Joe Nickell Editor at Port Office Brownine Mo
Joe Nickell is listed as editor at the port office in Brownine Missouri as second class mail matter dating from July 1897.
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Joe Nickell
Brownine, Mo
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
4
Venice plans to drain canals and pave Venice style
The piece recalls an old fashioned girl, lamp chimneys and cleaning with newspaper. Venice California will drain and fill its canals and pave them to remove inconveniences from gondola walks. A clever quip contrasts youth labels and echoes a cautious view of a calculating dictator and a king explaining divine right.
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Venice
California
Greenland Ranch Sees Record 134F Heat Mile High
The text notes Greenland Ranch California recording a maximum temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit marking a historic heat surge. It mentions a theory about ocean salt and a curious Eskimo trade in reindeer hair used for life preserver stuffing.
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Greenland Ranch
California
Oddities and facts from a bygone era in brief
A mosaic of trivia notes covers valued beans used as money in Mexico, Michigan State College’s 1857 founding as the nation’s oldest agricultural school, and other varied items from dressists to divers. It mentions a Den mark unfrocked pastor, ventriloquism in ancient rites, and an aviator flying inverted for four minutes.
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Mexico
Record Pace and Oddities Highlight Chicago Dispatch
Forty five seconds set a new record as Queen Marie bought five fur coats in Chicago. Bootleggers wonder why Chicago makes a fuss over a little water. The term Rink Go stands for a hockey contest. A Philadelphia store features a bell audible from 30 miles, surpassing Mr Coolidge's record by the same distance.
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Queen Marie
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mr. Coolidge
Notable Aphorisms on Society and Education in American Life
A reflective collection of wry observations on American manners and values. The text savages pretentious leadership, social ranks, and education while contrasting ignorance and satire with cultural notions of virtue and appetite. It notes universalities across America and critiques decades of public discourse.
Weather Nervy And Holidays Mark Rural Week
The week brings cold weather and frozen mud with rough roads as residents cope. Alton Abbott suffers a bad case of influenza and several families travel for visits. George Christian aids Ai ken Sill in shucking corn while Tim Ware ships five carloads of fat cattle to Chicago early in the week. Most schools close for holiday vacation.
Winigan School Pupils Receive Treats and Gifts
Miss Sarah and students in Winigan enjoyed a Saturday shopping trip with Travis Pearler treating pupils on Friday. Pupils drew numbers and each received a present, marking a festive small event.
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Ter
Sarah
Winigan
Travis Pearler
Local notes and social updates in Shelby area
The report covers weather complaints last week, social visits among residents including Flora Simpson Elsie Cokerham Lois Phillips Fern Spencer Pauline Jones Helen Sandford and Myrtle Wilson. It notes trips to Linneus for the Mardis trial flu cases in Shelby and a school closure due to illness. It mentions Nile Bauer buying a car and plans to start a garage and C M Smith purchasing a new radio.
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Flora Simpson
Elsie Cokerham
Lois Phillips
Fern Spencer
Pauline Jones
Helen Sandford
Myrtle Wilson
Herb Wilson
Eli Kirk
Linneus
Nile Bauer
Dr. Boyles
Bolen
Brookfield
Emerson Bauer
Kathleen
C. M. Smith
Shelby
Local Social Roundup From Utica and Purdyan Areas
Mr and Mrs Tom Kimbrough and children Helen Lorane and Nolen of near Utica were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Kimbroughs parents Mr and Mrs Wm Pridemore. Carrie Bowyer Henry Purdin George Phil lips and James called on Mr and Mrs W L Baker. Jay Smith of Oklahoma and Mrs Smith and son Earl visited in Pur din. D P Myers was in Browning with chickens and produce. The Hess twins gathered for Willie Pridemore and Henry Purdin for Herman Cooper last week. George Hess Thelma Grice Gus Coulter and Jay Smith shopped at Chillicothe Saturday. Roads dragged are fair but Sam Gooch is the only one known to have dragged.
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Tom Kimbrough
Helen
Lorane
Nolen
Utica
Kimbrough
Wm. Pridemore
Carrie Bowyer
Henry Purdin
George Phillips
James
W. L. Baker
Gus Coulter
Jay Smith
Oklahoma
Smith
Earl
George Hess
Thelma Grice
Chillicothe
Boy Says Time To Spare From Rock To Read
A playful remark asks for a little time away from rock music to focus on reading. It emphasizes choosing books over ongoing performances. The line hints at a cultural shift toward literacy.
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Rock
Yellow Creek Social Roundup in Garner Area
Ellis Jennings family spent weekend with Elmer Jennings. Arnold Long stayed with Alton Jennings. Iva and Robert Walters visited grandparents while in Kirksville. Oll Head family moved to new home south of Garner. Local youths chased coons Saturday night. Earl McCollum visited Elmer Jennings. Mac Jennings and Bernice Brantner visited Ellis Jennings Friday night. Dean Maxwell was absent two days due to a cold. Miss Mae Jennings stayed Saturday with Mrs Clifford Brantner. Tom Crist visited Thursday with his daughter Mrs Clifford Brantner. Roy Maxwell and Mrs Chauncy Hague shopped in Brookfield Monday.
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Ellis Jennings
Elmer Jennings
Arnold Long
Alton Jennings
Iva
Robert Walters
Kirksville
Oll Head
Garner
Yellow Creek
Earl McCollum
Mac Jennings
Bernice Brantner
Dean Maxwell
Iss Mae Jennings
Clifford Brantner
Tom Crist
Roy Maxwell
Chauncy Hague
Brookfield
Local visitors announced from Cora Winigan Milan and Milan area
C. C. Dodson from east of Cora visited yesterday. Will Maples of Winigan stopped here en route to Milan. Ed Almond and Mrs. Susie Beck of Cora were here between trains. W. T. Nickell of Winigan stayed yesterday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nickell.
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C. C. Dodson
East of Cora
Will Maples
Winigan
Milan
Ed Almond
Susie Beck
Cora
W. T. Nickell
E. W. Nickell
Long Lost Bill Reaches Heir After 42 Years
N M Edmunds finds an undelivered bill from 1885 in a remote Red Landing post office. The note from St Louis on the river packet St Genevieve sought $34 for 16 sacks of wheat shipped by Harlow Spencer Co. to C F De Lassus. The recipient, H B Spencer, is now dead.
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St. Louis
St. Genevieve
Missouri River
H. B. Spencer
Red Landing
N. M. Edmunds
Spencer
Red Rock Landing
C. F. de Lassus
Harlow, Spencer & Co
Extremes of Heat and Cold in Yellowstone Park
Chief Ranger Sam T. Woodring writes in Nature Notes From Yellowstone Park about a two week ski patrol across the park. The pair crossed Yellowstone Lake on ice and skied to Old Faithful road to break a track and ease the next day’s travel then bathed in natural hot water near the lake shore.
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Yellowstone National Park
Sam T. Woodring
Nature Notes
Yellowstone Park
Lake Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
Woodring
Old Faithful Road
Sayings From Scholars And Poets On Life And Virtue
A collection of aphorisms and maxims from historical figures such as Livy Bailey Seneca Pope Mazzini Confucius Jeffrey Shakespeare and Morley. The quotes explore honor imagination science happiness wealth and character with concise reflective statements.
Bell Telephone Directory Production Ties Up Major Resources
The Bell System published nearly 25 million copies of 2000 different directories last year at about 10 million dollars. Paper weight reached 60.629 million pounds, hauled by 20 solid trains of 25 cars each, and paper cost 2.4 million dollars.
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Bell ‘Telephone System
World’s Candy King Mac Robertson of Melbourne
Melbourne based magnate Mac Robertson is described as the richest man in the South seas with 17 large candy manufacturing plants. He reportedly keeps scale models of all his factories.
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Melbourne
Australia
Mac Robertson
South Seas
Husband gifts trunk for wife with playful wish
A husband presents a ward robe trunk as a gift and jokes about needing items to fill it. The lighthearted note ends with a playful request for ideas to stuff the trunk.
Riddle Punchline Hits Fisherman and Shepherd
A quip asks why a fisherman and a shepherd resemble beggars and answers with a pun about living by hook and crook. The joke hinges on wordplay linking fishing gear to deception.
Joy Finds Love Through a Real Estate Office
Joy, newly hired at a small High Farms information office, charms customers and staff alike. A bold, hatless young man, Robert M. Sefton, visits, buys a lot, and pursues a future with Joy, who learns patience and fate may guide business and romance alike through the information office.
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Mummie
Mr. Carstairs
Joy
High Farms
Information Office
Woodsey
Cedar Swamp Road
Robert M. Sefton
Bob
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George Christian
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Helen Cordray
Perry McCollum
Otis McCollum
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Clarence Talman
Linda Baker
F. M. Cattey
Daugh
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D. F P. Myers
L. W. Arnold
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Sam Gooch
Little Yellow Creek
Art Lambert
John Tuckler
George Alexander
May Alexander
O. P. Morris
T. S. Elliott
Tarkio
Bill
Livy
Bailey
A. Coles
Lewis B. Bates
Seneca
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Mazzini
Confucius
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John Morley
Shakespeare
Golden Rule Fur CO
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the Information Office
OY Pierce
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