Purdin Items and Local Travel Notes
News is scarce this week in Brown and surrounding areas. Will Pulliam and Harrison Smith took a business trip to Ren City on Tuesday, with H C Taylor and wife visiting at Willard Pulliam’s Sunday. Mrs McDonald traveled from Brookfield to stay with her parents at Willard Pulliam after Xmas, while Eva Steen cared for Ruth Jacobs last week and recovered enough to visit Mrs Bert Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Pulliam
Harrison Smith
Ren City
H.C. Taylor
Carlee Stone
Willard
Pulliam’s
McDonald
Brookfield
Willard Pulliam
Eva Steen
Ruth Jacobs
Bert Powell
Ye G
Hamer
Local Family Notes In Brookfield And Milan
Cora sind Vicinity reports winter weather as Duff Jennings spent last week in ster. Mrs J B Frank M in Brookfield, Dorris Fanning at Milan high school visited home over the weekend. Haskell Hollon and Joann went to Milan Monday. Langdon installed a new radio at Nos Heat’s weekly. A C Brinkley and family including Cade John Louise Assula went to Purifi n Saturday for shopping. Rex Almond has been very ill for the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Cross Roads And Shelby Community Notes
Cross Roads And Shelby diary items record visits among local families. Mrs. Joe Eden and daughter Betty Joe visited Mrs. Marion Hoover. Gail Zimmerman and Mrs. Paul Jenkins near C. M. Bailey. Joe Bummer and John Bummer with family were in Chillicothe. I H Eden and others visited B. F. Carr and family. Flu illness hits Mrs. Irvin Smith. Oyster supper at U B Church on Dec 29 to aid the church. John Lambert and family hosted Vera Calhoun guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
Shelby
Joe Eden
Betty Joe
Marion Hoover
Gail Zimmerman
Paul Jenkins
C. M. Bailey
Joe Bummer
John Bummer
John Robert
Chillicothe
I. H. Eden
Brufflebean
B. F. Carr
W. E. Baley
Gail Bimmerman
Wess Bailey
Jimmie Barnabee
Kansas City
Irvin Smith
Ed Ogle
Fred Keithley
Louise
Irene
Fadie Ogle
Yep Dean
U. B
John Lambert
Edward
Vera Calhoun
Weather Moderates and Local Social Visits Reported
The North East Linn area notes a moderation in weather since early in the week. Mrs. Roy Hard remains quite sick. Perry Christian and family visited Ben Purdin's on Sunday. Otis McCollum and family visited Winigan with Fred Jones and wife on Sunday. BM. Cattey had his cor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North East Linn
Roy Hard
Perry Christian
Ben Purdin’s
Otis McCollum
Winigan
Fred Jones
Cattey
Holiday week absence ends year end issue note
The office states no paper next week for a holiday period as staff close books for the New Year. Editors thank readers for support, request payments, and wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year while noting seasonal business tasks and open offices. Local items mention farm work and visits, with people such as Perry McColum Allen Sill Sharlie Cordray and Mrs J McCollum noted in brief family and farming activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader Record
Repair shop closed Christmas Day notice
P. P. Kollasch announces his repair shop will be closed on Christmas Day as he will be out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Kollasch
Save Pennies Waste Dollars in Printing
Printing cheaply saves pennies but costs dollars in advertising value. Inferior work wastes money, while good printing earns trust and returns. Printers generally charge reasonable prices. invest in quality to avoid costly rework and lost business.
Unseasonable Oregon Winter Blooms Noted in Albany
In a 1926 Albany note, Mary M. Johnson reports an extraordinarily mild Oregon winter with no hard frost and blooming mid summer and fall flowers. Roses nasturtiums marigolds chrysanthemums cosmos spirea narcissus and more are flowering. seeds sprout from pods suggesting unusual growth patterns across gardens and woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Nickell
Browning Leader
Oregon
Mary M. Johnson
Albany
Taxpayers' Notice Benton Township Tax Collection Schedule
Beginning Tuesday December 7 1926 I will be at the Bank of Purdin each Tuesday the Stock growers Bank each Friday and at the Farmers Exchange Bank Browning the rest of the time to collect the taxes of Benton Township The books are now ready at the Farmers Exchange Bank Florence E Lay Township Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Purdin
Stockgrowers Bank
Farmers Exchange Bank
Browning
Benton Township
Florence E. Lay
No hunting or trespassing on my land notice
A landowner, Mrs. R. S. Jenkins, forbids hunting trespassing, traps, dogs, or guns on the property. Traps will be removed.
Hog ad removed after quick sale in Browning paper
A Browning Missouri reader writes that he sold his hog within three days of advertising in the Leader-Record. He praises the paper for attracting more buyers and says he will pay for the ad, while noting he is confined to his room but hopes to be out by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning, Mo
Joe
J. H. Payne
Candidate for Sullivan County Superintendent of Schools
Marea Preston announces candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools subject to the decision of Sullivan County voters at the annual school election on April 5, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Marea Preston
Punters Take Notices On Farm Hunting Prohibition
Farmers ban hunting on their lands with guns dogs traps or shovels. Named locals Neva Bingham Joe Johnson Paul Gooch are cited in the notice warning against hunting activities on their farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Bingham
Joe Johnson
Paul Gooch
Slats Diary: Jake's Gote Visits Vet Then Dies
Diary entries recount a horse named Gote falling ill and dying after a visit from the veterinary doctor. Slats notes the diagnosis as death, humor about Christmas cigars, and domestic scenes with neighbors Mr. Woolley and Mrs. Wooley. The week includes a school promise about counting to 100 when two students quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakes Gote
Jake
Chrismas Segars
Crismas Segars
Birthday mischief and a counting mishap
The diary recounts a rough week with a black eye from a math mishap and a birthday greeting for Blister. A mistaken dose of bath salts causes alarm as the narrator contemplates consequences and a possible return to work for Cris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pug
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tae— Browning
Browning, Missouri
Brownga
Perry McColum
Allen Sill
Sharlie Cordray
Maggie Brewer
Vernice Christian
J. McCollum
Sherman Cordray
Floyd McCollum
F. M. Cattey
Mary Johnson
Southard’s
F. M. Stamper Co
James Williams
Mgr
Ethel
Gene Stratton- Porter
Wanderer
Raou
Walsh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!