Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of October 15
1869 Levy & Company ladies clothing opens in the Atkinson's building, East side of the Butler square.
1881 Barnum's "Only Greatest Show On Earth" circus plays at Rich Hill.
1889 The Water Works proposition for the city of Butler passes by 437 votes, the celebration carries into the night with fireworks and bands playing.
1940 William Penney, of Amoret, is the first Bates Countian to go to the draft under the new Selective Service Act.
1946 The Amoret Red Sox baseball team finishes 12 & 2 for the season, with star players including Willis Castle, Lindsay Brayton, Clyde Matthews and Miller Ferguson.
1960 A mysterious bombing damages the Osage Valley Electric Coop building, under construction, on US 71, North of Butler.
1988 Vernon and Mary Byrd host a Missouri Nut Growers fall field day at their pecan farm 13 miles southwest of Butler. About 100 attend to hear remarks the association president.
1989 The Pleasant Home Baptist Church holds their final service, after 100 years.
