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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
8
Grundy County backs O A Pickett as Republican nominee for Congress with strong local support. The Grundy circuit clerk plans to visit every district county, defend the party line, and urges neighbors to rally behind his candidacy in the upcoming November election.
The Browning school board will order books for Browning pupils and also for country districts. Call B. D. Bolling at Browning Savings Bank to place your book requests.
The University of Missouri agricultural extension service issues The Cold School Lunch to help mothers prepare nutritious, easy meals for growing children returning to school. It emphasizes wholesome food, practical prep, and ensuring children receive adequate nutrition during school hours.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. claim Hall's Catarrh Cure works systemically. It is said to be prescribed by physicians, made from tonics and blood purifiers, and available through druggists with testimonials offered.
A secondhand day press is offered for sale by Simpson and Potter at a reasonable price with easy terms. The notice invites buyers seeking affordable equipment and flexible payment options.
A farming tip urges mowing weeds to boost farm value and neighborly image. It compares a neat road edge and fence line to perceived care, noting buyers may pay more per acre if the land appears easier to farm next season.
A fragment discusses time for good work and warns early mowing may let weeds seed again, attributed to J. O. Rankin and the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.
Advertisement claims C. M. Thornton offers farm loans with the lowest interest and favorable prepayment options.
J. C. Whitten of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station advises mowing tall weeds and summer grasses under orchards to mulch soil and conserve moisture during dry times. Clean orchards improve fruit color, maturity, and buyer appeal, while pruning dead limbs and water sprouts preserves water for ripening fruit.
After six weeks of severe drought and heat blue grass and most pastures are dry and will not furnish pasturage until late fall. The article recommends using rye for temporary fall and winter pasture and notes Missouri agriculture promotes this crop.
The article explains sowing rye from September to October avoids Hessian fly risk and protects fall wheat. It covers sowing on stubble or after corn, amounts per sowing time, and suggests rye with vetch as a late August to early September mix. It notes rye as pasture and soil protection and recommends turning it under next spring before corn planting.
Mrs. Mattie Buxton returned from Kansas City with fall and winter stock of millinery. Miss Blanche Hooker will trim for her. Mrs. Virgil Dodson and daughters Ella May and Sylvia visited Unionville with her parents. John Moore made a business trip to Kansas City Friday.
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