Local notes and social news from Browning Missouri
Brief town column covering visits and travels of residents Noah Head and C W Newton to Brookfield. Ramah Riddle leaves for Kirksville to study music. Birth of a baby boy to Harvey Cordray and updates on health. Various locals seen in Browning, Milan, Laclede and nearby towns with small notices of events and upcoming programs.
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Noah Head
C.W. Newton
Brookfield
Joé Head
Browning
Enid
Maple
Bird Arthur
Harvey Cordray
Mother
Babe
Harvey
Mr. Agee
George
Helena
Helen
Ramah Riddle
Kirksville
Maggie Brewer
North East Linn
Cross Roads and Shelby Social Happenings
Mrs. Chas Schriner and son Billie visited Dave Dodge and wife near Linneus for several days. Mrs. Jack Brown and daughter stayed with Mrs. Chas Sears on Tuesday. Edens family visits and home moves are noted with numerous neighbor gatherings. Eddie Ogle and Versie Spencer wed in Linneus on February 11th amid old time charivari.
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Cross Roads
Shelby
Chas. Schriner
Billie
Dave Dodge
Linneus
Jack Brown
Chas
Sears
Joe Edens
L. H
C.C. Linhart Place
Eddie Ogle
Versie Spencer
Charivari
Bev Carr
L. H. Edens
John Bummer
Ed Ogle
Fred Keithley
Irvin Smith
Jake Smith
Schriner
Stewart Woodside
Jay Smith
Winigan Items Reflect Local Deaths Ills and Moves
Corpral Carlos Hart, killed in a Fort Leavenworth train wreck, was buried at Winigan last Wednesday. Dan Turner died Friday and was buried Sunday. Miss Genevieve Wyatt visited Velma and Pauline Milhoan. Mrs. Laura Greenstreet improves after illness. Truston McArter, Kirksville student, underwent tonsil and adenoid surgery. Branstetter family moved from the Riddle farm. A large crowd attended a musical entertainment at John W.
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Carlos Hart
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Winigan
Dan Turner
Genevieve Wyatt
Velma
Pauline Milhoan
Laura Greenstreet
Truston McArter
Kirksville
Branstetter
Riddle Farm
John W
Cross Roads And Cora Church Notices
Lewis Goodwin of south of Milan was in Cora last week. Preaching at Cross Roads is planned Saturday night Sunday morning and night by Rev Reader of Chillicothe. Notalie Harmon spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Truman Stephenson worked for Chas Dodson last week. Elsie Bundridge was a Cora visitor one day. Otis Franklin of south east of Milan was in Cora on business last Tuesday. George Dodson spent Sunday with Leon Whiteaker. Verdie Hoskins visited Lucille Black Thursday evening. D G Havers and family of Milan were in Cora Sunday. Herbert Head is able to be out. Thelma Lawrence and Hazel Dodson spent Sunday with Fay and Ruth Lawrence.
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Anc
Sallie Jennings
Herbert Head
Everett Sleeth
Browning
Elbert Howard
George
Hazel Dodson
Jim Pratt
Sherman T. Hoskins
Frank Hagan
Fritz Brinkley
Milan
G.m.spencer
H. F. Havens
Laclede
A. . Havens
D. G. Havens
A. R. Dillinger
Fred Bauswell
Emmett Spencer
Roger
Ralph Trumbo
Tom Head
Brookfield
Mary Spencer
Oran
Lewis Goodwin
Otis Franklin
Cora
Verdie Hoskins
Lucille Black
D. G. Havers
Perry McCollum
Will Abbotts
Mildred McCollum
Nola Head
Helen McCollum
Maggie Brewer
North Salem
Nozh Head
Roy Hays
Leonard
I. J. McCollum
Perry Christian
Elwood Triudium
Bob Baker
Otis McCollum
Winigan
Weather Turns Cold As Local News Gathers
The brief notes report illness among residents, family visits over the weekend, and small events. Dorothy Cattey suffers tonsillitis while Aunt Emma remains at home. Several relatives and neighbors share visits and trades, including Perry McCollum selling a cow and building moves with Bob Baker.
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Dorothy Cattey
Emma
John Bauers
Mrs Pobe Named Candidate in Linn County Township Election
Announcement states Mrs Pobe is the chosen candidate of the Democratic voters in Linn County township following Jack Atevenship. The action awaits voter endorsement.
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Pobe
Gooch
Jackatevenship
Linn County
Home Grown Honey for Sale by Will Bennett
Will Bennett advertises pure honey available in boxes and crates with contact by phone for buyers to request quantities. Local seller promotes naturally produced honey directly to customers.
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Will Bennett
Car of Oats on Track This Week
Roy Haley reports a car of No 2 white oats on track late this week price 62 cents per car continuation of grain movement expected this week.
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Roy Haley
Car Rollover on hill injures none
Ben Carter a Route 2 carrier recalls a Monday incident when a broke pin on a hind wheel caused his car to roll back down a hill. He steered into the roadside bank and the vehicle tipped onto its side with little damage and no injury.
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Ben Carter
Route 2
Ben
Reverend Rutherford Praises Browning Church Cooperation
Notes describe Sunday services with Rev.William Rutherford Elder of Chillicothe District delivering a fine message. He appreciated Browning’s church cooperation and progress on building plans while the pastor James L. Bate had to miss a funeral call at White Oak due to another service.
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Wm. Rutherford
Chillicothe
Browning
McCully
Renewal request to the Browning Leader-Record from Lillie Porter
A Browningite from Yakima Washington encloses 1 50 for a renewal and asks the paper be sent in her name rather than her mother's. She notes Mr Porter has a fractured ankle and her father C B Hale is ill but improving.
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Yakima
Wash
Browning Leader-Record
Browning, Mo
Leader- Record
Slats Diary Entry From A Child Narrator
Friday a citizen in the east writes of his grandpa’s frostbite and new piglets while school pushes thrift and saving. He complains about government cuts to schools and notes peers’ reactions to his views. Saturday longs for leisure. Sunday he saves a dime from Sunday school and is punished for spending a nickel on liquorish.
Monday to Thursday diary of classroom and family mischief
A short week of school notes shows a student recounting a test where the teacher praised consistency, questions about Latin hints, a slow learner Emmy, news of someone with Saint Vitus dance, a trip to Yurrope, and a story about a man accused of stealing blamed on his wife with a playful exchange between speaker and mother.
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Evry
Emmy
Joe Dugan
Yurrope
For Sale White Wyandotte Hatching Eggs
For sale Rose Comb White Wyandotte eggs for hatching. Phone 128 Y. Mrs. F. J. Alspach.
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F. J. Alspach
Purdin Items and Local Notices
The column lists visits and movements around Purdin including Stella Crabtree visiting relatives, D L Cady and families, and a trip to Brookfield. It notes preparations at Purdin Mercantile, church pulpit exchanges, hospital updates on W F Roach, and Mrs Margaret Mairs’ Kirksville trip. Poultry advice from Noel Hall cautions on porous eggs and incubator capacity.
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Stella Crabtree
Denver
Purdin
Noel Hall
State Poultry Experiment Station
Mountain Grove
Local Notices Mention Haskell Hollon Wattenbarger Ross
Haskell Hollon of Cora and N J Wattenbarger of Milan visited on business. Mr and Mrs George Ross stayed with relatives in Purdin. Eagle Stamps available at Dickinsons Store. Our friend Scott Brown traded timothy seed for sub-
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George Ross
Purdin
Scott Brown
Timothy
Sub
Selecting Eggs For Hatching
Eggs for hatching must be carefully chosen with 70 to 80 percent of the average stock fit for incubation. Use only normal eggs in shape and color, discard abnormally large or small eggs, and avoid poorly shaped or rough shelled eggs.
Dancing On A Volcano Sermon Warns Of America’s Plague
The Kansas City Journal quotes Dr. Andres Bard of St Luke’s Lutheran Church calling civilization a volcano dance. He cites loosening home ties, undermined respect for law, waning faith, bank graft, and rising Bolshevik propaganda as signs of a decaying society.
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Andres Bard
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
America
Bard
Kansas City Journal
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Truman Stephenson
Chas. Dodson
Elsie Bundridge
George Dodson
Leon Whiteaker
Thelma Lawrence
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Ruth Lawrence
D.L. Cady
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Joe Creason
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Purdin Mercantile Store
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Will Stephenson
D. G. Freeland
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Lester Harris
W. F. Roach
Mr. Roach
Margaret Mairs
Miss Alice Johnson
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