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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
4
The Wayne County Journal jokes about an editor sprinting to a fire and colliding with a tree in the middle of a sidewalk. He falls into a muddy pond, bruises his shins, smashes his nose, sprains an ankle, and wakes to renewed sidewalk concerns.
Mt. Zion M. E. Church held no services Sunday due to smallpox exposure in the area. One family has the disease and many more are exposed. Mt. Zion lies about twelve miles southeast of Milan. E A Jones advertises machine oil lawn mowers and screen doors. Mrs Belle Vanhorn returned home Monday after a winter in Oklahoma.
Letter urges farmers and overseers to implement the 1907 road drag provision to maintain every mile of dirt road. It cites Section 14 page 403 and the State Board of Agriculture as evidence of cost effective gains. Cooperation and contracted drag work per hour or mile could improve roads without extra money.
The notice lists a quarterly meeting at Browning on April 2 and 3 with preaching Thursday and Friday at 3 p m and a business session Friday April 3 at 2 p m. The signer is W E Royston. Also for rent an five room house near the school with a 50 by 50 foot lot, fenced yard, cave well, chicken house, and fruit trees.
Sullivan County road commissioner Ir Morelock summoned road overseers of Benton and Duncan townships to a Saturday meeting in Browing to discuss erosion along the road east of Benjamin Mairs. Water runoff is wearing away the road bed and officials hope for an amicable settlement.
Eight Aberdeen Angus bulls for sale by J W Crookshanks. described as old enough for service and affordable for any farmer. Williams' team ran away on Saturday night in an exciting chase with three boys thrown out, a race up the main street, and a broken buggy at the bridge east of Mr Parsons.
Page Wire advertises car prices and stamps of Page and Lions wire. Mrs Porter Minnis and children visit Geo Lantz family then return home near Dawn. Drs Porter and Van Wye operate on Mrs M E Newton. report says she is improving. Local shop offers paper, envelopes and cards for quick neat work. Rev C Jerome holds services at White Oak at o clock and night.
Mrs. Jennie McKibbin of Linneus came up Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. M Summers.
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