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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
8
Benton Township directors will meet on Saturday June 1 to hire a teacher for the winter term and to discuss school house repairs. plus local notes: residents visiting, illness and convalescence reports, and community gatherings including socials and church plans.
Linneus residents and guests are listed visiting in Browning and Linneus through the week. Names include Mrs. R. M. Tunnel Mrs Fell Edgar Gregg Mrs C K Hart editor Wigginton Todd Ormiston Maggie Butterfield Davie Johns Marvin Dyche John H Andrews Bernice Betson married May 21 in the bride's home and honeymooning in Kansas City. Edgar Schrock family plan to remodel and move back to town this fall. Effie Thorn home from school Lamb is home from school.
Farmers report busy sowing millet and cultivating corn despite a Sunday meeting near Rodney being small due to weather. Local note mentions measles near Rodney, teaching appointments in Prairie Mound, and various social visits including Beverly Carr, J W Harris, Dora Locke, Bess Fellow, Vera Tomlin, and friends from Browning attending Sunday school at the Grove.
Local social notes report visits among residents including WW and Wi Jones and family, Will Simpson's Sur and Gussie Pardin hosting Sunday dinner, George Pipes and wife with Mrs. Cora Sargent, Maggie Flynn with Lorene Harris, Nora Harris visiting sister Nettie Bail, Rhoda Romine cleaning for Jennie Linhart, John Arnold visiting Jim Kinley, Mrs. C W White visiting daughter Nora Harris, Mollie Pipes and Cora Sargent calling on Maggie Crowd. A separate note discusses per capita cash distribution hypotheticals comparing France Germany Great Britain and the United States.
Washington Letter reviews Jamestown Exposition impact on the capital tourism and diplomacy with visits by General Kuroki and Duke Degli Abruzzi. It highlights Washington social scene, official receptions, and the significance of these guests to U.S. prestige. Includes agriculture tips on potato rot, paper from corn stalks, calf horn removal, and Bordeaux spray schedules.
Cuba winds up with a two dollar bill plan. Homer Peery of near Purdin visited Verna Gibson over Sunday. W J Gooch Sr renewed his subscription to the home paper. Bryan weighs 231 pounds but faces a heavy handicap in a race with Taft.
The little Japanese officer and the Duke have developed mutual admiration and will be hosted tonight at the White House by President and Mrs. Roosevelt who will introduce them to notable guests not often gathered at this season.
The article discusses corn clubs teaching ground prep and harvesting to keep youth engaged in farming. It notes potential distilling use from corncobs and stalks, claiming tests yield about 16 gallons of alcohol per ton of stalks. It urges investment in farming and poultry care through practical, home-based knowledge.
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