Capital City Notes on Legislature and Graft
Long column reports on a lively legislature session with hold ups and a hero Atteberry of Webster County who knocked down a robber near the Baptist church. It covers committee fights over dog tax railroad petitions threats of graft and clerk staffing issues. It mentions Lincoln quotes and a proposed land bank for farmers with one million capital and seven percent loan rates. The piece notes new capital building work and an investigating committee finishing on the back page.
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Atteberry
Baptist Church
Judiciary
High School Notes and Engine Praise Mix in One Row
Hale and Marceline high schools host visits and talks with D P Potter C Enyeart and F E Bridwell. Browning society holds a lively literary program while a debate favors the challenger two to one. Also notes on Burlington locomotives 83 ft 9 12 in engines hauling 85 car trains 136 miles at 0.3 percent grade and coal efficiency.
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F. E. Bridwell
Marceline High Hool
B. S
Browning High School Literary Society
Erie
Santa Fe
Burlington
Terry's Coming Again Uncle Tom Show
Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin company returns on March 3 with the original G L Aiken version. The traveling troupe presents a large production requiring ample scenery and many performers, promising a memorable show from a veteran company that bills itself as “A little better than the rest.”
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Americas
Terry
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company
G. L. Aiken
Cheap Money and the Nation's Economic Flow
The piece argues cheap money fuels industry and housing for farmers, asserting that low interest and available credit support prosperity for the United States economy and its workers. It emphasizes credit access as essential to growth and stability.
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United States
A Lusty Engine for the-Burtington
An item describes building an engine with capacity and two healthy appetites as part of a project titled the Burtington. The text outlines a plan to construct a robust mechanism and its desired performance. The fragment suggests mechanical ambition without full technical detail.
South Hooker School Closes After Winter Term
Friday James R Williams completed the winter term at South Hooker with 76 percent attendance despite small enrollment. Prizes in spelling went to Leo Neely Lola Cooper and Marie Brehm. A big dinner was served by patrons to the teacher and pupils. Mr Williams has taught Browning and surrounding schools for seven years.
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James R. Williams
South Hooker
Leo Neely
Lola Cooper
Marie Brehm
Williams
Browning
Ordinance Regulating Street Lights In Browning Missouri
An ordinance by the Browning Missouri board of aldermen prohibits molesting disturbing injuring turning off or interfering with street lights. The measure aims to keep street illumination functioning and enforceable by local authority.
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Browing
Board of Aldermen
City of
Browning
Missouri
Local Vote Record Shows Approval With Three Yea Votes
A fragment notes a city vote with three readings and aye endorsements from W Haggard J W Jones and Peters as mayor. Attest Sylvester P Carr. The amount twenty five dollars appears in the record.
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Peters
Sylvester P. Carr
W. Haggard
J. W. Jones
Now Is The Time To Swat The Fly
A late Department of Agriculture bulletin urges immediate action against houseflies. It advises removing dirt and cleaning stables to destroy breeding grounds and notes the fly's role in spreading disease. The breeding season begins in March and runs through spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Department of Agriculture
Letter From Oklahoma Sent To Missouri Farmer
A Woodward Oklahoma correspondent writes to Joe Nickell of Browning Missouri sending one dollar for another year of the RECORD. The writer, teaching this winter for the third time, notes good wheat prospects and a market favorable to selling wheat.
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Woodward
Okla
Joe Nickell
Browning
The Split Log Drag Brag in Highway Maintenance
A historical note highlights the split log drag as a key tool for economic upkeep of public highways, praising its efficiency and noting it needs no special legislative acts or bonds to deploy.
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Capital City Notes
Committee On Agriculture
Committee On Railroads
House
Senate
Lincoln
Capital
St. Louis
D. P. Potter
Hale
C. Enyeart
B. F. Enyeart
C. M. Thornton
Burtington
Oklahoma
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