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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
4
The Brown ing Leader-Record of Brown ing Missouri appears in the postal file as second class mail matter with an August 14 1924 date. This item documents the newspaper’s publication status and mailing designation in the early 20th century.
Community residents visit relatives and neighbors across Cross Roads and Shelby area. Numerous small social calls occur Monday through Sunday with family and friends listed, including Johnson, Bailey, Jaynes, Shriner, and Warren households.
Several residents attended church at Winigan on Sunday. Elder Holloway and family shared a dinner at F M Cattey s. Wilbert Cahoun and wife visited I J McCollum s on Sunday. Mrs Laura Thudhum visited I J McCollum s from Sunday to Monday. A large fish feast occurred at Arthur Watson s Saturday night. Silas Jones and wife visited the neighborhood during the past week. Mrs Albert Baker visited Perry McCollum s on Monday.
Rain lightly blessed North Salem as residents shared a quiet weekend. Si Head and wife and Noah Head with family visited brother Harvey Head and wife in Marceline. Gale Cordray becomes sole owner of the produce house. Sige Wyatt from Breckenridge Texas visits his parents the John Wyatt family. Chas Newton and family spent Sunday near Green City. George Jaynes and family visited John Wyatt’s household.
Locust Valley remains wet with scattered singing and unsettled skies. Mrs. H E Creason returned from Denver after visiting her daughter Mrs. John Black. Roy Bundies hosted A A Brehm and family Tuesday evening as haying winds damaged fields and uprooted trees. Mr and Mrs R E Smith and Mrs Roy Bundies were among those visiting Ervin Barrows group Saturday.
Rain fell Friday evening as Mrs. Arthur Pipes and children visited from near Owasco. The Crass-Roads meeting led by Rev. Reader of Chilli cothe closed with preaching, basket dinner, and baptisms. Several families and residents, including Maxeys, Sayres, Dodsons, Huckins, and Fanning, shared Sunday visits and travel to Kansas City. D. G. Havens shipped hogs from Cora.
Rain fell in the vicinity yesterday. Ellea Taylor returns from Atlanta and reports a good visit. Hallie Grissamer opens a garage at Winigan. A group from near St Kate dined and fished, netting 150 pounds. Winigan beat Butte 4 to 0. Dance at Earl Walkers near Tulvania. Hazel Franklin returns from Kansas City. Johnson School resumes Monday with Tommy Dillinger teaching for the third year.
Velma Page visits as guest of Lovie Fanning. Tenday night Lovie runs the home while the Page family is away. Emery Page works for Jennie Linhart.
Grumble Town was visited by a storm last Friday night. Perry Bunch and wife visited at Orlen Harris on Sunday. Rolla Taylor and wife and Mrs kkosetta Harris visited Will Grisomers on Sunday evening. Several others played marbles at Emery Page’s Sunday evening including Des Fanning and Arch Coffman. Floy Brantner and others attended a ball game at Winigan Sunday despite rain. Mrs Wineta Shaw and sons and Myrtle Page visited Chloe Jacobs Sunday. A dance at Orval Riddles Saturday night drew a good crowd despite creeks. Alfred Morris of California visiting Fred Watson and wife. Cecil Carmack spent Saturday night and Sunday at Emery Page’s.
The article notes notably cooler conditions since Sunday's shower. It records visits by H C Taylor and wife and Lon McCollum and family of Brookfield to Willard Pulliams, and Lafe McIntyre with Wm Pulliam and wife visiting J E Steen and returning home. Also mentions Mrs Carl Tapscott and baby of Linneus visiting D L Cady and wife. The Mercantile Company addition work proceeds with Willard Ross and family visiting Ray Pulliams Monday night. Joe Creason shipped a car of butcher stuff to Chicago. Amos Cotter shipped several cars of hogs and sheep to Chicago market Saturday.
C. E. Carter, field crops specialist, will present on Clover and Prosperity Day September 6 and 8. He explains sweet clover can be a weed or a wonder weed, depending on management, as Missouri farms explore soil building and pasture value.
In Linn County the Clover and Prosperity program has farmers in the Browning area ordering a 40 ton car of lime dust through the Linn County Farm Bureau for alfalfa and clover fields this fall. Participants include S J Gooch Ed Wilhite J B Stone and Herbert Cooper. The lime car should arrive this week and aid soil health for profitable yields.
M F Miller of the Missouri College of Agriculture discusses clover as a soil builder and its role in Northwest Missouri crops. He notes that low fertility is the first obstacle and must be corrected to restore clover's dominance in local farming systems.
The event on September 6 and 8 at S. Moore farm demonstrates practical methods to overcome soil acidity and improve clover stands through proper manure and phosphate use. Soils specialists will explain lime and cultivation techniques to make clover successful.
Notice states a trustee will sell land in Linn County Missouri on August 29 1924 at the West door of the courthouse Linneus for cash due to default on a promissory note dated September 20 1922 by Parke Randolph Davis and Bernice Davis his wife recorded in Book 230 Page 230. Sale is at public vendue between 8 am and 5 pm.
During a Tuesday night storm in Pleasant Hill Township Mr and Mrs James Dunlap and their son Farrel sheltered in a cave as a lightning strike damaged their home. The bed where Farrel slept was burned and the house suffered extensive damage with a threat of casualties averted by refuge.
Estate administrator J W Smith offers 80 acres of the G W Morelock farm two miles northwest of Browning near the school. Good buildings and wells on the property with terms available for a portion financed over several years at 6 percent interest. Interested parties contact administrator for details.
W D Williams, guest of Mr and Mrs C C Williams and relatives, left Tuesday for home in Chico California. Mrs Robert Stephenson of west of Cora called the last of the week and had us enter her.
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