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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
4
Notice indicates material entered at the Brown ing Missouri post office as second class mail matter on July 8 1897. The entry documents classification and date for mail service, reflecting historic postal records from the period. The record preserves place name Brown ing and the status of second class mail.
The community enjoyed a welcome rain on Friday. Mrs. I J McCollum continues to recover from a broken arm three weeks earlier. Otis McCollum and families and Perry Christian and family visited Allen Sills and mother Sunday. Charley Cordray and Perry Christian sold wool at 47 cents a pound after shearing their sheep. Several residents attended Memorial Way exercises at Browning on the 30th. Mrs. I M Cattey visited Arthur in Winigan as their daughter Dorothy has measles. Mrs Barbara McCollum and granddaughters Mildren Fern and Geraldine Jones from Hutchinson Kansas visited relatives here. George McCollum went to Browning on business Monday.
Weather has caused heavy rain and farmers are replanting corn. Local residents deal with measles. Hoselton, Jones, Turner and Milhoan families visit Wm Turner and Velma Milhoan. Hutchell Turner and Floyd Cleeton visit Gifford. Johnnie Nowak works on cemetery fence.
Local residents visited relatives in Humphreys and at various homes including W E Jenkins, Joe Schreckhise, Hubert Lyons, Frank Cassity, and Joe Creason. A new schoolhouse is planned for Grantsville district. About 90 relatives and friends gathered for Antone Reidel’s birthday celebration amid a festive feast.
Real summer weather sets in as Clive and Glenn Freeland ship a car of hogs from Cora on Saturday. Swearangen visits Cora Sunday. J. H. Tharp and wife visit Cleve Jennings. D. W. Jennings family and George and Hazel Dodson join S. C. Harmon for Sunday guests.
Mrs. Mabel Brookshier and her little daughter Anabel were guests of Nelson Maxey and family last week. J.B. Franklin and family spent Sunday with Carl Daniels and family. E.E. Maxey sold a horse to Smith and Kenley of Browning. Lot Langdon and wife visited Mrs. Langdon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Modrell. Pete Carmack sheared sheep in the community last week. Nelson Maxey and family visited Roger to spend the day with Leé Shepherd and wife. Sylvia Carmack spent Sunday with Vesta Dodson. Pansy Spencer of Cora was Milan visitor Saturday.
L. C. Tomlin in St Louis on business Monday. D G Freeland of Kirksville on business Tuesday. Mrs J J Harmon ill this week. Measles remain in town. G T Woodward in Kirksville yesterday. Elvis Martin near Winigan on business Saturday. Harvey and Neets stock screen wire and doors. J M Guyer of Purdin visited Tuesday. Mrs Frank Horning of St Joseph visiting the Green family. H N Thurlo left for Iowa City to attend. Angus cattle sale today. Delbert Nickell left for Emporia Kansas to harvest. John B McCollum east of North Salem on business Tuesday. C E Rinehart hauled hogs to St Louis market early week. Orlen Harris southeast of Milan visited Tuesday. Miss Jessie E Fuller renewed Fuller Sisters subscription. Alf Pipes near Green Castle visited to see the ditcher and chat. rain abundant at his place.
J J Garrett won the city marshal race against Mark O Alspach as voters stayed away in a warm election day. He took the oath that night, received the keys to the city, and pledged to maintain law and order with strict on the beat.
A warning notes that finely powdered metals burn rapidly and cites deadly explosions from aluminum dust and hard rubber dust. It records six girls killed in one incident, six workers fatally burned in another, and multiple disasters in mills and factories where combustible dust ignites in confined spaces.
A Scientific American note describes a blue racer defeating a venomous diamondback rattlesnake in a fight. The racer was bitten but retreated to weeds to extract juice from stems, then returned to renew the combat and eventually destroy the rattler.
The passage argues Cervantes used humorous irony during the Inquisition to express sentiments without provoking the Sacred Office. It compares Goethe and Heine, noting that a minister or courtier could not speak frankly, so Goethe and Heine draped truth in humor and irony to reveal what could not be stated openly.
The Elephant and Castle in South London derives its sign from the Citlers' company arms, while a St Pancras tavern bears a sign from an elephant skeleton and a flint spear found nearby. The two relics are linked to Queen Boadicea's battle against Romans, a clear symbolic connection.
Atomized coal, a finer form than powdered coal, is being used to produce high grade paint and as a lampblack substitute in ink. It also serves in facing foundry molds to create smooth surfaces before casting.
The article lists latest calculations for planetary distances from the sun. Mercury at 35 million miles, Venus 658 million, Earth 100 million, Mars 140 million, Jupiter 475 million, Saturn 872 million, Uranus 1.754 billion, Neptune 2.746 billion miles.
A Kansas City Star fragment recalls a long forgotten incident told by a man about a Scotchman, with the tale now remembered by few and the storyteller’s name and circumstances lost to time.
Under Jersey marriage law a widow’s son must provide a home for his mother after marriage unless he can support her in a separate residence. The rule applies to women who marry the widow’s only son in the English Channel island.
Suburban notice seeks a cook to work in a garage setting. Offer includes garage use, car tire repairs, and gasoline purchases from the employer. Includes informal terms and potential for on‑site duties.
The Big Ben clock in the London Parliament tower sends an automatic daily signal to Greenwich. It rarely varies more than a second, illustrating remarkable timekeeping accuracy from the famed timepiece.
A local resident, Uncle Eben, declares he has no use for agitators challenging his right to tend to his own affairs and refuses to comment further on the dispute. The remark reflects tensions in a small community over public fuss and interference.
Romans used moths and beetles as a food source, indicating sustainable protein choices in ancient diets. The note reflects historical entomophagy practices and cultural attitudes toward edible insects.
The Boston Transcript remarks on a wedding where the bride weeps with emotion at her own vows while friends shed tears, not for themselves but in shared sentiment and memories.
An old saying notes that hardship can erase prior fortune. The saying warns that an ounce of misfortune may erase a pound of prior luck.
The Kansas City Star notes that zoning has become a necessary tool in American cities. A model statute from the Department of Commerce Division of Building and Housing could guide uniform state laws. Missouri already has zoning statutes but only for large cities.
Dr John M Gries chief of the building and housing division of the Department of Commerce outlines four basics for home financing during Better Homes week. Know what you buy and how to buy it plan payments and loan sources, and determine affordable amounts.
Kansas to establish memorial highways for Spanish American War soldiers with flower lined routes. Boy scouts will plant reseeding varieties along roadsides and maintain lines with patrols, repeating sowing where seeds fail due to soil.
The article advises early conferences among owner, architect, and landscape designer when developing private gardens and residences. It stresses cohesive design of drives, walls, terraces, fountains, and recreational areas to ensure the house and gardens fit the neighborhood and avoid discord or ostentation.
An American editor urges all effort and loyalty toward making the home worthy of every good instinct and form of family pride, calling for devotion to domestic life as a central social value.
An editorial note from the Boston Transcript contrasts pleasant chatter with the moment to act, warning that some people seem agreeable until action is needed.
An English gardener raises rhubarb plumes 57 inches long, a remarkable growth for a fruiting stalk and a local horticulture curiosity.
Ontario hosts more than one third of Canada's paper and pulp mills, establishing the region as a national hub for the industry with significant impact on supply and employment.
An author visits a married acquaintance and learns a sprightly girl is named Cornelia but called Elia. The hostess explains Elia is easier and notes the name’s classic tie to Charles Lamb, while the man quips about painless corn extraction.
Ben Nickell of Winigan stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs E W Nickell. Farmers welcome rain after a dry spell. Hazen Hill of Missoula Mont arrived as a guest of friends. son of Henry Hill once in business with J A Calhoun near The Farmers Store site. Now with a large mercantile firm in his hometown.
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