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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1923
Page
3
Barbara Deems, a college student, leaves campus to earn summer money. She becomes a cook and laundress for the Davenport brothers, assists with meals, and discovers a job that pays about 240 dollars before fall. The psychologist Fred Davenport falls for her, and Barbara agrees to marry him.
Hollywood director prods a movie star to face a tame lion in a bid to impress audiences. The star reasons the lion may still be dangerous from curiosity, despite claims the animal has never tasted raw meat.
A judge recalls Diogenes holding a lantern to gauge honesty. He finds one man who claims thirty miles per gallon, but, as with the others, the man fails the supreme test of honesty according to the judge.
Designers push simple lines with bold trims in metallics for party wear. Hats feature silver and gold cloths with jeweled pins and embroidered effects, while dresses showcase georgette and crepe fabrics, gold lacing, and floral or ribbon accents.
The Sing Sing warden told a convention of penologists that fear of death does not deter murder and urged focus on certainty and swifter punishment. He argued life-long imprisonment and hard labor can better protect citizens, citing Judge Thayer's Massachusetts experience and citing outcomes from Springfield and Worcester.
An Indian legend says the Grand Canyon of Colorado was formed by Pack-i-tha-a-wi who carved the canyon with a flint knife and a large stick. Another tale tells of a great chief mourning Tav woats whose wife is believed in a happier land and who followed a divine guide to seek her, then returned to build a river trail that flooded the gorge to deter trespass.
The article explains Indian summer a warm, hazy spell in November with clear skies often seen in North America. It notes the name’s origin in Indigenous corn harvest custom and a nine day second summer before winter. It compares to England and Mediterranean St Martin’s summer around November 11.
A luncheon buffet station marks boiled egg shells with lay dates for reassurance. When patrons asked for eggs laid that day near midnight, the attendant offered tomorrow's eggs since today’s were gone, noting the clock pointed to a quarter to twelve.
Two men debate success and worth in life. One frets that too much preaching of victory harms boys. The other argues the loser's end can hold value, offering a contrasting view on aspiration and meaning.
The exchange turns on a decorative cake with a forest fire motif that stirs playful blame between Making Breaks and Mies Oldsmith as Washington notes the candles are birthday candles.
A pioneer Illinois judge known as Judge Reynolds held court in cabin or tavern settings with informal rituals. Jurors and sheriffs carried out duties plainly, while a hangings sentence was humorously discussed as if the date mattered less than law itself.
This piece chronicles Paul Bunyan as America’s premier myth hero among early frontier workmen. It highlights his oversized tools and feats such as the giant grindstone pay day, a colossal dinner horn, the down cutter invention, and Babe the blue ox aiding logging journeys. It notes his quirky ideas like three ten hour shifts and Aurora Borealis illumination.
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