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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
4
A collection of light quotes and jokes from the Brown ing Mo postal page dating July 20 1922. Items include bon mots on marriage money laughter and appearances and a gag about a Los Angeles restaurant ad and masked lovers at a license clerk.
A playful mix questions the marital histories of Advice to Lovers writers and notes a novelist never leaving Trenton, New Jersey while writing westerns. It comments on old maids offering childrearing tips, motorcycle noise, and a poke at returning to a simpler life by shedding a simpleton mindset.
A fragment notes Americans facing tougher times as a breadwinner with butter scarce. It mentions a doughboy honored by a French general, highlighting lingering wartime honors and economic strain in a single snapshot.
A light, humorous excerpt contrasts an optimist with a bottle opener and Babe Ruth hitting a horsehide pellet. It notes quips about an Electricity Bill and a recipe hound learning only two things. An exchange mocks locals offered distant investment vs a mine or oil well far away.
The piece observes how Recording Angel ignores fish tales while noting moral sarcasm about aging and insurance. It jokes that cars stall but do not cause colic and that fire insurance adjusters deduct depreciation, implying life insurance adjusters would do likewise for retiring people.
Letters Testamentary for the estate of William T. Prether have been granted to Rebecca A. Prathie executrix by Linn County Missouri Probate Court on June 21 1922. All creditors must present claims within six months for allowance, or be barred. claims not exhibited within one year from issuance will be forever barred. Attest: Arthur L. Pratt Judge of Probate.
The speaker claims every town has a baker's dozen of chaps who are good mixers. They tell funnier stories borrow more money and pay less back. They get more signers to petitions and are elected to more lodge offices while doing less real work.
A humorous reflection notes married life, suggesting couples wed on holidays like Christmas or the Fourth of July to avoid forgotten anniversaries. The piece playfully contrasts memory gaps with festive dates and emphasizes enduring affection.
A concise reflection argues that progress comes from steady effort alongside optimism, emphasizing persistence, discipline, and practical labor as the path to achieving goals. It frames hope as a companion to work rather than a substitute for action.
The text suggests every hard worker should take occasional time off and go fishing with a loafer, conveying a lighthearted view on leisure and companionship.
A tongue in cheek line notes Uncle Sam facing many mandates for Armenians Turks and forty eleven other foreign groups already in the United States leaving little room for new duties.
Some men join clubs because they lack homes and later join because they have homes. The observation highlights how social affiliations provide stability and community for those without housing and how circumstances can alter motivations.
Rain persists with Locust Creek flooding for a second time and high waters damaging crops. Wm Pulliam and wife visited Joe Creason, Laurence Pulliam released from St. Joe hospital and improving. Jess Pulliam and family visited O H Stone on Sunday.
Floyd Fanning of Cora visited Pollock on Thursday. Esta Brockshier and daughter Anna Bell visited the Maxey family. James Bohannon and wife visited their daughter Mrs. C C Dodson. T E Bundridge and wife welcomed a baby boy. Rev. Kennedy of Chillacothe preached at Cross Roads. Wm Butler and wife and Theodore Price were Milan visitors. Lester Kenley and J J Smith shipped cattle from Cora Saturday. Ray Lawrence and Wm Tharp delivered sheep at Browning last week.
Ray Lawrence is poorly. D. G. Havens shipped cattle from Cora last week. Cecil Dodson and family, Her shel Talbert and family, and Grant Dodson visited Chas. Dedson and wife on Sunday.
A short notice urges readers to check the paper’s tag and send a check. The prompt emphasizes ensuring payment or subscription support, reflecting a request for financial action.
Crete has tilted since classical times with the western end rising and the eastern end sinking. A harbor in the west is now dry and walkable, while ancient quays and harbor works in the east lie submerged under water.
Ostriches can reach about sixty miles per hour at full speed and briefly outrun a horse. They run in a loose circle, allowing mounted pursuers to close the gap.
A reflective note asserts that truth ultimately prevails over unpunished theses and lies credited to others. It argues justice follows as truth earns belief, stressing the enduring power of factual accuracy to rectify harm.
A trench statistician estimates a fifty year old man spends 6000 days asleep 6500 days working 800 days walking 4009 days amused himself 1500 days eating and 200 days in other activities.
A German chemist conducted an exhaustive study and concludes that no single person can be deemed the inventor of the friction match. The finding challenges longstanding attributions and invites broader historical analysis.
Fire in clothing tips emphasize staying put and rolling on a carpet or rug to smother flames. Do not run, especially down stairs or toward doors. cover the head to avoid inhaling flames.
Jud Tunkins warns that the person always telling others not to worry may be hiding a con or deception and could be trying to put something over on the audience.
Archaeologists report two Roman coins with Julius Caesar effigies unearthed at 9,000 feet on a Swiss mountain. The discovery adds to alpine relics from ancient trade routes and prompting further exploration.
A willow switch readily takes root when placed in wet, suitable soil. The plant adapts quickly, with ease of rooting noted for damp ground conditions.
Humorous brief notes that a man pursued a woman in a long running courtship or social pursuit with light tone reflecting Chicago American style. The item centers on a man and woman and their evolving relationship.
A fragment notes that not all pink plum girls become fat old women and mentions that some of them die early, implying a cautionary or satirical remark on aging and mortality among a group described as pink plum girls.
Duncan leaves luxury for the wilds to become a lumber man after a gypsy fortune foretells a woman will shape his fate. Lily Dale, now grown, invites him to escort her brother and herself on a forestry trip, prompting Duncan to seize a chance in Langdon’s office and prove his worth. Lola’s prophetic scorn echoes as Roma’s fortune tolls.
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