The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-05-26
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Chas. c. Shubert, OF the Adrian
neighborhood was a Saturday visitor
to the county capital. 5
H Prof. Evan Stephens and wife, who
have been teaching in Western kar-
sas are in the city visiting relatives.
Thco WeMott and wife, of Kansas
City visited their parents, A. W.-We-
Mott and wife here this week.
Oliver J. Radford and family have
moved to Foster, where they have
rented a farm for the coming season.
II ]. b. Rice, of Mound township, who
is confined at the. Research hospital
in Kansas City, is reported getting
along very well.
Watt b. Dawson, who is at Chris.
tian Hospital in Kansas City is re-
ported getting along very we'll and
expects to be home next Saturday.
u. 6. Blankenship and two daugh.
tiers, Misses Bessie and Goldie, at
tended the basket dinner at the Al
tona Christian Church last Sunday.
| Roy Mooney and family will leave
this week for an overland trip to Cal
fornia and expect to be gone three
months. They will have fine trip.
Miss Elsie Barnett, county Red
Cross nurse, has resigned and left
for her home in independence, Mo.
Rev. II. A. Mitchell and Prof. c.
A. Lee, accompanied by their wives
were attending. the Sunday School
Institute at Marionyille this week.
The Lakeside farm, located near
the southeast city limits was sold a
few days ago to H. H. Moore, OF
Gardner, Kan, and H. J. Sophian, of
Kansas City. The consideration was
around $25ooo.oo.
| Mayor Nels Altman, of Amoret,
was a county seat visitor few days
ago. Nels bears his honors all right
and really likes to be called Mayor.
Lots OF fish have been coming to
town lately and the prices are still
reasonable. We can eat fish now
cheaper than anything else.
| Dennis Thralls will take charge OF
the West Side Market in the next
few days. We are glad to see Dennis
back.
The cash and carry store on the
West Side was sold last week to y.
A. Heinlein and Clabe Stuckey for
more than the first sale. John =.
Lynch, of St. Louis, U. S. Marshal,
was here and conducted the sale.
We are sorry to record the death
Of Mrs. Ella Hukel, who died last
Monday week She as good woman
and had been sick for some time.
T. w. Lansing and wife, A. w.
Shay, w. O. Morrison, Jeff Nichols
and John Everman, all OF the Corn
land neighborhood were visitors here
this week.
We met our old friend Cy Ward
few days ago and he informed us that
he was living near several nice
widows but they were all bashful and
he was really afraid to make any o.
them visit.
Our old friend Oscar Hand, OF
Elkhart, was a visitor here few
days ago. Oscar is the same good
jovial fellow. He informed us that
he had fine trip to Jefferson City
to the Woodmen convention. He said
most of his time was taken up in
loking after Tom Wainwright and
Judge Jeter and seeing that they be-
haved themselves.
Rev. r. H. Biser was certainly a
busy man last week. He performed
three wedding ceremonies, conduct
ed one funeral, delivered one bacca-
ment address. Besides he visited his
wife's folks two days out of the city.
That was going some.
Bert Bradley made a record last
Saturday as a process server. he
started out in the morning with SUBJ
roenas for forty-two witnesses and
when he returned late in the evening
he had served all except one He had
subpocnaed al persons in a single
day. That is the biggest days WORK
ever done in the history OF the office.
Bert is some rustler.
Claude Norwood moved into his
new residence last Monday he lately
purchased from G. w. Vannoy. Mr..
Vannoy moved into the property
Claud vacated on Harrison street.
teAf Coleman ~~shlfe has beer
iting points in Vermont and New
Hampshire will return home this
week. He is reported having a fine
trip.
DR.. T. w. Foster and son, Walter,
| will leave next week on an excursion
for the Rio Grande Valley in Texas
on sightseeing tour. +
Circuit Court convened last Mon
day with Judge Calvird on the bench
Many OF the farmers who were
placed on the petit jury were excused
on account of being too busy with
their crops. Court will last at least
two weeks. There are ,o5 cases On
the docket.
| J. W. Hall was called to Adrian las.
| week on account of the illness of his
father, DR.. w. P. Hall. We hope
| that the Doctor will recover. He is
an old timer in Adrian.
|. Constable J. Stott who has been
confined to his home for the past ten
days with stomach trouble is report
ed considerably better. We hope