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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
8
A lively week in Cora with a strong corn season noted and a large crowd on Saturday and Sunday. Visits include Miss Eunice Lawrence Browning and family. A E Dillinger Milan business trip. and carpentry work for Sam Correll by A R Dillinger and A E Turner. A notable ball game Sunday saw Cora beat Union Chapel 9 to 6, with a rematch planned for next Sunday in Cora.
Milan Missouri firm Higgins and McDuff advertises cheap farm loans with no charges for abstracts. They invite inquiries for terms and help with financing agricultural properties.
Local notes report R. D. Cassity handled Browning business while Nickell visited town Saturday. John Myers and family from Browning toured Purdin Sunday. Joe Neal stayed in Linneus from Saturday to Sunday. A F Dodson of Milan was a Purdin visitor between trains. Mrs Fulton Johnson visits her parents this week. Tom Armstrong spent the weekend with his parents near Shelby. Rev. Geo Shaw of Linneus preached at 11 and again Sunday night at the Baptist church. Ab Johnson plans house renovations with a concrete foundation, Willard Pulliam supervising.
Browning defeated Purdin 7 to 5 in the baseball opener as Purdin noted their squad had played their first game of the season and hoped practice would improve the team.
Whaley Drug Co advertises pure linseed oil priced at 1.15 dollars per gallon in a brief retail notice.
W T Schrock purchased the James Harmon farm in South Sullivan. Rev McClarren preached at White Oak Grove church Sunday. W L Taylor and John Morgan visited J W Taylor's family. D G Freeland visited George Freeland. The ball game in Cora drew a crowd as Cora played Union Chapel. W P Nickell returned from Milan after serving on the grand jury. Citizens were called to Milan to appear before the grand jury. J Lawrence Lynch and family spent Sunday in Browning with M R F Nickell. Crops look promising with corn up after planting. Married man seeks farm position route 2 box 48 Independence Mo.
Bolar, a 6 year old Percheron stallion weighing 1800 pounds, is described as dead with a forehead stripe. Pedigree notes sire King from Singzmaster’s barn in Iowa and dam by the Riddle horse, a Belgian and English draft. Third dam by Broadgage. sire Old Whitey imported from France to Ohio.
Bolar intends to run the 1911 season at J. J. Knifong's farm located four miles east of Browning, outlining preparations for the year.
Geronimo a four year old sixteen hand coal black smooth jointed jack with white points comes from Satan sire and Sim’s Gold Mine dam. Grand sire Inkerman an imported Spanish Jack owned by John Thomas. Grandsire and dam lines include Bessie Red Oak and Mammoth jenner. Four premiums offered at Browning Street Fair including ten dollars for two best mare colts and two best horse colts.
The passage notes a Memorial service scheduled for Sunday at the McCollum cemetery on May 28 with family readings. It also records various visits among local residents including Maggie Brewer, Aunt Mary McCollum, Flossie Clapp, Helen Margreiter, and Otho Clapp, and mentions recent rains enjoyed by farmers in the area.
Hal Lane Jr., a red sorrel stallion of 1100 pounds at 10 years, displays all saddle gaits and driving qualities. He is a proven foal getter with colts winning first premiums and commanding high prices, making his get consistently popular.
Hal Lane Jr a harness horse with a long line of fast ancestors will stand at my farm seven miles west of Browning on Monday through Thursday and at Peterson and Moore's Barn Browning Friday and Saturday. Price eight dollars to insure colt to stand and suck. Insurance due if horse leaves county. Good care promised but not liable for accidents.
Illumii a dapple gray Percheron stallion aged seven weighs 1700 pounds with a fine form and impressive presence. The description highlights strength, stature, and elegance suitable for draft work or show ring.
A 1911 season schedule lists performances at Cassity's Barn Browning on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday and at G L Rileys Barn Purdin on Thursday and Saturday. The arrangement situates the venues across Browning and Purdin with six showdays per week.
J. J. Smith and John Ash operated in St Louis this week marketing two carloads of hogs. They also had six dozen bottles Wine of Cardus and offered them at 85 cents per bottle for one week only. Whaley.
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