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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
1
Our Farmers' Column urges careful ram selection and warns that light lambs under market weight yield low profits. It cites Missouri Experiment Station Circular 65 showing wide price spreads between top and cull and advises holding light lambs at home until ready for sale.
The Missouri Experiment Station reports four year crop rotation with clover doubles grain yields. Compare continuous cropping yields of corn oats and wheat with rotated plots yielding significantly higher amounts. A Clover and Prosperity campaign will tour ten eastern counties for five weeks starting around July 1.
The Missouri Clover and Prosperity campaign promotes using inoculated clover to fix nitrogen, turning it into a free, rich protein feed and building soil nitrogen for future crops. Farmers in several counties will cooperate with the State Agricultural Extension Service to conserve crop residues and boost soil wealth.
Missouri field experiments show phosphate application improves clover stands and yields. Phosphorous use often ensures a dense stand and is best applied with small grains.
The Clover and Prosperity campaign of the Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating with ten eastern Missouri counties, showcases how seeding clover and applying 150 to 200 pounds of acid phosphate or steamed bonemeal can boost wheat yields and provide strong returns on clover, building soil fertility and long term farm profitability. Exhibit crop specimens and fields already benefiting will illustrate these advantages.
Advertises a six percent farm loan without commission and invites interested parties to write or call the Peoples Bank in Browning Missouri for further information.
Browning Farm Club announces direct wool sales to members and the public. Buyers offer the highest market price with payment on delivery and provide wool sacks and twine at 18 cents per pound.
Milan Granite Works announces a delivery of finished granite monuments available for direct purchase with no agents or commissions. Shoppers can select real pieces from an unusually large wholesale stock rather than rely on photos or samples and are invited to view at their convenience.
Local ad offers baby chicks for sale all leading breeds with hens furnished for mother. Phone orders directed through North Salem. Contact Mrs Alfie Gooch route 3.
Special notice announces telephone pickup and delivery for clothing cleaning. Call 193 or 73 to schedule and W. E. Creason, agent, Milan Cleaner, will collect and return items.
Hereford bull for sale to improve a herd. Sired by Repeater 81st with Anxiety breed on dam side. Calved May 25 1918. Good disposition sure breeder capable of heading any herd. Shown at Street Fair last fall. Priced to sell route 4 contact W G Smith.
The Browning Legion Post hosts a dance on Thursday May 25 starting at 8 30 p m Music by the Milan Jazz orchestra All are invited to attend.
The piece muses on Decoration Day as veterans and descendants honor graves from all wars, urging education to curb future bloodshed. It contrasts Civil War solemnity with modern youth ceremony, and laments forgotten horrors while praising freedom and democracy. It also cites Arthur Hopkins on actresses and childhood curiosity.
Harold Lloyd's first four reel comedy A Sailor Made Man will be shown at the Electric Theatre next Monday night. New York World calls Lloyd our most prolific comedy star and enormously funny while The Evening Globe lauds his speed and humor, noting audiences laugh at his antics with shell-rimmed glasses intact. Don’t miss the date next Monday night.
Optometrist B. W. Eisenhour offers eye exams and glasses fitting at Healy's Jewelry Store on May 31 and June 1. Single vision frames priced 5 to 10 dollars, double vision 5 to 16 dollars, with a wide frame selection and careful fitting for comfort.
Pupils vie in year end events with renewed spirit as Margaret Bundridge wins the CG M Thornton medal Harold Bingham takes the Bolling medal and Charley Thurlo earns the P E C gold ring Large crowds attend the contests and donors boost interest yearly.
Prices reduced on oiries coats and suits and silk dresses at the Farmers Store. Customers are invited to see the new pricing and be surprised by the discounts offered.
Har ud San appears in his first four reel comedy feature A Sailor Made Electric premiering next Monday night drawing interest for the sailor themed escapade and its light hearted seaside antics.
A large town gathering at the east park featured the Band boys playing over two hours and Rev. Jessee giving thanks. Mrs. Ivah Fleming toasted teachers, with out-of-town guests attending and about two hundred people enjoying a five course meal served by local church members.
The May 21 service at the M E Church featured Rev. John P. Jessee delivering an Athens to Jerusalem themed sermon to a full house. The male quartet of Williams Philips Sayers and Carr performed and the 1922 graduating class, including Bundridge Woodworth Fields Nickell Ingraham Russell Porter Porter Ingraham, praised as one of Browning’s best.
The Juniors hosted the annual May 11 banquet for Seniors and Faculty. Decorations featured purple and gold with silver and old rose, plus white crab apple blossoms and hawthornes. Mrs Lillian Duncam assisted in design and planning.
A shipment of ladies' skirts in heavy crepe pongee and satin has arrived at the Farners Store. The notice highlights new fabrics and a fresh summer selection for shoppers.
Pupils of the primary department directed by Mrs. Mabyn Gooch presented The Smuggleman at the Electric Theatre on Friday night to a crowded audience. The show drew praise for the pupils' perfected performances and the teacher's careful instruction.
A shipment of children's hose in black and brown sells for 19 cents a pair. The quality is good and customers are urged to buy now while supplies last.
Market buyers invited for all grades as quoted by A C Turner. Wool twine available in plenty at 20 cents.
No hunting or fishing on the old home place and no public road through the farm. Keep out, Haley Brothers.
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