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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
2
Sun breaks through over Halaville as residents Margaret Rottmann Sayers and many neighbors make weekend visits. The column lists multiple visits among families including Gooch Bartow Pendergast and Wood households with brief mentions of trips to Linneus Marceline Brook and other local ties.
Local social notes list Rex Trumbo spending the weekend with Junior Crowdis and several marriage notices. Edgar Pipes visited Ray Trumbo, Nellie Stephenson and Sylvia Stephenson visited Mr and Mrs Millard Swank and children, and Ralph Alexander married Miss Gladys Johnson at the Rev Foster ceremony on Sunday January 14.
Elsworth Smith, Marion Stephenson and Donald Hunéaker of Cali served as callers in Reger Thursday night. Emery Hurt visited Raymond White on Sunday. Dolores Stephenson spent Sunday night with Almira Jaynes.
W T McGhee visited Browning on Monday. W R Ross and wife spent Sunday at Raymond Bagley’s. D L Cady and daughter Evelyn were Browning visitors Monday. Forest Blender and wife were Sunday dinner guests of his parents John and Mrs Blender. RM Ogle of Brookfield visited relatives Sunday. Jerry Brown staying with grandfather E L Jones. Bob Ross visited Willard Pulliam’s daughter Sunday. Eve lyn Cady and Virginia Cotter motored to Brookfield Sunday. Ebbern Fetters transacted business in Linnens. Chas McNally of Linnens were Purdi n visitors Sunday. D L Cady visited Ada Cady in Meadville Tuesday evening.
The Shelby item notes cool weather and snow nearly gone since Friday. Mr and Mrs Carl Logan visited J M Logans. Kermit Rulon wed Hazel Bailey on December 23. A dance and large crowd attended Saturday night. Lee Wilson visits John Burkholder. Ernest Smith and baby visit parental home. Shelbians attend Will Rogers show in Brookfield. L T Finney family visited Ben McGhee.
Creditors and others interested in the estate of Samuel H. Linhart deceased are advised that I W P Nickell Administrator intends to make Final Settlement at the next term of the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri to be held at Linneus on February 12 1934 The estate of Nettie Bingham Executor and Harold Bingham Executor are also in the notice with similar final settlement intent for that term in Linneus Missouri.
Fine weather continues as Mrs. W J Street stays with her ill mother Mrs George Phillips. George Alexander and family visited Guy Johnson's Sunday. Robert Ross and family, H C Taylor and wife visited Willard Pulliam's Sunday. Garrett Smith and wife visited Arthur Smith and wife on Sunday.
Names and spouses visit various relatives across Saturday and Sunday including Chas McNally Rex Morris Jim Buswell Henry Brown Johnny Carter and others with multiple homes in Glolora Springs Unionville and Blaine Fleming areas noted in casual weekend social roundups.
Mr and Mrs siverett Robinson and daughter of Galt visited Sunday afternoon with his mother Mrs C E Maggart and husband. Mr and Mrs George Pittaway are proud parents of a 6 pound baby girl born January 5. Mr and Mrs Farr Clements are proud parents of a 7 pound baby boy born Jan 3 with the child named William Keith. The son of Kear Humphreys visited Saturday night with her parents Mr and Mrs James Tipton. E Grindstaff of near Osgood visited last week with brothers W H Grindstaff and Addison Grindstaff and families. Mr and Mrs Willie Woodall of Trenton visited one day last week with his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Woodall. Misses Lucille and Amber Reger at Kirksville spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Reger. Dan Grindstaff of Laclede visited last week with his brothers W H and Addison and their families and visited his niece Mrs Can Burress and family. Mrs Lela Henry was taken to a hospital for an operation last week. Mrs Clarence Bardon and child then returned one day last week for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Hal Thurlo at Browning. Mrs Johnny McClarren visited one day last week with her daughter Mrs Leonard Lee and family. Sam McClaren moved into a house on the W A Reger farm last week.
Snow storm blocked roads Friday and many locals visited friends and relatives over the weekend. Andrew Cassity hosted Nolan Cassity and family and Orville Mott and wife. Lawrence Riedl and family visited Herbert Coram. Paul Dodge and wife shopped in Brookfield. a charivari at Bill Rulon’s for Kermit Rulon and wife drew a large crowd. Tony Gall and family spent Sunday at W J Burkholder. Geo Thudium visited his daughter Mrs Clay Stufflebean Sunday. Roy Lawson and Mrs Tom Cassity went to Brookfield. Bennie Burkholder and wife visited Herman Liebhart. Mellie Thudium and son Richard, Orville Thudium and family, and Hubert Baskett attended the infant Barron funeral at the Clapp home near Winigan with burial at Bethel cemetery on Saturday January 13. A meat and canning demonstration by J Robert Hall and assistants drew many locals in Shelby on Thursday January 11.
A snowy Sunday brings sunshine and heavy fog in Shafter. Mr and Mrs J G Coulter with children James and Alice Marie and Mr and Mrs Harold Campbell appear in a brief local item.
Resident social round includes Mr and Mrs Fay Gray and son James Edward of north of Wheeling hosting visitors. Local families hosted relatives and friends while community members travel for deaths, business, and illness. Notes mention school absences, hunting rabbits, and homing canning tips amid neighborly visits and family duties.
A meeting in Linneus at 1 o clock on Thursday January 25 aims to guide farmers on how many acres to leave out of corn and convert to pasture soil building or erosion control. Clover Meeting topics will be adapted to contract acres, with questions answered and all are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Lee celebrate their 69th anniversary at home in New Berlin with ten children eighteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The article notes a separate incident where Charles Heiss received a twelve thousand five hundred dollar damage verdict after an employee backed through a second floor window in a department store in St Louis while testing beach pajamas.
A stream of maxims and reflections on character, effort, and social conduct. It ponders patience, self-improvement, and the value of action while noting women’s evolving view of voting after repeated participation and observation.
Low Moor near Clitheroe saw its century and a half old mill stripped away as 128 looms and other equipment, once worth substantial sums, sold to brokers at scrap values. The Guenett family’s mill, first with power looms in Lancashire and long defended in 1820, ends its 130 year run amid poor trade. 1920s prices show looms bought for 3.25 and other machinery for a fraction of prior value. The passage notes grain finds in Mesopotamia and a Channel Islands land sale with Sark’s proximity to Jethou and Herm, plus a seat in Parliament as part of the island’s ownership package.
A Portland Express note records a timid man telling his lawyer he is afraid of his wife who has threatened to attack him with an ax. The lawyer responds with a quip about two women and a stick of wood, highlighting a lighthearted exchange rather than a serious dispute.
Paris quip on marriage humorously notes that after tying the knot a man loses leisure time. The remark contrasts haste in marriage with later regret, reflecting wry social observation attributed to Pele Mele.
In a short exchange the tourist asks if the mining town offers a healthful environment to settle, while the hotel proprietor replies that it is healthful if the settler chooses to stay, highlighting caution about conditions in such towns.
In a light exchange, a mistress orders Minna to beat the carpet more vigorously, while Minna humorously answers that such effort raises strong disapproval. The banter blends domestic duty with playful wit.
Pauline Verlane works at a college town library where a shy college student uses a ruse and age disguise to win her notice through crossword puzzles. She grows fond of him as she helps him with word problems and finally learns his true age and intentions as their relationship develops into a proposed engagement.
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