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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
1
A blended column opens with praise for advertising and its economic impact, then shifts to reflections on springtime hobbies such as backyard truck gardens. It honors workers especially women, discusses public health progress, and notes rising living costs. The piece closes with a obituary for Wanda Lambert and a local vignette.
A distressed speaker laments severe pains in head and body, unable to breathe or eat, fearing imminent death. He notes cold feet, a lack of appetite, and being heavily medicated, while preparing for rest and a bier. The tone conveys urgent personal suffering and imminent mortality.
Obituary item announcing the death of Mildred Lorene Cokerham, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Cokerham, at nine months and twenty two days. Funeral held at home with many mourners, burial in Enterprise cemetery. Includes family notes about longing for home and farm life in Browning Illinois.
Citizens of Browning are called to a mass meeting at the Electric Theater on Thursday night March 15 1917 at 7 30 P M to discuss erecting a school building. The proposal will be voted on at the annual school meeting set for April 3 1917. Official notice by the board dated March 7 1917.
The writer encloses eight dollars for his Leader book for his mother Mrs B F Carter. He notes she was behind on the paper and asks for the remaining amount to be sent. The recipient is Joseph Nickell of Browning Missouri.
A poem contrasts a biblical perfect man with modern innovation. It traces humanity from hunter gatherer ease to cooked food, written laws, and excess that crowds life. The piece questions society’s drive to “tile” and regulate essential needs and body parts.
A fragment about changing fighting tools from clubs to submarines hints at evolving warfare. Betsy of the Boulevard appears as a central figure in this historical query, though exact details remain unclear.
Mrs. Lorene Whaley hosted Chapter V on March 7. Officers chosen: Gertrude Fields president Eunice Dickinson vice president Ada Bolling treasurer Lilah William chaplain Louie Duncan guard Reba Hummel journalist Artie Calhoun pianist. A two course luncheon followed. Next meeting March 28 with Lilah William on P. E. O. Constitution and parliamentary rules.
The Parent-Teacher Association met at Mrs. Laura Fields home on the first Tuesday with fourteen members present. They discussed filing in the school house grounds and plan to beautify the grounds and undertake necessary improvements. Mrs. Marvin joined the association and members urge others to join and help build the town and school. The group thanks the progressive school board for their earnest work and courteous responses.
Mary Pickford brings pathetic charm and winsome grace as the heroine in Margaret Mayo's Behind The Scenes a charming drama of theatrical life shown at the Electric Theatre Friday night.
Duncan township voters meet March 16 at White Oak Grove church to nominate a township ticket. Benton township voters convene in Browning March 17 to nominate their township ticket. By order of committee.
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