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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
1
Increasing appetite for chocolate bars boosts corn demand. A Cedar Rapids to Chicago tank car network ships corn syrup to produce about 1,000,000,000 confections yearly. The Chicago firm uses 20 million pounds of syrup annually, needing 12,500 acres at 40 bushels per acre to supply it. We acknowledge M. P. Brassfield for subscription favors.
For sale S C White Leghorn cockerels from trap nested hens with 250 eggs and more. Leghorn and Silver Laced Wyandotte eggs in season. Troy A Meeker Laredo Mo.
Claude Myers Post rooms are for Legion members. others must not enter unless officially invited. The instruction aligns with a Post bylaw and aims to prevent future embarrassment. Wayne Gooch, Adjutant Earl M. Palmer, Com.
The dairy cow’s feed in winter should include hay silage roots and grain. Properly cured legume hays such as alfalfa clover vetches soybeans and cow peas provide protein and minerals and high palatability. Silage and stored root crops offer succulent roughage and aid digestion when green grass is unavailable.
Grain types such as corn oats barley and kafir are common in dairy cattle feeding. All these grains should be ground prior to use to improve digestibility and intake.
Community shoppers are invited to visit Hummel's Furniture Store this Saturday December 17 to preview items from the Adams Wesley Sunday School Class for public approval. Proceeds benefit church programs.
Property owners J. N. T. Sevier and J. W. Sevier warn hunters and trappers with guns or dogs to stay off their farms, enforcing a clear no trespassing rule on the land.
Sunday honored Mrs Julia E McQuown on her seventy four birthday with family gathering at Line Street home. Guests included J C Ingraham family C L McQuown and children Earl J T Hoselton H L Adams O K Vincent family and Mrs Mary D Melton. A noon feast satisfied all present.
An advertisement from Golden Rule Fur Co. of Brookfield Missouri urges fur sellers to trade with them near the Fair Ground, claiming they offer the best prices.
Notice that Duncan township tax collector H C Freeland will be at Browning on Thursdays and Saturdays, at Cora on Wednesdays, and at Roger on Fridays during December to collect taxes.
The Browning Motor Company will relocate this week to a new building adjoining Highway 5, occupying part of the old Jenkins factory. Though unfinished, the house warming is planned for the end of the week. The new showroom is described as the finest business building ever built in Browning and will display the latest motor creations.
The annual election of M. W. A. will be held at the I. O. O. F. Hall on Friday night December 16th. All members are urged to attend. H. L. Adams, V. C. S. P. Darr, Clerk.
Rola Gooch announces tax collection sessions in Heela on December 8 and 15, Haseville on December 9 and 16, and Shafter on December 10 and 17 to collect Jackson township taxes.
The piece memorializes Allen B. Burkholder a Linn County native who served in Manila and with U S Army units, detailing his wartime service, health decline to tuberculosis, and death far from home. It also records the obituary of a Missouri-born woman who lived 50 years with her husband Westfall and left numerous children grandchildren and siblings, with funeral details and religious faith.
Rachel Campbell daughter of William and Mary Ann Campbell born in Barber county West Virginia March 12 1860 departed this life December 4 1927.
Shelby High School in Shelby, Missouri, is confirmed on the first class list with 16 units approved after a visit by inspector W. G. Dillon. The letter from State Superintendent Charles A. Lee notes harmonious work, suggests interior redecorating in state colors, and calls for four sets of supplementary readers for the first four grades and two sets for upper grades, including the rural school.
The Gress Studio in Brookfield Missouri offers portraits of three week old babies using precision lighting and equipment. They claim a 1555 of a second exposure time makes photographing children easy regardless of weather.
All hunting and trapping is positively forbidden on my farm. Keep out and save trouble, John B. Harmon, H. F. Kille.
In Browning Missouri the City Council authorized the Mayor to file with the Public Service Commission of Missouri for a rate hearing on electric charges by Browning Purdin Electric Company and to oppose Consumers Public Service Company's plan to buy Browning Purdin Laclede Sumner Rothville for 135000 dollars and issue stock and bonds. The three companies are owned by the Markham family of Brookfield Missouri and buy power from North Missouri Power and Light. The hearing shown November 3 indicated company values and incomes. Consumers Public Service Company dismissed its bond issue and sought an indefinite continuance. The mayor hopes to reduce rates, noting 18 cents per kilowatt hour in Browning and seeks neighboring city cooperation.
The article recalls Virgil Hope’s twenty fifth birthday on a December Thursday. His wife arranged a surprise party with guests arriving fifteen minutes before six as he was kept out skating until near six. The nicely planned gathering aimed to celebrate but faced an unforeseen hiccup.
It will arrive Monday with a new Ford at the Browning Motor Company new home. The advert promises a landmark moment in the automobile world and invites readers to wait for the debut.
The Gress Studio in Brookfield Mo reports record gift portrait orders from neighboring towns for Christmas. Sittings by appointment evenings and Sundays. bookings through December 18. Phone 172.
Violet Marie Batye, daughter of William and Grethel Batye, was born October 16 1927 and died December 5 1927 at the family home near Linneus. Survived by her parents and one brother Nolan, with many relatives and friends. Funeral services by R J McCollum and burial at North Salem cemetery.
Peterson Bros offer their refurbished old Tungan Rectifier 10 Battery type at a bargain price due to higher charging costs. Factory overhaul guarantees No. 1 shape as they expand to larger equipment for radios and cars.
Roy Haley posts a clear land notice stating no hunting allowed on his farm with a directive to stay out.
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