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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
5
Community members from Browning and nearby towns attend Alumni Banquet and visit relatives. Readers report arrivals and departures, sharings of holidays, school departures, and local business ads plus farming news and seed testing notes.
Reader recalls early days of radio and concerns about the piano’s fate in American life. The piece notes the piano’s high cost, its educational and pleasure value, and a price drop from $500 to under $200. It mentions a revival of interest in the victrola and growing sales of talking-machine records, suggesting the piano may return to front parlors as a lasting American institution.
Agent Hall urges farmers to purchase grass and clover seed early as prices rise. He notes red clover remains cheap but scarce nationally, forecasting prices may reach spring levels due to limited supply and higher overall costs.
Secretary Wickward states agriculture is ready to defend the nation with ample food supplies and strong soil fertility. He credits agricultural marketing cooperatives for moving farmers toward businesslike production and distribution, improving soil use, harvesting, and shipping. He notes cooperatives seek fair farmer returns and dependable, affordable farm crops for consumers.
Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association treasurer John Rogers says late returns after the campaign closed on Christmas Day will raise the final sales total. Returns so far fall short of funds needed for this year, but Rogers remains confident that holiday totals will materially increase the final figure. He notes many supporters delayed purchases and will send in payments.
Dr E B Linhart an osteopath with 25 years of experience advertises cures for colds influenza neuralgia rheumatism lumbago liver stomach bowels and women and children's diseases. Office at home on E Main Browning.
A letter from Frank Priebe notes continued support for Christmas Seals and TB control in Sullivan County. He highlights late gifts yet pride in past contributions, outlines plans for thorough TB diagnosis with x rays, and urges careful investment in poultry to boost returns while funding health efforts.
The speaker warns poultry raisers to avoid cheap chicks. He recounts a hatchery visit where a man bought 500 cheap chicks at six cents but only half thrived, costing more overall. He advises raising as many good chicks as possible, not merely maximizing quantity with low-quality stock.
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