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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
7
A Brooklyn reader reports dramatic improvement in a niece’s eczema after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Re Solvent. She describes sores covering the body and head, sleep restoration, and a lasting cure by the remedies. The note includes a 1909 date and a testimonial from Mrs. H. Kiernan.
Fog-Eye Smith of northwest Wyoming faces a bizarre scene as he threatens a new arrival over watering liquor. He later is found gropeing under a poker table seeking his glass eye and muttering. He curses the stranger for lacking humor in a tense tavern moment.
Percy Parkington proclaims he will enter the busy world to gain fame and riches after Miss Muriel Muggins rejects him twice. He declares determination to win and be envied, while she coolly retorts she may accept him later if he succeeds.
In a diary style testimonial a California wife recalls quitting coffee due to headaches and insomnia. After switching to Postum her husband and she report better sleep, weight gain, and reduced jitters. The narrative emphasizes coffee as the foe and Postum as the cure.
In Joplin the wets carried 3,639 to 2,910 with a 729 edge. Dry forces rallied late but failed to overturn the result as miners shifted toward wets. Women and children campaigned, some clashing with anti local option groups, while Billy Sunday sermons preceded the vote and local sentiment shifted. The Missouri Land and Industrial congress urged homeseekers to Missouri lands at $3.50 to $12 per acre, promoting the brass hen emblem as a symbol of wealth from eggs.
Kansas City Union Depot ushers switch from salaried roles to tips only. Twenty five non salaried workers will rely on travelers for income, previously earning 45 dollars monthly. The change aims to save about 250 dollars a month for the Union Depot association and introduces duties such as guiding and carrying baggage.
In Kansas City’s criminal court 27 men in 27 days were convicted or pled guilty to felonies and sentenced to the penitentiary. Burglary grand larceny and robbery led the list. The rush marks an unprecedented expulsion of criminals, credited to the Kansas City police department.
Mrs Henry Schapper wife of a wealthy farmer and stock man living a mile east of Versailles died suddenly of heart trouble. She had been visiting the home of her son and upon returning home she sat in a chair and died in five minutes.
By resolution the Missouri Land and Industrial congress advocated a state park and game preserve to protect native fish birds and mammals. It urged the next legislature to establish a permanent university fund and a quarantine law to prevent diseased livestock imports. The congress asked each county to form auxiliary immigration associations.
J C Swift of the Kansas City Commercial club urged the Industrial congress that the university and agricultural college receive more state appropriations. He argued Missouri must retain faculty by higher salaries to prevent emigration to Iowa or Illinois, noting those states spent more on agriculture teaching recently.
Weston grows as a tobacco market with a large American Tobacco Co warehouse and a buying station at Dearborn. Sixty wagons of tobacco moved through town recently as settlers recall Civil War era river trade. The Missouri Valley between Atchison and Leavenworth boosts growing, with many farms building tobacco barns this year.
The Willis Wood presents Brewster's Millions for the week starting February 6 with the same cast that had long Broadway runs. James T. Fowers stars in Havana at the Shubert the week of February 6, with music by the Florodora composer.
Kansas City congressman W. P. Borland introduces a bill to transfer all public lands in Missouri to the state government. The measure aims to shift ownership and management rights, signaling a major policy change.
Scotland County voters approve dry status by 56 votes in a local option election. The tally stands 1,343 dry to 1,287 wet, reflecting a spirited campaign and a reconsideration of four years under local option law.
A L Bullock aged 91 died in Lamar. Born in Lexington Kentucky he moved to Clay County at 18, married there, then settled in Barton County where he lived about fifty years.
S. T. Simpson of Worth County won a trophy prize as the best judge of grain among students at the college of agriculture. Benote Teplice received recognition for an ear of grain.
Citizens gathered at the courthouse in Columbia to testify that Dr A Ross Hill president of the University of Missouri would be missed if he leaves state service. The meeting resolutions note Dr Hill contemplates a call to the University of Minnesota and urge he remain connected with Missouri.
William Jewell College will participate in the Missouri Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest in March. The college paper, The Student, will publish the state number of the Oratorical Association for this year.
A 6 to 1 vote approved a $45,000 water works bond and a $20,000 sewer bond in Centralia. Final tally was 371 in favor and 62 against.
Two men were arrested in Jefferson City after a Missouri Pacific fireman suspected their involvement in the Eureka train robbery. They provided a list of places they had visited since Friday afternoon and are being held for investigation.
Mrs. George Kabnich aged 76, one of Mexico’s oldest citizens, died at her home in Mexico.
A French immigrant who started with little cash homesteaded near Forget Saskatchewan and now owns about 8,000 acres in fifty quarter sections. He threshes 50,000 bushels of wheat this season, sells 34,000 at 84 to 87 cents, keeps 16,000, grows 30,000 bushels of oats and 7,000 of barley with 500 of flax. He owns 104 horses and cattle, bought a threshing machine for 2100 dollars, and says the machine earned 3000 this fall. He invested about 10,000 in farm buildings on a 6,880 acre farm, with 6,000 acres in crop this season.
A jokey note claims a new hotel plans red wallpaper in every room to hide any blood from guests killer incidents. The remark uses dark humor to mock secrecy and potential violence surrounding the project.
Uncle Ephraim reports two razorback hogs vanished from a rear pen. He suspects the animals squeezed through a narrow crack and climbed out rather than being stolen, as there were no signs of intruders. The neighbor questions the idea, but Ephraim remains certain the hogs escaped by squeezing through the crack.
A succinct moral note contrasts the prodigal son's rising fame with the virtuous brother’s steady decency, underscoring social perception after departure. The lines imply earned notoriety versus quiet integrity.
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