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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
1
The piece blends Longfellow quotes and moral exhortations urging courage in starting right, avoiding evil, frugality, debt repayment, conscience, and respect for modest means. It extols home harmony, female compassion, and temperance, ending with a note on cheerful Valentine celebrations.
A fragment states three things to cultivate virtue: good books, good friends, and good humor. The line contrasts just and unjust, urging personal cultivation as a path to moral balance.
Doctor of optometry B W Eisenhour promotes eyewear at Healy's Store Browning Missouri on February 7 and 8 claiming 80 percent of headaches stem from eye trouble and can be relieved with glasses.
In Hooker Oklahoma on January 22 1923 Mrs L A Fulton writes from Browning Missouri to Mr Joe Nickell of the Leader Record expressing happiness from home and enclosing a $1.50 payment to renew the paper.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of our husband and brother Ben Mairs Sr. Margaret Mairs Emma Curtis John Mairs.
Laura N. Jessee states she will beat Jefferson City until after the Legislature adjourns and will attend to expired insurance after her return.
All parties indebted to T H Sloan are urged to call and settle immediately as dues are now required. Payment should be made promptly to T H Sloan to avoid further action.
For sale 106 acres of well improved land with good water and buildings including a house and barn. Located on Star Route, 3 miles east of Browning. Interested buyers should contact Robert L. Purdin at once.
The fifth Lyceum number at Electric Theatre on Monday night February 5 features Misses Patricia and Ethelyn French and Miss Evelyn Armstrong with saxophone clarinet violin readings sketches dialect num- bers and novelties. Entertainment begins at 7 30 and a Legion Hall dance follows after 9 30 with the trio continuing to perform.
J D Burwell of Browning Missouri offers farm land loans at five percent for five seven or ten years with a small cash commission and excellent payment option.
Burwell and Porter of Brookfield Mo offer five and one half percent farm loans.
A fragmented diary from Slats covers daily happenings from Friday to Thursday, highlighting family quirks, school life, and a skeptical view of city life. It contrasts home warmth with urban anonymity, urging rural belonging and simplicity over crowded modern life.
Special notice invites a dependable family to rent a farm with option to rent part or all. Furnishings include a team and agricultural machinery to operate the property. Potential renters may negotiate terms and duration with the owner.
Forty acre farm for sale twenty four miles northeast of Browning near a school on a rural route. Well improved property listed by J. H. Dunlap and associates.
The piece critiques the belief that moving to the city guarantees success for country boys. It argues many end up in low paying, unstable jobs such as truck driving, restaurant work, or clerical positions, living hand to mouth while remaining dependent and underemployed.
The Lyceum entertainment features the French Armstrong Trio of Chicago providing music for a Monday night dance. Dancing begins between 9 and 9 30, offering a premier opportunity to enjoy real music this season.
Dr Hanna, an optician, will be at the Coram Hotel in Winigan Missouri on Tuesday February 6 and at the Phone Office North Salem on Wednesday February 7 for eye examinations.
Poultry expert T S Townsley urges February hatch for early hatched flocks to boost winter production and certification. Early hatch improves cockerel and pullet development, with February and early March chicks giving the strongest certified stock.
Dr Hanna an optometrist will be at Nevins Drug Store on Friday afternoon Saturday and Monday until noon February 2 3 and 5. Come in and your eyes will be examined and treated with new eyewear options.
For sale trade or rent a farm property described as 240 Mrs Nelia Bundridge. Details and terms not provided in the fragment.
Missouri Senate 52nd General Assembly offers condolences to the family of Emmett B. Fields who served in six General Assemblies from the Sixth District and died since adjournment. The resolution notes his valued service to Missourians and directs copies to the Fields family, Governor, and Senate leadership.
Advertisement notes several hundred pounds of fine honey for sale and offers a few stands of bees with reasonable prices. W H Bennett invites buyers to contact for purchase details.
Native lumber of various kinds for sale. Orders taken for barn or house patterns. See John B Harmon.
At the State Corn Show during Farmers Week in Columbia January 15 19 Ora Bennett won the Missouri Silver Cup for three consecutive years and led Browning with grand champion ten ears white corn. His team also took multiple top finishes in white and yellow corn classes along with a sweepstakes ten ears victory. Total Farmers Week 1923 registrations reached 2346 with attendees from 100 of Missouri’s counties and visitors from eight states.
W E Pace of Purdin announces his second annual Poland China hogs and Hereford cattle sale at his Linn county farm. The sale, set for Monday February 12, promises top bloodlines and quality stock. Pace recently bought a young Hereford bull from Obe Harris to head his herd. Watch for bills and request folders this week.
Trustee Chas. M. Thornton will sell at public sale in Browning Missouri on Tuesday February 6 1923 the entire stock of Restaurant and confectionery goods furniture and fixtures of Clyde R. Sayers bankrupt.
B O Brantner of Palouse Washington writes Joe Nickell to renew his paper and E J Brantner’s paper. He reports good weather after a very cold December and notes fall wheat looks fine as he sends a 3 dollar check.
Letter from WJ VanHorn of Browning Missouri asking to renew and avoid suspension, noting the paper's tag shows in Fossil Oregon on January 24 1923 and thanking the editor for not cutting off the service.
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