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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
7
Clyde F. Camerer of Rosalie Washington testifies after suffering severe back pain kidney and bladder trouble with blood in urine. He credits Dr Kilmer Swamp Root after ten bottles with full recovery. He urges others to try it and mentions notary confirmation and solicitations for samples via Kilmer Co. Binghamton New York.
A senator joked about a broken china piece after noting another breakage. When asked how it happened the housekeeper claimed it fell by itself. He dryly replied it was merely an automatic brake.
The advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children promising gums relief reduced inflammation and pain with a wind colic cure priced at 25 cents per bottle. Another brief line notes a borrower who repays quickly and never repeats the strike?
The article interprets the biblical theme of strongholds and hope, tracing how God has been refuge since Abraham. It cites Old and New Testament figures, notably Abraham, Moses, the prophets, Paul, and Jesus, as examples of faith under trial. It frames hope in Christ as an anchor for the soul and the sure path through sorrow to future happiness.
The Springfield land office report shows 1 489 acres of government land in Missouri still open to cash or homestead entry. Counties listed include Pulaski 1184 acres and Ozark 40 acres among others, illustrating widespread remaining parcels before final disposition. Archibald Gilkeson longtime Warrensburg merchant died of paralysis at his daughter's home. His store held the county’s sole safe during Civil War and residents relied on it as a bank. In 1864 Price’s raid locals urged him to move money to St Louis, and he transported nearly all county funds by carpet sack to Sedalia for trains. Mexico City council granted a 30 year franchise to Mexico Power company for a downtown central heating plant utilizing exhaust steam from the electric plant. The company already runs waterworks and gas and seeks to expand heating citywide.
A suit to establish a lien of 46000 on the northern division of the Mexico Santa Fe and Perry traction company was filed in Mexico by Fruin Bambrick Construction company of St. Louis. Directors refuse personal debt unless a completion plan is in sight. The line is 15 miles long and on July 4 earned 117 in fares for eight miles between Mexico and Molino.
Miss Blanche Clamorgan of St. Louis, sister of Mrs. Cora Cla morgan Collins, is engaged to marry Charles Wassan of St. Louis. Collins, son of a wealthy family, seeks annulment alleging taint of negro blood after ancestry publications sparked sensational attention. The Clamorgans, including a Christian Science reader and others who attended white schools, are central to the dispute.
County officials and Secret Service agents investigate the death of Small at Union. A bullet wound in Small's body from the Meramec River case is not self inflicted per Coroner Bried. A box in Small's home contained new looking counterfeit money. Agent Summers of Kansas City leads the investigation into the counterfeit currency origin.
Ned Ferguson, a 115 year old African American resident of Tebbers, died at home. He served with federal forces in the Civil War and had drawn a pension for 25 years. He was among Missouri's last Virginia antebellum descendants with Tina Bagby, who died in St. Louis about a year ago at age 120.
William Harris, a Jackson township farmer, died from a gunshot wound alleged to have been inflicted by his 16 year old stepson Harry Rose. Sheriff Faulconer went to the scene and took the boy in custody.
Poultryman Charles Fromme of Marshall reports a Plymouth Rock hen laying two eggs every other day. The collection includes a hen tick cross, a three legged rooster, and several club footed birds.
A Hume barber bought vacant lots and on Good Friday planted potatoes. He harvested a good crop and now sells spuds at high prices, hiring an assistant to run the shop while he tends the field.
Hume seeks the Kansas City Southern round house with a four legged pallet and a natural gas franchise. Worland contests, arguing Hume should be satisfied and wary of overreaching.
Three hundred teachers sat for certificates under county superintendent R. H. Beston at Warrensburg.
The annual peach carnival in the Brandsville Koshkonong fruit district in south central Missouri will be held on July 27.
T. G. Hanlin, nine years district manager for a sewing machine company, ends his life at home by ingesting carbolic acid. His district covered northeast Missouri counties including Kirksville.
United States mine rescue car No 3 directed by R Williams chief engineer staged rescue demonstrations at Bevier showing standard procedures and equipment in action.
Dr W A Wilson former Baylor College president Belton Tex has leased Blees Military Academy at Macon for years. The policy of Col F W Blees will be continued. Col G L Byroade formerly in the regular army will join Wilson and has been with the academy three years.
A 60 inch vein of coal of excellent quality is found, with a large capitalist and miner joining T. W. Ballew in Princeton's coal work. Prospects suggest Princeton may soon host one of the region's big mines.
The Ozark Battalion annual encampment will be held at St James from August 8 to 11 with several speakers planned for each day. Holding the encampment at the Federal Soldiers home seat affords easier access and likely larger attendance than elsewhere.
J Murphy a 46 year old salesman from Denver was sun struck while walking from Kansas City to ParkVille and died without regaining consciousness. He was described as stocky and his family lives in Denver.
Frank Gray, 35, stands accused of killing Ezekiel Bloomfield in a preliminary hearing held on a public school lawn before Justice T. H. Phillips and M. Whitby due to extreme heat.
F B Mumford dean of the college of agriculture at Missouri State University recommends replacing burned pastures with cowpeas and sorghum as a pasture restoration plan.
The Sioux City traction system launches the first electric parlor car trains exclusive for interurban service between St Louis and Springfield, marking a new era in electric railway travel.
James Gentry, a federal soldier in the Civil War, died at his home near Montgomery, within three miles of his birthplace, at age 74.
In Centralia a special election defeated the $6,500 water and sewerage system bond issuance to pay city indebtedness. The final tally was 174 votes against and 116 in favor.
Judge Manbery has issued a special term of court to try Herbert Cobb of Hopkinsville on a charge of murdering his sweetheart, Miss Ella Cravens.
Chillicothe drew broad attention as a leading merchant secretly eloped to Kansas City with his divorced wife. The incident underscores social tensions and local interest in the affair.
Seized with cramps while swimming in a creek, 19 year old Willard Kivett, son of Richard Kivett of Glasgow, drowned. Officials report the incident occurred as he swam with friends and failed to reach shore.
Voters in Shelbina pass a proposition by 425 to 62 approving water works and sewerage project at an estimated cost of 84 000 dollars. Former St Louisan Dies at Rolla. Herman S Graber, Rolla Power Plant superintendent, dies at mother in law Mrs Tobias Heinberger's home after an injury from a governor valve breaking. Allen Denton of Warrensburg area dies from gas in a farm mine he recently opened. He was 44.
Dix confirms he told police about the robbery and expects word soon that they have arrested the wrong man, indicating ongoing doubt about the suspect’s guilt.
Instructions advise keeping fruit jar rubbers covered in flour in a jar until use. This preserves rubbers for several seasons and may extend life by using two rubbers per jar if doubt exists. New jars should be filled, then placed upside down until cool to test the seals.
A Portland scene saw a non-resident send a box of snakes to combat rats. The large snakes killed 15 rats in minutes, then removed crowds from two saloons. The event, noted by the Kennebec Journal, occurred a few evenings ago.
A Welden, II woman credits Grape-Nuts with cure from severe stomach trouble and migraines. Bed-fast, she gained 20 pounds in weeks after starting the cereal, then lived mainly on it for four months and recovered full health with renewed energy and strength.
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