The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-25
MISSOURI NOTES

MISSOURI NOTES
Osceola calls their ball team the
Aeroplanes. Just why they selected
the name Is not apparent as the team
makes few ascensions and usually
win their games
Appleton City seems to be making
an effort to get into the metropolitan
class, says the Journal. Two auto.
mobiles (Fords) were stolen from
Main street in that city one night last
week.
At an auction sale OF mules and
horses that commenced at 10 o'clock
a. IN, and continued until Io:45 p. nj.
one day last week at Warrensburg,
$4,000 was realized. Mule teams
sold as high as $8o7.so.
AT meeting held in Kansas City
the other day to devise means to stop
automobile stealing in that city It
was shown that cars valued at ST.
ooo, 900 had been stolen in that city
during the past year.
One man and three women were
killed Saturday night on the Lees
Summit Road, three miles southeast
of Raytown, when big Packard mo-
tor car skidded and turned oyer sew
eral times. r. S. Norgrove, sign
man, 1927 Grand Avenue; was killed.
A Huntsville woman met her death
from poisoning in a singular way.
She bought in. store a cabbage
which had evidently been sprinklel
with Paris green to kill insects, for
when she ate heartily of it at the
table she died with the symptoms OF
that sort Of poisoning.
!, Delegates of the building .laborer>
district council were suspended from
the St. Louis building trades council
last Thursday night for failing to
obey an order of the business agents
conference Of the council to end the
strike OF building laborers.
James w. Noel, 70 years old,
Confederate veteran, died Friday at
his home in Lees Summit as result
OF an infection in his loot several
weeks ago due to loose insole in a
shoe He is survived by widow ard
two sons, James c. Noel OF Indcpend
ence. and Forest r. Noel of Cock
yell, Mo.
The corner saloon will be sup
planted by the corner coffee house.
Carl Brand of Cleveland, o., pre,i-
dent of the National Coffee Roasters'
Association, said in a speech at the
convention of the National Retail
Tea and Coffee Merchants Associa-
ton held in St. Louis. Plans already
are being made to open coffee
houses, he said.
After 30 minutes OF deliberation
jury in District Court at Olathe.
Hans, Thursday returned verdict
acquitting Harry S. Huston of man
slaughter charges i'll connection with
killing OF Fitzroy X. Simpson, for
mer army officer, in Kansas City,
Kansas, several weeks ago. Huston
had been accused by Kansas City
girl who was in an automobile with
Simpson when he was slain.
Last week Dallas county voted
5000, 900 bonds to take up the indebt-
edness that was contracted years ago
to build railroads that were never
built. 1t seems like a big price to
pay for something that the county
never got, and it is big price, but it
is the least possible that the people Of
the county can get by with, as those
that hold the old bonds will accept n
less.-St. Joseph Observer.
Fifteen employees OF the Hugh
Stephens Printing Company, state
printers. Saturday filed request
with the state printing commission
for an increase in the printing con-
tract rate. The employees are ask
ing 10 per cent increase in wages.
Hugh Stephens, who is the head OF
the printing company, says that he
has already granted increases equal
to 40 per cent and that last year he
lost $22. 900 on the state contract.
Choice eating apples are plentiful
now and are selling at eighty cents
to one dollar a bushel. Peaches are
scarce and bring from ninety cents
to a dollar for a peck basket. Water
melons still are plentiful and can be
had at from ten to twenty-five cents
apiece, those at the latter price being
very large and extra choice. Prairie
chickens are rather slow sale at from
b. 50 to SAYS a dozen.-4o years ago
TENS in the Kansas City Times.
The I-million dollar bond issue for
permanent hard surfaced roads for
County was voted down by |
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