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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
1
The piece contrasts fear with action, recalling Edison on work hours and urging readers to pursue effort. It contrasts bad town habits with civic pride, urging cleanliness, order, and self-reliance as signs of progress and community strength. It finishes with a call to push good changes.
C Pryor of 320 Hyatt St Brookfield Missouri advertises for a trade. He seeks a truck or heavy horses suitable for coal hauling wagons and urges quick action.
Special notice from Ben Mairs warnings against hunting on his farms. Stay off property to prevent prosecution and safeguard crops and livestock.
Saturday evening R. W. and Millard Hall finished our principal streets and the hot weather aided the oiling. Residents note cleaner shoes with less mud and expect reduced winter dust and easier street maintenance, hoping oiling saves money next year. Local store advertises sales and price cuts.
Brookfield Missouri advertisement invites readers to mail name and address on a postcard to receive a free monthly magazine about new records and artists. Include the talking machine owned. No obligation.
Milan lodge members invited the degree team from Milan to visit Milan and Purdin. About thirty five to forty men from Milan and Purdin attended at I C of F Hall for an evening of degrees and fellowship. The event ended with ice cream and cake, and participants hoped for more such gatherings.
Sullivan County's Biggest Store Haas Ash Co invites readers to visit its two large stores at M and C. A wonderful reduction in shoes hosiery and apparel with an immense line of clothing and the newest creations. Readers are cordially invited to visit.
An advertisement from Burwell and Porter of Milan Missouri promotes farm loans at 6 percent interest with fast closing and good prepayment privileges. It urges readers to contact or write before securing a loan.
A diary fragment shows daily life with family tensions and odd details from Chillicothe, Browning, and surrounding areas. It mentions a confrontation with Jake, farm chores, savings, and a trip to a social, followed by a baseball game report where Browning loses to Chillicothe and next play Bosworth.
The ad claims Prest-O-Lite batteries save nearly ten dollars per unit and lists prices for Ford Chevrolet Buick Overland Oakland Studebaker and more with a complete parts guarantee. Repair shop offers servicing for all makes with genuine parts and a strong guarantee. See Sayers Battery Service Station in Milan Missouri.
Robert L. Hassler offers Hassler shock absorbers at Peterson Garage with a 50 day free trial to prove their comfort and ease of ride for Dodge car owners.
The Farmers Store offers mid season reductions on voiles and summer dress goods making scarce discounts for shoppers. Reduced prices appear during a rare mid season sale at The Farmers Store.
Miss Geraldine Prather daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Prather and a Browning student won the top prize of 300 in music from the Chicago Musical College. The prize offers a free postgraduate course with teacher selection. She plans to return home later this month and deserve congratulations for the honor.
A mass meeting at Haley hall decided to celebrate July 4 in Browning with appointed committees. The soliciting committee has begun the financial program after a liberal merchant donation, the largest ever for a Browning celebration.
R. M. Long of North Salem and Elvis Martin of Winigan visited Tuesday. Long wrote a large check to cover print paper costs and shipped a car of cattle to market, saying he wanted to pay up before returning from the sale. Both gentlemen are prosperous farmers and friends of the Leader-Record.
Our paper invites readers to notice our advertising line this week as the live page showcases promotions and commercial messages designed to engage local businesses and shoppers.
A fragment notes 12 pounds of sugar available for a price of 00 at The Farmers Store.
A four person dinner sparks a playful bet on dessert versus cheese and wafers as gossip unfolds. The narrator notes men and women as original gossipists and recalls Luke McLuke’s quip that without men women would be the biggest gossips.
Wool growers are informed a car will be on track today Thursday and the coming Friday and Saturday to load all wool pooled by farmers in the section. Farmers are urged to bring in their wool on these days.
Alvin Shipley born 1895 near Roger Sullivan county grew to manhood in our high school. He served in World War I and died of pneumonia fever in France in 1918. His body returned and was laid to rest June 11 at Henry cemetery in Browning Linneus area with Rev Wanless presiding.
Another shipment of ladies gingham and voile dresses has arrived at The Farmers Store. They are advertised as the best values of the season with sizes 16 to 42 and prices from 5.50 to 10.00.
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