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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
4
A Browning column lists subscription details and miscellaneous quotes. It blends local notices with aphorisms, Shakespearean reflections, and social commentary. The piece comments on character, public discourse, and curious local observations about gardens and figures.
Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and Raymond Browning traded in Browning Friday. John Longwell and Anna Belle West aided Jesse Longwell with butchering Monday and Tuesday. Kermit Lambert drove to St Her and delivered hogs to Chillicothe Saturday. Oda visited Linneus to see the doctor about an infected hand. Evelyn Longwell and Goldie Swisegood stayed at the John Longwell home Saturday night and Sunday. T S C Lambert spent Sunday with Henry Lambert. Willie Woodside Randall Lee Schreckhhise Verlan Ogle visited George and Oda Spencers Sunday. Kenmit Lambert went to St Louis market Sunday night.
In the Shafter column for January 1 1942 residents reflect on the past year and welcome the new year with family greetings. Mrs Edgar Morris hosts a Christmas gathering for twenty. the Smith sisters visit their parents the Elmer Smiths. Harold Cooper and Mrs Omi Phillips join relatives for Christmas. the Phillips family visit and Ora Phillips suffers two weeks in bed with influenza. W E Morris visits Billy Morris on Thursday evening.
A week of illness ends as a resident recovers. The Morris household hosts relatives including Mrs. Logan Meneely and Ida Tompson with whooping cough affecting several family members. Sunday guests include Julius Wood Floyd Shifler Morris family and Mary Glenn Billy. Joe Edmunson family visit Kansas City while Alta Phillips joins Will Morris parents.
North East Linn items report the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey on December 23 named Larry George. Local families share Christmas dinners and visits with relatives including the Cattey, Carter, Wilson, Bailey and Cordray households.
Real winter grips the region with subzero temps and slick highways as residents from Cora and nearby areas report cattle sales, butcherings, and family visits around Christmas and New Year. G M Spencer of Cora sold 29 head. Edd Montgomery of Illinois bought cattle. families from Kirksville Milan Browning and Chicago were mentioned in holiday movements.
The event featured a piano performance by Mrs. Haskel Spencer for teachers and pupils and visiting guests. Afterward attendees enjoyed candy treats.
Christmas celebrations fill Garner with family visits and dinners. Relatives including the Brown, Dodge, Thudium, Burkholder, Wampler, Batley, Maxwell, and Jennings families unite for holidays. Funeral notices for Mrs. Warren and Thomas Smith are noted. several local households hosted guests through December and Christmas Eve.
Local notes list numerous households sharing Christmas meals and visits. Names include Rottmann Shafer Holser Sayers Warren Holser Young Crookshanks Sayers Lane Forsen Bennet Grice Brown Vandyke Nichols Seaman Sayers Crooks Young Keith Saar Phillips and others. Many families exchange greetings and host relatives during the holiday period.
Mrs Rebecca Bumegarner Cassity wife of Victor Cassity of near Trenton Missouri died Wednesday morning after a period of illness. The funeral was held at the Church of Christ and burial followed at Grantsville cemetery. Nearby notices mention family and local community activities.
Cold weather keeps roads poor and news scarce in Pleasant Hill. Donald Knifong improves while confined to his room for weeks. Mrs. Wayne Britton sick. Dr. McArtor lanced her throat and she improves. Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Brantner traded in Browning Saturday. Everett Riley aided A. L. Knifong and Kenneth Knifong in butching last Wednesday. James Smith and Stanley Riley visited from St. Louis and traded cars. they returned Sunday night. Edwin Tucker stayed a night with Billy Newton. Kyra Burris returned to Fairview 110 after a ten day vacation.
Miss Goldie Swisegood spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Evelyn Longwell. Illene Belzer joined them Sunday. Floyd Swisegood drove Allen Lambert to Kirksville. he rode the bus to camp. Oren Head was in Chillicothe Saturday. Helen Smith spent the weekend with relatives. Earl has been home since Christmas. Everyone returned Sunday to resume school Monday. Mrs. R. H. Smith and Earl visited Kirksville Friday. Max Swisegood visited Frank Head Sunday evening. Robert Cattey was in North Salem Saturday afternoon. John Smith and Mr and Mrs Hugh Hale and Clinton visited Frank Head Monday evening. Henry Lambert Oren Jennings and Carl Peavler were in Purdin January 1. Miss Etheldean Davis, teacher here, is staying at Rayaoe due to the cold. Stella Baker is in Kirksville this week working for Mrs. Winston Crist. Mrs Birdie Hart is hospitalized at Ellis Hospital in Kirksville after an operation. She is improving slowly. Irene Jennings' condition remains about the same.
Letters of administration issued for the estate of William H. Pridemore by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court with hearing dated January 1 1942. Creditors must present claims within six months of grant or be barred after one year. Ettie Pridemore is administratrix.
Notice is given to creditors and others in the estate of John P. Nickell deceased that Cecil Everett Nickell administrator will make final settlement at the next Linn County Probate Court term in Linneus on February 9, 1942.
I J A Harris and N W Phillips administrators of Jacob B Harmon deceased announce intent to file a final settlement at the next Linn County Missouri Probate Court term to be held in Linneus on February 9 1942 for all creditors and interested parties.
In December Missouri reported 127 traffic deaths the highest monthly toll yet. The 1941 twelve month total reached 1070 fatalities with many injuries, a two percent rise from 1937’s prior peak. The Missouri Highway Department notes unusual accidents occur beyond typical car collisions.
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