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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
In a reflective piece on household life the author urges fathers to return home cheerful and mothers to foster a loving, orderly home. The essay contrasts polite public behavior with the deeper home virtue, stressing respect for mothers, family relaxation, and the fireside as a measure of character. A closing Roll of Honor lists local readers renewing memberships in the Leader-Record.
Mr and Mrs M F Bench entertained a small group Wednesday evening May 10 at their North Main Street home. Mrs Bench with Miss Mariyn Best served brick ice cream cake and punch as guests mingled in pleasant conversation and music.
Walter S Dickey born Ontario June 26 1862 son of Irish and Mayflower stock became a public welfare advocate and business leader. He helped organize the clay pipe industry then rose as a key Republican figure in Jackson County and Kansas City politics, holding chairmanships and delegate roles through multiple campaigns.
Joseph W. Mairs born April 6 1847 Ravenswood West Virginia died May 10 1916 near Browning Missouri aged 69 years 1 month 4 days. He served three years in the Union Army and later moved with his parents to Sullivan County then near Browning. He married Mary E Curtis on June 12 1870 and had eight children T I Mairs Alice Purdin John L Mairs Dora Hayes Ada Carr Anna Morris Lillian Van C Mairs plus nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Survived by wife three brothers one sister and many extended relatives.
Notice to publishers of school textbooks invites bids for new contracts under the 1907 act. Bids due by noon May 27, 1916, to the County Textbook Commission secretary in Brookfield Missouri. The commission reserves the right to reject all bids. dated May 6 1916. Ashton Illinois May 10 1916. Friend Joe enclose two dollar subscription fund for advance. Weather fine here. Planting corn began this week. ground in good condition.
The article profiles Mr Dickey a40year Republican leader who helped Taft win the electoral vote and led the 1916 effort to unite Kansas City Republicans. For thirty years he invested time and money to secure party victories and now runs for the Republican nomination for United States Senator upon neighbor support.
Joseph W. Mairs died May 10 at 2 27 p m a kind neighbor and indulgent father mourned by the community Funeral held at Mt Zion church May 13 conducted by Rev J D Noland Unionville MO and burial in Kaifong Cemetery
An evocative line suggests the nation faces a future shaped by an immigrant named Nikola Karaigor or similar. The piece hints at fears over invention altering labor and freedom and the political reaction it provokes.
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