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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
2
Public notice records estate matter involving G. T. Woodward as owner and publisher. Mailing details indicate delivery by Brown ing Missouri post office as second class mail matter with date references July 8 1897 and January 27 1938.
A collection of quips on thrift success in business and home life, marriage, happiness, and social critique. Observations about Browning men, ambition, layoffs, wage trends, and the quirks of rural life. The piece blends wit and social commentary with playful jabs at class and patriotism.
The text compares a rubber trust run by Americans versus Britons and questions inheritance taxes and family traditions. It notes fewer parents teach music lessons, preferring radios for listening, implying work keeps people from fame.
Mrs. G F Devis returned from a sister's visit. Kathyleen Maggart came home from Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Guy Williams and children visited in Galt. Grindstaffs returned from Laclede after visiting Mary Oge. C E B Rogers house fire January 16. Edwin Tipton and Helen Scott wed at Gilman City January 16. Sam Dell and Alonzo Williams hosted guests in La Clede. Ada Smith visited Kansas City. Miss Seyfarth spent weekend with Milan parents. Lois Davis of Kansas City visited January 16. Tommie Breeding family visited Cora. Charlie Myers visited near Milan.
Mr and Mrs Gale Cordray relocated to the Oscar Thorne farm where Cordray will work for Thorne. Ivan Hedges and his Kansas City wife visited over the weekend with local folks. A S Johnson remains reported about the same. W F Stone visited the Wood family Friday night. Question raised: did it rain Sunday.
McNally and Merle Pulliam indicate agreement. Robert Able is hired by the Farm Club to replace Ross Montgomery who will move in with his uncle Art Buswell. Wycoff substitutes for Robison and spent Saturday night with relatives in Cincinnati Iowa. A large rain fell Sunday with 14 inches total and more moisture expected from snow. M E church attendance Sunday night was small due to the weather.
The community mourns the death of Mr. Frank Johnson. Several residents are ill including Bill Jenkins and his daughter’s children Loren and Lucia Owens. Mrs. Darrold Hutchinson returns home from Brookfield Hospital with plans to recover. An operetta at the school house draws good attendance over two nights. Local shopping reports note Carr Neely in Purdin and Mrs. Andrew Stufflebean in Brown ing.
Mrs. Chas. Helms stays with parents in Bucklin to care for her ailing father. Herman Cleeton, in the Army at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, visited Rex Bauer last week. Ella Cordray of North Salem visits sister Mrs. J. D. Nester. The Helms home hosts guests Frankie Sebol Lonnie and Allen Slater. Mrs. J. D. McCollum helps Estella Coffman who is poorly. Roy Pamperl and family seen with Frank Pamperl, Roy's car undergoing work. Luther Bauer visits Orville Triudium over the weekend.
Randall Minor and wife have moved to where Sam Franklin's recently lived. Roy Pampers and wife, Ed Watson, Richard Thudhum, Allen Belzer, Dean Maxwell, Ruby Richardson and Bob Boyles called at Chas Helms' one night last week and played cards.
The Aid Society gathered with Mrs. Bessie Foster for an all day meeting Thursday with fifteen members present. Quilting was the day’s main activity. Sunday visitors included numerous local families dropping by for visits at various homes including the Crookshanks and Sayers households. Several family groups spent Sunday with total attendance lists at Pridemores, Prather, Bruce, and Leslie homes, among others.
Belbert Grambling and Earl Jacobs departed for Illinois on Sunday seeking work. Mr and Mrs Denny Ireland of near Galt welcomed a six pound baby girl born Saturday morning January 22 at Wright Hospital. Denny is son of W. H. Ireland of north of town.
Kansas City visitors Frank Moberly and family, Guthrie Oklahoma resident Flora McKay, and local residents attend a busy week. Humphreys Farm Club directors elected A S Gender president and Claude Dearing manager. Pinochle tournament results noted and several visits and incidents reported around town.
I W T McCown administrator of the estate of Sarah J Hall deceased gives notice to creditors and others interested that he will make final settlement at the next term of the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri to be held in Linneus on February 14 1938. W T McCown Administrator.
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