Browning High School Advances to Second Class Status
Jefferson City Missouri December 3 1918 letter from State Board of Education informs Browning High School that it is advanced from third to second class with credits in English history math Latin agriculture and other subjects totaling 12. Inspector commends progress including longer term nine months improved library and lab equipment and higher levy while urging higher standards of student work and better teacher salaries to sustain potential rise to first class. Copy sent to the Superintendent.
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Jefferson City
Board of Education
Browning
Browning High School
Wm. P. Evans
Obituary for Laura V. Getchell Foss of Maine
Laura V. Getchell Foss, born June 20 1845 in Maine, died December 2 1913 at age 86 years 5 months 12 days. She married Chauncy Foss September 23 1868 and had five children. Converted in 1894 through Rev Showalter and remained a faithful church member until death. Funeral by W W Clay in a church service for a large gathering, burial near her home cemetery.
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Laura V. Getchell
Maine
Chauncy Foss
W. W. Clay
Milan guest Allen Lee hosted by friends Sunday
Allen Lee of Milan visited area as a guest of friends on Sunday, spending time with local hosts and enjoying a social gathering.
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Allen Lee
Milan
Gratitude for Browning church donation to M. E. Church South
Marion Moore expresses thanks to Browning residents for a generous meal and forty one quarts of canned fruit preserves and jelly donated to the M. E. Church South for the pastor. He notes the kindness brightens a preacher’s day and hopes to visit the donors, though public greeting was limited by circumstances.
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Browning
M. E. Church
South
Clay
Marion Moore
Pleasant Weekend Ends Gloomy Weather Spell
After days of clouds and rain the section saw sun on Saturday and a brief warm, damp spell that filled ponds wells and springs. Grass and oats revived and volunteer greens appeared as north winds cooled and frost returned Monday morning.
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California
Eight Barrels Concrete Water Tanks Sale Ad
Classified note advertises eight barrel concrete water tanks priced at five dollars each from seller C. W. Haggard.
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C. W. Haggard
Anniversary Celebration at Hedges Home in 1918
Last Friday November 28 1918 at the home of Mr and Mrs W R Hedges their 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated by children grandchildren and great grandchildren with baskets. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J N Hedges and son Mr and Mrs C B Bagley and family Mrs J H Hadge and son Mrs Emma Gardner of Riverton Wyoming Mrs Lucy Jenkins Mr and Mrs Ora Smith and family Mr and Mrs Athel Creason. Gifts included a gold band ring for the mother and a gold watch for the father plus a gold brooch and salad dish.
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W. R. Hedges
J. N. Hedges
Bagley
J. H. Hadge
Emma Gardner
Riverton
Wyoming
Lucy Jenkins
Ora Smith
Athel Creason
Purdin Enterprise
Road Dragging Urged For Fall And Winter Roads
An editorial urges road officials and farmers to deploy road drags promptly after rains and thaws. It notes January and February drag work softened rough frozen surfaces, improving travel, and argues dragging is most effective in fall and winter before spring rains. Keep drags ready and do not store them away for winter.
Macon Votes Day Ends Saloons In Missouri City
Macon Missouri residents cast ballots on December 8 approving the closing of all saloons in the city ending a long drive for local prohibition. The vote results were announced today with residents signaling broad support for stricter liquor controls.
Dry County Votes Preserve First District as Wet History Ends
The county voted to stay dry and make the First congressional district dry territory. The Presbyterian church bell tolled from polls opening to closing to mark saloon closure. Women joined men at the polls for temperance work. Macon had voted wet by 250 four years ago, today losing by 36 votes.
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Presbyterian Church
Macon
Dijys
Uncle Reubens Letter On Congress Vacation Talk
The letter mocks Congress for not taking a break and jokes about special sessions and holidays. It recalls past leaders like Speaker Joe Cannon and notes frustration over slow action and lingering currency and tariff issues, ending with a reference to a presidential primary proposal.
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Congress
Washington
Rosevelt
Joe Cannon
House
Paden
Christmas and politics mix in a reflective column
The piece critiques mass political campaigns and voter indifference, notes money and press influence in statewide races, then shifts to a holiday mood urging charity and family joy. It includes local items about society leisure, a Kansas observer, and drought imagery from Ogalala. It closes with musings on parenting and moral lessons for children.
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Kingit
Hisself
Ohio
Oklahoma
Reuben
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