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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1923
Page
1
A fragment discusses February customs and the bond between mothers and children, contrasting pampered dogs with neglected babies. It recalls Theodore Parker’s proposed Ten Commandments of Matrimony and notes St. Valentine’s Day as a day for confessions of love, urging gratitude and mercy.
Laura N Jessee states she will be in Jefferson City until after the Legislature adjourns and will attend to all insurance that expires during her absence.
Debt action from T H Sloan demands all indebted parties call and settle immediately to satisfy amounts due. Public notice warns recipients to attend to outstanding balances at once.
106 acre well improved farm with good water supply and buildings including house and barn. Located 3 miles east of Browning on Star Route. Interested buyers may contact Robert L. Purdin at once.
Burwell and Porter of Brookfield Missouri advertise farm loans at five and a half percent. They invite inquiries from farmers seeking credit and outline loan terms and application details.
Special notice seeking a dependable family to rent a farm with Finnish team and machinery aid available. Contact Mrs. C J Porter for details and terms.
The account notes a family funeral in Fairbury Nebraska for Loren, son of Mrs Neva Bales, attended after a revival meeting. The writers canceled regular copy to travel, relying on filler and assistance from J J Smith and Opal Johnson to cover the urgent local news before returning home Friday.
140 acre John Jaynes farm west of North Salem is offered for sale. For details contact administrator Geo. C. Jaynes at North Salem or Mrs. L W Bingham at Browning.
The piece reflects on winter and spring, noting earlier sunrises and longer days. It contrasts winter quiet with spring anticipation, mentioning reading, self improvement, fashion, seed catalogs, and enduring cycles of light, life, and fertility.
For sale property listing from Mrs. Nelia Bundridge offering 240 acres of farmland. Details available upon inquiry.
The guide emphasizes legumes to maintain fertility with red clover as best for most regions in Missouri. It advises a soil building rotation limiting grain crops to one year in three, and highlights clovers red mammoth and sweet clover or alfalfa as key options per M. F. Miller of the Missouri College of Agriculture.
The article discusses using small grains as nurse crops for clover and rotation plans to protect yields, stressing phosphorus needs on Missouri soils and recommending legumes after crop failure. It then details a North Salem bank robbery where cashier D V Mardis was forced into a vault, about $2500 stolen, with recovery by J M Arnold and bloodhounds tracking the suspect to a farm near Hale, Carroll county.
Diary style entry recounts a series of daily observations and conversations. The narrator notes fortune teller claims and a young man’s experiences, gossip about engagements, a club member writing for a paper, school rehearsal woes, and humorous misadventures with a dentist themed honeymoon and a coal burning tip.
Advertises several hundred pounds of fine honey for sale and a few stands of bees. Prices reasonable. Contact W H Bennett Route 2 Browning Missouri.
J F Hortenstine current Linn county School Superintendent asks voters for re election at the annual school meeting scheduled in April.
On Saturday afternoon January 20 1923 at 4 pm at the Presbyterian church Rev W C Atwood officiated uniting Kenneth Cotter and Beulah Leoch in marriage. The bride was attended by her sister Myrtle Schoch. The bride’s parents are Mr and Mrs W D Schoch of 721 Hansen Avenue and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs S S Cotter, former Brookfielders now living elsewhere.
Forty acre farm for sale located 24 miles northeast of Browning near a rural route and school. Well improved property available through J. H. Dunlap.
J. D. Burwell of Browning Missouri advertises loans on farm lands at five percent interest with a small cash commission. Various terms of five seven or ten years are offered along with an excellent payment option.
The revival at Browning Baptist Church led by Rev Hargrove and evangelist Jack Turner closed last Wednesday after about three weeks of services. Turner trained the choir and his singing spurred participation. Over 127 conversions were reported and many were baptized on Sunday as a large crowd gathered.
Well improved 100 acre farm four miles from town on rural route four miles from public school. Priced right. Address P. O. Box 136.
J A Carmack announces candidacy for Sullivan County Superintendent of Schools. He lists credentials B S D A B A M and seeks the office with formal declaration.
Calhoun and Thornton offer to sell or trade farms town property and merchandise. They write insurance and make farm loans at the lowest rate.
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