30 May 1907
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
1
A bachelor recounts a rough outing with a crowd, crowded streets, and jostling. He notes lack of passes, high prices for whiskey substitutes, and spotting a Sears Roebuck tagged suit. The tale ends with reflections on single life after witnessing a shocking scene.
April 29 to May 26 attendance data shows 20 pupils, 12 boys and 17 girls enrolled. Total monthly attendance 400 with 2 average daily attendees. Five or more days absent for 10 pupils, truancy 0, corporal punishment 6. Daily attenders Ival Lambert and Gracie Head. Principal Bertha Morris appeals for patron input before school ends.
The notice urges buyers to insist on genuine articles and avoid imitations, warning that advertised goods may mislead and urging vigilance against non advertised products.
In this issue an ad notes L Holding’s special sale on harness of all kinds. Holding has run a harness business here for twenty years and is touted as the best harness maker in the region. The sale is to reduce stock with “reduced prices” meaning prices well below regular selling.
The town plans a special election to vote bonds for an electric plant owned and operated by the city. Proponents urge every property owner and hopeful owner to vote yes, arguing electric lights last longer and save money, while taxes rise only slightly. They cite examples from smaller towns that already afford electricity and claim the town can do so as well.
Report for the second month at Fairview school shows May enrollment male 10 total 19 with 348 pupil days attended and average daily attendance 17 2-5. Five or more days absent 2 and eight attending daily. Names listed Wayne Carlos Lyle Bernice Britton Loyal Hughes Earl Green Bes Steele Robert Purdin Edna Bickley. Patrons and friends invited to visit.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Adams hosted a social evening at their east town home last Saturday. A two course luncheon preceded a judging of pictures where Mr. Bol ling won the prize. Guests praised the hosts and departed late, with further attestations of their hospitality.
Reverend J M Litton united Lawrence Irvin Bivens and Lillie May Cornett in Linneus last Thursday morning. The couple, residents north of Purdin, were wed in the presence of the groom’s father John W Bivens Charles Petts and a small gathering. Congratulations were extended by the Laper RECORD.
Salem's leading merchant D L McCollum promotes a major stock reduction sale this month. He urges readers to check his advertisement for low prices and offers a complete line of general merchandise. The friendly, sociable merchant invites patrons and non patrons alike to learn what is offered.
Mayor studies feasibility of purchasing a car load of goats to clear dandelions. A 150 head herd could be rented to citizens for eating yard weeds, a plan amid council opposition. Also notes Rev Dowell and Cordie Broyles moving, Browning cut for Chicago firm, and locals Jesse Moore family moving into Owen county property as locusts appear in Linn and Sullivan counties.
A mixture of local notes from Charleston to Milan recounts a ongoing bankruptcy sale in Browning alongside town chatter. Highlights include Salvation Army visitors, a deadly tornado in a distant area, debates over loose chickens, and a slate of early 20th century real estate transfers and a death by suicide in Milan. The column preserves the paper’s regional voice and multiple named residents and places.
The nation pauses to mourn the President’s widow whose devotion to an invalid wife won public admiration. The monument in Canton, set to mark the sixth anniversary of her husband’s death, is postponed to honor her during this period of sorrow and anticipation of a successor’s arrival.
A historical appeal urging residents to support local merchants over mail order houses. It argues that local merchants fix errors, provide service when ill, pay local taxes, boost city and property values, and strengthen markets. It praises community-minded citizens and urges giving home merchants a chance to compete by ordering locally.
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