This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
4
Local notes report G M Spencer’s store robbed Sunday night with losses around 200 dollars. Other items include weather rain, visits by Beve Franklin and family, and various residents noted in the Cora area.
Saturday visits to the Pur din fair were noted along with a warm spell and light rain on Monday. The North Salem High School organized a literary society and plans public entertainments as enrollment reaches twenty with freshmen dominant.
Rainy weather continues in the area with several local residents reporting persistent showers and damp conditions across the vicinity.
The article explains cheaper mummification in ancient Egypt used natron without body removal, with many gradations by rank and family wealth. It notes the Book of the Dead with the mummy, inscriptions on coffins, and the heart weighing by Osiris. Tiny statues bearing the deceased’s name and responses accompanied the burial.
The article explains how blue Andalusian fowl do not breed true. When blue birds are mated they produce blacks and whites as well as blues, with odd colors recurring in successive generations. It references Gregor Mendel and his pea experiments.
Mrs Willson hires Eva to assist in dusting her library as her maid is ill. Eva a buxom young woman chats while dusting hundreds of volumes and admits she cannot read and never cared for books, prompting amusement from the judge.
A Popular Mechanics feature describes a device for cars that flashes a signal on the dashboard when the vehicle exceeds a set speed. It can be tuned to flash just under the limit and to cut ignition at the limit, reducing speeding hazards.
A Spanish engineer unveils a helicopter that rose to eighty one feet near the airfield. The 80 horsepower machine resembles a plane, but uses a large four bladed propeller on a vertical shaft instead of standard wings.
Queen Mary helped bring vacuum cleaners and electric cookers to English homes, among the early adopters advancing household efficiency.
A historical note surveys 17th century attitudes to tea coffee and chocolate. Dutch writers ridiculed tea as hay water while early coffee adoption faced virulent opposition. The Women’s Petition Against Coffee warned of fertility decline and absurd social costs, and chocolate was condemned as an inflamer affecting monks and positions.
Official financial statement for The Farmers Bank of North Salem Missouri as of September 28 1925 published in Leader Record Browning Missouri. Details include loans and discounts 84706.88 real estate 116222.40 cash 16556.42 on hand checks and other banks 17855.42 liabilities include capital stock 10000 surplus 25000 undivided profits 781.47 deposits 975...
The guidance urges eating smaller portions at meals and avoiding second servings. Eat slowly and chew well, skip between meal snacks, and avoid highly seasoned or very acidic foods. Limit starchy foods per meal and use fats sparingly, while avoiding rich sweets and fried items.
Diary entry shows Arnold Bennett's prodigious output in a year with 335 340 words and 224 articles and stories. He notes four installments of The Gates of Wrath published, a book of plays Polite Vorces, unread stories, a 55 000 word Love and Life serial for Tillotson's, and an 80 000 word Staffordshire novel Anna Tellwright drafted.
In Detroit a group of girls shuns five year old Mina to push her to revise profanity laden language at doll tea parties. Mina says she prefers playing with boys who have more fun. Her mother notes the boys influenced Mina’s speech.
Laboratory experiments reveal a simpler method to extract helium from natural gas. The U S government stores over 2,000,000 feet of helium and operates a plant at Fort Worth producing about 15,000 feet daily.
The Boston Transcript cites an English writer who declares poverty a curse of the poor and quotes Tie Kase saying if war is inevitable it must come. The piece frames grim social critique and a wartime warning from literary voices.
The Browning Savings Bank of Browning Missouri closes its books September 23 1925 as published October 8 1925 in the Lender Record. It lists assets including loans real estate owned cash and due from banks with a total of 11 943 50 and liabilities 10 871 96 including capital stock surplus and deposits. The statement bears signatures of President J B and Cashier Norris W Phillips and a notary public seal.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.