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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
1
In a survey of the town Browning area firms report four drug stores and ample merchandise stock. Lumber and implements are abundant with a factory employing outdoor work and rising demand. Local merchants note brisk poultry feed and animal products with ready bran, shorts, corn and hay for delivery to nearby areas. BUXTON's H Cray Jones.
On Tuesday March 13 1906 J W Atkins will hold a public auction at the R M Johnson farm five miles northwest of Browning. The sale includes 30 head of cattle 7 head of horses 28 head of hogs and other farm property.
The next regular teachers examination for certificates will be held at Milan on March 23 and 24 with subjects ordered Friday Geography at 8:00 a m Grammar at 9:00 Algebra at 10:00 Orthography at 1:30 Language at 2:00 Arithmetic at 2:30 Literature at 3:30. For further information contact E M Wilson Co Com Browning Mo.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows a senator from the interior challenging subsidy supporters. He argues government payments would not be needed and cites hog farming as a model of profitability without bribes. The exchange highlights tensions over subsidies and national policy.
Colorado county treasurer resigns and admits a 62000 shortage. A free lunch poisoning sickens about seventy five at a Marysville Kansas sale. New York streetcar barns burn with one death and 200000 damage. Ex governor Jas S Mogg dies in Houston March 3 after long illness. Western Kansas and Nebraska endure a severe March storm disrupting travel and telegraph. Meridian Mississippi endures a deadly tornado March 2 causing 109 foot by a mile path and 1.5 million dollars in damage.
A three month trial subscription is advertised for 25 cents to readers of the Leader-Record. The notice invites new subscribers to take advantage of the low price for ongoing local news.
John F. Pulham will sell at auction on Wednesday March 14 1906 located four miles northeast of Purdin. The sale includes 4 head of horses g cows 7 other cattle 7 hogs 300 bushels of corn 0 bushels of wheat farming implements and household furniture and other property not mentioned.
Lieutenant General John M. Schofield died the evening of March 4 in St Augustine Florida. A West Point graduate, he served through the Civil War rising to major general and later became a division commander and Commander of the U S Army with the rank of lieutenant general. He also served as Secretary of War under Johnson and Grant, and with his death the last surviving Civil War general with significant command has passed away.
Marion and his wife living west of town welcomed triplet births last Friday March 2. News records show two girls and one boy born, each about six pounds. The boy died after a day, while the mother and two girls are reported doing well. Dr. Epperson attended.
A Browning correspondent notes Linn County's only doctor contrasts with Browning’s eight physicians. The entry questions specificity and partiality in local reporting.
W. J. Williams administrator offers auction of 8 horses 1 mule 23 cattle 7 hogs corn hay farming tools and household furniture. Sale is at the Tom Williams farm 4 miles northeast of Browning on Friday March 16 1906.
The Missouri Supreme Court sustains a three year penitentiary sentence for Jack McGuire in Audrain county, ruling chicken stealing a felony. The ruling recognizes poultry protection as a state priority and confirms the lower court verdict.
Mrs B W Evans of Clearwater Kansas writes that her husband suffered for three months with quick consumption. After using Ballard's Horehound Syrup he recovered and a bottle has been kept in the house for six years. It is recommended for coughs and colds, sold by Warry & Sons for 2 3c and 100 dollars.
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