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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
1
The piece extols farmers as the nation’s backbone and praises weekly papers for serving the town, opposing knocker and drones while urging intelligent farming and better homes. It also notes childrearing advice, fly control, and a reflection on dog days with cross continental dates for heat.
The Normal School at Kirksville announces a summer term attendance over 1300 and an annual enrollment near 2000, with many graduates set to teach in Northeast Missouri. The 1916-17 plan promises a larger faculty, expanded programs in Reading and Debating, Agricultural Education, Commercial Education, Music, and Fine Arts, plus strengthened Rural Education and Manual Training.
Mr and Mrs C T Mc Neiley of Milan spend the week with Mr and Mrs R E Creason. Mr McNeiley is painting for F S Johnson.
A narrative recalls a 1916 auto journey leaving June 3 to travel from Pike Street in Lake Washington toward Scenic Highway 1 through Index Washington. The writer contrasts primitive travel with modern roads and notes the day’s progress toward the Great Scenic Highway.
Proclamation to Browning Missouri voters announces a special election to fill the City Marshall vacancy. The election is set for September 12, 1916 with polling sites at the City Court house and a south side ward building, and named election judges for east and west wards.
A Burlington route schedule notes three visitors travel by train via Bucklin to meet them there. Autos will be sent to Bucklin to bring the guests to Marceline, guided by Geo. W. Early, secretary.
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