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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1924
Page
4
Brown ing Missouri post office note of 1897 marks new item publishing January 10 1924 reports weather and holiday events. Christmas tree crowds at Winigan with programs from Price Winigan and E Winigan schools. Local families including Crists Coram Turners Hoseltons Millions and McCollums visit relatives over holidays.
Local notes recount visits by Alpha Harris and Lloyd Trumbo to W S Black, Clara families and neighbors in Reger and Milan. Weather swings from real herd weather to twenty two below zero. Hogs butchered for Aunt Maggie Brewer, a Jersey cow lost, rabbit hunts and oyster suppers mark weekly life in the area.
Saturday morning temperatures in Purdin ranged from 18 to 25 below. Walter Patterson and family visited at the John Taylor home. Walter Guyer suffered a broken hip after a wagon accident and was hospitalized in Brookfield but is improving. Local residents are harvesting the ice crop this week.
Letters of Administration granted by Linn County Missouri Probate Court on November 12 1923 for the estate of Lewis T Asher. Creditors must file claims within six months for allowance or be barred. claims not filed within one year from grant are forever barred. Roy Marl administrator. Arthur L. Pratt judge of probate.
Official financial statement for Farmers Bank of North Salem Missouri closing December 31 1923 published January 10 1924. Statements list loans real estate cash due from banks and other assets totaling about 200 674 with capital stock and deposits and notes payable totaling the same amount. Bank officials C L Peavier president and D V Mardis cashier certify accuracy before notary.
Browning Savings Bank Browning Missouri closes business year 1923 with loans and discounts 238273.72 real estate 26664.23 bonds and U S Treasures 2000.00 real estate banking house 2000.00 furniture and fixtures 94551.81 cash on hand 3216.18 specie 746.09 Deposits total 379746.09 capital stock 10000.00 surplus fund 60000.00 undivided profits 8248.73 due to banks 400.00 time certificates 8781.25 bill pay and rediscounts 0.00 sworn statement dated January 8 1924 signed by J B Harmon president N W Phillips cashier and notarized by Jesse D Burwell.
Warren Ogle found a dog in a fit near Dr. Epperson's vacated rooms in Browning. The dog was killed by the Marshall and Virgil Breeding with help. The May or issued a thirty day city ban on running at large dogs to prevent hydrophobia spread.
Ford Motor Company officials say the new year will bring a larger automotive era with cars rising in social and commercial use. Reports from across the country show rising prosperity and earlier buying, leading to an advance in the 1924 car shortage period by several weeks.
Winter halts progress briefly but workers from the Missouri College of Agriculture and the U S Bureau of Soils report that two thirds of Phelps County has been surveyed identifying 27 soil types. Most land was once timbered with soils derived from dolomitic limestone and sandstone and low in organic matter and phosphorus. The St James experiment field shows manure improves soil returns.
The report notes extensive timber removal with timber rail ties still produced in large numbers. Topography and rocky soil limit development, making land valuable mainly for pasture and forestry. Livestock farming dominates. expanding pasture and better grassland are key to growing the industry.
The piece argues that drunkenness while driving should be treated as a serious crime, not a mere misdemeanor. It urges stronger penalties and judicial attitudes, linking public safety to responsible driving and the need for civic action against dangerous behavior on busy roads.
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