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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
4
The Browning Missouri paper shares a column of pithy maxims on daily life and human behavior. Sayings touch on voting, wisdom, shopping, hesitation, memory of elections, and Christmas season strain.
A humorous column contemplates paradoxes and oddities from a dead man holding office in Indiana to Volstead act spillovers in Baltimore. It jokes about patience, reputation, bobbed hair, and bald heads while noting mah jongg interest waning due to overwork.
The Spanish king is noted as the first monarch to own a private aircraft and is likely to remain the last in that distinction.
A brief note on swift runners in silk hose outpacing earlier caution in the field. The item highlights speed and risk in a bygone era, reflecting on how speed once saved bonds of labor and play.
A string of faded aphorisms and wry observations surfaces. The text mocks common sayings about robbers fat men risks and shared burdens while noting illogical statements about Eskimo parenting, community improvement, and the fate of those born poor.
A Indiana supreme court judge was chosen by a one vote margin, a result that left the winner so tight he will not need a shave during his term.
President Coolidge will attend the international livestock show on December 3. The report notes no expectation he will buy a donkey during the visit.
The article notes the first feminine chess tournament was held in France recently and remarks on expectations of silence among players. It comments on social attitudes toward assertive players and references 1924 as the year called the flyless summer, while noting ongoing issues despite that claim.
Two Frenchmen were killed in a duel fought in a vacant Pittsburg store room. Both left families and likely had no life insurance.
A New Jersey man jailed for 90 days after squeezing a policewoman’s hand during a movie, and he may now seek badges later, as he plans to act with affection when released.
A Chicago florist gunman, killed by three assailants in his shop, embodied conflicting roles in his life. The incident highlights a tragic collision of violence and a longing to express care through flowers rather than bullets.
A terse, reflective note likens laziness and apathy to dry rot undermining effort and progress, warning that passive attitude corrodes initiative and results.
A compact aphorism on work value and fairness. It argues that every role matters, wages should match effort, and even mundane tasks deserve respect. It also critiques stinginess and the social friction of unhelpful communication. The tone resembles a moral pondering from a bygone era.
E B Maxey and wife were Sunday guests of J H Tharp and wife. J B Franklin and wife were Milan visitors Monday. Mrs A R Dillinger is better at this writing. Floyd Fanning and wife shopped in St Louis last week. O Eeman was a Milan visitor.
H A Talbert called at Chas Dodsons Monday evening. Lee Shepherd and family visited J N Maxey Thursday. Claud Porter of Milan was in the community on business last week. Crowdis Brothers and Dan G Havens shipped hogs from Cora Monday. J P Franklin Earl Jim Shaw and Alfred Maggart delivered hogs to Cora Monday. George Bauswell is visiting friends and relatives around Cora. Earl Moberly of Milan and A R Coburn of Chillicothe were in town last week.
Dan Havens of Milan spent the weekend at A R Dillingers. James Brinkley butchered hogs Saturday. Frank Jennings and son Ernest visit relatives here. Bill Black helps with D G Havens corn. Mrs Johns Hoskins and child visit Lester Lawrence. Bennett Hollow and wife visit E E Maxey. Duff Jennings weekends with sister Mrs J B Franklin. George Pipes and wife visit daughter Mrs Roy Dunlap in Missouri.
Gail Cordray plans a restaurant and grocery on the old hardware lot. He sold his produce stock to Bill Myers of Purdin who has taken possession. Browning visitor Art Lambert traveled to North Salem on Sunday. North Salem school won a basketball game by 16 to 14 Friday.
In a brief winter period, Earl Stone and family visited the Willard Pulliam home Sunday. M L McIntyre visited relatives in Chillicothe Saturday night and Sunday. W A Davis returned to Purdin after several days with the Wm Pulliam household. George Walker and wife called on the Joe Creason home Sunday. Mrs Wm Pulliam came home from Brookfield where she visited J E Steen, wife, Jess Pulliam and family. J E Steen and wife accompanied her home. Carpenters are progressing well on the Purdin Mercantile building.
Albert Hawkens and his bride visited Joe Creason and his wife on Sunday. D L Cady and his wife with their son visited relatives at Meadville for Thanksgiving Day.
December brings cold calm tales of family gatherings and visits. Will McCollum and family shared Thanksgiving at I J McCollum's home while F M Cattey’s children joined for meals. Arthur Cattey hosted a weiner roast. Noah Head and family visited Aunt Maggie Brewer. Robert Cattey had a 15th birthday surprise with cake and baked apples.
Royal Neighbors of America holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursday nights. Officer notes list Mrs. Maggie McCown as Oracle and Mrs. Gertrude Fields as Recording Secretary.
Forecasters warn of a 1926 27 winter similar to 1816 with extreme cold and crop risks for farmers. The Missouri Fish Commission urges citizens to curb fishing practices amid widespread declines. wildlife like elk deer wild pigeon prairie chicken and wild turkey have disappeared from their habitats.
A Missouri water pollution message argues streams suffer from mine waste and industrial discharges harming fish and public health. It urges a closed season from December 1 to June 1 to protect spawning and boost fish populations, suggesting hatcheries as additional support. The note cites Colorado Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Maine as models for seasonal fishing to attract tourism and preserve rivers and lakes.
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