Browning Celebration Draws Crowd for Early City Excursion
Crowds filled Main Street as the Browning celebration opened with a Brookfield band parade to Heisman grove. Rev E M Capp delivered the invocation, Ira S Gardner spoke, Prof G A Smith gave a lengthy oration, and Miss Hinda Fuller won the ladies contests. Ball games, races, and balloon feats entertained, while Sunday auditors found a $22 surplus after expenses.
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Sebing Main Street
Natal
Brookfield
E. M. Capp
Chas. van Wye
Orley H. Lee
Newark
Ohio
G. A. Smith
Chillicothe
Hinda Fuller
Princess Mullins
Jas. Riddle
Ran Dell
D. G. Freeland
Drowned Boy Charles Martin Harris Buried in Kaifong Grove
Charles Martin Harris born 1902 died after falling into a branch near Long Branch. His sister escaped, he was swept downstream and drowned. Funeral led by Rev E M Capp. remains interred at Kaifong Grove Cemetery. Parents Mr and Mrs E E Harrison receive heartfelt sympathy from relatives and friends.
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Charles Martin Harris
E. E. Harrison
Kaifong Grove
E. M. Capp
Charles Martin
Harris
Bitten By Mad Dog In City
S. E. Kelsey, father of L. D. Kelsey superintendent of the gas plant, was bitten by a dog diagnosed as rabies by Pasteur Institute experts after brain examination. Kelsey traveled to St. Louis for Pasteur treatment for two weeks as other dogs bitten by the same animal were also muzzled or killed amid public alarm.
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S. E. Kelsey
L. D. Kelsey
Pasteur Institute
St. Louis
Kelsey
Pasteur System
Mr. Kelsey
Flood Devastates Town and Flooding Delays Rail Traffic
Floodwaters from Locust Creek surge through the town center with highest levels on record. Bridges washed out and tracks damaged near Milan, delaying trains and isolating Brown ing. Residents evacuate as water covers streets and homes, with multiple bridges out and stock movements halted.
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Mie
Hére
Milan
Purdin
Brookfield
Line Street
Cora
Browning
Railroad Progressing on Amarillo to Tuckmears Route
Thegrading of the road bed between Amarillo and Tuckmears is nearly finished except in three or four deep cuts. Completion will greatly aid this part of New Mexico and serve as a trunk line between the East and the land, offering a shortest 900 mile link from the Atlantic coast.
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Amarillo
Tuckmears
New Mexico
Atlantic Coast
How to Pick and Cook a Husband Cleverly
A humorous essay compares choosing a husband to selecting food at market, advising self selection, proper treatment, and careful cooking to ensure tenderness and digestibility. It ends with a tangential note about hotel victimization and a blunt jab at unreliable feather bed renovators.
Bird and Green Vanish After Feathery Scam Duo Hideout
In a small city and surrounding countryside two men in the feather renovat ing business caused a stir. Jack Bird and F H Green operated from the Wm Symons building and stayed at the Commercial House using Flynt barn livery and unspecified whiskey. Green left city claiming Brookfield or St Joseph before heading to Sumner where Bird joined him and they headed west. the pair then separated with unclear subsequent actions.
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St. Joseph
Sumner
Jack Bird
Mr. Collins
Bird
Missouri Idea Spreads at Corn Show Contests
S M Jordan State Vice President Natl Corn Assn writes that former winners are barred from certain classes to give amateurs a chance. At the National Show in Omaha December 6 to 18, rules cap dominant entrants, with three prizes replacing a single $1000 prize. Entries due November 27 for corn exhibits in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
S. M. Jordan
Nat’l. Corn Ass
N. Columbia, Mo
Shepler Appointed Oklahoma School Lands Superintendent
Mr. John N. Shepler editor of the Pawnee Courier Dispatch and former editor of the Milan Standard has been appointed by Governor Haskell as Superintendent of the State School Lands in Oklahoma. The position is described as responsible and remunerative, and local friends express gladness at his recognition by the governor.
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Shepler
John N. Shepler
Pawnee Courier Dispatch
Milan Standard
Haskell
Oklahoma
Milan Republican
Dear Sir I Forward Payment for Leader Record
A letter from W D Williams of Chico California dated June 27 1909 requests one year subscription to the Leader Record Browning Missouri. He notes Missouri news comes via the Leader Record and Globe Democrat and wishes recipient Joe success amid many changes and new local names.
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Chico
Cal
Leader-Record
Browning
Ihereby
P.O.M.O
Leader
Missouri News
Globe Democrat
Joe
W. D. Williams
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Ray Bennett
W. P. Peterson
Frank Browning
Edith Harmon
Mrs. Summers
Essie Watson
Henry Hanman
Milo McCollum
Peg Murphy
J. B. Harvey
D. B. Hunter
J. A. Cassity
Wm. Harvey
Dr. R. W. Whaley
John Moore
Messrs
Mad Dog
Missouri
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