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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1921
Page
9
Harris and son Allan push a risky land transaction aided by Gardiner and Riles as they chase a promised mine purchase. Bradshaw sells the farm for twenty thousand dollars, triggering anxious negotiations and a promised personal interview with a New York buyer.
Allan and Gardiner depart after arranging a gun and travel plans for a mountain trip. Gardiner pursues a plan to discard Riles when he is no longer useful, while Harris and his companion secure cash by attempting to withdraw twenty thousand dollars from a country bank, prompting the teller to caution about the payment method.
A parade of five millinery favorites adapts to young matrons and many wearers, offering dignified yet lively spring looks. Styles include brown cellophane and satin coronets, braid crowns with bead edges, flowered draped satins, batayia cloth puffed crowns, and black straw with ribbon sashes and floral clusters.
Indian researchers announce paper production from leaves of a West Australian plant a timber from East Africa and a bark from a tree found in Rhodesia.
A one piece wool frock dominates spring and summer wear with suitlike practicality. The article notes two styles in fine weaves such as serge and Poiret twill, featuring straight lines, long narrow belts, and optional capes. Embroidery accents the bodice and sleeves while skirts show tailored pleats and side tucks.
In Asia Magazine J F Scheltma recounts Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock on Mount Moriah, detailing Muslim rites to approach the rock, the sacred precincts including the chain and other shrines, and a legend of the miraculous chain that judged truth in litigious disputes before vanishing in despair.
A New York Evening article notes Tiflis as Georgia’s capital where diamonds and pearls flood the market due to collapsing value of the Georgian ruble and Bolshevik turmoil. Refugees sell goods for food and clothing, boosting local stores with precious items bought for small comforts.
In Lhasa Tibet the Dalai Lama granted an interview to an electrical engineer marking the first Lama European exchange in 110 years. Lhasa sits at 11 000 feet on a plateau with limited sanitation. Tibet shows signs of telegraphic contact and a budding industrial awakening. Fairley, a telegraph engineer, met His Holiness and spoke with the Tibetan council the Council of Shapes. A twenty four course luncheon followed.
Experimental scientists in the Department of Agriculture say they have produced the tangero a cross between the tangerine and the grapefruit. It reportedly tastes juicier than both and is less likely to spray juice toward the eater.
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