Browning and Sullivan County Lines Spark Local Inquest Talk
In Browning and Sullivan County borders towns blend, county lines may trigger inquests when deaths occur near the line. Dr. VanWye and Dr. Ingram discussed procedures, while community members noted election reporting by Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company with 250 clerks in Kansas City.
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Browning
Peounty
Sullivan
Chas. VanWye
IC. Ingram
Ingram
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Opera House
Pete Wyatt
Brookfield
Linn County
Kansas City
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Jersey cow trade boosts Prather herd and profits
Walter Prather, a dairy farmer, sold four jersey cows to Frank Riether of Salisbury last Thursday. Prather owns fifteen registered Jerseys and adds cream profits of six dollars per cow monthly, plus valuable skim milk for hogs. His cows average eight dollars monthly, aided by a large silo and green feed in winter. He attends jersey sales and continually augments his herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Prather
Frank Riether
Salisbury
Jersey
Prather
Taft Seen as Strong Leader Against Party Pressure
The St Louis Republic urges Taft to govern true to his own platform and lead his party away from Chicago convention excess. It praises his integrity, independence, and broad Republican aims, while urging concrete reforms in tariff, trusts, campaign finance, and currency to fulfill pledges from his acceptance letter.
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The
Republic
William Howard Taft
Chicago
Mr. Taft
Taft
Harrison and Austin barber shop to be rebranded
A deal was made last week making John Harrison proprietor of the Harrison and Austin barber shop. Archie has not decided where to locate and plans to go away. John has not chosen who will work in the shop for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harrison
Harrison and Austin
Archie
John
Crockett Here. Marble dealer builds monuments at Unionville
George M. Crockett, Unionville marble dealer, stayed several days and erected a fine monument at Perry Fields grave and sold another to V. B. Stone for his parents. He also sold one to Mr. Southerland at Purdin. Locals watched lettering on Fields monument. Crockett has conducted extensive business here for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Crockett
Unionville
Perry
V. B. Stone
Crockett
Southerland
Purdin
Mr. Crockett
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrated by Cotter Family
Mr and Mrs Wm Cotter of near Linneus celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Wednesday November 4 with about 55 neighbors and relatives bringing baskets of food. Twelve children and twenty eight grandchildren were present along with numerous relatives from Chillicothe Grand Oklahoma Laclede and Browning.
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Wm. Cotter
Linneus
Cotter
Abbott
Safereed
Chillicothe
Browning
N. E. Jones
Brookfield
Hi Haynes Defeated in Putnam Sheriff Race
Hi Haynes, former citizen of Browning and longtime Unionville resident, ran as the Democratic candidate for Putnam sheriff. The county leans Republican by about twelve hundred, yet Haynes polled strongly and was defeated by one hundred seventy seven votes, showing strong support despite the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Haynes
Browning
Unionville
Putnam
Putnam County
Mr. Haynes
Election Bet Settlements After Local Races
Citizens recount results of a recent election with numerous wagers placed by locals. Bets ranged from small sums to as high as eighty dollars, and the winners celebrate while the losers cope with the outcome. Several men display new hats won in the bets.
Pie Feast Causes Illness After Election Contract
J J Smith held a pie fest with twenty pumpkin pies costing about forty cents each after an election contract. The pies, described as excellent, vanished quickly as friends feasted. Dr Summers has reportedly been sick since the event from eating too much pie.
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J. J. Smith
Dr. Summers
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Jwring
Edens
Saaturday
Sheriff
Saturnight
P. Hiskey
Dawson
Neb
Mrs. T. Thornton
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co
S. F. Baskett
Carrollton
Chinaware
AA. Healy Jeweler and Optician
Missouri
President Taft
St. Louis
White House
United States
Etta Bailey
Milan
S. E. Jones and Wife
C. B. Keithley
John Fields
S. L. Gibson
Chas. Millioan of
Winigan
Albert McCollum of
FE. B. Fields
Ira Langdon
Cora
R. H. Hubler
North Salem
Charley Tallman
J. R. Crookshanks
Leader-Record Office
Frank Chittum
Isaac Dunlap
Humphreys
Alfred Bundridge
Jas. McClelland
Lucy Myers
Troy Meaken
John Calhoun
Mesdames H. A. Street
D. G. Johnson
E. H. Moore
C. W. Randall
Larned, Kans
B. D. Stevenson and
Wm. Payne
Wallace
Idaho
J.S. Henry
Mrs. Henry
Garden City
Kans
Sherman Cotter
Henton
Okla
J. W. Bivins
J. B. Christy
Charley Laing
Denver
Colo
Wm. Patterson
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