Local notes mix freight trade and social calls in Milan
Fleming and Smith shipped hogs to St Louis Monday while Knifong and McCollum sent sheep to Kansas City Tuesday. Fields and Duncan advertise groceries and Walk-Over shoes, and Vic Fields visits his mother in Milan. Several residents travel to Lansing Michigan and Kansas City for family and business, with numerous farm supplies, cement work, and local events noted around Milan and Green Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming & Smith
St. Louis
Fleming’s
Ella Keithley
Knifong & McCollum
Kansas City
Fields & Duncan’s
The Single Tax Idea Faces Skepticism in Missouri Vote
The Cassville Republican argues against a proposed constitutional amendment for a single tax on land. It notes Henry George’s theory that only land is taxed and production untaxed, but contends it is impractical and unjust to farmers and small property holders. The piece favors a national income tax and state corporation tax instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George
United States
Missouri
Cassville
Directors Vote to Sell Humphreys Browning Ring at Auction
At a directors meeting a motion was carried to sell the Humphreys and Browning telephone ring to the highest bidder for cash. Sale set for 2 p m on August 8 1912 at John Hooker sho e house. Secretary ordered to publish the resolution in Browning Leader Record for two issues beginning July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys & Browning
John Hooker
Browning
H. A. Warren
Sec’y
Browning Creamery stockholders meet August 26 in Browning
The Browning Creamery Company will hold its annual meeting in Browning at the opera house on Tuesday August 26 at 2 p m. Shareholders are urged to attend in person or by proxy. R H Hamilton president Joe Nickell secretary authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Browning Creamery Company
Browning
Opera House
R. H. Hamilton
Joe Nickell
South Sullivan Social Notes Span Week Events
J L Lynchn and Opal and Lucile Alspach visited Myrl and Nickell. W L Taylor employed a crew baling all week. Mrs Frankie Woolf and her Brookfield son spent the week with her parents Mr and Mrs S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Christy
Brookfield
J. E. Hunter
Opal and
Lucile Alspach
Myrle Nickell
Frankie Woolf
Mrs. S
Local Notes From Atkins and Area Towns
A series of short items reports unusual potato vine growth at Atkins, a large crowd at a Boynton versus Cora ball game with Cora winning easily, Raymond Ford visiting Kirksville relatives, Louise Williams and her party visiting Chittums in Salt Lake City, S S Stufflebean ready to thresh Tuesday, Nevins timothy meadow 35 acres noted as top county quality, J N Wilson near finishing a country home, D S Thomas meeting his wife in Browning, Joe A Gooch en route to Browning to visit his mother Caroline, Lambert and sons thresh oats for John Wyatt yielding about 40 bushels per acre with good quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Stufflebean
Dr. Nevins
J. N. Wilson
T. S. C. Lambert and Sons
John Wyatt
Helping Hand Tea on Mrs. Hersman’s Lawn
The Helping Hand society of the M E church will serve tea on Mrs. Hersman’s lawn Saturday July 27 from 2 to 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping Hand Society of
The
M. E. Church
North Salem Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Elmer Arnold and his Oklahoma wife visit the area. Antone Riddle of Purdin buys cattle from Simpson Cordray last week. Chas Bailey and family visit Mrs Bailey’s parents, Mr and Mrs B F Smith, on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Haggard
A. D. Arnold
Liverpool
West Virginia
Ben Mairs
Antone Riddle
Purdin
Simpson Cordray
Chas. Bailey
Six to Seven Hundred Bushels of Corn for Sale
J M Bailey offers between six and seven hundred bushels of good corn for sale. Local buyers may contact the seller for pricing and pick up arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bailey
Cattle for Sale: Yearlings and Two-Year-Old Herefords
For sale 30 yearling Hereford cattle and 16 two year old Hereford steers. All first class stock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harvey
Coal
Vic Fields
Gifford
Elizabeth Fields
Agnes Jones
Harry Council
Bryan Ashby
Lansing, Mich
Bennett Lumber Co
Lee Higgins & McDuff
Milan
J. H. Gooch
Chicago
Caroline Gooch
Chas
Haggard
Chas. Rottman
Charley
J. A. Calhoun
Peters Produce Co
Major Johnson
Joe Gooch
Tulvania
Joe Street
Walter Prather
Ross E. Prather
Ethel Pratt
Pittsburg
Kansas
G. W. Smith
Fields & Duncan
May Garthwait
Jacob Sampsell
Meadville
M. E. C. South
Henry of
Linneus
Peters
C. A. Mairs of
Kimball, Nebr
J. Roy Mairs
R. C. Bailey
John Gable
Earl
Harrison Dunlap
Oklahoma City
Isaac Dunlap
G. W. Twyman
Collinsville
Okla
L. W. Hummel
Cassity
Olie Mills
Green Castle
John Brumbaugh
Chas. W. Haggard
Chillicothe
C. E. Murphy
Wm. Campbell
Don
Texas
Marceline
Sade Rinehart
Fox Coolie
Canada
French Nickell
John W. Jacobs
Rexall
J.roy Mairs
South Sullivan
J. L. Lynch
W. L. Taylor
de Laval
Colorado
Burlington
MT Route
L. T.wykoff
C.b.&q RR
Atkins
George Morelock
Cora
Boynton
Raymond Ford
Kirksville
Mrs
W. J. Ford
Louise Williams
Christine McArthur
Salt Lake City
J. B. Chittum
D. S. Thomas
Iowa
Joe A. Gooch
Elmer
North Salem
Elmer Arnold
Oklahoma
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