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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
7
In Carthage Missouri Emma R Knell daughter of B Knell manager leads the Jasper County Burial Association as organizer and private secretary. She is noted as a skilled horsewoman with deep involvement in livestock matters at the fair and the business of the association.
Governor Joseph W. Folk proclaims Monday September 4, 1905 as Labor Day in Missouri. The public urged to abstain from usual vocations and join local city exercises in observance of the holiday.
In Paulsgrave Missouri Judge Burnes delayed jury selection for Pauls accused of murdering Miss Mary Newman. A special venire of sixty jurors was ordered after nine regular jurors were chosen. If selected Pauls plans an insanity defense citing unbalanced mentality from his army service in the Philippines.
The Missouri Sunday School Association held its annual convention in Boonville from Wednesday to Thursday. Resolutions praised the peace between Russia and Japan. G A Copley of Kansas City spoke on liquor traffic and Mrs Illa Foster Stephen of Peoria gave a feature address on boys. Call money was subscribed to advance state work.
Lucius Badgett, 60, believed dead after taking car dolic acid in a suicide attempt, revived briefly in an undertaker’s room in Joplin. The embalmer panicked and called a city physician, who found no signs of life upon arrival and again pronounced him dead.
The annual county ex Confederate reunion and barbecue drew several thousand attendees from Vernon Cedar St. Clair and Bates counties to Elk Springs Nevada Missouri. Principal speakers included General John B. Stone Henry M. Withers A J Atkinson of Kansas City and L M Griffith of Rich Hill.
Kimmswick Missouri Lewis Hall postmaster and justice of the peace shot and likely mortally wounded Hermann Henschall the city marshal after a quarrel over Sunday closing law arguments sparked the incident.
Charles Creig I, superintendent of the county poor farm, killed himself at his Kingston residence Sunday by shooting twice in the left breast with a shotgun. He leaves a family.
The Martin Paulsgrove case against alleged murderer Newman was moved to Maysville for venue. Judge Burns scheduled a further hearing after over 200 men were examined and four jurors qualified. The matter returns the first Monday after the Poultry Meeting in Kirksville, Missouri. The State Poultry Society has its next annual Kirksville gathering in Missouri announced.
Joseph Hornblend, described as a famed courier to General Miles and Mr Hopkinson Smith, is a Levantine born in Constantinople and decorated by the sultan for an expedition into Asia Minor. He claims mastery of many languages including Turkish Arabic and various dialects around Constantinople.
Promotes Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers as a drugless cure for indigestion and related stomach symptoms through absorption. Advertises free samples and a two box offer for 75 cents, claiming medical endorsement and harmless relief without drugs.
Free box coupon offer requests name address and druggist's name who does not sell the product. Advertisement notes Mull's Grape Tonic Co. at 148 Third Ave Island. Mentions price 50 cents per box and druggists. Also includes verses about Chaunce Depew and travel.
Mrs Woodby Stilish questions a visitor, a book agent, while Mrs Woodby weighs whether to invite him in. The scene hints at a discussion about a book titled Facts and Fancies and mentions servants and domestic duties.
Dialogue exchanges feature Nordy and Butts joking about cooling off by attending church services. The text includes a quip about a daughter and a line expressing a xenophobic immigrant remark. The fragment ends with a Philadelphia Press attribution.
Missive describes a supposed discovery by Mother Gray of a New York remedy for female weaknesses and kidney trouble. It cites a sample address in New York and references routine domestic life as context, with fragmented quotes about sun and work.
Brief items recounting Knabenshue inviting President Roosevelt to ride over New York in an airship, plus aviation and agricultural notes from across the country. Includes crop and industry data, university reports, and local incidents.
Typhoid fever leaves nerves sensitive and weak. Dr Williams Pink Pills promise to rebuild flesh and strengthen nerves, with Mr Charles Worth of Maine reporting swift improvement after six months of debility. Pills sold by druggists or directly by Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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