Brown ing Mo notes and small town happenings show a crime arrest
A 1908 Browning report details Jake Taylor and his brother James abducting a child from Lewis Long's home and fleeing in a team. The women pursued but could not catch them. Constable Brassfield arrested the brothers near Owasco. bonds were set at $300 each and they were jailed in Milan. The same issue notes local visits, markets, and social events including a theatre announcement and a marriage in Calgary Ontario.
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Jake Taylor
James
Lewis Long’s
Jake
Brassfield
Owasco
Squire Creason
Milan
Marsha Gibson
Lewis Long
Levi Taylor
Local News Briefs From South Sullivan and Surrounding Areas
Claude Elliott traveled to Oklahoma Sunday to tend his claim. J. R. Whitacre moved his family to Cora. M. L. Ferguson opened a new store in Cora. Jas. Brinkley rented a farm near Laclede and will move soon. Henry Stephenson is moving on the Cochran place. C. Jerome and wife visited Rob Stevenson for several days. Robert Stephenson’s young daughter, previously ill, is much improved.
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Jas. Brinkley
Laclede
Henry Stephenson
Cochran Place
C. Jerome
Rob Stevenson
Social gatherings and visits in Opel area
A social at Austin Moore's Saturday night is noted. William Steele, recently ill with erysipelas, is improving. Elmer and Winnie Sevier visited Green Castle Friday to see D. R. Busick. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Walker spent Sunday at Wm Hawkins. Mrs. Henry Humphreys of Meadville visited J. N. Opel and R. C. Sloan last week.
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William Steele
Elmer
Winnie Sevier
Green Castle
D. R. Busicks
Henry Humphreys
Meadville
J. N. Opel
R.C. Sloan
Chillicothe to Welcome Tootle Campbell Shirt Factory
The Chillicothe Constitution reports all arrangements and contract acceptance for the Tootle Campbell Shirt and Overall Company of St. Joseph to open a Chillicothe factory. Other towns bid, but Chillicothe secured the plant, promising hundreds of jobs for local workers.
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Chillicothe
Tootle Campbell Shirt and Overall Company
St. Joe
Chill
Chi
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South Sullivan
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Robert Stephenson
Opel
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Bert Jroyce
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