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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
6
A child named Jonathan points to a vivid illustration in King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table and asks what it is. His father calls it a dragon, prompting further curiosity about what it might be dragging.
In a courtroom exchange Attorney Blank questions a witness. The witness, a saloon bartender across the street, repeatedly answers no to prior arrests or court appearances. A humorous line ends with the bartender noting his local occupation.
A western Kentucky grade school assigns a time period exam. A student defines millenium as a centennial with more legs, eliciting quiet smiles and a lesson on spelling and language.
A defendant admits throwing his mother in law from a window claiming lack of thought. The judge notes potential harm to bystanders and weighs responsibility in the case. The exchange highlights issues of intent and recklessness.
A man faced charges for shooting pigeons belonging to a farmer. The defense sought to intimidate the farmer. The farmer testified he suspected the man after seeing him on his land with a gun, hearing a gunfire, and finding four pigeons in the man’s pocket.
Ralph Bellamy shares a department store quip about a woman trying a fur coat. She asks if the seal coat will stand the rain. The clerk replies that a seal carries an umbrella, delivering a light, period-appropriate punchline.
A Sunday School teacher ends a Noah and the Ark lesson with “any questions” and a boy asks why Noah didn’t kill the two mosquitoes first, highlighting a playful misinterpretation of the biblical tale.
Classified listings advertise a range of business buys and properties across the U S and abroad. Items include an electric popcorn machine two soda fountains six refrigerator generators a cafe beer fixtures and hardware plus a potato peeler. Also offered are cattle yards feed stores hotels tourist courts and motel properties with leases and net profits mentioned. Additional listings cover farms lakeside houses pearl farms and wholesale equipment with contact details in Missouri California Wisconsin Arizona and Japan.
Unimproved and improved farms offered in Cedar County and near Neosho with portions of tillable land, timber, spring, fencing, and varying prices. Additional listings include 1124 acre Weld County farm with tillable land and electric line, and Allis Chalmers tractors with equipment from Missouri sellers.
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