The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-12-07
Virginia Locals.

ME. DIlSCO was 1AS CdtLlC
in our vicinity last week.
Mrs. Henderson sold Oscar
Harris bunch Of shoats.
Mrs. Lizzie Quick, who has
been here visiting relatives and
friends has returned to her home
in Sedalia, Mo.
Mrs. Thad Harper spent
Thanksgiving with her daughter,
Miss Carrie, who is attending the
University at Columbia, Mo.
Bro. Foster, the superintendent
of this district, will preach next
Sunday at the M. E. church.
Geo. Oldham, brother of Will
liam Oldham deceased, died at
the county infirmary at Butler
last week and was buried at But
Ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Englehardt
took dinner with Mrs. Engle-
hardt's mother Sunday near
Butler, Mrs. Card and family.
We understand the hotel at
Amsterdam recently changed
hands. Mr.. and Mrs. Corners re-
tired when their lease expired
and the owner Mrs. Agnes Samp-
son, has it in charge.
Some in our vicinity went in to
see the doctor at Butler on the
2Sth. He is a specialist on chron-
ic ailments.
John Taute finished shocking
corn last week.
lizzie Porter is employed at
Butler at Mr.. Heinlein's.
r. F. Harper is expecting to
leave soon to spend the winter.
Harry Henderson and wife and
baby spent Wednesday night and
Thanksgiving day at the parental
Henderson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson Of
Stockton, Kan, are visiting here.
The school teachers horse at
Concord got sick Friday. Mr..
Stanfil, Mr.. Westover and Mr..
Spillman went to help with it.
Emery Porter called on Free
Stanfil Friday night.
Hartley and Hamilton shipped
stock Monday.
Carl Jensen spent Thanksgiv
ing with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. p. G. Jensen, and other
relatives.
Bro. Post preached last Sun
day.
Charley Holmes and Mr.. Mer-
chants have recently moved to
Kansas City.
Scarlet fever is reported to be
in the vicinity north of us.
Mr.. Sanford shipped a couple
of his fine Poland China hogs to
South Missouri last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Henderson,
also Harry Henderson and fam
| lily of Butler took dinner Sunday
with Mrs. Henderson's sister,
Mrs. Matte Famuliner, and fam
lily IN Butler.
Thanksgiving passed off very
quietly and it is not many days
until Christmas.
Amos and Johnny Kaufman
had a fine team get sick while
gathering corn
John Huffman lost a horse
from corn stalk poisoning.
Lew Garner.got load of tur-
nips from Charley Vermillion last
week.
The Aid Society meets at the
NJ. f. church Thursday.
Lots of the men are through
shucking corn now.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sanford and
children visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henderson Sunday evening.
Some extensive road work is
being done OH our state road run
ming from Butler through Vir-
ginia to Amoret. At the DIR.
Lusk farm the corner at the cross
roads one mile south of Hot
Water school is made very wide,
cutting off. corner of the Doc
| tors farm. Tourists can see Il
long distance ahead, at this point,
and perhaps avoid collision. An
other corner of this kind is being
arranged in the same manner 1T
the John Huffman farm. There
has been quite a bit of road drag
ging on this state road OF late,
which we think helps it more
than anything else.
SLEEPY JIM.
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