Modern Costumes and Coed Life in London Rooms
A Chicagoan recalls a London restaurant scene with women in pale gowns and a mix of fashion, cigarettes, and social intrigue while Charles Dana Gibson’s notions of ladies and modern dress spark commentary. The piece notes extravagant fashions, budgeting, and a shift from disguise to exposure in dress. It mentions consumption linked to neglected colds and Foley’s Honey and Tar as a preventive remedy. Also referenced are legal and treasury personnel changes with Senator Burton’s successor awaiting sentencing and an audit uncovering a shortage in the United States Subtreasury accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dana Gibson
London
Mr. Gibson
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Lay on Her Twenty Ninth
Last Friday neighbors and about twenty friends surprised Mrs Jas Lay with a noon gathering of tasty treats. She was pleased, and everyone wished her many happy returns. Jim joked he would like such birthdays weekly.
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Mrs Lay
Mrs. Lay
Jim
Missouri Attorney General to address Browning crowd on October 23
General Hadley Herberttrainee attorney general of Missouri will speak to residents of Browning and vicinity at the day art opera house on Wednesday October 23 at 1 o'clock. Burlington announces colonist fare saleone way tickets to Middle West and Southwest at half regular fare plus two dollars, with exceptions to Colorado and South Dakota adding three dollars and fifty cents. Tickets usable November 6 and 26 December 4 and 1906 January 1 and 15 February 5 and 19 1907.
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Herbert
Trainey
Missouri
Browning and
Vicinity
Burlington
Middle West
Col
Orado
South’ Dakota
Labor Leader Enters MU Law Department as Freshman
L. Z. Winor or Winorr and Thys Sheridan, presidents of the Missouri Federation of Labor, join the University of Missouri Law Department as a freshman. The Freshman class numbers over one hundred, with Sheridan listed as president.
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Thys J. Sheridan
Missouri Federation of Labor
Law Department
The
University of Missouri
Sheridan
Joya
Mesouri
Opel and neighbors note social notices in Zion and Milan
Royston tilled his first appointment at Zion last Sunday. Aliss Lydia Moore visits her sister in Milan. John Opel family spent Sunday in Adair County at their son in laws. Robinson Ray Morris returns from Colorado. Everett and Neva Rivey visited Mrs. Sarah Blackman. A surprise birthday dinner honored Mrs. H Stan forth on her 58th birthday with many neighbors present. Also contains ads for Preventics candy and Dr Shoop's salve and notes on local trains and a Missouri editor’s remark about a gold vein anecdote.
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Aliss
Lydia Moore
Luther Harris
Milan
John Opel
Adair County
Robi. Robinson
Horse Sale at Browning Stock Yards October 27 1996
Browning Stock Yards hosts a horse sale on Saturday October 27 1996 featuring western horses for riding and work. The auction lists young stock weighing 900 to 1200 pounds acclimated after about a year in training. F Johnson is the contact.
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Browning Stock Yards
Atl Young
Tragic Log Accident Claims Local Father
Last Monday evening Dick Kimbrough and his fourteen year old son were loading a log onto a wagon when the log rolled off and crushed Mr. Kimbrough's skull. He died within an hour. The log struck after he fell ten feet beside the creek. He leaves a wife and five children. Funeral followed at Morris right eye Chapel cemetery with Pardin Lodge L C O F participation.
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Mr. Kimbrough
Morris
Chapel Cemetery
Pardin Lodge L. C
Feed store advert for shorts bran and corn chop
H. Chay Jones advertises a car load of shorts bran and corn chop available by request. Call for feed needs.
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H. Chay Jones
Hale Hustler Leader publishes special edition by J L Martin
The Hale Hustler Leader issued a sixty page historical and biographical edition by hustling editor J L Martin. It is well arranged illustrated and printed on extra good material. Hale people should be proud of their paper. Browning Lodge members are urged to attend a special lodge meeting next Saturday likely in October. R Lantz N G Browning Lodge.
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Hale Hustler-Leader
J. L. Martin
Hale
Browning Lodge
R. Lantz
N. G
Lumber mill ad promises alive lumber from H F Ku
An odd classified style notice promotes a mill identified as H. F. Ku offering “alive lumber” and claiming it can furnish any kind of lumber. The fragmentary text suggests a bold marketing claim without clear details or verifiable context.
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H. F. Ku
Annual Bank Meeting Notice for Peoples Bank Browning Mo
Notice to stockholders of Peoples Bank of Browning Missouri to attend the annual meeting at the bank on October 2 at 2 oclock p.m. to elect directors and conduct other business. Proxies may be used. Signed by cashier D L G.
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Peoples Bank of
Browning, Mo
Hats and Caps Sold at South Side Millinery Store
Ladies and youths find hats caps and hoods at the South Side Millinery Shop offering a range of styles for all ages. The store promotes fashion and practical head coverings for the season with varied trims and colors.
Shady Bower Girl’s Name Stirs Clergyman’s Amazement
In a Salvation Army or spiritual service a mother announces her baby’s name as Shady Bower. A colored clergyman smiles at the confusion, learning the child is a girl named Shady after the mother’s family, though the minister first imagines a boy named Shadrach. The nickname Shady merges with a family surname for a quirky newborn identity.
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Shadrach
Rural telephone transforms farm life in Excelsior Springs
Special agent Homer Montford of Bell Telephone praises the rural line for reshaping daily life on farms. He cites regular social contact, time savings, and increased efficiency as key benefits, noting that prompt repairs and access to help during illness or child care improve family routines and economics.
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Excelsior Springs
Homer Montford
Bell Telephone Company
Sam Jones Dead On Train Near Little Rock Ark
Sam Jones the preacher and lecturer died on a train near Little Rock Arkansas last Monday. His home was Carterville Missouri. He reformed at about five years old and lectured on temperance and preached for the M E church South. Later he became an evangelist and platform lecturer. The rest is garbled OCR background and unrelated notes about remedies and court cases.
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Sam Jones
Little Rock
Ark
M. Ee. Church South
JAD THE SOLDIER'S INSTINCT
An English general at a headquarters dinner reacts to a rifle accident during an attack. He pauses, then concludes a sentry fired by mistake, and calmly reassures his staff as the incident unfolds, illustrating calm military judgment. The tale appears in Youth's Companion via reminiscence of a dramatic moment and a sudden decision by the general.
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Bob
Symon
Absence and a Pocket Knife Mystery on a Streetcar
A Kansas City Star item recalls a forgetful man and a wife’s puzzled reaction as they rode home from Swope Park. The piece shifts to a new Pure Food and Drug Law note praising Dr. Shoop’s cough cure as safe and effective, sold locally, with a brief local update about Frank Green returning from Fort lager Washington after three years of service.
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Swope Park
Kansas City Star
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Frank Green
North Salem
U.S.A
Fort Lager
Washington
Mr. Green
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