Community Notes From Browning Missouri Christmas Week
The Browning Leader records social visits over Christmas and New Year with local families, school programs, and a church clan. Highlights include Miss Eva Smith winning a voting contest for the prettiest girl, updates on residents visiting relatives, and obituaries noting Maude May Smith’s death in Chickasha Oklahoma.
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Keith Myers
East of Browning
Tom Allen
D. P. Myers
Homer Cooper
W. L. Baker
Tilden Gooch
Okla
Betty Gooch
Kansas City
Tilden
Betty Phillips
Hickssville
Willard Philips
Lorene Morris
White Cloud
Tom Morris
Billy Kimbrough
Kimbrough
D. W. Nichols
North Collins Avenue
Okmulgee
Oklo
Family visits span Cora and nearby towns in midweek
Cora and Vicinity reports Mrs. D. G. Havens and family of Milan spent the past week with Mr. Havens in Cora. Clifford Fanning visits Kirksville with relatives and friends this week. Neal and Vera Freeland of [location redacted] are listed in the same notices.
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Cora
D. G. Havens
Milan
Havens
Clifford Fanning
Kirksville
Neal
Vera Freeland
No Commission Policy Letter Exposes Dealer Tactics
A cemetery sexton’s letters reveal Summers declining a selling commission. He notes cheaper quotes from rivals and reiterates his policy of no agents and no commissions. The correspondence, deemed bonafide and on file at Summers’ business, underscores pricing and ethical stance.
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Summers
S. W. Summers
Dinner Guests Celebrate Christmas Season at Duncan Home
The Duncan home hosted fourteen guests on Friday December 30 for a three course dinner and evening gatherings. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Guy Adams and Orryl, J H Calhoun, Dr. and Mrs. R W Whaley, J D Lay and Ruth, W H Dickinson Harvey Fields and Maude Fields, all of Chula. A previous dinner at J D Lay residence entertained Jay Harvey Harmon Bolling J P Bolling R M Calhoun Virginia Bolling and James Arthur Calhoun with piano selections by Mrs Puth of Stephens College now in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Lantz
Hale
J. H. Calhoun
Virgil Hoce
Peggy Lee
N. H. Dickinson
W. H. Dickinson
Harvey Fields
Ella Keithley
R. M. Calhoun
James
W. H.dickinson
K. M. Duncan
Ruth
Maude Fields
Chula
J. D. Lay
Jay Harvey
J. S. Harmon
J. P. Bolling
R. W. Whaley
Ethelyn Jolley
Virginia Bolling
James Arthur Calhoun
Yale
Surprise Shower Honoring Sun day School Leaders
Members of the H. W. Class of the Methodist S. S. South and their spouses surprised Mr. and Mrs. H L Schrock last Thursday. Mr Schrock heads the Sunday school and Mrs Schrock teaches the ladies Bible class. Guests gifted a handkerchief shower and brought popcorn and candy before departing.
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H.W
Methodist
South
H. L. Schrock
Mr. Schrock
Renewal note from Mrs. Lillie Porter in 1927
A letter from Mrs. Lillie Porter of Yakima Washington accompanies a $1.50 renewal for The Browning Leader Record, dated December 31 1927. She sends New Year wishes and praises the paper.
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Yakima
Wash
Browning Leader-Record
Browning
Lillie Porter
A Factor of Progress Invention of the track type tractor
The track type tractor boosts road building by increasing efficiency and cutting time and costs. It revolutionizes highway construction and is now essential for significant roads, aiding projects like the Everglades work in Florida.
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Everglades
Florida
Track Type Tractors Speed Up Global Road Projects
The article highlights the widespread use of track type tractors as a symbol of progress in major projects. It cites Cuba's 700 mile highway construction, Brazil's Sao Paulo aqueduct works, and Amarillo Texas adopting caterpillar tractors for street expansion, noting the efficiency gains and shifted costs from old methods.
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Cuba
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Amarillo
Texas
United States
Missouri History Note and Christmas Family Gatherings
A fragmented diary style piece recounts Ant Emmy’s shopping mishap with dog biscuits and crackers, a wartime Missouri history summary on Governor Thomas Crittenden, and a Christmas party hosted by Mr and Mrs James Crist with a long guest list and shared meals. The historical entry highlights Crittenden’s career from lawyer to governor and diplomat.
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Missouri
Historical Society of
Columbia
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Crittenden
Kentucky
Cloverport
Center College
Danville
John J. Crittenden
Caroline W. Jackson
Frankfort
Lexington
Lafayette County
John A. & Tutt
Hall
Aikman Welch
Seventh Cavalry
Crittenden and Cockrell
General Cockrell
United States
United States Congress
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
James Brothers
Colonel Crittenden
Kansas City
Crittenden, McDougal and Stiles
Cleveland
Mexico
James Crist
W. W. Hart
Mr. Hart
G. T. Crist
Allen Crist
Harley Crist
Roy Jennings
Elmer Jennings
Ellis Jennings
John Arnold
Henry Sarge
Hattie Winters
Fannie Bunch
Hattie Burris
John Thompson
Florence Foss
Edgar Harl
Farm Woman Repairs Sewing Machines For Pin Money
A New York farm woman learned to clean and repair sewing machines and then earned extra income by overhauling the machines of her neighbors.
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New York
Federal aid road projects end 1927 total mileage up to 64 209
Improved roads under the Federal aid highway system reached 64 209 miles by June 30 1927 an increase of over 8 300 miles from the preceding year. The tonnage of completed projects reflects expanded federal assistance and broader road network development.
Home Economics Student Measures Dishwashing Waste
A home economics student estimates that dishwashing in an average family covers the same area as a three acre field. Proper scalding and a good dish drainer are said to save this effort and grant the housewife about 20 minutes of daily leisure by using the simpler method.
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Browning, Mo
Clive
Glen
W. T. Jennings
Duff
Hot Springs
Ark
Buster Rinehart
Near Browning
George Jennings
Kenneth Jennings
Gaylord Quigley
J. H. Tharp
Supt
W. M. Hedges
Humphreys Public Schools
E. D. Christy
F. C. Thurlo
Near Humphreys
Miles Peterson
Willis Gooch
Peterson
J. H. Gooch
Chicago
Mr. Gooch
Maude May Smith
Robert Resor
Mary Eliza Smith
Sullivan County
Chickasha
William Jessie Williams
Teddy
Irwin
Fred
Ned
Edna Mae
Mary Billy
Martha Ann
Jackie
Oklahoma
Robert Smith
Willie
Galt
Grace Donoho
Humphreys
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FE. M. Stamper Co
J. R. Williams
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Emmy
Grosery
Ant Emmy
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Wensday
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