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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1923
Page
1
A Missouri State College radio talk by B A Trowbridge outlines winter feeding benefits for cattle. It covers land use for silage, manure recycling, grain efficiency, cattle age effects on gain, shelter needs, and cautions about risks and costs.
Mis souri Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma researchers at a Kansas City conference endorse burning dead grass harbors to eradi cate chinch bug invaders during winter hibernation to reduce outbreaks.
House ready furnished for immediate rent by Jay Harvey. Contact see Jay Harvey for details.
For sale or trade items include farms dwellings and other properties with farm loan options at old time rates. Calhoun and Thornton list these offerings and invite inquiries.
Judge J M Lowe of the National Old Trails Road Association says the New Mexico stretch from Socorro to Santa Fe is the continent's oldest road. Tracing back to Don Juan Onate in the 16th century, the Camino Real linked Santa Barbara to Santa Fe via the Rio Grande Valley, later becoming the Santa Fe Trail noted in 1824.
On his farm G. D. Walker posts a warning to hunters to keep off the property with guns or dogs after reports of trespassing and disturbance on the land.
The piece argues for official local milestones tied to the Zero Milestone in Washington for accurate distance measurements. It notes distances to Baltimore and New York vary by location, urging towns to install markers financed by civic groups to boost pride, tourism, and reliable ad distances.
All parties indebted to me please call and settle at once to meet my obligations. Do not compel collection. Fair warning. Dr. W. C. Ingram.
Mary E Boyd born January 28 1833 in Lincoln County Missouri departed life November 5 1923 at age 90 years 9 months 7 days. She moved to Sullivan County near Milan at age nine and married Nathan Cordray October 18 1853. Ten children survived from the union with six sons and four daughters. She joined the Methodist Church at twenty one and lived a life that inspired many. In 1870 the family settled on a farm near North Salem after years of traveling preacher life.
A widow with two daughters Ella and Alice and many grandchildren died after a long life devoted to church work. She moved to North Salem in 1904 and joined her husband in the church triumphant after services on November 6. The funeral was attended by relatives and friends and she is laid beside her husband in the local cemetery.
A diary-like fragment chronicles a busy week with Slats and his family. Entries note chores, missed postal card, schooling tensions, social plans, Sunday school schemes, and small domestic misadventures from Friday to Thursday.
Readers are urged to read the full page advertisement for Haas Ash Clothing and Shoe Co in Milan Missouri on the Leaders Record issue. The sale honors the firm's twenty first birthday and promises bargains for Sullivan and adjoining counties. The store is praised as one of the best in North Missouri with a reputation for quality merchandise and fair prices. Visitors are welcome whether or not they buy.
Dr Hanna, exclusive optometrist, will be at Nevins Drug Store Friday Saturday and Monday until noon November 16 17 and 19. Come in for careful eye testing.
180 acre farm with 25 acres for corn 15 acres meadow and rest pasture. Two Jersey cows fresh. Property available now. Contact IRS C. J. Porter.
The Metropolitan Building Co of Kansas City assisted by Ben F. Broyles of Chillicothe sold Dr. William C. Ingram property at auction. Col A W Dies auctioneered, with bids closing at 2875 for the residence, 3200 for the Creason garage, and 3975 for the Browning Motor Company cement building before postponing the sale to next Saturday.
The editor notes a policy of no charge for obituary notices for home people and charges for cards of thanks. This special notice outlines the newspaper’s obituary and acknowledgement pricing practice.
L. N. Haley sold and delivered in this city Saturday twenty five spring shoats that averaged 24.33 pounds each, highlighting a strong early market run and steady demand from local buyers.
The account notes Haley raising hogs with good stock and potential profits if prices stay right. A worker injured when transporting hogs to the city highlights the brisk demand with a peak near 300. The passage frames hog farming as profitable under favorable prices.
Dr Hanna, an optometrist, will be at the Hotel Coram in Winigan Missouri on Tuesday November 20 and at the Phone Office in North Salem Missouri on Wednesday November 21. Eye tests will be carefully conducted on these dates.
Surplus sale of furniture and household goods at Purdin on Saturday November 1th begins at 1 p.m. J B Fleming Auct terms cash U C Dryden listed items include folding bed Davenport dressers washstand bookcase tables dining chairs kitchen cabinet dishes cooking utensils canned fruit stoves carpets and more
Miss Rhoda Karbach hosted a pie supper at the Mundell school house Friday night assisted by pupils and district patrons. Proceeds totaled around $17. Karbach teaches sixteen pupils in her first year and is praised for her steady progress like an old teacher.
Mr and Mrs O W Williams entertained at their Humphreys area home with a 12 oclock Sunday dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter McKay, Mr and Mrs Buel McClaren and daughter, Mrs Frank Rolls, Osgood family, Fay Harding party, Langdon family, Moberly family, Roy Clark family, Gilbert McKay family, Masie Williams family, Alton Walker, Howard Hamilton, L Lovell, and Stovall brothers, with afternoon arrivals. The day ended too soon for all guests.
On November 22, 1923, B. W. Eisenhour the optometrist will present a full line of the latest spectacles at Mr Healy's Store in Browning with free eye tests and proper fitting services.
Charley Williams near town used a six hour ditching operation to drain a large lake on his farm. Many fish including cat, buffalo and carp were caught as water flowed to the creek. Draining the lake will help reclaim bottom land for cultivation next year.
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