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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
Local alerts announce Maynes of Jefferson township as a Democratic candidate for Linn County Treasurer and Isa B. Dodson of Pole township as a Republican candidate. The notices request party voters to decide at the August primary election in Linn County.
Announcement names Hal W. Lomax of Jefferson township as a Republican candidate for Linn county Treasurer subject to primary August 4. The notice also mentions a sheriff race in Enterprise Township but unclear.
The board of railway and warehouse commissioners sets Monday July 18 in Galt to hear the Newtown citizens complaint about Milan connections. E F Nelson of Sullivan county prosecutes, challenging the Q C and K C and C M and St Paul routes that force two to three days for round trips from Newtown. The hearing aims to determine the justice of the current arrangement with broad public interest in Milan.
Monday evening Alex Carter and his son Audra returned from Bucklin when a neighbor's tin bucket spooked their team. The buggy pole dropped, the buggy pitched, and the men were thrown a great distance. Audra was dazed but helped summon aid to return his father home.
Alex Carter is reported unaffiliated with the Republican office, with a foreman of fifteen years improving after illness. Dr. Scott returns from Hames and pronounces serious injury. Franklin plans to assume charge at once pending complications. Bucklin Herald notes Milan Record reporting.
The Ex change Bank displays a roughly large grist burr from perhaps the county’s first grist mill. Erected in the thirties on the Belcher farm near Carrollton, it was water driven and later operated before 1840 by Baptist preacher William C. Ligion. The mill’s destruction date is unknown though the burr survived for over 50 years before being unearthed near the branch.
Ed Keyte faced a preliminary trial in Justice Lindsey's court with Nellie Baker and her stepmother as the sole witnesses for the state. No defense testimony was offered and Keyte was held for circuit court. Baker was taken to Chillicothe Industrial Home for Girls and will testify again.
B. H. Stephenson son of Dr W T Stevenson has purchased the Hotel Dockery and took possession on Monday. Stephenson has hotel experience and locals wish him success. Kirksville Democrat.
Nea Vallee, Sullivan county surveyor, submitted Calfee's resignation to Governor Joseph Folk and accepted the letter. Vallee then appointed Charles F. Cleeton of Winigan to succeed Calfee, with Cleeton seeking the Democratic nomination.
Green City news reports a new daily hog delivery record as Jas Hill and Son arranged June swine delivery. Twenty wagons queued for weighing while Chas Morris, Jno Bell, and Sam Draper sent hogs totaling 78, 30, and 30 head respectively, bringing in 875.42, 391.50, and 319.80 dollars. The Hills shipped five carloads to St Louis after the day’s end.
Roy Buckalew and Fred Jimmerson were arrested Monday for stealing eighteen bottles of beer from a depot case. They pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars plus costs. both remain in jail. Will Childers is confined for a separate drunken disorderly offense with a $25 fine and costs. A northbound stock train was derailed by a bar placed across the track near Lemonville, blamed on boys, delaying service for hours. The merry-go-round left town for Browning, sparking mixed feelings among locals.
Marceline Electric Light Co. finishes a new chimney rising to one hundred feet with a base diameter of thirty feet tapering to fifteen feet. The taller stack will improve fuel use and service, replacing the eighty foot stack damaged by lightning. William P. Callahan sold his interest to George W. Early. Early will run the plant alone after Callahan moves to a farm near the city.
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