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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
8
A December Farm Journal note urges practical work on farms and roads. It promotes thrift and usefulness, advising timely repairs, garden cleanup, plowing before snow, and shelter for stock. The piece encourages residents to fix muddy roads themselves to improve highways.
Retailers announce special Xmas candy prices for teachers with promos at Sayers Restaurant and Peters Produce. Signs urge poultry and eggs trade in.
The Linn County October filing with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics lists deaths by cause including tuberculosis of lungs one case other tuberculosis forms one, diseases of heart and circulatory system, pneumonia and bronchopneumonia two, diarrhoea and enteritis under two years two, acute nephritis and Brights disease, and other causes, with total births in October.
The Rebekah Lodge recently paid for and installed a telephone in the I. O. O. F. hall for lodge use. The city Rebekahs are active and doing much good, and this office issued a fine set of bylaws to them.
In Purdin residents are urged to visit Cassity's Cafe to buy Holly Brand chocolates described as a healthful treat for the town's younger folk. The note promotes local indulgence and community charm.
The Browning Creamery Co pays 30 cents for No 1 separator cream testing 30 per cent or more and 27 cents for gravity or hand skimmed cream. They seek fresh cream with honest weights and tests and will pay more when market conditions permit.
Chas. Haggard issues a call for all parties owing money to settle immediately and asks anyone with sacks in their possession to return them promptly.
In a rural chat, two farmers praise local newspaper advertisements for real business value and personal invites. Chillicothe Tribune notes Milton More acquired H.C. Jones’ east-side residence near the railroad in exchange for a west-of-town farm. Jones plans a Kansas City summer.
Mrs. Maurice Peters was reported on the sick list at the start of the week, with no further details available.
A. A. Healy jeweler offers a ticket free with every dollar cash purchase through January 1 1912 and promises premiums totaling $40 including two gold filled watches a 12 piece toilet set and a glass punch bowl. Call to see him.
The speaker asks boards to favor seven month continuous terms, warns against dividing the term risking state funds, and criticizes frequent teacher changes. Supplementary Linn County figures show certificates, diplomas, and school configurations from 1911, including one and two room schools and salaries up to 75 dollars.
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