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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
8
John Henry Wulf urges Barry Record readers that small town merchants lose customers by weak ads. He argues for timely, readable newspaper copy showcasing products and prices to drive traffic, noting big outlays for national buyers still rely on effective local advertising.
An elderly Indian man visits a rival newspaper plant to subscribe and asks for a receipt. The editor initially declines, then issues a receipt after persistence. The man explains he will die soon and wants to present the receipt to St Peter to prove he paid for the paper and was good.
Simple and quick remedy for horse colic to be dropped on the tongue using the included dropper. Claimed to cure fifty nine of sixty cases with money back if it fails. Advertised by M. F. Beneh.
Oscar Linhart of Scott County earned 32.31 dollars profit per acre in the Missouri corn club contest. The top acre yielded 118 bushels and 11 pounds with the net profit used to decide the championship announced by George W. Reavis, University of Missouri extension official.
Oscar details his farming method from seed selection to gully control. He credits county agent help, explains plowing depth and fertilization, row spacing, and weed control. He describes concrete dam construction and reinforcement tips for soil erosion and directs readers to Professor Miller’s circular at the College of Agriculture in Columbia, Missouri.
Missouri College circular urges farmers to haul away debris and use brush and straw piles to curb soil washing. It warns gullies deepen from runoff and recommends winter work to plow across slopes and plant cover crops or lay straw to stop erosion.
The nation has faced an epidemic described as grippe with severe cold like symptoms. Experts note most cases are not true grippe and identify possible Strep tococcus in throats, but prevention remains the same. Avoid crowds, limit close contact, cover mouth and nose when coughing, and avoid kissing. Mothers should not blow multiple children's noses in one handkerchief. No specific cure exists. emphasis on good diet, light nutritious foods, and daily cold baths.
G M Spencer traveled to Milan on business last week. Leon Spencer returned home Monday after attending school in Milan. Carl Straley and family visited Mrs Straley’s parents late in the week. Mrs J H Bohannon, visiting locally, returned home near Unionville Saturday. Gordon Norman died at his home 12 miles east of Cora on Sunday and was buried at White Oak Grove cemetery Tuesday.
I J A Mairs administrator of the estate of Helen Clara Harrington will make a final settlement at the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri at Linneus on February 14 1916. Creditors and interested parties should appear if they have claims regarding the estate.
Adv by G. M. Thornton offering the lowest interest on farm loans with best prepayment privilege.
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