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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
4
An 1897 Browning Missouri post office entry notes the 1919 mailing status and a reflection on youth habits. An elderly couple recalls forty years of marriage and a house fire that tested their unity. A churchgoer’s hat tag wittily highlights shrinking prices.
A folksy exhortation urges residents of a small town to support growth, work with neighbors, and back schools. It promotes positive talk, hustle, and unity among parents teachers and children to secure a bright future.
A compact reflection on success highlighting that execution quality, focus, and technique determine outcomes in a highly competitive era. The piece emphasizes practical skill over mere effort and notes the value of precise, disciplined execution.
The passage argues that neighbors respect those who bravely improve themselves. It states success earns respect and that money earns more money when skill is provided. It asserts skilled labor, whether manual or intellectual, is worth the money and tends to attract compensation.
Gladys Elliott visited Milan on Saturday. A party at Ernest Dodson’s Saturday night was enjoyed by all. Wm Maggart and family of Oklahoma visit relatives nearby. James Dodson clerks for G M Spencer at Cora. Billy Franklin bought two loads of corn from James Meeks at 1.60 per bushel last week. Flora Lumsden visited home folks in Cora. Rosa M Pipes stays with uncle Jesse Pipes. Guy Mabel and Charley Head spent Sunday in Browning. Glen Turner and Wesley Bundridge went to Milan last week. Pansy Spencer visits her cousin Susie Spencer this week.
Wool buyers Purdin and Lantz announce purchase in Browning and nearby areas and invite sellers to compare offers with honest competition. They urge sellers to visit before selling.
Our father M. R. F. Nickell delivered four foot two inch blue grass stalks to the office from Browning Swilivan County and W. L. Taylor contributed a four foot eleven inch stalk from Duncan township. Missouri claims blue grass bragging rights as Browning and Duncan township compete to outdo Kentucky.
A William Fox production and a series at the Elec tric Theatre each Wednesday in June spotlight home demonstration services. The article notes Missouri women seek help from demonstration agents and cites tasks such as assisting with seed wall oper and rugs for three rooms in a county.
The agent advises the woman to double milk, cut meat, and boost fruit and vegetables. At a later meeting she reports the family now buys enough food and feels better. Among Negro women, complaints of insufficient funds for food and clothing are common. An agent salvages five pairs of discarded children’s shoes, repairs them, and returns them to service.
The piece notes a shift from rural jokes to serious farming interest as city dwellers invest in farms for recreation and health. It highlights urban students attending agricultural programs, farm camps, and city-born youths entering rural life, with concerns about overemphasis and the need to utilize vast resources through intensive fertilization.
Algernon Suartaris reports Victor a Breton legionnaire killed at his post after capturing ten Germans and earning the military medal. Described as typical of the legion, he bore Morocco Tonkin and several palms, famed for courage, kindness, and steadfast duty across campaigns from Annam to France.
A humorous Paris boulevard piece recounts Hindenburg dying and being told at heaven’s gate to enter on a horse. The marshal searches for a horse and meets a German crewman who asks if he is dead as well. The joke relies on celestial access via symbolic equestrian imagery.
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