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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
4
Real zero weather affects the area as residents like Shelby Hunsaker recover from flu. Several locals report activities from hog butchering and horse breaking to sled making and school coasting. Travel to nearby towns is noted with visits and work in progress as families spend time at home during the deep snow.
A weekend social roundup in Shafter lists visits among Phillips, Bruce, Coulter, Smith, and Baker families. It notes a 13 year relatives reunion, Sunday dinners with the Vernon Phillips and Myer households, and a joint M W A R W A installation led by Deputy Ida Davis. A local theater feed followed the ceremony and a school program by Kenneth Jennings’ class is mentioned.
Flu cases persist in Shelby as the new school term resumes after a two week break. Local social items note visits and gatherings at homes and a dance at Jewel Tomlin's, with residents like Lois Philips, Erma Monroe, Etta Monroe, Jim Leichhart, Raymond Phillips, Will Welch, Guy Richardson, and Kay Stufflebean mentioned in brief entries.
A garbled Shelby snippet notes illness and snow disruption as boys miss and relearn routines. References to Cherleymith Nolan Boyles delivering turkeys for Thompson, Nile Bauer and Nolan Boyles traveling to Edgar Crist's, Emerson Bauer visiting the Bailey family, Edna Nickell as a school visitor, and Albert Lambert’s family time with Jimmie Lambert appear amid local chatter about community life and schooling.
Bean Blossom residents and visitors gather for weekend visits at multiple homes. Local couples, kin and friends share meals and chores, while flu illness chills the scene. A local pharmacist advertises Thoxine as quick relief for sore throat and cough with money back guarantee.
Old fashioned January cold remains in Purdin with heavy snow. Local families and neighbors share visits across Brookfield and Winigan. Dr Haning and Mrs Low Street to Kirksville hospital for appendicitis surgery. Roads reopen where possible but field travel still required in places.
Charley Helms and family visited William P Minor and family on Sunday. Alton Abbott ill with flu plans to return to school soon. Will Abbott and family visited Mr Coram and family. Claude McCollum moved to Bill Broyles place recently. Bill Broyles moved to Milan last week. Earl McCollum sawed wood Saturday. Charley Helms and Roy Bauer went to Winigan Saturday. Randall Minor visited Kenneth Guyer Monday night.
Notice is given to creditors and interested parties that I. K. M. Duncan will file a final settlement as administrator of the Hag gard estate in Linn County Missouri at the February 11 1929 Probate Court term in Linneus. Duncan administrator.
The northeast Linn area remains cold with continuing low temperatures. Wind chills persist and skies are mostly clear with light morning frost reported in rural parts. Expect gradual warming trends toward the weekend with daytime highs near average.
A cemetery sexton correspondence reveals Summers rejects commission offers. A reply states firm policy: no agents and no commissions for selling, noting prices would be raised to match competitors. The letters, claimed bonafide, are kept on file at the business.
Jim Crawford weighs two girls for a football game and ends with Peggy Curtiss. Peggy's Milldale cousin, Blaine Ashley, and football heroics shape the night. Jim confesses love and asks Peggy to marry, while Peggy reveals her earlier plans and feelings.
Peggy Huff, the cheerful city reporter, wins the heart of Stanhope Mitchell. After a fond pancake lunch, the editor learns they plan to marry, ending Peggy’s duties at the paper to join him as his spouse.
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