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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
1
A meditation on domestic virtue and parental influence, urging parents to teach truthfulness gentleness and reverence at home. It emphasizes loyalty to family, shared hardship, and the role of mothers and fathers in shaping character, followed by a long list of county boys headed for Camp Funston.
Sullivan county lists named for military service to Camp Funston Kansas to train this week. The roster includes Baird Fisher Osgood Forest Jackos Browning W H Green Milan Lindley Hollow Browning C C Reed Milan R A Coffman Boynton R S Babbitt Pollock D E Harrington Pollock Earl Buckalew Milan J W Cleeton Green City Jonah Seaman Browning Glen Turner Cora A H Tucker Newtown Floyd Hilligoss Milan T E Holt Osgood H T Haley Harris U V Neighbors Pollock C S McNabb Lemons G W Hardinger Green City O C Lindell Milan H Collins Milan Ray Spencer Milan Noah Montgomery Milan Bernie Riggins Milan C H Dor mer Pollock Otis Caldwell Milan D O Sayre Milan Arthur Murphy Harris Garland Dell Milan Earl Dunlop Green C E McCabe Pollock Leener Newtown Ray Arnold Milan S W Burndridge Cora C A Gordon Green City W E Pickett Harris C G Conkin Green City Lee Parcels Greencastle Ira Davis Pollock Joe Henley Green City A E Daley Harrie Arthur Yardley Pollock W W Mabell loving and the Liss
Dean E J Mc Caustland of the University of Missouri argues earth roads can serve most country traffic and visiting city traffic with moderate loads. He notes they suit small cars and 1 ton trucks, while high priced roads stay unnecessary for moderate daily use.
A local note recalls Will Tucker a mean yet generous figure who hauls freight from Browning to North Salem. Amid playful jibes the editor receives an apple donated in lieu of melons from Tucker, described as half inch and lemon sour, provoking lighthearted back-and-forth at the depot.
The speaker warns that if the individual commits another offense, authorities may consider harsher action, implying a threat of punishment akin to running him a race to North Salem. The remark frames potential escalation while referencing a distant destination as consequence.
Frank Jacobs and Miss Cora S ivder of Tacoma Wash arrive in town to visit his parents after marrying August 29 in Tacoma. The couple traveled by car from Tacoma to Missouri, stopping in Kansas City for rain delays. Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jacobs, plans to stay about a month before returning to the western home.
Our good friend S H Linhart renewed for himself and several others including Dr C C Linhart Evansville Indiana Mrs J W Dodson Santa Cruz California Mrs W E Atherton Hamilton Missouri Mrs E E Harris Kirksville Missouri Dr E W Linhart Charles City Iowa. Mrs R M Tunnell paid to send copies to her sisters Stella Patterson Seattle Edna Hunston New York and brother Charley Schreck Carter North Dakota. Uncle Gib Anderson Linneus sends a check for his subscription and for his son J H Anderson Woodlake Call and daughter Mrs Frank Young Kennewick Washington.
Farmers report a busy week with high hay and corn prices. They use binders cutters seeds and gers to cut corn for winter feed, storing it in shocks and silos as ensilage machines hum. With warm weather feed quality may be unusually good and demand remains strong.
A fragmentary item praises a gift from T. W. VanSeggam described as a surflow that will cause Kansas to sit up and take notice. The text notes soil conditions in mid May and hints at further details following the remark.
Sunday a plant was cut measuring over twelve feet tall with a two inch stem and twelve inch head. A vast foliage grew from the stem, described as one of the finest Kansas sunflower specimens seen. The patch also yielded corn with ears resembling small saw logs, crackly ground potatoes, abundant pickles, and large pumpkins and squashes, all thriving despite high living costs.
About thirty relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. Joan Moore and Mrs. Flora Tunnell to bid Lieut Patterson and his mother farewell before his five day leave for Chicamauga Park Georgia. Rain touched the day but guests arrived by car cart and horseback followed by a generous dinner and music.
The Burlington Railroad Commissary issues a bulletin to ban beef on Tuesdays across all dining cars. Lamb veal and wheat cakes are also cut, bacon replaces breakfast, and white rolls will be limited to a minimal role as part of the new order aligning with the U S Food Administration.
Friday was library day as Browning and Supt Huston led teachers and pupils in collecting books via circular letters mailed to patrons. About two hundred valuable books were added to the library, including around forty donated by Mr Bolling.
Mr and Mrs Blake of Houston visited Camp Bowie in Fort Worth on Friday escorted by Miss Louise Brownell and Mrs R C Clements. Mrs Clements son Clyde in Company L enjoyed army life and reported good meals and comforts. Cleburne hosts gave warm hospitality as officers and men guided visitors through tents and the mess hall.
Dr C B Simmons of Milan visits Peters Hotel on Tuesdays and Fridays weekly for consults and treatment of all diseases. Appointments by telephone. urgent calls by auto from Milan. Simmons, a graduate and post graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, formerly taught in Kirksville and at the State Normal School. Licensed by Missouri to practice osteopathy.
The Brown Shoe Factory at Brookfield employs more than five hundred young men and women from Central North Missouri families. The workers are proud of their jobs and the plant plans to hire more staff as demand grows.
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