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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
4
This week in Missouri history notes the 1857 Taney decision ending a decade of litigation over Dred Scott. Missouri figures prominently in both the state and federal actions tracing Scott and his family's fight for freedom.
The article recounts Dred Scott litigation from 1846 to 1857, detailing state court suits in St Louis County, the 1850 verdict granting freedom, and the Missouri Supreme Court decision on March 6 1852 that denied Scott. It notes key figures like Frank P Blair Jr Roswell Field and Henry S Geyer, and the US Supreme Court ruling that Scott could not be a citizen and that enslaved people were property.
An advertisement announces ongoing low pricing for subscriptions to the Leader Record. The offer highlights a year rate of $1.50 and promotes subscribing for continued access to records and notices.
In a witty wartime column, a line suggests men should stay neutral when war breaks out while women plan afternoon cards. the exchange ends with the quip that men should remain absolutely neutral.
W D Patterson of near Purdin was here on business yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs Estle Riddle and daughter were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs I E Bradshaw and daughter. S W Correll of Brookfield spent Tuesday night at the home of Mrs Rebecca Prather and son Fay. Mrs M A Hollman is visiting her father at Wyaconda this week. Mr Holman took her as far as Kirksville on Sunday. Lloyd Lambert returned from Chicago with a carload of good steers he had on feed for months.
The P. E. O. Chapter met on Tuesday with Mrs. Elmo Schrock and elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs. Lila F. Williams, vice president Mrs. Jennie Glaze, recording secretary Mrs. Lorene Whaley, corresponding secretary Mrs. Opal Wicker, treasurer Mrs. Letha Bailey, chaplain Mrs. Reba Hummel, guard Mrs. Kathryn Calhoun, pianist Mrs. Eunice F. Dickinson.
A national gathering in Chicago united wheat, corn, hog farmers with poultry and egg interests. Attendees included buyers from the country, city dealers, poultry paper editors, government officials, hatchery representatives, and state officials.
The piece explains how monetary policy can yield opposite results in different contexts. It notes Roosevelt’s 59 cent dollar aimed at aiding commodity markets and foreign trade, and describes immediate stock and bond market fireworks after the bill signing. Prices rose as trading surged in the ensuing days.
A colorful comparison urges merchants to advertise like Alley Oop to win customers. The piece argues persistence and printer's ink as key tools to regain business normalcy with help from the home paper.
An agricultural commodity notice lists feeds and seed potatoes for sale including North Star Egg Mash Ben Hur Egg Mash Vigorine Chick Mash and a cwt price point. The fragment notes mash varieties and seed potatoes with per hundredweight pricing.
The text notes gold movements into the United States and a depreciating pound as dollar exchange holds, with France sending 105 million francs worth of gold while questions linger on commodity markets. It then gives detailed potato planting guidance including row and within-row distances, seed quality, and planting depth from T. J. Talbert, Chairman, Department of Horticulture.
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