The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Mrs. l.. A. Porter an old and es-
teemed resident of Rich Hill, died at
the home of her son, Henry Porter.
in that city, Friday afternoon, August
"a.
Joe Kash and family OF the Johns
town neighborhood moved to Butler
last week. They have rented the
Judge Cole property on Harrison
street. ~
John Green and Dode Abel cap
tured 70 pound catfish in the
Marias des Cygnes drainage ditch
one day last week, says the Rich Hill
Review
Mrs. ]. H. Suffecool and daughter,
Anna May, Of Garden City, visited
at the homes of Thomas Wainwright
and A. L. Rock for few days the
last of the week.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Heiton, Of
Hillsdale, Kansas, were in the city
1.-THE last of the week, being called here
BY the death. Of Mrs. Helton's father,
Chas. H. Cooper.
Miss Marion ,Sackett returned to
her, home in Kansas City Friday after
a visit in this city with her aunts,
Miss Lizzie Ross, Mrs. Chas. Miller
and Mrs. John Rock.
Mrs. c. M. Leedy and daughter.
Mrs. Byron Anderson and little
daughter, Wilma, spent few days in
this city the last of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne Leedy.
Among the callers at this office the
last of the week was our good friend,
c. H. Fouts. Of north of town. ne
says that everything looks tine ana
dandy in that part of the county.
Lieut.. Warren Duvall left the last
of the week for Kansas City where
he, will visit few days before re-
porting at Fl. Riley, where he will
help to get the new national army IN
shape. ~
Miss Helen Chastain, who has been
spending the last two months with
relatives in Colorado, returned home
the first of the. week. Miss Chastain
is a teacher in the Butler High
School.
Tom Graves, son of Judge and
Mrs. w. w. Graves, of Jefferson
CITY. has received an appointment to
the United States military academy
at West Point. He will report at the
academy next June.
Conard Popp was in Butler Satur-
dav and called at this office and or
dered his paper. changed from kicn
Hill route one to Butler route seven.
He has rented one of the Duva'l
farms south of town.
DR.. c. A. Lusk, Of Virginia. re-
! eiyed orders last week to report At
Fl. Riley, Kansas, for duty. He vol
unteered his services some time ago
and received commission in the reg
ular army as surgeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Morgan, who
have been spending the week with
Butler relatives, returned to their
home in. Fl. Smith, Arkansas, Mon
day. Mr.. Morgan is q prosperous
laundryman Of that city.
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The Hume stock show will be held
this wear the second week in October.
| Hume is q hustling little burg and
always has something going on or p
preparing for some sort OF ee'epsa-
ton. fair or stock show. 7s
Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Ewin and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth. LETT the
| last of the week on An overland trip
to visit relatives in Oklahoma. They
will stop i'm Joplin for . brief visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Ewin.
The Montrose picnic will be held
Friday and Saturday of this week.
They have higs class program. pan
game. band concerts, high divers.
ltrapeze performers and in fact ev-
erything that goes to make : great
big time. -
Among those who were passed ~
lthl examining board Of St. Clair
conntv and who filed no exemption
teIs;1II were clsude G. Aliases Al