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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
1
A civic essay urges townspeople to boost the town through pride, cleanliness, and beautification. It praises productive residents over critics and calls for gardens, flowers, and well kept streets to attract visitors and foster growth. The piece emphasizes local merchants and community spirit as keys to a thriving town.
A verse about loving one’s town and betting on local growth versus cursing it. It contrasts civic zeal with a call to support local effort. The line ends by noting tea costs in China and the long journey it travels to reach consumers.
William B Haley son of Daniel Haley Browning and Miss Glenn M Tolbert of Milan wed yesterday at bride’s grandfather J T Simpson home in Milan. Rev T T Fracier officiated. They will visit Iowa before returning to make their home on a Browning area farm. Standard offers congratulations.
Joshua S. Lambert born November 30 1848 in Washington County Ohio moved to Missouri in 1865. He married Sarah Gier December 3 1868 producing nine children and later married Nancy A Kenedy in 1893 with three more children. He died March 22 1917 at age 68 years 8 months and 22 days. He lived in North Salem and on a farm east of Salem.
Funeral services were held at North Salem for W. W. Clay attended by a large crowd. He leaves brothers Abner E. and Robert B. and sisters Esther H. Kelley Mary E. Christy and Zilpha D. Sturdivant. His remains were buried near the cemetery to await resurrection.
A reminiscence of a gathering at Mrs Rebba Hummel’s house with guests in old fashioned attire. Dads in attendance, hoop skirts and bonnets, costume contests, a two course luncheon, gingerbread, and playful scenes as everyone recalled days of long ago.
A humorous lament on soaring living costs: lines describe dieting, scarce staples like butter cheese potatoes and sauerkraut, diet jokes, and daily woes. The speaker frets about bills and social status while quipping about thrift and hunger in a period voice.
Fragmentary verse fragment notes a village street scene with implied proximity and social observation, referencing ends meet and a pairing of skirts as a focal image.
Robert Stephenson born March 22, 1826 in Blunt county Tennessee grew to manhood married twice and had ten children. He moved to Sullivan county near Cora in 1860 and died March 22 at age 91 leaving a widow seven sons and one daughter. Funeral services were held by Rev Henney and he rests in Deep Spring cemetery awaiting the resurrection morn.
Miss Verda Potter led a thriving term at Dickinson school ending Friday March 23, 1917. Parents and patrons gathered at noon with baskets for a fine dinner and a brief program by the teacher and pupils concluded the day.
Dr Elliott A Boyle spoke at the Electric Theatre after the picture show, addressing a fair sized audience. The Lyceum Course concluded with a final lecture that was shortened by the late hour, though backers are pleased overall despite many numbers running at a loss.
B D Bolling, president of the Savings Bank, is praised as a loyal friend of the home paper. He regularly pays for multiple LEADER RECORD subscriptions and recently handed a check for five dollars to cover himself and several others.
In Duncan township the Democrats swept all seats with candidates John Murdock Ed Creson F L Maggart D G Freeland Clint Maggart C E Potter A R Dil linger and Thos Fanning elected. Across the line in Linn county both parties ran full slates with winners L G Schrock Virgil Lee J W Fields J I Harmon Grover Garrett G W Knnfong E L Jones and Wm Oaks, majorities from 1 to 45.
Dr. Hunter praised advertising after his dog returned home soon after an ad appeared in the editor's paper. He had previously noted advertising as a tool for locating lost pets, and this recent success underscored its effectiveness despite modest means.
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