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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
North east Linn county farmers bustle in hay fields as notes record visits, illnesses, and family movements. Mrs Nellie Thudium returns home from sister’s visit while Mrs Perry McCollum and family care for a sick relative. Noah McCollum kin assist with hay as townsfolk share health and school news.
The Shelby News reports hot dry weather with corn needing rain but good hay conditions. Local residents travel to Detroit Stroit Brookfield Perdin and nearby areas for work and visits. Families mentioned include Bauer Feuer Boyles Bailey Wilson Finney Richardson Logan Welch and others with routine visits and travel noted.
Local residents attended church in Morris appel and a lawn party for Ruta Peulter hosted by Gus Peulter. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Wm Pridemore and Mary Lou Pridemore near Utica. Charlotte Myers broke her leg after a tree fall at Glen Edwards. Dr Haning treated her and she vowed not to climb trees again.
A historic note urges Browning voters to approve a bond issue to gravel nearly four and a half miles of streets funded by a twenty year tax plan. It cites past success with park bonds and notes the small annual payments will be affordable while improving both business and residential areas. Election day is Tuesday August 6 1929.
Local residents share visits with relatives and neighbors including Philmon Gandy in Wheeling, Boby Shifflett with Morris family, Carry Bowyer and grandson Max Falkoner with the Bakers, Abby Long with L W Arnold, and multiple Sunday gatherings. Morris Chapel sermons by Dr Myers and Rev Schell, Sacrament by Ray Tomlin and Rev Cooper. local sports see Haseville beat Medicine Creek 5 to 0. Notices include Locust Creek Drainage District annual meeting August 10 1929 and final settlement for Laura B Newton estate with administrator I K M Duncan set for August 12 1929.
A long list of neighbors and relatives spent Sunday with various households, including the Rottmann, Browning, Reed, Bartow, Lawrence, Nichols, Pew, Gooch, Wood, Pulliam, and other families. Several trips to nearby towns and a hospital visit in Kirksville are noted.
Cora ball team crossed bats with Milan on Cora diamond Sunday with the score in favor of Cora. Miss Edna Jennings returned home to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jennings. Mrs. Fred Gray of Louisville, Ky. is visiting relatives. S E Regan of Milan visited Cora. Mrs. Clyde Brammer of Brookfield visits grandparents. Edna Jennings to Keokuk with her aunt. Ethel Wheler returns home from Laclede after a week with friends.
President Hoover favors combining related government functions to end chaotic administration. He cites navigation aids as an example where charts come from Commerce, foreign charts from Navy, nautical almanac from Naval Observatory, sailing directions from Army, and radio signals from Navy and Commerce. He warns a foggy system risks lives with mixed authorities and warns of Treasury rescue.
The article notes multiple federal inspections and approvals across departments for naval and industrial operations, arguing these layers create waste. It also reports a recent harvest period with threshing underway and farmers noting strong grain quality despite lower yields than expected.
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