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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a local notice from Brown Missouri with editor Sickell and post office stamps dated July 8, 1897 and October 1, 1908. The readable bits indicate a public communication or filing in a small Missouri town record.
Miller outlines seed selection and drying methods to preserve corn vitality. Harvest guidance covers picking ears, avoiding long storage, ventilated drying, shelving, and quick drying to prevent germination loss. Senator Stone speaks at Opera House on Bryan support and critiques Roosevelt Taft Hadley Folk.
The Scottsville school notes 20 pupils with 16 daily averages and 323 attendance days. Nine attend everyday, seven absent more than five days, zero truancies and no corporal punishment. Lists students with perfect attendance and those absent five or more days. Teacher Gertrude Myers invites visits to inspect work.
Peter McDonald and Annie McDonald defaulted on a deed of trust dated September 3, 1907. The trustee will sell at the Browning post office door on October 22, 1908, between 9 am and 4 pm, Lots 8 9 and 10 in Block 8 Browning to satisfy the note plus interest and costs. B. D. Bolling, Trustee.
Official bank statement reports the financial condition of Browning banks in Linn County Missouri for September 23 1908. It lists assets loans and discounts cash items specie real estate and office fixtures along with deposits and undivided profits, with signatures from presidents and cashiers and notary attestations.
A sale to be held at a farm location 6 miles SE of Milan and near Cora and Browning on Thursday October 8 1908. Items include about twenty road horses several mares fillies and yearlings bred similarly, twenty cattle Jersey and Short horn with calves, two shire boars about 100 pounds, fifty yellow turkeys, wagons harness mowing machine and furniture. Terms cash under 5 dollars credit six months with note, 8 percent interest if paid late. Sale starts at 10 am Fleming Sandefur and Bald Ridge auctioneers. Dinner and supper offered by Baptist Aid Society.
An advertisement notes some street fashion shows ill fitting suits and overcoats, urges customers to buy tailored fits from the store, and promises customers will not have a fit after purchase. It also mentions Browning F L Biswell traveling to St and Mrs Etta Stone resigning as night operator effective Sept 26.
Readable items include horse sales and auctions, farm listings for sale or exchange, loans offered, and multiple visits by residents to nearby towns such as Kansas City St Louis and Des Moines. Various names and places appear with travel, church meetings, and family visits noted throughout the Browning and surrounding communities.
A local tailor markets handmade suits to order for men and women at prices from 17.50 to 50. The ad touts finest fabrics horsehair linings and trims and guarantees a perfect fit. It contrasts with peddlers selling ready made miss fits and promises style and durability.
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