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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1949
Page
5
West Browning property listing for a modern house sold by Louis L. Arnold. Listing notes sale of a residence with contemporary features. Contact details not provided.
Public notice urges residents to see their tax collector if they have not yet received a 1948 tax receipt. Signed by Ellis Adams in Purdin Missouri.
Griffis Shoe Shop Browning announces a new pickup and delivery shoe repairing service starting Monday Shoes can be left at Elliott Grocery for weekly collection in Paurdin Browning and Griffis Shoe Shop will handle Monday deliveries and repairs Partners: Griffis Shoe Shop Browning Elliott Grocery Paurdin timeframe and process outlined with weekly routine.
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a card party at the Lion Home on Wednesday February 2. Tickets are 50 cents at the door and games begin at 8 o'clock.
The dealership offers winterized used cars with 15 models available. Highlights include a 1948 Pontiac Sedanette not for sale new, 1947 Kaiser Sedan one owner, 1946 Chevrolet Sedan, 1940 Chevrolet Coach at 775, and 1937 Plymouth Coach at 295, with full prices listed.
New International Model C tractor with plow and cultivator. 1948 Model Ford truck with 2 speed axle and Omaha rack, low miles. 17 young Hereford springer cows. Contact L. E. Hedges Browning.
J R Williams and Company advertises buying rabbits this week at fifteen cents each. Vendors are urged to bring in rabbits while still fresh killed for sale.
Central Cooperative in Browning reports a good fertilizer supply and announces a car of 0-20-20 and 3-12-12 on track this week. They request customers to place orders to meet spring needs.
Lelan Shipp of Purdin lists 40 head of Western ewes aged four and five years, ready to lamb in April.
Local livestock ad notes corn fed beef by the quarter for delivery from F. L. Gooch in Browning Missouri. The terse notice emphasizes available portions and delivery option.
Mrs. Icy Brehm visits Roy Bun dies and Schrock family. Browning guests include Mr. and Mrs. Stufflebean and A J Stufflebean. Merril Peterson family visited his parents L C and Mrs. Peterson. Nelson Brassfield and Mendon visitors with Mrs. Brassfield. Donald Warren ill with rheumatic fever. Mrs. Elmer Gormley hospitalized in Kirksville. Ben Rhodes family visit Chillicothe with Moren Jenkins. Bobby Brown returns from Merchant Marines for a visit. Pink and blue shower for Mrs. Donald Jones attended by Brookfield and Milan guests. Nellie Barrows and William Warren return from San Diego with Sailsberry family. trip includes Albuquerque en route to California.
An advertisement touts A R Wood gas roader for brooder replacement and promotes trying a Maytag at home with a money back if it fails to sell itself. It also remarks that Abraham Lincoln became famous not by birth in a log cabin but by leaving it.
Forty nine Shropshire ewes and three bucks totaling thirty five head are aged three or four years while the rest are solid mouthed. The flock is ready to start lambing in February. Contact Curt Bagley in Purdin Missouri for details.
Vernon Norvell of Purin Mo offers a used 2 bottom 16 inch Bradley tractor plow on rubber, used 2 seasons.
Property features 200 acres improved with 7 room house large barn equipped for dairy poultry house smoke house cave 14 sow concrete farrowing house all electric lighted and near Farm to Market highway. Includes 15 acres alfalfa and good bottom land not prone to overflow. Priced at 60 per acre for a short time financing offered Cowgill Land and Loan Co Milan Mo Phone 358.
A historical ad lists down payments for several used cars including 1942 Chevrolet Coupe at 335 dollars, 1941 Chevrolet Club Coupe 360, 1940 Chevrolet Tudor 290, 1938 Chevrolet Sedan 225, and 1988 Pontiac Sedan 165, with other minor figures and terms.
The Maytag DUTCH OVEN range is promoted as economical on fuel. It features automatic gas shutoff while continuing to cook.
A short term sale promotes a standard size gas range for under one hundred dollars. The ad notes a remark about honesty and cites a farmer who had to hire others to call his hogs when feeding them.
Philco Zenith and Olympia table model radios priced from 15 dollars. Late model six tube Crosleys offered at 49 fifty that are selling themselves. We invite you to try one in your home. If it doesn’t sell itself, don’t keep it.
A garbled insert suggests discussions of President Truman and a connection to a Maytag appliance. The text hints at a job for the bee in a See tru crease ru man context, implying vague economic or industry references without clear details or events.
Round corner sale announces large stock of paint and paper items priced to please. Includes close out bargains and sorted selections for quick buying.
Opinionated voice questions accountability for Browning's reputation and civic performance. The piece probes local leadership and community standards, asking readers to consider who bears responsibility for the town's image and condition.
Community members visit, host, and travel with relatives across nearby towns. Notices include illnesses, deaths, and funeral details. Extension Club leader-training set for January 27 in Linnenng with 1949 fashion restyling. County 4-H to name most courteous boy and girl at annual Recognition Party.
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