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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
1
The piece urges youth to rise bold against doubt, noting great figures once faced fear and failed attempts before achieving fame. It includes quotes from Edgar A. Guest and Dr. Frank Crane and reflects on fathers, growth, and the value of effort balanced with work and patience.
General Delivery open from 6 45 a m to 6 p m Carriers depart for routes at 7 30 a m Mail for trains must be in the office 30 minutes before departure Lobby closes at 8 80 p m Etha M Williams Postmistress
A letter from Be Bolling of San Diego dated May 11 requests subscription renewals for the Leader Record. She includes checks for 31.50 for next year and 4.50 for past due and Harry Gooch, to be mailed to St. Joseph Missouri. The writer notes declining health and asks Missouri friends to meet and shake hands, reflecting on family dynamics and selflessness.
Saturday May 21 1921 a big program at Electing Theatre features a graphic lumber industry film Prom Tree To Trade showing timber and lumber product manufacture from Southern and Pacific Coast timberlands. Arranged by The Long-Belt Lumber Co. Encourage attendance for families.
A column reflects on the meaning of Mothers Day as more than sentiment, urging genuine care beyond flowers. It also includes local news briefs: a grammar school performance at the Electric Theatre, a May 5 1921 wedding of H C Freeland and Leo L Fields, and a Farmers Store ad promoting a Hoover Suction Sweeper with home demonstrations.
The school presented a church program at the Methodist Church on Sunday May 15 featuring procession and music by an orchestra, invocations by Rev. Shook, male and ladies quartets, scripture reading announcements the Baccalaureate address by Rev. Wanless of Linnesus and Browning, long America, with orchestra, and benediction. The church was well decorated and the program praised as exceptional with a large crowd witnessing the event.
Notice states sealed bids must be received by June 4, 1921 from banks or banking corporations for handling Benton township funds. The township board may reject any or all bids under Revised Statutes of 1919. Dated April 20, 1921, Guy L. Peters, Township Clerk.
The fragmentary diary reveals a week of chores school notes and family interactions. Slats records minor mischief at home a funeral trip a surprising caning and a report card as they navigate parental expectations and daily routines.
Relatives and friends hosted a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. John Burkholder last Saturday evening with over one hundred attendees. The gathering featured music from graphophone piano violins guitars banjo and singing.
Mrs. C. B. Keithley and relatives planned a big surprise dinner for Mr. Keithley last Sunday. The scheme, intended as the surprise of his life, failed to come together despite careful preparations.
A twelve year old boy Bennie Phillips, son of Emmett Phillips, of three miles west of Purdin, died Monday noon after the corn stalk cutter he was unhitching ran away. He fell from the seat and the cutter passed over him, crushing his life. The boy was industrious and his loss is deeply mourned.
Orville Hatch and Amelia Chapman wed in Brookfield Baptist church on March 24 after secretly kept news. They traveled with Miss Alice Curtis from Meadville to the ceremony at 6 o clock as relatives gathered later to witness the surprise wedding and enjoy refreshments.
On a Sunday, about forty relatives and friends surprised J. H. Bundridge for his sixty fourth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Bundridge attended a baccalaureate at the M. E. church with Rev. Wanless, then returned home to a feast laid by the guests.
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