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Local notes from Milan area buzzing with visitors
A dense column lists townsfolk visiting relatives and friends across Milan, Linneus, Brookfield, and Purdi n. Readers learn of travel, military updates, church and school news, and shop promotions from Harvey’s Store to Browning Lumber, with family gatherings and furloughs noted throughout.
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Raymond Kelly
Moline
Ill
Finn Forbes
Trenton
Peterson Insurance Office
W. J. Street
Linneus
Browning
Leader
Jas. A. Buswell
Purda
Marshall Bohannon
Eldon
Near Brookfield
J. W. Carrett
Set
Keath Crooks
Walter Crooks
Jefferson Barracks
George Crooks
St. Louis
H. 8. Johnson
Brookfield
Harvey Fields Dickinson
California
J. H. Calhoun
Harvey’s
John Crowdis
Charles
Near Humphreys
Harold Rinehart
Ray Nickell
A. M. Baker
George Alexander
W. D. Grice
John Win
Evert Hollon
Roger
Nelson Brassfield
Carl Brassfield
Janet Kay
Near Mendon
J. W. Brassfield
W. W. Crawford Crawford
Jerald B. Rhodes
Harry Crawford
Bobby
Eugene
Tina
Earl Nickell
Wm. R. Rhodes
Sandra Ruth
Ruth Lawrence
Frances Lou
Glen Rhodes
Dickie
Sgt
Rhodes
Earl Johnson
Ross Fuller
Dayton Street
Purdin
Austin Watson
W. B. Watson
Bertha Jennings
T. M. Smith
Near North Salem
Howard Carter
Melha Carter
Kansas City
Frank Kuhn
U. S. Navy
C. Soc & UP
Browning Lumber Company
Harvey Shannon
Ronald
Shannon
Keytesville
J. D. Seaman
George Robinson
Jess Foster
Near. Linnells
Mary Lee Askey
Vinton Jones
D. G. Freeland
Maggie F. Wells
Plano
Iowa
Alta Thompson
Kenneth Cotter
Ray Poes
Chas. Pipes and Son
Near Milan
C. L. McCormick
First National Bank
Milan
Vivia Almond
Ova Almond
Harley
C. C. Williams