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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
1
A column extols beauty as health and character, urging kindness and self control. It urges mothers to teach sons domestic duty, cherish childhood innocence, keep flowers at home, and express appreciation before loved ones pass.
The passage urges telling loved ones appreciation first before seeking praise elsewhere. It argues that praising neighbors or others cannot replace honoring parents and recognizing elders. It warns of neglecting virtues at home while finding faults in the household.
Uncle Wm. Cassity in a high speed turn accidentally pressed the accelerator, struck a post, and kept a belt as a championship token. John Burwell crossed a culvert during heavy rains, car slid into a ditch but he escaped unharmed while defending his little red belt.
A photoplay featuring Alice Brady in a lumber camp romance with action and heart. Brady delivers charm in a red blooded story. admission ten and fifteen cents.
Merchants debate whether to advertise during ideal farming conditions with some arguing it is unnecessary for well known businesses while others warn against missing opportunities to reach customers.
A local plea urges Browning merchants to advertise in the home paper to boost business and compete with city stores. The author notes many retailers neglect ads while mail order houses prosper and asks merchants to invest at least two dollars in advertising to keep the town thriving.
Ordinance 58 requires wagons carriages autos and motorcycles on Main Street between Fourth and Sixth Streets to travel on the north side westbound and on the south side eastbound with violators subject to arrest and fines from one to one hundred dollars. City Clerk S P Dar and Marshal J J Garrett signaled official notice to observe for public safety.
The notice lists recent new and renewal entries for the Leader-Record including E. E. Harmah route 3 Mrs Abigail Wallace New Boston Mrs Maggie F Wells Plano Iowa D. P. Myers Shafter J F Mc Clead Athens Ohio Elmer McClead J R Lantz route 3 P Brumbaugh city for Dr Brumbaugh Milan Mrs Mary M Johnson Albany Ore W R Haggard route 2 Mrs Hinda Rush city C L Crowdis Roger Albert Maggart Cora H A Warren route 1 J W Riddle route 1 Mrs Mae Summers Florida City Fla R A Glaze Humphreys Jas R Williams Kirksville Fuller Sisters route 1 J N Maxey star route David L Cady Purdin
Nora O Beck born August 4 1878 near Owasco Missouri died June 17 1917. She married L M Kenley March 1 1897 and had five children Claude 18 Mabel 15 Edna 13 Leon 9 Floy 7. She leaves husband children a brother H H Beck a mother Mrs P A Beck two sisters Mrs Rosa Riddle and Mrs Ivah Sweet and other relatives. Funeral at Baptist church officiated by Rev Drinkard. Burial at White Oak Grove. Browning’s Fourth of July celebration announced with speakers and program details promised next week.
Browning business leaders and booster citizens held a Monday night meeting at the Electric Theatre to appoint committees for a Fourth of July celebration. James M. Huston was named manager and chairman of the organizing group.
A sprawling rumor chain traces possible end dates through distant sources. The text compiles hearsay from varied figures, including a circus clown and a Chinese contact in Timbuctoo, weaving toward a claimed war end date via a seventh husband’s relative.
Word from John Z Rogers says Paul Warner, grandson of J A Calhoun, is well at Great Lakes. He broke the track record without spikes and finished second in the mile, thrilling a large crowd at a recent meet.
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