The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-09-05
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City delivery of mail was com
menccd in Appleton City Monday
with w. +. Stroup as carrier.
And now Appleton City is i'll the
midst OF an ice famine, There is only
enough on hand to supply few of
the downtown stores each day.
Due to the scarcity of water and
drouth conditions ten car loads OF
cattle were shipped to market from
Appleton City Monday OF last week.
Rev Spencer left Thursday alter
noon for Kansas City to report to
the Canadian Army Headquarters III
which he joined some time ago
Amsterdam Enterprise.
Carl Grimsley, who is stationed at
Waco, Texas. with the National
army, has been quite sick. but his
family have received word that he IS
now improving, says the Amoret
Leader.
John Bell had the misfortune to
lose two milk COWS Monday night.
Thirteen head OF his cattle got into
. the cane that night and next morning
two of them were dead. The veter-
marian was called and the rest of the
cattle were saved.--Amsterdam En-
terprise.
Air planes have ceased to be things
of any particular interest -Four OF
these birds flew over Hume one day
last week and the Telephone only
gave a few lines to the event. Sev-
- eral month, ago nearly every paper
in the county gave fromc one-half to
full column account OF one lone air
plane passing over,
Early in the season Dick Calvert
of St. Clair county, bought new
threshing outfit and according to the
Journal is rather proud of the record
that he has made. During the
thrcshng season which just closed
his machine turned out 5I,66S bush
els of grain. for which was tailed up
the SUM OF S2,4Ii.sS.
Martin Eiscnborth. a,wcll known
farmer. died at his home near Mont
rose, Tuesday. of last week, OF an
illness OF several weeks.
Prof. and Mrs. 5. +. Smith re-
turned last week from an overland
trip to Colorado Springs and other
western cities. They enjoyed every
minute OF the outing. PROB. Smith is
Superintendent of the Osceola
schools and will begin his school
work next wcek.-Adrian Journal.
Lewis Moore, in the Hume Border
Telephone says that the Hume ex-
change has been notified by the But
Ter and Rich Hill telephone system,
that after September l the frde ex-
change service between Hume and
these towns will be discontinued and
that a toll rate will be charged II
YOU have any visiting to do with
these towns. better attend to it at
once. Talk will not be so cheap after
September L. And this in the face
of their franchise, it is said. to fur
nish free exchange with Hume to
their regular subscribers. What!
According to the Appleton City
JOufn2l, WIS. nina DouOhuNs Va 1850
city. has received letter from the
captain of the aero company to
which her son. Lieut.. John J. Dono-
hue, belonged when he was killed.
The captain says that the lieutenant
was killed at Casaux. France, June
26, while he was demonstrating a
new machine for some French Off
GERS. When a short distance in the
air and while going through some
acrobatic stunts his engine stopped
and the machine dashed to the
ground. He was buried at Bordeaux
with all the honors of war.
Mrs. ]. f. Foote, while out driving
with the children. Monday evening.
ran off the bridge near the old Fin
nicum farm, over in Kansas, injuring
her baby SO badly that it may die.
Ii driving on the bridge the car in
some way pitched forward down the
embankment, distance of IL feet, on
its nose. The glass windshield was
broken, . piece of which penetrated
the baby's skull. The little fellow
was taken to a Fort Scott hospital
fof. treatment and at last accounts
wss in q critical condition. Aside
from . considerable shaking up. the
Oder occupants of the car luckily
escaped injury.-Hume Telephone.