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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
1
Miss Margaret Thompson died at her parents home in east Browning Sunday night. The funeral was held at the house Tuesday afternoon and she was buried in Jenkins cemetery. She was a Browning High School graduate and recently worked as an operator in the Browning Telephone Exchange.
Monday evening the B and O Club hosted the Hale ball van in their club room. The gathering featured games and social amusements with a series of selections by the orchestra. Hale boys enjoyed the hospitality and the game on the jamend ended, followed by refreshments as all left satisfied with a pleasant evening.
A new jewelry shop by A. Healy opens this week in the old building at 1.0.9. The stock is described as fine and all up-to-date. Healy is presented as an expert in the trade with ten years experience in the field.
An explosion occurred at Marceline as gas escaped with force and fire broke out. Editor Con iger noted the gas surged violently and the pit did not fully pass through the strata, suggesting a strong underground pressure behind the blast.
Hale ball nine met Browning in two close games. Hale won Monday 3 to 1 and Tuesday 2 to 1 with strong pitching by E Herbert and solid defense by John Moore. Ed Barton of Laclede led Hale at the plate with steady contact, while Bert Powell umpired both games.
Public invited to call for teams fed and cared for at the completed feed barn. Prompt attention to all business and best accommodations assured. Contact J. BD. Exnironc.
The stallion Mark known as the Burwell Mitchell or Tomlin horse will season 1906 at Field's Feed and Sale Barn Browning. Terms fifty dollars to insure colt to stand and suck. H Cuay Jones Owner.
R N Andrews of Cocoa and Rockledge News asserts Herbine relieves indigestion, dyspepsia, and helps bowel control, claiming it restores vitality and liver kidney health. He reports using it with his family and noting marked personal benefit. Sold by Wuaret & Sons.
Commencing Friday the store will receive fine strawberries on consignment daily from Buxton’s. The deliveries promise high quality berries for customers.
An advert states top market price for wool. It lists the Farmers Exchange Bank as the headquarters and names J. D. Exironc.
A Russian admiral was fatally stabbed during May day drills in the capital as fifteen others were injured. In Illinois South Chicago a ladle burst killing two and injuring thirteen after five tons of molten metal spilled. In Bridgeport Connecticut a powder explosion injured many and damaged property. Justice Brewer is named as a trustee of Western Mutual Life and received 450 for a meeting. The Chicago Fair Ferris wheel wrecked by dynamite will be junked.
Carl Schurz died at his New York home on May 14 after a long illness from stomach trouble. Born in Germany, he came to America at twenty three and became a Civil War general, Missouri senator, Hayes cabinet member, writer and renowned orator.
Mr. C. B. Keithley underwent surgery by Dr. Epperson to remove a cystic tumor on the head. The tumor measured about half a hen egg in size. The operative wound is healing nicely.
The O. C. park east of town has been improved and furnished with games hammocks lights and more. A basketball outfit and a tennis court await sports lovers while seats and shade provide a pleasant restful setting.
W. P. Carter suffered a lame painful foot for years. A horse trod the foot and he believed bones were crushed. Last Thursday Dr. Epperson opened the wound and found a thick piece of glass about three-eights by a quarter inch, carried in the foot for thirty years.
Eddie Carter, 22 caliber rifle, shot himself in a pasture near his home after a failed earlier attempt with muriatic acid. The Jenkins Hay Rake and Stacker Factory foreman, well liked and mourned, had received a long travel letter from Manila Philippine Islands last week.
Last Friday the northbound passenger train arrived and departed Browning on schedule for the first time in over four years. Previously the service was late by minutes to hours in about nine tenths of cases.
A new district in Meadville expands the city grid by thirty blocks introducing residential and retail parcels. City officials oversee infrastructure links, utilities, and zoning to guide development. The project signals growth, employment potential, and changes to local traffic patterns.
Warren McColoagh, prominent Sullivan County figure and former sheriff, collapsed and died in his yard last Sunday. He had long served on the Milan Board of Education and was a notable local leader.
Elder C. H. Owen of Hale will start a series of meetings at the Christian church Monday night after the first Sunday in June. Seven services will be held over several weeks.
Ed Miller of the Putnam Journal reported a killing near Browning, Elm township in Putnam county. Accounts from Republic St Joseph Linneus and other papers mislocate Browning, causing confusion and accusations of poor geography and biased reporting.
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