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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
1
The piece urges cultivating cheerful habits to brighten life and improve others. It contrasts fault finding with kindness, praises cheerful, industrious people, and warns against vanity and stinginess while stressing domestic harmony and self improvement through practical virtue. The tour describes Richmond landmarks and a pleasant city visit with a Missouri couple as guides.
The writer recalls boarding a Pullman in the rain, returning westward toward home over the Chespeake and Ohio. Rainy days gave way to brighter scenes and flourishing crops. A short one hour fifteen minute ride brought them to Richmond where they waited hours, noting the pleasant southern city. The narrator and Mr Nelson separated from their party amid a crowd during the jam.
An advertisement by S. W. Summers, owner of Milan Granite Works, promotes lowering costs on granite cemetery markers. The notice invites direct trade at the supplier’s location to avoid agent commissions, claiming a simple 20 cent savings per dollar and urging responsible parties to contact locally.
Chapter V met at Mrs Floy Peterson home on Wednesday September 16. President Mrs Eunice Dickinson reported war work to Supreme including bonds stamps and service hours U S members Adeline F Lee noted. Ada Bolling gave a lesson on World Staples and producing countries Etta Smith spoke on P E O as an American Social Staple Lunch served by Peterson and Reba Hummel. Twelve members answered roll call with delineations of noted buildings and towers.
A massive explosion tore through the Mur ry Elevator Co grain elevators in North Kansas City on Saturday afternoon killing thirteen workers including Clarence Boyles the chief way master found on the tenth floor. The blast is believed to have been sparked by dust in the building.
For the benefit of his health a local event was held and funds collected. The body was brought to Linneus and buried Monday.
The nineteenth annual Old Settlers Reunion was held in Linn County with speeches by Mayor Burris Bill McGreggor Alex Brinkley and Rev Enyeart. Browning defeated Brookfield 5 to 1 in one game while Brookfield won 13 to 11 in the other. Lieut Gov Crossley gave the main address and Col Geo W Martin spoke at the service flag unveiling bearing 665 stars and 33 gold ones.
Friday night J P Bolling awoke to a blaze at the barn on the J L Harmon farm east of the city. He saved nearby buildings as wind carried embers toward his house. The large barn burned with a stallion, a valuable jack, calves, oats, corn, hay and other items. origin unknown and insurance minimal.
From Portland Oregon Mrs Rosalie Crawley Holtgreve writes to Nickell enclosing a 150 money order for the Leader Record. She says they enjoy the publication and are well despite rainy weather. She notes three hot days all summer with a high of 88.
S. C. Lantz visited to renew his home paper subscription for himself and his Kansas City brother Otis. He sold a 400 acre Enterprise township farm to John M. West of Humphreys for 125 per acre, a solid property. Sigmond, who had owned it briefly, made about 16000 from the deal.
Frank Bunch of near Winigan was seriously injured when a feeder belt on his threshing machine came off. While trying to reset it the wheel continued to turn, leading to his death.
Hastily summoned, Dane removed the arm and dressed wounds but the patient never rallied and died the next day at noon. The deceased was a well to do farmer who for years carried the mail from here to Winigan and North Salem and in recent years farmed. He is survived by his wife and two sons Willis and Walter and many relatives and friends. Suits. Nice line of ladies suits arrived at the store.
Washington officials warn farmers that surging land prices driven by land speculators threaten stability. The U S Department of Agriculture reports many farmers have sold high and repurchased higher, risking large losses if earnings shrink when normal conditions return.
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