31 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
1
The piece urges townspeople to back local newspapers, invest in home enterprises, and support improvements. It warns against gossip and slander, praises civic progress, and emphasizes offering youths fair chances while condemning cruelty to birds and encouraging lawful behavior. It notes a spirit of development and progress across the city.
President William H. Taft will visit the Missouri State Fair on September 30 and deliver a principal address in the Live Stock Show Pavilion. The event marks the first presidential visit to the fair, with crowds expected to hear the speech as part of his western tour. Exhibits are in place and livestock entries regarded as strong amid variable crops.
The Summer term at Kirksville Normal School breaks records with 750 Missouri teachers enrolled. After eleven weeks of study, over 700 attended the closing Chapel Exercises on August 10. Health was excellent with only seven sickness-related withdrawals. The campus boasted new buildings, gymnasiums, baths, and outdoor venues. Upcoming Fall Term begins September 12 with about 300 beginners and a large faculty to welcome them.
New up to date watches and jewelry offered at Healy's with a fresh stock of stylish items.
On Sunday August 27 neighbors and relatives gathered at Andrew Myers home to celebrate Mrs Myers thirty fourth birthday. About eighty attended the noon dinner in the apple grove with a table heavy with various dishes prepared by neighborhood ladies. The guest list included many local families and friends. Mrs Myers received several useful gifts and all enjoyed the event, asking for many more happy birthdays ahead.
John B. Woods and Miss Belva Creason wed last Wednesday evening at the home of Rev. M. R. F. Nickell in this city. The ceremony united two worthy people as one and follows a strong circle of family and friends.
Carter & Fields urge farmers across Missouri Kansas and Nebraska to bring horses and mules to sell Saturday September 2. They claim weekly shippers pay top prices and promise buyers will pay every dollar the animals are worth.
A very pretty wedding united Mr George Hooker of Lineville Iowa and Miss Hinda Johnson near the city in a ceremony by Rev Potter. The groom, son of John Hooker, is a prospering farmer who will reside on a Lineville area farm with his bride. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs F Johnson, is well regarded and widely connected. A wedding supper followed at Mr Johnson's home as the couple heads to their Lineville farm.
A compiled roster lists twenty five surrounding schools and their teachers. Names include Brookshier Williams Bundridge Climax Crooks hanks Dalzell Crossroads Palmer Duffield Burk Enterprise Mont Cumbo Fairview Lawrence Gooch Burwell Jenkins Carr Hooker Alexander Hooker Hooker Knifong Grove Maggart Tribble Light Gooch Mundell Bailey Nevins Cokerham North Salem McCollum Pierce Woods Ryne.
Local residents report widespread chicken thefts across town. Police urge residents to secure coops and warn repeat offenders may face term fines or imprisonment.
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