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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
1
WEWS from Jefferson reports on the State House caucuses and party tensions. The writer details speaker elections, member introductions, and a prison visit highlighting inmate conditions and lessons for lawmakers amid a busy legislative scene.
An assembly, though lengthy, was listened to with interest and received round applause at its close. Joe Nickell.
On Wednesday night January 6 officers of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Royal Neighbors of America were installed for the same year. An old fashioned supper followed. The group then invited all attendees to the Electric Theatre with invited guests including Chas Haggard Jas Williams S P Carr J C Gooch Cliff Peterson M O Alspach D C Burk W P Carter H F Carter C B Fleming A E Glaze Dr Hunter L C Lantz Dr Mairs C B Mitchell W T Moore Chas Rinehart T J Seaman Jno Sparks E A Williams Miss Mabel Craft Guy Adams and Bevan.
Maud Miller runs away with a feller in a benzine touring car. Her father pursues on a mule named Jane and rescues her as the motor dies on a hill. The tale ends with a somber lesson about stealing a girl and seeking her father’s blessing.
Noland Delbert Herd, son of Frank and Rhetta Herd of Glifford, was born September 23, 1918 and died January 5, 1915 at age 1 year 3 months 12 days. Interment in the cemetery at North Salem on January 7. The poem expresses a farewell to the darling boy.
A detailed report of a P E O society party at a hall with yellow and white decor ends with the death of a long-time member aged 73 in early January 1915. The piece lists attendees, contests, a supper, and a church funeral at the home church with burial near the churchyard. The obituary notes 44 years in the Methodist Episcopal church and includes surviving relatives.
Margaret McCollum was born December 19 1841 five miles northeast of Brookfield Linn County Missouri to Robert and Mary Ann Hughes McCollum. She married Perry McCollum in 1860 and had ten children seven of whom survived. In 1870 she found her Christ and spent life in service caring for the sick and helping those in need with charity and council.
A native Korean who studied in the United States will lecture at the M. E. Church at night on January 25. He came here worked through school graduated and now seeks funds to return as a missionary. The talk will cover customs of Korea and related topics.
Bailey offers top cash price for eggs in local market, attracting sellers and boosting poultry trade. Residents report buyers competing to pay premium rates, signaling rising egg values amid shortages.
R C Mundell and Wil lie Moyer quietly married on New Year’s Day at the bride’s home one mile west of San Jon. Rev B Q Messegee officiated. The couple, longtime residents, will visit Amarillo before beginning married life.
A speaker pleads for a town not to grow, claiming thirty years of opposition to every public improvement. He says he has knocked everything and everyone and blocked firms or individuals from establishing a business, asserting his extensive influence.
A town leader pleads to halt growth to protect property value and influence, fearing sidewalks and street upkeep costs. He asks for laws to keep the town stagnant and retain his dominant position, expressing concern for money and local pull.
Last Tuesday night between 8 and 9 oclock James Buswell a Purdin liveryman drove from Laclede toward home near the iron bridge over Big Muddy two miles east of Laclede. The car skidded the front end missed the bridge and hung by a hind hub catching on the bridge iron saving the party from plunging into the ravine. Mr Hutchinson was thrown through a curtain fell several feet landed on a log and injured his side. The other two men escaped and brought him back to Laclede for medical care. He was moved home yesterday and is on the road to recovery.
A note offers a copy of a new Sombie in exchange for mailing 3 cents and providing names and addresses of music leaders. The fragment cites 1915 and requests recipients to send payment and contact details to receive the work.
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