
Fred Penny, the hustling Amoret
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