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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
1
A reflective piece argues humans resist new ideas yet progress through discoverers. It notes lack of appreciation for others, jokes about voting apathy post suffrage, and urges better attention to home life, work satisfaction, and civic discussion. It ends with a reminder that good sleep fuels productive effort.
O. E. Musgrave offers seven Poland China boars from spring litter and registered stock. Sire lineage includes Yan kee Boy and Harrison's Big Bob. Herd boar is over one year old and weighs above 600 pounds. Also seeking workers to shuck 250 acres of corn.
The article notes egg farming as an adaptable, transportable industry benefiting from centralized markets. It explains freshness if sold within a week, explains seasonal price patterns with winter highs, and stresses that proper feeding and care enable profitable year round production regardless of location or feed costs.
A Milan based merchant advertises to save customers the agents commissions on all memorial and cemetery work. He asks customers to visit his shop or write, claiming stock bought at last June prices and promising quality goods and workmanship.
Friday morning Brizz the puppy trains with dad while mom warns about teaching tricks. Saturday the narrator falls ill and a doctor checks the child using a toy phone and tongue test. Sunday the teacher asks about the Fall of Adam and Eve and a snake, while a child shows playful feet. Monday Slim Gates notes an actor tromboning with toes. Tuesday a man sick, spills water, and mutters about mashed potatoes. Wednesday a kiss and a first kiss remembered. Thursday dad attends a club supper and praises the oyster soup.
The Electric Theatre announces a Browning showing of In Old Kentucky on November 15. Producer J. B. Carter urges community support and invites audiences who have seen the film to help advertise.
The Cut Rate Drug Store and Owl Pharmacy advertise dyes for every fabric and a color for every taste. The notice touts garments appearing new and fashionable with their autumn dye range.
Relatives and friends honored Roy Peters on his 34th birthday with a noon meal for twenty two guests. The party featured a bountiful spread and warm well wishes for many more happy birthdays. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Peters and their son Lester, Guy Peters and family, W. F. Fristoe family, Harry Neff family, and J. E. Marvin family.
J. D. Burwell traded his Line Street residence for 80 acres of land at 125 dollars per acre to August Brehm. Brehm then exchanged the residence with J. C. Lantz for his home now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Seaman. Burwell takes possession around March 1 and plans to build a modern six room home near the former Cassity Feed barn site.
The Burlington launches a six month trial of a new passenger train operating on Sundays from Burlington to Carrollton and back. The service omits a mail car, carries pouch mail, and aims to improve noon paper delivery and overall southward service.
Handpicked apples graded and stored at 1506 N Main No 1 King David and Staymans finesap priced at 3.00, No 1 Ben Davis 2.25, No 2 Ben Davis 1.25. Ralph Kelsey Brookfield Mo Tel 1006 W.
A pie supper will be held in Scottsville on Friday night November 5 to raise funds for the school. All are welcome to attend, announced by Miss Hazel Quick, the local teacher.
Harvey Hatch and Zelmia Nickell secured a license and held a ceremony at Rev. M. R. F. Nickell's home. They honeymooned in Chillicothe and will reside with the groom’s father, greeting many friends as they begin married life.
J Will Smith advertises a 1917 model Ford touring car in perfect mechanical condition. Willing to sell for cash or trade for cattle.
Friday night November 5 Dickinson School hosts pie supper in aid of school activities. Pearle Hoselton, teacher, coordinates event with volunteers to serve and entertain attendees.
The unique Philadelphia clock at 1624 South Eight Street uses a phonograph to speak time and daily prompts. Mrs. Vincent Pinto, daughter Rose, son Vincent, and Miss Rose’s suitor respond to the clock’s messages from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., with Pinto customizing remarks for occasions.
A yearling Chester White boar with papers furnished is offered as a strong breeder. Also selling a few gallons of high quality sorghum. Contact L. V. Taylor Route 3.
Mrs. P. C. Mullins returned Friday from Buffalo Arkansas where she visited her brother John Stone. She reports that Mr. Stone is improving nicely and notes the beauty of over one thousand acres of rice owned by her brother his son and his son in law.
The Ing High School junior class hosted a Halloween party at Miss Eva Stone’s home on October 29. Elaborate decorations and ghostly cues greeted guests who entered via the back door and enjoyed fortune telling, host stories, and old fashioned games followed by a two course refreshment. Members listed include Eva Stone, Allie Fields, Hazel Ingraham, Gayle Ingraham, Lucile Russell, Audree Warren, Bernice Bundridge, Rosa Nickell, and Alene Woodworth.
A Browning Farm Club notice advertises New York Imperial and Baldwin apples on track next week at $1.65 per bushel. The apples are described as sprayed stock and first class, and readers are urged to phone orders.
A Missouri political bulletin reports a nationwide landslide for Senator Harding with about 275 electoral votes and large margins in New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Hyde led in Kansas City and Linneus while Linn county favored Harding by about 1100 and the GOP ticket won by wide margins. The Cattey Farm Club hosts an auction and oyster supper on Tuesday night November 9th.
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