Browning Nine Edges Laredo In Close Baseball Tie
Sunday the Browning ball club visited Laredo and faced Laredo’s strong squad. A hotly contested game ended with Browning leading 4 to 1 as Adams Fields Carter Williams Glaze Williams Lantz Kelley Chambers took the field. Field pitched superbly while Grice of Linneus pitched for Laredo.
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Browning
Laredo
Lado
Laedo
Jaze
Laeda
Brownng
Field
Grice
Linneus
Rowning
Adams
Fields
Carter
Wiliams
Glaze
Lantz
Kelley
Chambers
Street Fair Fund Drive Urges Community Donations
Citizens and farmer friends are asked if a street fair will be held again. Organizers praise past fairs and seek a two day event funded by public subscription, urging ample donations to ensure a successful festival.
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Armer
Commissioners Locate New Road In Sullivan County
The Milan area road commissioners met Monday to locate inter county seat roads. They decide to designate the cannon ball trail and the capital trail as the inter county seat state road across Sullivan County and reviewed the Milan to Trenton route and a westward road crossing the Cassity bridge toward the Booth farm.
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Milan
Sullivan County
Trenton
Cassity Bridge
Booth Farm
County highway board sets standards for inter-county seat roads
Reger to Humphreys road and west road to Galt receive approval with conditions. The county highway board will control dragging on these highways under state law. Dragging contracts will be issued, with state funds of fifteen dollars per mile for the year and seventy cents per mile paid monthly after reports. Roads must be forty feet wide with a thirty foot roadway and concrete culverts thirty feet wide. Hills trimmed to seven percent grade. ninety day deadline to meet requirements or roads may be relocated.
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County Highway Board
The
Highway Board
Undertaker Supplies Offered Near Browning Missouri
An undertaker advertises copper lined caskets grave vaults robes suits and slippers all kinds. Shop before you buy address points to T. B. Mundell located 184 miles southwest of Browning Missouri.
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T. B. Mundell
Browning, Mo
Obituary of John Wesley Price McQuown
John Wesley Price McQuown, born March 31 1842 in Sullivan County Missouri, married November 21 1875 to Julie E Davis. Survived by Mrs C J Ingraham C L and Edith. Died August 24 1918 from a complication of diseases. Funeral at Knifong Grove church conducted by Rev W O G Potter with many relatives and friends, burial in nearby cemetery awaiting resurrection morn.
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John Wesley Price McQuown
Sullivan County
Missouri
Julie E. Davis
C.J. Ingraham
C. L
Edith
McQuown
Knifong Grove
W. O. G. Potter
Rights of Automobiles on the Public Highway
Farmers largely believe car owners are liable for chicken deaths on roads yet no living farm creature holds a claim. The piece compares perceived car responsibility with actual legal doctrine in rural driving.
Fowls on Public Roads Not Protected From Auto Injuries
A court ruling in this state held that stray fowls on public highways are not protected from auto accidents and may be impounded. Owners or drivers are not liable for poultry killed on public roads, and owners must bear the risk when fowls wander onto highways as per the highway law.
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Lancaster Excelsior
Good Roads Days Run Wednesday and Thursday
Gov Major and Linn county court proclaimed days for able bodied men to repair roads. Sullivan county set August 27 and 28, splitting efforts along the Clay road and County Line, with farmers also fixing culverts. Much work done, and officials expect more next year.
Roll of Honor Names Listed From Various Localities
A long roll of honor listing individuals by surname and town including A. S. Johnson Purdin Mrs. C. A. Chichester Arlington Wash. Fred Keithley route 3 L. W. Bingham North Salem J. E. Thompson Sumner Nora Mundell route 2 Ed Creason city W. H. Spencer Trenton J. S. Lambert North Salem Mrs. Sarah Lark Nowood Mo. Mrs. E. E. Hayes Caldwell Kan. Howe Arnold Chillicothe O. E. Rottman Chula Dr. Epperson city Mrs. G. D. Prather St. Louis J. R. Camsted Humphreys A. W. Payne North Salem Perry McCollum Jr. North Salem.
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A. S. Johnson
Purdin
C. A. Chichester
Arlington
Wash
Fred Keithley
L. W. Bingham
North Salem
J. E. Thompson
Sumner
Nora Mundell
Ed Creason
City
W. H. Spencer
Trenton
J. S. Lambert
Sarah Lark
Nowood
E. E. Hayes
Calwell
Kan
Howe Arnold
Chillicothe
Coal Offer Promises Fair Weight and Low Prices
A brief note signed J. W. Jones invites customers to the office to place orders for Illinois lump and egg coal and Iowa sold coal. The writer pledges good weights and the slowest possible price.
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Iowa
Lunatics at Large in Browning Ladies Backwards Fete
A crowd of Browning women each wore hats backwards and acted in reverse as part of a covertly comic event. Victims began with Mrs Dickinson Eunice and Mrs Adams Hermia, with about sixteen friends joining in, all writing and dining in reverse. Prizes went to Miss Whaley Lillian and Mrs Twyman May, while guests finished by wearing their hats home backward.
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Browning
Dickinson Eunice
Adams Hermia
Foolish Man and Health Nonsense Mocked in 19th Century Digression
Essayic satire questions whether common dietary choices harm the body, juxtaposing biblical figures with modern eating habits. It mocks health laws and questions popular habits like smoking, corsets, gum, and sweet treats as contributors to bodily decline.
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Adam
Eve
Solomon
Ruth
Israel
Red Sea
Rebecca
P. E. O. Initiations and Social Hour Report
P. E. O. tess to the chapter on Wednesday afternoon August 13 1913. After the regular business Miss Clair Calhoun and Mrs. Reba Hummel were initiated into the Mystery of the sisterhood. A social hour followed with refreshments served by the hostess. Out of town guests Mrs. May Twyman Oklahoma and Miss Lulu Casper Queen City Mo. Responses from the Bible.
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Tess
Clair Calhoun
Reba Hummel
May Twyman
Okla
Lulu Casper
Queen City
Where They Teach Around Area Schools Names List
A catalog of local schools and teachers appears with a long roster including Roy Powell Brown Wm Kenley Clapp Viva Glenn Enterprise Lillian Powell Gooch Anna Wood Hooker Lila Williams Light Hermin Adams Prairie Seminary Maud Fields Mt. Olive May Sayers Mundell Geo Alexander Nevins Jno Marsh North Salem Milo McCollum New Boston Pauline Cotter Jenkins Hermia Cotter North Eagle.
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Roy Powell
Brown
Kenley
Clapp
Viva Glenn
Enterprise
Lillian Powell
Gooch
Anna Wood
Hooker
Lila Williams
Light
Hermin Adams
Prairie Seminary
Maud Fields
Mt. Olive
May ‘Sayers
Mundell
Geo. Alexander
Nevins
Jno. Marsh
North Salem
Milo McCollum
New Boston
Pauline Cotter
Jenkins
Hermia Cotter
North Eagle
Mendota Block Coal Arrangements Announced
We have made arrangements to handle the Mendota Block Coal this year with exclusive agency. The price will be in line with all Iowa Coals. See us for details and advertisement placement.
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Mendota
Iowa
Mrs. L. Gooch Visits Relatives in St. Joe
Mrs. L. Gooch traveled to St. Joseph on Thursday to spend a few days with relatives, enjoying a short visit away from home.
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Reger
Humphreys
Henry Hill
Schweppe Farm
Galt
G. W. Stephens
George W. Stephens
South Linneus
Orange County
Virginia
Virginia Rouzie
Hanover County
B. R. Stephens
Vinita
Oklahoma
Mariah Stephens Smith
Ponca
Mary Sue Stephens
Jas. A. Clark
Linn County
Jinn County News
Undertaker
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