21 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
1
A long editorial piece urges farmers and townspeople to boost local commerce, improve public works, and keep money in the community. It warns of the mail order goblin draining business, extols neat lawns, paved streets, and good walks, and reflects on civic pride and safety at night.
Dr Van Wye detected glanders in the horse he drove for years and, with Dr Bartlett, confirmed the diagnosis. Sheriff Shaw of Milan ordered the mare killed and burned to prevent spread of the deadly disease.
A Missouri Linn County reader notes the Linn County $100 cup was won by Ora Bennett, a gentleman, not a girl, sparking reflections on gender roles as the county women and corn raising are highlighted in the exchange.
Last week J. P. Bolling and wife delivered turkeys they raised this summer to Peters Prod Co. The lot included fourteen gobblers and twelve hens with an average weight of 21.5 pounds, noted as the best average yet for turkeys sold to the company. One gobbler weighed 34 pounds.
The brief fragment notes a shift to skimmed milk and corn as successful topics or items, with no additional context, dates, places, people, or outcomes provided.
A ceremony at the home of M R F Nickell united Austin Watson and Miss Margaret Hoselton in marriage on Sunday at four o'clock. Austin, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Benford Watson, is a progressive farmer. Margaret, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hoselton, is described as refined and accomplished. Relatives and friends wish them happiness and success.
Young Fields and K M Duncan form a partnership to run a dry goods business in our city. They rented the I O O F building, will paper and fit it up, and expect goods arriving mid February. Fields has extensive clerk experience. Duncan brings good judgment and courtesy.
A pie supper hosted by Mark Alspach and Smith district patrons on December 14 drew a large crowd. Miss Mabel Lantz won the popular prize a beautiful ring after a ciphering contest while the ugliest man received a prize. Auctioneer J W Lantz sold pies to raise 13 dollars for the local school.
Local note reports Mr J bottram of Hart seington and his wife visiting friends after a prairie journey.
Mr Higginbottom formerly lived northeast of the city and with emigrants left in 1879 with eighteen teams for Washington where they settled and started new homes. His farm now values at $60 per acre with modern conveniences. He notes mud conditions here compared with home. He and his wife left Tuesday for California to spend the winter before returning home.
A Santa Barbara business letter from August 6 complains that a valve was delivered without a handle. The writer, Anton Batdilini, urges prompt shipment of a handle to satisfy a customer and warns of ordering a replacement valve elsewhere. He notes summer heat and a delayed response from Fern and Krank Company.
The White House reports displeasure in several counties of Willis district and Michigan farmers oppose renomination. Southern delegates are described as ready to desert the bandwagon if Taft misses the first ballot, signaling GOP tensions ahead of the national convention.
The piece mixes opinion on presidential prospects with quotes about Taft Roosevelt and La Follette, notes on Ohio delegates, and criticism of McNamara case coverage. It comments on Congress, the steel trust inquiry, and the tariff commission's funding lapse likely June 30, 1912, as a political lever.
Rev Petree district superintendent of the Kirksville district will preach at the M E church in this city Friday night December 22. All are cordially invited to attend. He will hold my meeting at North Salem Saturday and Sunday.
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