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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
1
Dieting gains respect in medicine and workplaces as age, occupation, size, sex, and season shape meals. The piece defends a balanced diet, contrasts youth and older generations, and warns against dangerous drink substitutes and bootleg products with cautionary anecdotes and a call to heed public guidance.
A discussion notes general reduction of costs halting forward movement. Advocates cite good roads as proof of an enterprising community while warning free ranging chickens ruin gardens and upset neighbors, framing cost cuts against civic improvement.
Rev. Lloyd Harmon receives a friendly call from Jake Harmon of Milan and Rev. Loyd Harmon of Wyoming Illinois. Lloyd, a Duncan township native, built a career through Y M C A and Sunday school work, studied in Iowa, won a gold medal in a Nebraska university oratorical contest, and serves as M E Church pastor in Wyoming Illinois with a rising outlook for a larger pastorate.
6 percent money for well improved farms with ample backing. Save time and money by contacting us before placing your loan. We offer good prepayment privileges and promptly close loans. BURWELL & PORTER Milan Missouri.
The paper explains readers its thin print and show-through due to costly stock and wartime shortages. It recalls prewar prices around forty dollars a ton versus today’s higher rates and ongoing supply disruptions from pulp shortages and strikes.
A reader notes ongoing paper shortages affect print quality and page integrity. The speaker laments faded text and torn sheets but insists the staff will continue to do their best with the available material.
A farmer lender announces available land loans with low interest and favorable repayment options. He has prospective buyers and seeks more land listings to purchase or shar e now. Burwell urges action to capitalize on the current market.
An entry style diary recounts a child's week with school, chores, and family. The narrator describes teachers, a report card, and everyday life including a father’s swearing, a caddie role, a new bed, and humorous mis spellings reflecting a rural voice.
Advertises Prest-O-Lite batteries with guaranteed savings up to ten dollars per battery. Lists prices for Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, Overland, Oakland, Studebaker, Dodge and long type batteries. Includes repair of all makes with genuine parts at Lee's Garage and Sayers Battery Service Station in Milan Missouri.
A complete outfit includes a Superior hay pitcher a Jenkins hay rake and a McCormick mower all in good shape. Price asked is 60 dollars for the set and contact is George Christy.
An anecdotal piece contrasts a city girl's rejection of a $10000 farm caregiving offer with the quiet happiness found on rural life. It argues happiness cannot be bought and notes many girls prefer city life yet many others willingly serve elderly rural residents, finding joy in nature and daily farm tasks.
Colonel Webber’s air tour in Kirksville drew nearly a score of passengers at five dollars each. Sunday demand surged with trips as regular as a merry go round. Dr Ing ram and Dr Ep person tried promising voyages but were humorously denied admission by St Peter. Norris Phillips hoped for a financial cure. The plane crew then went to North Salem Monday.
The note invites customers to a back-page sale running from July 21 to July 30 offering regular high grade stock at reduced prices. It emphasizes a clearance not a sale on inferior goods and suggests readers will find many needed items.
The Farmers Store announces a sale running July 21 through July 30 with very low prices intended to let customers save enough to buy additional items they wanted. The notice invites shoppers to visit during the event.
The office reports a heavy workload this week and next to finalize the new school catalogue. It will run about ninety pages of advertising and editorial content, with significant printing demands possibly delaying news delivery.
A. J. Bitets and family from Hamilton neighborhood visited Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hamilton along with Mrs. Hazel Watkins and daughter Geraldine and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morris and son Alfred of Milan for Sunday gatherings.
Mrs. Jas W Hoskins recalls her daughter bringing a basket full of angel food cake fried chicken honey and pie which Mr and Mrs Roy Smith and their son Freddie enjoyed during a Sunday visit with Mrs Smiths parents.
War prices have fallen and manufacturers cut costs while farmers sold crops at lower rates. The Farmers Store announces seasonable goods bought at low prices and passed to hundreds of customers. Read the page ad for bargains and great clearance sales for readers traveling to stock up.
Mr and Mrs Lee Duncan of Moulton Iowa stayed with Mrs Mary Duncan after returning from Wheatland Wyoming where they visited Mr and Mrs Ellea Reed and Mr and Mrs Page M Reed. They report the Reeds thriving with good crops in a pretty country. Col Reed has been financially successful in the west.
An exceptionally long hot spell lingers over the area, despite a few showers that briefly cooled the air. The intense heat has slowed farm work for weeks, with limited relief from sporadic rainfall not noticeably easing conditions.
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