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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
1
A reflective piece contrasts a mother's unseen burdens with cautions against spoiling children and chasing appearances. It discusses parenting limits, the dangers of overindulgence, and the value of tempered correction by editors and preachers, noting Ruskin's life and the pull of appearances.
Roy Haley offers to buy 100 head of stock hogs weighing 75 to 150 pounds each for purchase. He seeks sellers and price arrangements.
A Milan business advertises to save customers agent commissions on memorial and cemetery work. The note urges readers to visit or write, claiming June prices on a stock of goods and inviting trades without home visits.
Reports detail multiple Thanksgiving events with elaborate dinners in Locust Valley. Mrs. Melia Thurlo hosts a helpers meeting and cafeteria meal. Miss Ella Keithley hosts a six o'clock dinner for fourteen. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gooch host a dinner with guests from Gard and others. H L Schrock and J W Jones entertain about thirty with a luncheon and social activities.
Mrs N H Dickinson entertained six children and families at a elegant three course dinner on Thursday November 25 with guests including W H Dickinson Jami Lee Fae Dickinson R A Glaze J H Calhoun and L C Lantz. K M Duncan hosted seven oclock dinner with E B Fields family Allalie Sherban Wayne B Fields and L W Hummel joining. Mr and Mrs L W Hummel then hosted a dinner party Tuesday at 7 with Browning’s cooks noted for their refined meals.
S. M. Strain announces the jewelry store is now at the Frances Building corner near the Brookfield train depot. The ad invites customers to browse and purchase or linger and stay warm, noting the Hallmark Jewelers sign on Main Street just north of the depot.
A diary entry recounts a chaotic Friday with parents arguing and a tea mishap, a Saturday where a father quits after learning his name was removed from the payroll, a Sunday misunderstanding over oranges, and a Monday classroom moment about an Australian animal that hops on two legs. The tone is humorous and childlike with simple observations.
The narrator recalls an exchange with Jane during two birthday gatherings at Jane's home with her mother present. A kiss game leads to teasing about kissing style and a question about knowing how to kiss. The week continues with questions about school starting in fall and a mention of a steam radiator. He notes illness at home and a poor lesson in physiology with castor oil from mother and advice from father.
S. M. Strain, an optometrist from Brookfield, sympathizes with mothers facing vision problems and offers a real scientific eye test. He proposes fitting a nice pair of glasses for mother for Christmas with lenses to be fitted after the holiday rush.
Mrs. Lorene Whaley hosted the P. E. O. meeting on Wednesday November 24. Mrs. Lila Williams led a lesson on Literary Women, praised as enjoyable and instructive. Mrs. Floy Peterson and Mrs. Ruth Brown sang Silent Night, and hostess Mrs. Ethelyn Haymaker and her mother served a two course luncheon.
A Brookfield jeweler promotes a Christmas layaway and mail service for distant customers. A woman from a town 25 miles away used the service and was pleased, with the jeweler urging others to engage early. S. M. Strain.
For sale at the C. F. Alexander barn in Browning there are 50 bushels of corn, six to seven tons of baled hay, two buggies, two sets of harness, and a 1918 Ford runabout. G. J. Alexander, Adm.
E. R Anderson advertises winter harness dipping at $1.00 per set. Clients are urged to bring harnesses to the shop now for best results before spring.
A pie supper is scheduled at Browning High School on December 3rd to raise funds for the expenses of the school closing exercises. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a pie.
Saturday evening Joe Christy and Ford Long on a coon hunting trip near Locust Creek heard a wolf howl in Roy Haley's sheep flock. The tired wolf was chased by dogs and finally killed by the hunters when they arrived with guns. The gain includes a bounty.
Notice to Taylor township taxpayers that R. B. Seamon will be at the Farmers Exchange Bank in Humphreys Mo each Saturday in December to collect taxes.
For sale by J. B. F. Wampler a well improved residence with about eight acres of land in Browning. See the seller for price and terms.
The Farmers Store page ad in the Leader Record is praised as well written and in top shape. It quotes prices appealing to buyers of good merchandise and suggests value comparable to prewar times.
Three registered Big Type Poland China boars weighing about 250 pounds each are priced reasonably. Contact J. R. Sargent at route 3 for details.
Special notice from Every Day Egg Farm in Cora Missouri advertises 264 egg Ferris strain S C White Leghorn cockerels from J 5 Head and a few Mammoth Bronze turkeys available for sale to boost flock performance.
A. A. Pipes urges car owners to bring curtains needing new windows for repair before cold weather. Service promises to fix them up in tip top shape and ready for winter.
Justice J. E Marvin presided in Benton township as W P Gooch sued Ben Slater for cattle damages. J W Clapp represented Slater and Sen E B Fields for Gooch. A jury heard witnesses as a large crowd watched. The jurors found for the defendant and split trial expenses.
J M Thurlo and Son advertise a fine herd of Aberdeens Angus cattle for sale in the Leader Record. The ad urges buyers to start in the thoroughbred business now with a dandy bunch of quality cattle.
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