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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
1
A Unionville crowd saw a Sunday and Monday circus with many reserved seats and some 50 cent and 25 cent charges. Officials halted two side-show games and a hoodie cookie dance while noting limited ticket-wagon shortchanging. Attaches called the day among the season's best despite management faults.
A dapper traveling man exchanges flirtatious remarks with Ella the waitress at a hotel. She asserts her independence, mentions her job and wages, and recalls a prior incident with a traveling man. The man orders coffee and hotcakes as they converse about the day.
Elijah Chapman aged 83 received a divorce by circuit court order on Wednesday. His wife, who now reportedly lives in Unionville, did not contest. Chapman testified she insulted him and struck him, alleging drunkenness and wandering to places he denied knowing. He estimated her age at about 67. They had lived together three years.
The Leader Record highlights the Purdin Lumber Co in this issue with a large advertisement. The company is largely owned by Stock Growers Bank shareholders and plans to entertain guests at its annual meeting amid ongoing promotional pricing.
Harvey H. Dunkin wed Maude M. Gilmer at the bride’s parents home three miles south of Browning last Wednesday evening. Rev John P Jessee of Gower presided. A wedding supper followed as relatives and friends celebrated. The couple reside at Fourth and Line Street.
The Interior Department announces land openings in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and Cheyenne lands across North and South Dakota totaling about 2,226,040 acres with 1,500,000 acres subject to entry. Registration runs October 4 to 23 at Aberdeen Pierre Lemmon Teheau Mobridge and Bismarck with drawing October 26 in Aberdeen.
J. B. Fleming will be visiting the West until November first and will then be available to answer calls for auctioneering. Phone 163 Linneus 0. Fleming has a few Velie products ready for sale.
In Chillicothe Missouri Judge Arch B Davis in Livingston County Circuit Court awarded Mrs Ida Grant $300 in damages under a 1907 law after a telegraph message to her brother Justice A M Johnston failed to reach the Chillicothe office. The case marked the first test of the law and the telegram company appealed.
On July 21 1909 Harvey Tiffany was injured and held a policy with Woodmen Accident Association of Lincoln Neb He applied for 25 days partial disability and Sept 14 the company sent a draft for the full amount The note says many policy holders will be proud of the prompt payment of this claim Includes other local notices from Milan Standard and Putman County Journal about residents traveling or attending events including J C McKinley named as a delegate to the Deep Waterways Convention in New Orleans Oct 30 to Nov 3.
Stockholders gathered at the opera house Monday at 2 pm despite rain. Directors for the next year elected were A. M. Elliott, D. Knifong, Vic Fields, John Gilmer, and F. R. Duncan. The board is praised for business acumen and shareholder interests.
The notice asks stockmen shipping stock Sunday morning to phone Saturday for lodging or lunches. The clipped item then reports a town newspaper feud between The Princeton Telegraph and Bethany Republican over which county has the prettiest and most accomplished girls, joking Sullivan county leads in beauty since few marriageable girls remain for stock.
A round of visits and trips is noted as A F Dodson travels from Milan to Purdin and back. Mrs Ormiston stops in Purdin on Linneus News business. Mrs Belle Street and Miss Nanta Scott visit Browning. Various residents attend church, visit relatives, or travel to Colorado, Seattle, and Denver. Eliza Forshee dies after a cancer illness with funeral in Purdin neighborhood.
Local items list Sayers for meats and Fleming sulky plows in stock. Farmers and residents visit Milan and Quincy, with W. J. Sloan promoting pianos and organs. C. G. Cutberth ships cattle to Chicago, and J. W. Johnson travels to St. Joseph on business. New wall coverings appear, and Hunter’s dental office advertises guaranteed work. A health tip cites kidneys, and E. A. Jones offers wagon sales with competitive Browning prices.
Sunday an obituary announced J Lee Daman of Springlake Texas had died. His remains arrived Wednesday and were buried in Enterprise cemetery. An obituary notice will appear next week.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday evening at four o'clock at the M. E. church in Purdin followed by burial in the Purdin cemetery.
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