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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
4
Milan merchants urge week long vacation for visitors to the fair with extensive attractions and a bustling grounds ready for vast crowds. The issue notes local events, notable people, and farm displays, including a small horse and a Sullivan county pig as crowd draws alongside ongoing community notices.
The Linn County Budget reports Peg Murphy the aeronaut, known for a wooden leg, staged a balloon ascent at the Yeoman picnic in St. Catherine. He rose to about 2000 feet, then released and parachuted safely, landing near the railroad station to audience cheers. The flight drew praise as one of the finest balloon and parachute displays ever seen in Linn County and boosts Murphy for future outdoor exhibitions.
A local tale from Laclede recounts Colonel Crafty suspecting bootlegging and arranging a nighttime tea delivery. A teen boy demanded a gallon and agreed to three dollars a gallon for a dry jug. The jug proved to contain tea, a graft per Crafty, yet not false pretenses under the law.
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