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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
3
A businesswoman narrator shares worries about housekeeping and an inefficient refrigerator. She questions the need for ice after buying the appliance and contemplates the extra expense, highlighting domestic misgivings and humor.
The Portland Oregonian notes a whale yielded 14,000 pounds of meat to an Aberdeen whaler and suggests a pond owner could explore whale meat as a potential industry, implying financial opportunity in whale veal.
A reflective line notes that many people delay repentance until arrest or exposure. The remark suggests accountability follows discovery rather than moral impulse.
Aurora Illinois woman speaks of seven months of back and side pains and weakness. After trying Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to perform housework and urges others to try it.
A brief humorous note on men’s reputations for honesty during winter months. It suggests that not all men are perfect, but some maintain truthfulness despite seasonal conditions.
A fragment quoted on revenge contrasts price with value. The speaker notes revenge is less common than nearly any commodity, suggesting irony about cost and desire.
The biological survey reports ducks around Great Salt Lake Utah are suffering lead poisoning from ingesting shot at shooting stations and blinds.
Olga Kohler Florman of New York has drawn 25000 annually from her late father and seeks an increase as debt grows. She says her husband earns 60 dollars weekly and she must support their infant son. The court granted a 120000 bonus.
The article praises designers who transform blue serge, broadcloth, twills, and cheviots into durable, fashionable one piece frocks. It describes a smart, tailored dress with a pointed over front, short peplum, wide belt, large bone buttons, and a white satin collar, noting versatile fabrics and classic organdic lace collars.
The article highlights a compact cross shaped comfort kit by Mrs. Lillian Craig Clark of Chicago. Built from brown denim with rubber lining, it folds to a small parcel yet holds 30 compartments for toiletries, writing supplies, bandages and medicine.
Discolored neck treated with a lotion of bay rum and rosewater mixed with borax. guidance mentions Syteepoental of borax and the Jue.
TO TRAIN THE GIRLS They Will Be Equipped to Go Back to Their Communities and Teach Others. The Short Course in Home Economics at the University of Missouri is not a local affair. In the six years this course has been offered, young women have come from all over Missouri and from other states. Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan and Montana have had representatives attending this short course at various times. One former student was a missionary on leave of absence who returned to her work in Brazil. The course aims to provide emergency conservation training for women unable to pursue a four year program, running seven weeks from October 31 to December 21. Participants should return as community leaders in conservation work, with expanding county and state representation expected. War impacts extend to MU enrollment and staff, with 34 faculty members serving in national roles, including officers’ training camps and government positions. Frederick B. Mumford of Columbia was approved by President Wilson as federal food administrator for Missouri, after conferring in Washington with Mr Hoover. Mumford is dean of the Missouri College of Agriculture, director of the University of Missouri Experiment Station, and chairman of the Missouri Council of Defense, and he took the oath of office. Woman Died in Fire. The wife of farmer Charles Byous was burned to death when their home near Frazier burned. Byous and two children were badly injured. Mrs. Byous was 35. Byous lies in a St. Joseph hospital, with a son 10 and a daughter 7 injured after leaping from a window.
About twenty University of Missouri faculty members drill on campus under Capt. Wallace Craigie regular army officer and now cadet commandant. The group forms a drill company to prepare for active war service, drilling twice weekly with government supplied rifles, mirroring reserve officers training camps.
Missouri Odd Fellows grand encampment at Fulton selects Springfield for the 1918 session. Eight candidates seek grand junior warden with Joe E. Davis of Carthage announced as the winner. New officers include H. G. Fischer Liberty high priest E. W. Ousley St. James senior warden G. W. Vernon Jester A. T. Hudelstone Louisiana treasurer H. A. Hamilton St. Louis marshal Otto H. Wolz Fulton inside sentinel William Steward Cameron outside sentinel J H Barnes Chilli cothe and delegates W Wheeler Kansas City and A T Hudelstone Louisiana to sovereign grand lodge at St. Louis.
Frank Rodell aged 38 was killed and J. J. Imhoff sustained three fractured ribs when their car tried a short turn on a narrow road south of Harrisburg in Boone county. Both men were Moniteau county farmers returning from Huntsville in Rodell's car.
Voters rejected by about 500 the bondholders plan to remodel the county debt tied to bonds issued forty years ago for the Tebo and Neosho railroad which was never constructed.
William Hammock, a prominent Salisbury resident, died aged many years. He was wealthy and leaves six married daughters.
An overview from Dr. O E Bradford notes diphtheria affects all ages, with spores in late fall and winter common. The article describes symptoms such as a gray membrane in the throat, toxin spread causing fever and possible heart or nerve complications, and emphasizes antitoxin as cure if given early and exposure precaution.
Dean F B Mumford names two University of Missouri historians a Jewell College and a Warrensburg Normal appointees. Missouri pioneers state historical service with a prize essay contest on Why the United States Is at War offering 10 to 75 dollars and closing March 1 1918. Forty percent of Missouri journalism students enrolled last year are in national service with twenty MU men in Leon Springs Texas in artillery units.
A house owned by John A. Blackburn near Blosser Saline county burned down one morning and the charred body of his three year old child was later found among the ruins.
Henry King a prominent Middletown Montgomery county citizen died while trying to halt a runaway wagon driven by Albert Angel a Wellsville freight hauler. The wagon and team bolted after being frightened by a tractor crushing him.
A significant blaze devastated La Belle business district with six stores and a bank destroyed. The fire caused an estimated $25,000 in losses and prompted wide emergency response.
The Linn County Farm Bureau has approved Ross Nichols as agricultural agent for the county. Nichols, from Lewis County, is a graduate of the state agricultural school.
Ed Gassett of Tiptonville and Buck Smothers of Caruthersville were burned to death when a restaurant fire caused $20000 in damage. Mitchell named food director, with J T Mitchell as bank county president by Herbert Hoover, national food administrator.
A coal mine accident left one miner dead and another seriously injured as the roof collapsed. Rescue teams responded to the scene to extract workers and secure the area. Further details on the incident and identities were not disclosed in the report.
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