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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
8
Local notes report harvest activity with corn gathering and recent sales. Obituary notes the death of an 84 year old, with funeral held at Frank Neff’s home and burial in Hoover cemetery. family connections in Oregon Iowa Idaho and Missouri referenced.
I will sell at public auction on my farm known as the Samuel Thorne old homestead three miles northeast of Linneus and three miles south of Purdin. The property includes eight head of jacks and jennets, seventeen horses and mules, twenty eight yearling steers, three registered yearling Hereford bulls, three milk cows, one yearling heifer, two two year old heifers, one hundred thirty four breeding ewes, three Shropshire bucks, and one Poland China male hog. W. M. Thorne.
Notice is given that Letters of Administration for the estate of Gora Bailey, deceased, were granted to Edward C. Bailey, Administrator, by the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri on October 49, 1936. Claims must be exhibited within six months for allowance or they may be barred. if not shown within one year from the last publication date, they will be forever barred.
In memory of George W Neff born February 20 1832 in Hardy county West Virginia. One of ten children his family moved to Burlington Iowa in 1839 after their mother died. He married Elizabeth Ellen Bailey in 1853 and the couple had six children, three of whom died in infancy. His survivor list and later life are incomplete in the provided text.
C M Thornton advertises farm loans with the lowest interest rate and best prepayment privilege.
A speaker warns of many youths roaming the streets at night and urges parents and city officials to intervene before more boys fall into trouble. The call emphasizes supervision, home structure, and early effort to steer teens from delinquency and risky behavior.
A Baptist church meeting led by Rev. Maples of Linneus and chorister Mr. Lambkin draws growing crowds. Maples is described as eloquent and able, Lambkin organizes a capable choir. Several converts and new church members reported, and Sunday night crowd size led to room shortages.
James Crooks and son Roy visited this office on Tuesday. Roy’s baseball team broke his right leg below the knee over a year ago and the bone was driven into the ground. In July a bone was removed from his left leg and grafted into the damaged area.
Uncle Jack Jacobs suffers facial cuts after a wagon accident on a trip to town. His team, long trusted and described as gentle, bumped him from the buggy, but he escaped serious harm. Doctors expect the grafted bone to be well knitted and walking possible next month.
Hollon of Cora is poorly. Mrs. Earl Helms of Lac Lede visits James Hollon and family. A Boyd of Milan in Corn Sunday. Cecil Dodson and Harry Peterson gathered corn for J D Eliott Friday. Glen Turner sawed wood for D W Jennings Friday.
G G Alexander learns from Rochester Minnesota wife and daughter that the daughter underwent one operation on Tuesday last week and would have the second operation soon. Mrs Alexander says she is getting along nicely.
A feature highlights how independent women gain ease on travel when a responsible official is paid to ensure their comfort and convenience. The piece emphasizes trusted escorting services as a key support element.
Burlington Route promotes personally conducted tours through Denver Colorado Springs Pike's Peak region Royal Gorge and Salt Lake City. The plan emphasizes comfort safety and low cost with agents offering details and a folder to readers. L T Wykoff is the ticket agent.
S W Correll of near Brookfield visited Cora on business Saturday. Ernest Dodson and wife of near Cora stayed with G M Spencer family Sunday. Mary Hite of Milan visited Wm Butler family Sunday. Lucille Glidewell staying with aunt in Milan called on Wm Black near Cora Sunday. G M Spencer of Cora attended the sale at Pearl Kibble's Monday. Dess Fanning went to Milan Monday. Little Otto Helms of Lac He with
A compact listing announces a residence with about 10 acres of well improved land located roughly 1 to 2 miles north of Niet. The notice highlights the property as available for sale in a rural area setting.
The buyer aims to purchase well-fed horses from four to twelve years old standing 14.2 to 16.0 hands high, plus four-year-olds at 15.1 to 16 hands. Southern mares four to eight years old preferred, no leggy types. Also seeking male horses four to ten years old, sound, trained to work, and fat. Highest market price offered.
R. J. Potter and M. Simpson were in Purdin on business when the brief dispatch noted their activities. The report places them in town for unspecified professional purposes and mentions no further outcomes.
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