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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
1
The speaker argues against judging current trade by the prewar extravagance of recent years. They note a rising buying volume and better business than before the war, while acknowledging a temporary mood of low spirits. A financial shake down is deemed healthy and progress is shown by improvements in housing dress and comforts.
A vivid portrait extols Miss Legion as the epitome of today’s modern young woman. The description highlights diverse skills from domestic tasks to social knowledge, multilingual gossip, and athletic ability, praising her independence, cheerfulness, and wide acquaintances as a community ideal.
6% money available to loan on well improved farms. Save time and money by contacting Burwell and Porter of Milan Missouri before placing loan. Prepayment privileges and prompt closings offered.
A column lauds a man who, after learning his wife loves another, gifts her and his savings to the lover and departs quietly. The piece contrasts this “better way” with melodrama and violence, and muses on judging people by faces as it scans ordinary traits and hidden wills.
Prest-O-Lite batteries offer up to ten dollars in savings per battery with a genuine parts guarantee. Prices listed include Ford 33.06 Chevrolet 35 Buick 35 Overland 35 Oakland 33 Studebaker 35 Buick long type 36 Overland long type 36 Dodge 44. All others in proportion. Repair service available at Sayers Battery Service Station Milan Missouri.
Chas W Reeves announces access to 6% farm loan funds for farmers in Sullivan and Linn Counties The notice invites existing loan holders with expiring terms or new borrowers to visit or contact the office at 1st National Bank Milan Maine Phone 175 to arrange a call or visit for loan services.
A. L. Marley’s tools and materials are now in use as the repair business continues. A. A. Healy invites customers to call and visit for any needs in the line and promises fair treatment.
A fragmented diary entry covers daily family life from Friday to Monday with notes on politics and school. It includes a discussion of a Christian Order of Industry, a 50-member council, quotes from the Chicago Evening Post, and a forecast that Christian principles may guide U.S. business and labor relations in the near future.
A playful diary notes a man with old fashioned side whiskers inspiring a future look. The speaker recalls washing neck less often with whiskers. A Thursday remark jokes about not betting on the election until the day before and picking the second place finisher.
An advertising notice from Dan Bramhall urges customers to phone orders so they can be notified when coal shipments are on track and ready for delivery.
Mr and Mrs G F Peters and Miss Sylvia Martin recently arrived home from Wyoming and Colorado. They traveled by car and had tire trouble only twice, avoided mud except near Kansas City, and found the roads mostly good. They report the trip was most enjoyable.
A brief notice invites customers to have their next suit measured at J. J. Smith with prices starting at $22.00. The unnamed advertiser emphasizes a tailored fit.
Townspeople in Browning convene this Thursday to elect officers and decide on holding a street fair this fall. Merchants farmers and residents urged to attend and bring exhibits promising liberal premiums and strong community boost.
Four acres of land adjoining available with option to acquire more. Located two blocks from Main Street, priced to sell quickly. Contact J. D. Burwell for details.
Madge Kennedy stars in a Saturday night show titled The Girl With The Jazz Heart. Admission is 10 and 25 cents. audiences familiar with Madge are invited to attend.
S. W. Summers reports the sale of one half interest in Milan Granite works to Clayton Warren Warren plans active involvement in production and, as before, no agents will be used and goods sold without the usual agent commission.
The ladies of the Baptist church announce a market at the Peterson Garage next Saturday starting at 10 o'clock. They solicit patronage and are organized by a committee.
Reward offered for return of a gunny sack with jack wrenches hammer pliers screwdriver tire tools and other items lost Thursday between my house and Browning. $1.00 reward for return to James P. Bolling or the Leader-Record office.
A writer muses on how dieticians and literature professors judge character by what people eat and read. Observing a young man with large shell-rimmed glasses, the author suggests his reading may center on Bacon Shakespeare Irving and similar authors.
A crowd gathered around a poster as a street scene unfolded. One working girl secretly read Browning while a college-educated leader read Snappy Stories, highlighting class and taste contrasts in a small town.
After upheaval at Browning, Leonard Shipley of Roger is hired as superintendent following resignation of the initial appointee. Miss Mary Turner is placed in charge of seventh and eighth grades, and enrollment over the first Monday proves strong with country students joining aided by a strengthened high school faculty led by M Pearl Adams Hermia Adams and Lillian Whaley Duncan.
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