25 May 1911
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
1
A local editor laments lazy youths, sketches a community facing slick sidewalks, and mocks a New York face job as costly vanity. He urges factory growth, condemns stock scams, and notes TB risk in crowded cities while praising wholesome hometown virtues.
Contractors and builders announce a new gas line powered cement mixer and readiness to install walks on short notice. They specialize in concrete blocks cellars houses and foundation work and invite customers to inspect their work and discuss projects.
Notice seeks wool. J D Knifong via Farmers Exchange Bank contact. W T Moore warns to keep out of pasture with gun or dog.
A reflective verse urging restraint in fault finding and urging charity toward others. It argues mortals speak of others faults while neglecting their own, urging readers to praise or refrain from naming others and to mend their own shortcomings through charity.
The letter recounts a January journey by rail through Oklahoma Panhandle New Mexico and Arizona to California and Oregon. It mentions Os Angels Pasadena Los Angeles San Francisco and Hood River with casual notes on scenery and a stop at an ostrich farm. It adds a postscript about Ray Nickell’s return and a high school graduation.
State board reports apples show a promising crop with best yields in the northeast. Jonathan varieties strong while Ben Davis blooms are light. Peaches vary by region with Elberta damaged in the northwest, scarce in east counties, and light in central and south central areas. Strawberries expected 75 to 100 percent yield, with a few later losses from May frost. Cherries promise very good yields. pears damaged by the last cold wave, with many souring to about 50 percent crop expectations.
Reports indicate a shortage of raspberries and some grape damage from the May 1 freeze. Overall grape production is expected to reach about half a normal crop across the state.
A poet writes of a hometown weekly paper as a comforting link to boyhood friends and familiar streets. He recalls school chums like Tom and the Deacon, and memories sparked by each weekly issue, calling it a cheerful, timeless link to the past.
Shareholders met at the opera house Friday night and elected directors. The board now includes E. B. Fields F. R. Duncan Dr. Ingram J. B. Harvey and H. C. Bailey. They will oversee the telephone service.
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