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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
1
Sunday afternoon the country west of town visited to play the town team in an eleven inning game. Both sides had few games experience but showed some capable players. Final score favored the town 14 to 13 and 10 to 3 in later innings. Local notes mention fever remedies and a settlement reminder from Mrs. E Kimper.
The past week across the state was largely oppressive with temperatures 4 to 7 degrees above normal except Sunday the 26th when mean temps were 7 degrees below normal and highs did not exceed 86. Rainfall exceeded normal with a dry start and heavier rains from the 23rd to 25th. Drought relief occurred in northwestern and some central counties. some western areas reported excessively heavy rains. No severe wind storms were recorded.
A mixed set of notices from Spokane and other regions recounts Mrs. Overton Harris visiting relatives in Missouri, Michael Shatner’s $10,000 gold fortune claim in Idaho, and claims over his heir. Civil war veteran Shatner’s estate and heirs are noted along with a public administrator handling property. Other items report a Brownsville riot case and troop dismissals, a Rock Island mail collision near Alta Vista with heavy loss, and political events in Alabama.
A four year old boy was shot by a sixteen year old with a .22 target rifle at Meadville last Sunday. The bullet entered at the base of the nose and lodged near the brain. He was taken to St. Mary's hospital in Chillicothe. Observers offered varying accounts of how the incident occurred.
Jas Lil of North Salem shot himself Sunday morning using a shotgun placed to his chest. The charge passed through his body with most under the right shoulder blade. some shot traveled through. His wife was in the house. he died before she reached him. Liquor, cited as cause, notes a prior drinking problem and intoxication at a picnic the day before.
Large corn of remarkable size was delivered to the office early this week. The crop was raised by H. L. Long on a farm east of Putdin. Some stalks reach twelve feet in length with ears as long as ever seen.
Assisted by experienced milliners I have purchased an up to date stock of millinery goods for genuine value. It will interest all who want the real value of their money to call and see before purchasing elsewhere. Mrs M Summers.
Yesterday morning Lee Duncan delivered peaches described as exceptionally fine. One fruit measured eight inches around the circumference and weighed six and a half ounces, with another reaching eight and a half inches. The office invites readers to see the display and judge their quality.
The notice states school opens Monday and all students should be ready. Rural district students and those not at school since last April may seek entry to a higher grade by seeing Superintendent Beswick at the school building all day Saturday.
L. W. Hummel, buyer of A. L. Brown’s furniture stock, has moved his household goods to town and taken charge of the store. He comes from Kahoka where he ran a furniture business eight years and previously helped his father in the trade. He is a licensed embalm er and is welcomed by Brown ing and vicinity.
Vendor invites ladies to view a new fall millinery line after returning from the market. The Springfield lynching trial ended in a hung jury, ten to two for acquittal. Local notes mention visitors, travels, Chautauqua attendance, and a plumbing supply report in Calhoun and Harvey's, Iowa.
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