James S. Jacobs Dies at 94 in Sullivan County
James S. Jacobs died at his daughter’s home February 8 1945 at 9 p m aged 94. Born June 1 1851 near Browning Missouri he was the last survivor of twelve. Survived by two daughters Eva Warren and Blanche Myers four sons Roy Frank Grover and Claude, twenty grandchildren and many greats. Services were held February 11 at Locust Valley Baptist Church conducted by Rev Hunsaker. Burial at local cemetery under Payne's of Galt.
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James S. Jacobs
Hugh Warren
Alfred
Martha Brookshier Jacobs
Browning
Missouri
Mary C. Clem
Eva Warren
Blanche Myers
Tacoma
Washington
Roy
Pendleton
Oregon
Frank
Grover
Enumclaw
Claude
Laredo
Sullivan County
Washin
Locust Valley Baptist Church
Hunsaker
Galt
Paul
Beryl Warren
Lloyd
Frank Arnold
Carl Jacobs
Ervin Barrows
Payne's of
Thanks for kindness at our loss of Jas. S. J
The family of Jas. S. J Children expresses sincere gratitude for the acts of kindness shown during the death and burial, signed by the children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. S. J
Remembering Roy Darling by Zara Downing
A memorial note from Zara Downing of Dalton Illinois Cook County honors Roy Darling. She recalls loving him through life and in death and asks that he be remembered.
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Ray Downie
Roy Darling
Zara Downing
Dalton
Illinois
Cook Co
Final Tax Collection Dates Set for Duncan Township
Robert Fields, Collector, announces final tax collection for Duncan Township. Roger will be in Cora on February 23 afternoon Browning on February 24 all day and February 25 forenoon.
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Cora
Roger
Browning
Duncan Township
Robert Fields
Locust Valley Baptist Church Holds All Day Sunday Meeting
Locust Valley Baptist Church invites all to an all day meeting on Sunday February 18. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches and pie and join in turning over a new leaf. Rev. Dice is the pastor leading the event.
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Locust Valley
Baptist Church to Hold Sunday Services
Rev Elmer Goss county missionary from Linneus will lead services Sunday morning February 18 at 11 am with no evening service.
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Elmer Goss
Linneus
Oliver typewriter stands ready for use at Browning ranch
Auction note lists a first class Oliver standard visible writer typewriter in working condition. C A Fleming of Browning Missouri handles the item for sale or transfer.
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Oliver Typewriter
For Sale Corn at One Dollar a Bushel
For sale 600 or 700 bushels of corn at one dollar per bushel. Address E. L. Haley in Browning to arrange pickup at the seller's location.
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E. L. Haley
Browning
Notice on Livestock At Large in Browning
City finds chickens and other livestock running at large in Browning. An ordinance prohibits this practice. Citizens are urged to secure their animals and cooperate with the Aldermen’s order.
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Browning
Board of Aldermen
Notice to subscribers on address changes
Notice to subscribers moving to new localities requesting advance notice of change of address. The publisher explains post offices require two cents per notice and often lack complete changes, prompting postage due notices.
Home in Indiana shines in technicolor and strong cast
A glowing review of the Saturday Evening Post adaptation, praising the Technicolor tale of Spirited youth and fast horses. Walter Brennan dominates as Thunder Bolt with warmth, supported by Lon McCallister Jeanne Crain June Haver and others in a vibrant county fair backdrop.
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Saturday Evening Post
George Agnew Chamberlin
Indiana
Andre Caven
Henry Hathaway
Walter Brennan
Thunder” Bolt
Lon McCallister
California
Sparke
Jeanne Crain
June Haver
Crain
Haver
Charlotte Greenwood
Werd Bond
Charles Dingle
Browning School Still On First Class List
A wartime Harvard training report highlights Ensign Bernand Browning among top naval officers in a special class. The Browning, Missouri native is on leave from the War Department and supported by the Baker Foundation and Navy Department for advanced administrative training. Browning’s prior studies spanned multiple colleges, with family ties noted in Missouri. The second item confirms Browning’s school status and honors, while a separate Missouri document from February 5, 1945, commends Browning’s Browning school for maintaining first class status, noting facility improvements and continued recommendations.
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Navy Department
Ensign Browning
Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Missouri
School of Foreign Servie
Georgetown University
Wahington
D. C
Univeristy of
Richmond
Virginia
United States Navy
War Department
Nea Browning
John Browning
Scott Browning
Timothy and Clover Seed for Sale in Browning Me
A short classified notice offers a few bushels of home grown red clover and timothy seed for sale by H. C. Bailey of Browning, Maine.
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Timothy
Clover
H. C. Bailey
Browning, Me
World Day of Prayer Observed at Browning Methodist
Browning Methodist Church invites all to Friday February 16 observance starting 1 30 pm with song prayer special by high school address by Rev Carl Hackman of Milan and an hour of prayer song and solo intermingled with quiet meditation for spiritual fellowship
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Browning Methodist Church
L. P
Carl Hackman
Milan
Open Route 65 Held By 39th Engineer Regiment In Italy
Pvt Louis W Austin of the 39th Engineer Combat Regiment serves as chauffeur while the unit guards Route 65 linking the Fifth Army front in Italy. The regiment built bridges culverts and airstrips and fought as infantry from Sicily to Anzio and Florence. Colonel Themes E Green of Austin Texas leads the regiment with notable amphibious and engineering feats across Italy and North Africa.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Louis W. Austin
Chaffeur
39Th Engineer Combat Regiment
39Th
D Way
Gela
Sicily
Salzeno
Anzo
Mussolini Canal
Special Service
Volturno
Marne
Anzio
Rome
Piombino
Arno
Florence
Bologna
Oran
Algeria
French Morocco
Themes E. Green
Austin
Texas
Evelyn Hooker Weds Morris Moody in Woodland California
Miss Evelyn Hooker daughter of Mrs Hinda Hooker Lineville Iowa married Morris J Moody son of O A Moody Woodland California on Friday February 2 Rev Rey Donelson officiated. Attendants included Lt and Mrs David W Moody of Waco Texas. The bride a Lineville High School Knoxville College alum teaches in Lineville Public Schools. The groom a Woodland High School graduate served in Army Air Corps and is stationed at Ellington Field. They plan to spend his furlough in Woodland before return to teaching and farming duties.
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Evelyn Hooker
Morris J. Moody
Woodland
Calif
Hinda Hooker
Lineville
Iowa
O. A. Moody
California
Rey Donelson
David W Moody
Waco
Texas
R. J. Fuller
J. T. Hooker
Browning
Tires In Stock At Johnson Chevrolet Co Browning Mo
Johnson Chevrolet Co in Browning Missouri lists tire sizes 6.00-16 5.50-17 6.50-16 5.50-18 and 6.50-20 now in stock.
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Johnson Chevrolet Co
Browning, Mo
Washington Tea Sponsored by Circle No 1
The annual Washington Tea by Circle No 1 of the Methodist Church will be held at Mrs. Beverly Moore’s home on Thursday afternoon February 22. Guests are cordially invited.
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Washington
Circle No. 1
Methodist Church
Beverly Moore
Military Funeral Services for 2nd Lt Shaw
2nd Lt. Marjorie Shaw of the U S Army Nurses Corps in England was found dead in her hospital bed and given a military funeral in the hospital chapel. She died around January 13, 1945, with companion nurses and unit personnel attending, remains in state two hours, guard of honor posted, and full military honors accorded at a later burial in England. Floral tributes funded by patients and unit members will continue weekly. Miss Shaw, age 12 at birth, lived in Kansas before moving to Colorado then Missouri. She enlisted February 18, 1942, served at Jefferson Barracks and Miami Beach, and has been in England since July 1, 1944, with friends in Browning.
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Marjorie Shaw
U. S. Army Nurses Corps
England
Hosital
Miss Shaw
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Army Nurses Corps
Jefferson Arracks
Miami Beach
Florida
Browning
Letter from Lincoln era colonel details 1865 Washington visit
Mrs. J W Garrett brings to the office a letter 82 years old from Benj F NorthcottWritten on Feb 5 1865 in Washington DC the missive describes a White House levee with President Lincoln and Mrs Lincoln the crowd crush the attire shuffling and the cozy reports Northcott a U S Army colonel notes Sec Chase Levee sightings Halleck Freemont Clay Seward and others and mentions pay and duty with the 73rd regiment and future plans for Em and school work. The letter is being dedicated to Mervyn Garrett born February 12 serving on a Navy tanker as fireman first class.
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J. W. Garrett
Lincoln
Benj. F. Northcott
Washington, D. C
White House
Northcott
U.S. Army
Mervyn D. Garrett
Col. Northcott
Mervyn
Sec. Chase’s
Halleck
Fremont
C. M. Clay
Seward
McLellen
West
Benj. F. Northott
Milan Soldier William Long Loses Leg in Europe
William E. Long of Milan Missouri, in Patton's Third Army in Europe, lost a leg and was hospitalized. His family learned of the injury when he wrote to his wife in Milan after three months with no word. He is the youngest son of the late Harry F. E. Long.
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William E. Long
Milan
H. C. Hanson
Missouri
Europe
Patton
Third Army
Harry FE. Long
Local Soldier Awarded Combat Decoration for Italy Action
Sergeant Leonard D. Mitchell of Browning Missouri has been cited by the 361st Infantry Regiment of the 96th Powder River Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat in Italy. The badge features a silver rifle on infantry blue within a silver wreath.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Leonard D. Mitchell
James Leon Mitchell
Browning
Missouri
9611St
Powder River
Hay For Sale 400 Bales From Browning Supplier
Otto Johnson of Browning offers 400 bales of hay including rabeack and timothy for sale. Contact for price and delivery details.
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Rabeack
Timothy Hay
Otto Johnson
Browning
Entertained M F A Employees And Families
Mr and Mrs F L Gooch entertained Thursday night with an eight o clock luncheon for the employees and families of the MFA The evening was spent in playing cards Those present included Mr and Mrs Harvey Shannon and Ronnie Mrs Kathleen Quigley and Jerry Lee Margaret Ellen and Joan Mr and Mrs George Taylor Mrs Elizabeth Elisberry Jeanne Woolf Waverly Ware Mr and Mrs Ernest Lumsden and Janet.
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M.F.A
F. L. Gooch
Harvey Shannon
Ronnie
Kathleen Quigley
Jerry Lee
Margaret Ellen
Joan
George Taylor
Elizabeth Elisberry
Jeanne Woolf
Waverly Ware
Ernest Lumsden
Janet
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Jacobs
Dice
Electric Theatre
John Gooch
Browning School
Department of Public Schools
Roy Scanlin
City of
Jefferson
Maryn Gooch
Board of Education
Gooch
Viola Brandt
Zoe Harwold
Roy Scantlin
State
I. O. O. F. Hall
Browning, Missouri
P. M. Marr
The
Women’s Democratic Organization of
Sullivan and
Linn Counties
Fifth Army Front
Shaw
Cpl
Newton E. Morelock
General Hospital
el Paso
Elmer Morelock
Edgar
Red Cross
ElPaso
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