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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
4
A collage of anecdotes and quotes spans 19th and 20th century social quirks. Notes recall Pat Campbell smoking, fashion policing, a Michigan fire sparked by hot water, Lord Northcliffe’s praise of imperfect folk, Jaeger’s gas attack warning, Glore’s quip on polo ponies, and a 65 year old earning a pilot license. It closes with a university squad seeking to drop honorary captaincy for a 1936 captain.
Culver-Stockton football coach Bunker announces the 1935 squad has named Harvey Fields Dickinson Browning and J R Henderson as honorary co-captains. Both players have been placed on the all conference MC A U.
Voters in Linn County are urged to study two propositions tied to a county hospital proposed by the Laclede Chamber of Commerce to be placed at the junction of 5 and 36 just south of Laclede. Taxpayers should decide in the best interest of all involved after reviewing the advertisement.
The paper announces a new weekly column by Irvin S. Cobb. Each installment will deliver Cobb’s observations on current events with humor and practical common sense.
George Kollasch Bernie Jacobs Eugene Thurlo Keith Crooks Hazel Maggart Maurine and Betty Jo Kollasch Imogene Hanman Ronald Williams Junior Haley John Burwell Ella Brookshier Elna Almond Joe Woondard and Evelyn Haley are listed on the honor roll. The student body grows with new pupils. Christmas decoration work begins after a temporary partition is removed. An evening program December 19 features poems with gold stars for learning. Mr Hilkney’s “An hour with Riley” drew five cent student and ten cent adult admission. Supt Nelson reports a Chicago trip wreck involving Mrs Nelson. she remains in Evanston hospital. County contests planning in Brookfield. 30 miles is cited as farthest from school. Intermediate grades create paper Christmas trees with a single decoration each.
The Christmas Seals from the local TB Association fund a proven program aiding TB patients. The effort, now treated as a real medical drive, supports treatment improvements and is sold in 48 countries, making it a worthwhile investment beyond adornment.
Ralph Briggs of Brookfield and Ruth Brumbaugh of this city secretly went to Milan on Tuesday to obtain a marriage license and were married. The bride is Lula Brumbaugh's daughter with deep local ties. The groom works in Brookfield and they plan to reside there.
A string of brief notices covers divorces, petty thefts, mischief, and oddities: Mrs. Etta Stultz sues for divorce after seven months with a seventh husband. Mrs. Walter Rowe in Chicago exposes a book that hid $750. M. C. Merlin in St. Louis sued by a dentist over a set of false teeth. Magistrate Julius Jacobs in Liverpool fines his own son for speeding. Charles Falk of Los Angeles accuses his wife of beating him with a shoe in a divorce. Alex Baker in Norwich confesses to bicycle theft to escape a courting widow. Joseph Zeil of Milwaukee seeks help after missing his first meal at home in 20 years. Ted Knauss of Kansas City breaks 14 windows and three lamps over a divorce dispute and curtains. Patrolman Paul Wolford of Syracuse suffers a fractured skull for years before learning the cause. Charles W. Morrill of Maine clings to a briar pipe for 60 years. Joseph A. Money of Philadelphia tries to have his daughter arrested for smoking. George Voight of Valparaiso receives 15 cents from a man who admits to stealing cookies. A J Frey of Chicago is arrested for assaulting a policeman.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 6 Marthamae Barta of Ord Nebraska won first prize in the Gooch Milling and Elevator Contest for her letter explaining why she likes Gooch's Best Flour.
Jealousy surrounds John Davine while Rev. Sunn warns women with lipstick. Fredrick Damman heads to his wedding when robbed of wedding clothes and $100. Betty Warner wins a $50 000 breach suit with a one cent verdict. Sidney Sugden loses his spectacles to an owl. A garden rake is found embedded in a tree at Steelton. Helen Grab sues for divorce alleging meals offered while her husband stood.
A man in Oklahoma places a cheeky ad offering to pay if the owner explains to his wife that he had nothing to do with a found purse. Other items note twins Davis and Ware meeting the Matthews sisters in Long Beach, a homing pigeon travel from Colorado Springs to Illinois, a Lansing man jailed seven years for stealing pants, a Missouri wife divorcing after hog disinfectant incident, and Paris completing a 120 ton magnet.
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