Miss Ada Browning aged 21, a former teacher in rural schools of this county, took her own life early Monday morning by drinking carbolic acid. Miss Browning had recently been conducting a café in Gravette in which she had the assistance of one or two of her sisters who were also well-known as county teachers. According to the report coming here she drove up in front of the café, drinking the poison while still in her car, and after calling her sister to the door. It is reported also that Miss Browning is believed to have been worried about a check transaction which occurred in her café in which it is said she was asked to write a five-dollar check for a customer but made the check for $500, the customer not knowing until the check was presented for payment.
Miss Ada Browning aged 21, a former teacher in rural schools of this county, took her own life early Monday morning by drinking carbolic acid. Miss Browning had recently been conducting a café in Gravette in which she had the assistance of one or two of her sisters who were also well-known as county teachers. According to the report coming here she drove up in front of the café, drinking the poison while still in her car, and after calling her sister to the door. It is reported also that Miss Browning is believed to have been worried about a check transaction which occurred in her café in which it is said she was asked to write a five-dollar check for a customer but made the check for $500, the customer not knowing until the check was presented for payment.
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