17 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
1
A reflective piece on home life, marriage, and virtue stressing love, harmony, and responsibility. It urges placing family first, honoring the Supreme Ruler, and fostering cheerful, orderly households while warning against neglecting duties to kin and home. It contrasts ideal homes with neglectful tendencies and uses anecdotes about children and neighbors.
A reader note discusses potential subscription price changes and the response to back payments. It explains current rates of $1 per year in the U S and $1.50 in Canada, with flexibility on payment methods and reminders about overdue accounts amid wartime price pressures.
A skeptical view of anti smoking laws highlights paradoxes in curbing youth smoking The piece cites remarks from C W Baines and Harvard data claiming rising cigarette use and casualties while suggesting liberalized access as a counterproductive approach
The column lists recent additions and renewals to the LEADER-RECORD memberships. Names include Mrs. Guy Adams J D Stone Veda Schrock W H Spencer H F Kille J D Sevier R O Steele A R Riedel T M Thornton N O Beacham W T Schrock G W Spencer Alex McDandel J H Alexander Mrs Alice Riley W T Stevenson W C Langdon H C Pearson G J Alexander S F Baskett with addresses in cities counties and routes.
A terse proverb warns that upward progress comes from aligning with a guiding partner. The idea: strength and position improve when one joins with another person or leader in pursuit of shared aims.
In Missouri tailings from zinc mill concentrates are sold as chats for road and rail ballast. Price ranges 15 cents to 1 dollar per ton, with 6 to 8 cents to load by rail. Annual U S Geological Survey output about 1,300,000 tons. Alabama and Tennessee also use chert and crushed slag for road material.
Ad for B L Powell offering all kinds of wood and shop work at his shop south of Bailey’s poultry house. Mentions he can do your work and living prices, with limited readability and unclear terms due to damaged OCR.
The LEADER RECORD notes the engagement of Carlos Mace to Mrs. E G Brookshier of near this city. He has worked for Ben Mairs. his sister keeps house for him. Friends extend congratulations and best wishes for a happy married life.
The Work Brothers stock company performs at the opera house this week with Missouri Folks Forgiven and a western play. The troupe is praised as clever, handling parts well with monologues dancing and singing. Tonight On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine is billed as a top road attraction and the house is urged to be full. The company is lauded as among the best seen here and Mr. Fisher is congratulated on the quality. They close their run Saturday.
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