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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
1
A reflective piece argues a university professor earned a pension from the Carnegie Foundation after decades of work and generous giving to students and charities. It contrasts quiet philanthropy with wealth, ending noting there is more to womanhood than sex appeal. Local ads follow for farms, loans, and bees for sale in Browning Missouri.
A local minister voices shock at York society women’s dress in a fiery talk. He bemoans bare shoulders and arms, linking attire to moral decay and provoking debate over modesty and public decency.
For sale. Janesville corn planter and a Janesville disc cultivator, used one season. C A Fleming.
Do Not Use Your Umbrella or a new automobile top cover. We have them any top any material. Geo W Shaw advertises in Linneus Missouri at the southeast corner of the public square.
In contrast to sensational city papers, The Leader Record highlights local achievements and the progress of Browning's people. The paper vows to celebrate community success, promote cooperative civic effort, and feature those building homes and aiding others.
Notice is given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Farmers Exchange Bank will be held at the bank in Browning Missouri on May 16 1923. The meeting will begin at o oclock a m and continue at least three hours to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and to transact other proper business. J I Harmon President R M Calhoun Secretary
Local Farmers Store advertises Start to Finish Buttermilk Chick Feed as a staple for baby chicks with a note to ask neighbors about its benefits and mentions carrying all varieties of chick feed at all times.
A Farmers Store advertisement touts Munsingwear emphasizing wear fit and comfort and suggests customers will buy more after trying one suit despite a higher price.
Diary excerpts recount family life with jokes and a ball game score 27 to 19 and a lengthy moral on self-reliance. The note ends with an official call for sealed bids for township funds in Benton Township Linn County Missouri due June 8 1923.
Advertises pure bred baby chicks for sale from Mrs. Alfie Gooch. Mentions hens furnished for mothers and inquiries via telephone in North Salem.
Jno Deere offers corn plants at 60 cents per unit in stock with a note that the next shipment will cost 10 percent more. K M Duncan Co.
A fragmented local column mocks grand falsehoods from a weary soldier craving tobacco to a vaudeville joke about vast farms. The piece stitches humorous exaggerations and tall tales, ending with a stray liar’s boast as it wanders through absurd claims.
Wool buyers Lantz and Turner offer top market price this season by grade and condition. Farmers urged to bring fleece for cash payments and fair evaluation by experienced buyers.
Ray McHargue bought the Bakery of Earl Johnson and takes possession. He has baking and grocery experience and is confident of success. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson计划 relocate to Denver after school ends, with many friends wishing them well.
Burwell and Porter of Brookfield Missouri advertise farm loans at five and a half percent interest availability to farmers seeking financing.
Didamie Marley born October 27 1845 in Crawford county Pennsylvania died April 30 1923 aged 77 years 6 months. She moved with family to Illinois then Missouri settling in Jackson township and living on a farm over 53 years. She joined Sebago church early and remained faithful. Funeral May 2 at Mt Olive church conducted by Rev James L Bate. Buried nearby cemetery.
A short telegram style note from D. L. Ramsey of Agra Oklahoma dated May 5 1923 mentions a closed Post Office Order for 1.50 and sends greetings to Brother Joe noting fine weather and rain, asking to hear via the Leader Record and signing fat and sassy.
E M Page extension horticulture specialist at Missouri College of Agriculture suggests tobacco farming, once a major Missouri industry, may rebound through truck crops. He notes the shift from dark fire cured chewing tobacco to broader truck crop production as prices for the former fall.
The Missouri crop for White Burley shifts from river loess to Ozark areas with Branson in Taney county topping Western market sales. Yields run 950 to 1000 pounds per acre with 25 to 30 cents per pound common, using Holley and Brown County strains and fertile land. Planting occurs May to mid June with 34 to 48 inch row spacing and 16 to 22 inch plant spacing. A complete 3-8-6 fertilizer may boost returns on less fertile soil.
The Farmers Store promotes new spring and summer suits with reasonable prices inviting customers to visit and browse the fresh stock for men and young men.
J. D. Burwell states he can loan money on farm lands at 5 percent for five seven or ten years with a small cash commission and excellent payment option.
Mrs H A Thurlo received and set up at the grave of her husband at Hoover Cemetery a fine granite monument purchased from Summers and Warren of Milan Granite Shop. The monument is praised as one of the best erected in the cemetery in many years and the firm is described as well known and reliable.
Special Notice announces a complete line of trunks traveling bags and suitcases always in stock for customers seeking quality luggage and dependable travel gear.
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