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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
3
A teacher suggests a four season pageant for small rural schools to close the year with a spring chorus. Four girls form seasons Spring Summer Autumn Winter with crepe paper costumes and a choreographed procession to the tune of Swinging Beneath the Old Apple Tree, ending in a joined chorus about Happy Childhood year round.
A spinster club hosted a unique shower for Polly as she marries Cupid finally. Invitations on green cardboard carried yellow lettering signaled jealousy, guests brought teacups and thimbles, and the host supplied towels and a farewell cup of tea.
A nostalgic church supper menu themed with S words. It lists items like scalloped sea-fruit salmon salad and sardines on saltines, plus slimly sliced sandwiches, spiced pickles, seraphic desserts, sherbet, and sentiment souvenirs. Six seventy is noted as time.
A walking costume features a male-colored face cloth with a novel side trim satin buttons and a satin cape. The accompanying coat shows a high-waisted bodice and decorative sleeves with trim. accessories include a blue hat with ribbon. A garden party dress pairs white crepe de chine with imitation Irish crochet lace, tucked skirt, lace sleeves, and gathered elbow details.
Rex Beach warns the Authors' league may not produce author publishers, likening them to actor managers. He notes modern stars demand box office attention and money counting time in the second act, illustrating a mercenary view of fame.
A New York man recalls a Kansas City rail station where a gate man hesitated over train identification. He hurried to buy a ticket for Chicago and learned the cars bore the company name, not a clear destination, shaping his view of local officials.
A sharp exchange centers on taxation with one figure noting the mass of taxes. The speaker defends the public against constant complaint while implying that heavy taxpayers are too busy to protest. The dialogue highlights tensions between taxpayers and contributors.
A playful exchange shows a wife shopping for a new bon net with a $200 down option and prices starting at $10. The husband presses for the exact down payment to decide affordability.
A brief dialogue reveals two women in distress. One was jilted by a lover, the other married the same man. The exchange underscores shared heartbreak and social sting.
A nostalgic line recalls a mother’s tearful injunction as a son leaves to seek his fortune, reflecting on family guidance and the moral contrast between being good and making good. The quotation contrasts a mother’s hope with a pragmatic push to succeed.
An eastern writer lauds the Canadian West as open for migration. He notes large U S and British and continental arrivals, with many heading to prairie provinces and British Columbia. He emphasizes home making, trees, schools, and a permanent settlement, not a temporary bid for wealth.
The storekeeper arranges new goods while her young man arrives. She pauses, greets him with flushed face, and notes an unexplained coldness now between them.
A heroine discussed as ardent for suffrage with a determined daughter who refuses a French poodle over ballet. A matchmaking remark and a teased marriage plans note. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and pain relief at 25 cents a bottle.
A skit of banter about self reliance and pride features a husband and wife sparring over who earns praise. The wife accuses him of living beyond his means while he insists he is a self made man and keeps relaying that his wife’s disbelief is unfounded.
The article explains that color vision tests used for railroad engineers reveal that everyone is partially color blind in parts of the visual field. At an angle of about fifteen degrees red and green fade to yellow or blue, and farther out only gray is seen. It notes three evolutionary stages of eye vision.
A woman complains that her efforts to pluck a single white hair from her brown hair waste time and effort. She describes the struggle as maddening and notes she often ends up removing a brown hair instead while the white hair remains visible.
A fragment notes a sharp, brisk tone in Jimson’s methods. It hints at decisive, perhaps controversial, business practices shaping actions and reactions around him.
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