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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
4
Official notice indicates second class mail matter at the Brown Missouri post office with a date stamp of July 8, 1897 and a publication date of Thursday September 13, 1928. It records mailing status and class designation for the issue.
Shaffer reports that sick residents are improving and neighbors note outings and social calls. Several families host guests for meals and Sunday visits. High school students from Purdin Linneus attend classes and school board considers furnace installation. Sophomore and Freshman officer elections are announced with new student leaders.
The Reger school opens with Septem ber 31 prospects for a profitable year. Enrollment totals include twenty three in high school and forty six in grammar. Boys and girls basketball teams are forming five squads. The gym will be Fighted to host night games. Several local residents and families are noted in visits and illnesses, with community events and a collection of letters about sales tactics at a cemetery.
The ball game at Cora Sunday between Milan and Cora drew good attendance. Rain visited the area Monday night. Guy Head bought a sheep from Chas Dodson last week. R E Lawrence visited with his son Lester and family in Cora. Cross Roads and Cora schools opened Monday with Louise Spencer and Berthema Spencer as teachers. Local families from Milan and west of Milan spent Sunday with relatives near Cora.
A new ad style appears in these columns as the Advertising Department of the local telephone company uses special illustrations. The images emphasize the value of telephone service and feature vivid visuals to attract readers.
Observers note a human touch in photographs posed by Anne Shriber of New York City. The models are carefully chosen for intelligent portrayals in the pictures. The Leader Record believes this is the first telephone company nationwide to use this advertising type.
New fall lines of ladies coats and dresses on display with a large selection of children's coats. Visit Farmers Store to see the updated stock and styles.
Seven bars of White Naphtha laundry soap priced at 25 cents advertised at the Farmers Store.
Elva Clemens of Wichita Falls Texas renewed interest in the old home town after a visit and sent a $2 check to join the list of new readers. She recalls not seeing a Leader Record in ten years and thanks the paper for reviving the connection.
Farmers Stere announces ongoing hog butchering with fresh pork sausage and home rendered lard available at all times for customers.
About 128 relatives friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs W R Bales in Purdin to celebrate Mrs E C Dearing grandmother of the Bales. She was 94 years old and celebrated with well filled baskets and family at the Sunday dinner.
Family and friends gathered to honor Altha Grandma with a large birthday party at Purdin. One hundred two great grandchildren and fourteen great great grandchildren attended and shared stories on the porch after dinner music by Eunice Blackburn Zara Downing Lara Dearing and Dr. Brownback.
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