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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
4
Excerpted reflection on how cheerfulness and benevolence brighten faces and uplift company while selfish temper and constant fault finding darken expressions. It asks readers to consider which countenance they cultivate and how it affects others and the soul.
All parties indebted to us call and settle at once as we need what is due us. Whaley Drug Co.
H. I. Martin announces he will cease teaching Browning school duties to pursue a newspaper business in Galt. He thanks residents for loyal support and extends best wishes to pupils, teachers, and the community.
Last Saturday J. D. Burwell went to his well to pump water and fell into the augered opening. He tried to free himself and was not rescued. He returned Monday to pump out water and clean the well but the missing chain and man remained unaccounted for.
North Salem reports a quiet period after July 4 with residents traveling to New Boston and Cen ter ville Iowa and visiting relatives. Rev Charles Petree held a dedicatory sermon to a large crowd as the local church was dedicated. Harvest is in full swing with strong oat and corn crops and growing kaffir corn. Local residents attend gatherings and picnics with Uncle Jim Coffman aged 90 and Mrs Coffman 82 among the oldest celebrants in the state. Plans mention a two day picnic in August and a Citizen picnic encouraging broad participation to ensure success.
A crowded ball park in South Sullivan drew many fans for the Corn Sunday game. Local residents note strong harvest prospects as oat and hay crops improve. several family visits and local travels are recorded including Kenley shipments to Kansas City and Freeland hay plans amid worker shortages.
Ida A. Hooker Administratrix will make final settlement of the estate of Enoch Hooker at the Linn County Missouri Probate Court in Linneus on August 12, 1912. Creditors and interested parties are notified to appear and present claims.
Green Valley reports Bryant Stewart binding oats while Homer McKay is very ill. C. G. Cutberth began oats earlier in the week and Frank Cutberth left for South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. McKay visited Humphreys. Homer E. McKay aided J. R. Carlsted with hay. A Tuesday night shower blessed the area. Dave Clark of Galt had a Ford wreck injuring a leg. Mrs. Homer E. McKay suffers a sore hand from a nail incident.
Leroy Carl sted writes from a South Dakota ranch that he and four other men are batching and earning 35 dollars a month in straight time. He notes bed bugs in the shack that existed long before Columbus discovered America.
Advertisement offers multiple farms for sale detailing acreage, houses, outbuildings, water, and fruit trees. No 1 lists 160 acres with two houses and 150 apple trees priced at 1500 dollars. No 2 covers 200 acres with extensive fruit and infrastructure priced at 4000 dollars.
A listing offers a valley farm for ten years at $900 along with a saw mill shingle mill grist mill and cotton gin priced at $1000. Also offered is No 8 880 acres at $4.00 per acre. Write or call Col. O. M. Pryor Havana Ark.
Burner and Peters advertise top grade heifers and home killed beef for customers. They claim unbeatable quality and invite shoppers to visit their place for satisfying butcher goods.
An advertisement touts reliable concrete construction by Chas Haggard. It emphasizes long lasting results when done by an experienced hand and offers services including blocks, flue blocks, well brick, porch columns, walks, foundations and cement.
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