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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
3
Nancy Howe, a stenographer for Blain & Jones, becomes involved in a high spirited birthday puzzle when Mrs. Luella Kellogg pressingly asks the helper to discover Mr. Blain’s preferred gift. The office game shifts as Blain teases and finally confesses a request for truth in exchange for the secret birthday wish.
The article traces the history of lighthouse lighting from Pharos at Alexandria built by Ptolemy II about 660 B C to later aids like South Foreland and Eddystone. It notes light methods evolving from open wood fires to coal, then oil lamps with reflectors, Argand burners, mineral oil and incandescent mantles shaping major lighthouse illumination worldwide.
An old mariner recalls a steamship voyage with a passenger minister during a severe storm. The divine fears the danger while the captain remains calm. As waves overwhelm the vessel, the clergyman urges trust in Providence, and the captain faces the peril.
Great Britain experiments with an air lifeboat expected to navigate high seas and reach vessels in distress during severe storms.
Julia Bottomley surveys spring millinery noting knitted jacquettes as the season’s key accessory. Describes variations in stripes, coronets, Milan braid hats, and lace accents with silk ribbons, crepe coverings, and floral decorations.
A New York settlement house on the Lower East Side undertakes a systematic search for latent genius among poor children. The effort aims to uncover flowers that blush unseen and prevent lost Miltons of the slums by providing opportunity and patronage to nurture talent and perseverance.
The piece laments the extinction of the genuine Texas longhorn cattle once famed for their horns and speed. It notes none remain in Texas, cites Pecos valley as a last stand, and tells of a legendary lone steer killed by wolves with eight foot horns displayed in San Angelo.
A New Hebrides island named Tobacco Paid for Isle Ten Stick Island was acquired by a British patrol ship captain for ten sticks of tobacco after the local chief sought compensation for shelling risk. The island, notable for its height and small circumference, had served as target practice ground for ships in the group.
Fire Bricks researchers Le Chatelier and Bogitch note the best binding material is impalpable quartz powder produced in special mills. This binding powder significantly increases brick strength at 1600 degrees centigrade, a key quality in high temperature use.
Mrs. Smith, wife of a local plumber, notes violets in a milliner's window that resemble her garden blooms. Mary replies she tended the same violets that morning, marveling at how naturally the Lord makes them.
In an emergency you can develop photographs using shallow wooden boxes like cigar boxes or even cardboard. Coat the interior with hot paraffin wall or black asphaltum varnish to create a developing tray.
A reminiscence by Laura WOMAN'S ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT recounts North Carolina pride and 98 percent native-born residents. Francie Kennedy quotes a Trinity College dean of women on roots, education, and rural living over city life, noting modest beginnings and lasting affection for farm life.
The article profiles Mrs. E. E. Brown of Oakdale Louisiana as a pioneering part time official in municipal government. It notes her background in the State Federation of Women’s Clubs and her nine years as president of the Oakdale Civic League. It highlights her hospitality and charitable work while describing her principled stance against politics when it harmed the city.
Bethlehem Pennsylvania hosts an early orchestra dating to 1780. The town's modern festival is likened to Oberammergau and Bayreuth for its musical prestige.
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