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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
6
The Brown ing post office lists news from July 8 1897 with items on winter arriving. Mrs F D Fanning visited Milan on Monday and farmers selling turkeys. D G Heavens shipped hogs from Cora on Monday and L C Temlin bought 26 sheep from W I Landon on Friday. Jimmie Compton visited Cora Saturday evening and C C Dodson and wife spent Sunday with W I Langdon and wife.
Snow storms hinder travel as rears become nearly impassable. Local social notes report marriages and family visits including John B Talman to Della Jackson last Saturday, Raver family with their daughter Philip Bailey, and visits between Thedhum, Dodge, and Miller households. Mrs Mindie Riedl returns from Detroit visit.
Sunday visits marked the week with Mr. and Mrs. R J McCollum hosting Paul McCollum and neighbors. Several small gatherings followed as locals stayed in due to weather while others traveled for personal matters and medical checks.
W F Stone from east of Purdin visited on business, no hit on the farm. J N Maxey of Cora traded here Monday. Otto Browning spent Saturday in Brookfield. Bev Franklin of Brookfield on business Tuesday. Uncle Dan Brinkley of Cora visited Saturday. W F Palmer of Purdin here yesterday. S P Kelley in Linneus on business yesterday. Florence Lay spent Tuesday in Purdin collecting taxes. C M Thornton in Brookfield on Monday. Mr and Mrs Fred Bailey at W P Stephenson's Sunday. Dave Head in North Salem on business Tuesday. R M Calhoun in Cora yesterday. Walter Dunlap Sunday with the Roach family at Purdin. J S Head moved here with family from farm near Cora. Ernest Pearson of Purdin spent Sunday night with his father H C Pearson. Joseph Edens of Purdin visited Thursday. Earl Palmer Saturday night with J S Head near Cora. Poultry dealers buying and preparing turkeys for shipment. J R Dearing from Unionville guest of Dearing family. Radio display at Bailey Hardware with Crosley and Adler Royal sets from 9.75. Loud speakers and radio supplies shown. Christmas goods display at Bailey Hardware larger than ever. J W Garrett family and others dined with J H Nickell. C B Tulley of Nebraska visiting H C Pearson. Uncle Jake Lantz notes eight feet snow drift in barn lot.
North Salem plans a community Christmas tree with students from the Grade and High Schools likely to furnish the program. Produce dealers in North Salem are handling a large turkey crop this week. Miss Rama Riddle visited neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Belzer last week.
A five year old boy Lynden Morris writes from Brookfield Missouri dated December 9 1925 to Santa Claus listing Christmas requests a tricycle an Indian suit a ball a bell nuts candy and fruit for his brother and himself seeking Santa’s help in fulfillment.
Physicians and druggists now recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or shorten grippe infection. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water purges, then morning shows a vanished cold and restored appetite. A family package with full directions costs 85 cents at any drug store.
The diary entries recount Milt Greenfield visiting his parents at a poorhouse in his new Packard, lamenting the loss of his car to theft. A friend ofMr. Gillems visits and humorous remarks about a traffic cop provoke laughter. The Sunday entry begins a discussion paused mid sentence.
A student recalls the Hanging Gardens as a talk and court site for criminals to be hanged. In a history lesson on Sir Walter Rolly, the student shares all known details about his life and era.
Letters of Administration granted to H A Warren for the estate of Hugh C Warren deceased by Linn county Probate Court hearing on November 12 1925. Creditors must present claims within six months for allowance and within one year to avoid bar. Attest: Arthur L Pratt Judge of Probate. Includes unrelated diary-like notes and anecdotes.
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