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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
7
At the State Fair a postal department display showed how parcel post lowers costs for city consumers by cutting out middlemen. The local rate within fifty miles lets farmers ship eggs butter and fruit to nearby post offices with simple packaging, then city delivery brings them to urban buyers.
Blankenship a 38 year old Toledo postmaster awaited grand jury action in Springfield on a charge of opening reading and remailing love letters between Melvin Daniels of Toledo and Beulah Hibbard of Blanch Missouri. Daniels complained the letters were tampered with and Blankenship was arrested. Witness Maude Palmer will testify.
Missouri University engineering exhibits feature a home mail delivery sender using two copper wires dry batteries and a switch to reach a roadside mailbox. Led by Prof L F Childers the display includes soil samples crop rotation fertilizer charts engine indicators a model home lighting plant storage battery charger and many farm engines and boilers.
Elaborate cape design shown NE of major cape developments features a two piece garment with a long circular cape set on a surplice. Black satin with white satin lining, varied linings, and a ripple collar create a dramatic, versatile evening piece suited to rich fabrics and formal occasions.
The piece describes wider waist girdles replacing curved front and back silhouettes. Two notable examples use moire and satin ribbons widened by hand sewing, forming straight lines and decorative buckles without bows. The trend suggests smart women own many stylish accessories.
London reports detail British resistance along the front amid German heavy artillery and night bombardments. Observations note repeated enemy counterattacks, downed aircraft, and a German retreat toward closer supports as Allied forces push despite mud and rain.
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