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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
4
Fern N Woodward and G T Woodward are listed as owners and publishers of a Browning Missouri newspaper established in 1884 with a subscription price of 1.50 per year. The issue shows second class matter at the Browning post office under the 1879 act and is dated Thursday August 15 1946.
A compact collection of quirky local snippets and humorous remarks. A reader shares observations on daily life, fashions, and small misadventures, including garden digging, bread scarcity, soap slips, and hats resembling tossed salads.
Rain continues as Evert Dowdy loses a Jersey cow. Mrs. Essie Watson visits Kansas City daughters. Funeral of young Eugene Foster saddens community. Hubert Atkins guests Rosa Dodson. Sehrock Sunday School picnic held. Rosalie Fayetr CYaren visits Lena Ford family. Local township crews busy with road work. Julia Ann Lantz visits grandparents Rufus and Mrs Callihan.
Fairview District 110 items recount many Sunday visits and family gatherings. Names include Spencer Abbott Brantner Mairs McTague Coffman Hale Tucker Tucker, Riley, Britton, Carmack, Bailey, and others with travel to Kirksville Brookfield and Browning. Edwin Tucker and Carolene Gender wed at Linneus on August 12.
Mr and Mrs Beryl Taylor attended the Taylor Reunion Sunday afternoon at Owasco. Mrs Stella Baker spent time with grandchildren Zane and Odetta Smith while their parents were away. The item notes family gathering in North Salem.
Friends of Willie Woodsside report his steady recovery after surgery at a Kirksville hospital. Several locals attend Old Settlers Reunion at Linneus. Bear Branch Bible School pupils hosted a Friday night entertainment. 4 H Club participated in Achievement Day at Linneus. Shelby School plans to start on August 26. Everett Shreckhise visited Kirksville hospital on Saturday.
Sheriff Clyde G. Finney will sell at public vendue on September 4 1946 at the court house in Linneus Linn County Missouri the described real estate including parts of sections 11 and 14 townships 60 range 20 and lots 1 2 3 block 11 in Brown ing Missouri cash terms. The action is in the Circuit Court of Linn County Missouri in the case Thurman v Williams et al.
Saturday night visits included Mr and Mrs Jerry Gooch at the Rolla Gooch home and Mr and Mrs Urb Johnson at the Floy Johnson family. Freddie Creagon on furlough visited his parents and neighbors while Merle Richardson and Eupheve Gooch helped thrashers.
Mrs Evelyn Gall, employed in Kansas City, spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs C M Goins in Morris Chapel.
Smith family guests in town include Mr and Mrs Chas Smith and daughter Karol of Kansas City. Imogene and Karol stayed with local hosts, while Earl Helms family hosted Donald Lee Dowdy for Sunday dinner. Community members attended Old Settlers Reunion in Linneus. A heavy rain fell Wednesday night. Ned Mundell remains improving. Local pond digging completed for Sherman Cotter Warner Brassfield and Buster Rinehart.
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