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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1926
Page
4
Brown ing Leader Record notes a notice from Joe Nickell at the post office and dated April 22 1925. The fragment mentions second class mail matter and publication details. No additional events or names are readable.
Cross Roads and Shelby report busy social updates as Miss Virginia Hoover visits relatives, Mrs. Fred Keithley spends time with her mother, and Ed Ogle household hosts guests. The Shelby Senior play drew good crowds Friday and Saturday, with Erwin Smith and family visiting W. H. Smith, and the Bailey family returning from Marceline.
The column notes springlike weather and local visits. Mary McCollum and family hosted relatives including Mrs Wallace and Arthur Cattey arch. Several residents travel for business or family visits to Winigan Bucklin North Salem and nearby towns. Oats sewing and minor health notes appear among the updates.
Corn and vicinity activity highlights plowing for corn. Church at White Oak draws good crowds on Sunday and Wednesday. Vesta Dodson visited Browning early last week. Mrs. G. M. Spencer and daughters Berthema Flora and Lumsden visited Kansas City Friday. Dave Jennings and family plus Mr and Mrs George Lee stayed with W T Jennings. D G Havens family spent the weekend on a local farm near Cora.
A. R. Dillinger and family moved to Floy Longs rental in Cora. George Glidewell of near Milan visited Cora on Saturday.
Mrs Adams improves and is expected back soon while Mrs King leads her classes. Mr Rinehard plans to start in August. A carnival will be held at the school house soon. Junior advanced algebra works on graphing impress. Attendance dips from illness. Browning High to send reps to Brookfield track meet next Friday.
The notice records the marriage of Orville Helms to Maxine Les on Sunday. Family mentions also note daughter Mrs Carl Bivens and George C Pulliam returning from Brookfield after a period employed at the shoe factory.
Gertie Fields and family thank the fire department and townspeople for assisting after a house fire last week started by sparks on the roof rather than wiring.
Claude McCollum and Walter Long delivered hogs at Purdin. J N Brookshier and wife visited R H Coram Sunday evening. J D Nester visited J D McCollum Sunday. Genevie Cleeton visited Sunday with Dalores McCollum and Wanda Broyles. Lester Coram improving. Everett Coram and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Richardson. J A Ashbrook made a business trip to Winigan Friday. Charley Helms and family spent Sunday with Walter Long and wife. W H Coram and wife visited Sunday with his parents. Talmage Coffman and wife Everett Coffman and son Paul visited J O McCollum and wife. Crestan McArter from Kirksville visiting home folks last week.
Charley Lambert and family spent Sunday with Mrs. W L Kirk. Wyatt Almond and family visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Minor. Ralph Barclay stayed with home folks near Lin neus Saturday night. Misses Ima and Janie Elliott spent Sunday with Miss Marjorie Crist. Betty Mardis Irene Wyatt visited Sunday with Miss Veda Lambert. Willie Ware visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Minor. Kermit Veda Lambert attended the last day of school at North Salem Friday. Floyd Swisegood visited weekend with T S Lambert and family.
Mrs Mary D Melton spent the winter with Mr and Mrs J C Green at Fort Madison Iowa and returned home Tuesday with Mrs Green Also Mrs Liera Bauer of Seymour Indiana visited her parents Mr and Mrs J E Marvin The letter notes spring weather crops and local roads with Walter Bunch signing off with occasional updates
Mrs. W. P. Breeding is quite poorly at her home in this city. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stewart of near Humphreys were trading here yesterday morning. Mrs. Amanda Johnson who has been seriously ill with whooping cough is reported to be getting along nicely. Mrs. Eva Winterhoud of Marrowode Kansas who had been called here by the death of Mrs. Harmon returned home Saturday.
West Browning Alden Tharp family and Cleve Jennings family and Curt Tharp family from east of Milan visited Sunday at J. H. Tharp. Earnest Dodson was quite poorly last week. Lucile Marley visited Friday to Sunday with Hazel Dodson. Several from this vicinity attended Pleasant Grove on Friday. Mrs. Lawrence Sterling of Milan visited late week with James Lumsden and family. Artis Franklin family visited Sunday with Chas and Ethel Harris.
Journal entry style notes recount a boy named Slats detailing weekly tall tales from home and school. The diary covers parental opinions on marriage, crushes, social missteps, and classroom rumors with troubled affection and humor.
Vienna Mo April 13 19285 Mr Joe Nickell writes a friendly note saying they are having pretty nice conditions and the road situation is satisfactory with hopeful outlook.
Oat sowing becomes focus around Purdin as dry weather appears. W A Davis returns from St Louis where he spent winter with family. Wm Pulliam Willard Pulliam and son Herman drive to Brookfield. W R Ross and family visit John Blender. Mrs Wm Pulliam visits Ed Pulliam. Wm Cassity and wife visit Brookfield.
Physicians tout Calotabs as the greatest system purifier and urge a thorough course once or twice weekly to rid chronic ailments. A family package with directions is available for 35 cents at drug stores.
The speaker says Jake and I found old letters written by our grandfather years ago and plan to sell them to him for a quarter each. They have hidden the letters again and hope no one will notice where they are kept.
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