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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
6
A man named Bowser proclaims ruin after failed get rich schemes. He narrates plans from apple groves to peach brandy and cucumbers, blaming his wife for blocking capital and opportunity. He fixes on horseradish as a final wild venture, then disappears, presumed dead by self-inflicted action.
A fashion feature reviews autumn day wear and negligees. Descriptions include black crepe de chine ensembles with fringe, georgette panels, ribbon roses, wide brocaded sashes, and simple embroidered bodices. It notes soft colors, minimal decoration, and practical slipovers in ratine with floral appliques.
The text explains how crude petroleum at specific temperatures yields lighter volatile parts. These vapors condense into gasoline and other oils, enabling engines for airplanes cars tractors and threshers.
Joseph Guarnieri, part of Cremona's famed violin making family, was active from 1690 to 1730. His instruments feature a sapmark stain along the belly, parallel to the fingerboard, and are prized for their tone, a trait that has led to forged inscriptions on counterfeit violins.
A humorous urban anecdote from the Louisville Courier Journal notes the baker’s boy exaggeration about cake prices. The joke centers on his claim that a ten cent cake would cost ten dollars and the baker’s reaction as customers began paying inflated prices.
Violet Sherwood a village telephone operator falls for a voice she believes belongs to the widowed commissioner of finance Mr Valentine. Later she discovers his son shares the same voice and the truth prompts a test of love between age and youth.
The Sebago lake house in South Casco, Maine, where Nathaniel Hawthorne lived as a boy, is to be preserved as a community house. A new corporation formed by locals will manage it and donate Hawthorne diaries kept during his Bowdoin years to the project.
A Thurber vignette compares a cultivated prose style to a fox leading a chase. The speaker notes the craft of precise articulation and quiet presentation while the hunt presses, citing Landor Stevenson and Newman as elusive figures Mansfield in a literary metaphor.
Emerson notes Montaigne’s Italian journey reveals self-respecting manners of the era. Each arrival by a French gentleman marks a significant event, with visits to princes and notable houses underscoring duty to civilization. He even leaves arms painted on lodgings as a lasting symbol of his stay.
Jud Tunkins notes an odd optimism in unemployment as many people view it as a temporary pause rather than a setback. He argues this attitude may shape behavior and persistence during jobless periods.
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