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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
4
Local note with postal registration wording. Entry indicates Brown ing Missouri mailing status as second class matter. Publication stamp dates include July 8 1897 and post office handling details.
Community residents enjoyed fine weather for a races and Legion celebration held Friday and Saturday at Brookfield. Attendees included Edna Jennings Berthema Hildrec Spencer Ursula Brinkley W T Jennings and son Duff J B Franklin wife Verl Clyde and Hubert Hoskins Herbert Head Curt Alf Pipes Eza Bauswell Lester Lawrence and family visited Green City over Sunday. Others named include Criss Mitchell and son Claggart Beulah Tyger Leroy Keokuk IA James Spencer family G M Spencer families at Dan Brinkley Roger Brinkleys in law Pauline Spencer ville and Pauline of Spencerville Jina gene Murphy and daughters at Roger Brinkleys and Fred Whiteaker family from Chillicothe visiting Ernest Bundridge.
Sunday visits highlight local residents in Core from J D Sever and G A Pipes to Solene Harmon and family. Several households report weekend gatherings with friends and relatives, including the Spencers, Shaws, Brookshier, Jennings, Maxey, and Harmis families. Carl Brookshier earns fifty dollars. other schedules show travel to Browning and visits in Milan and Sonoco.
Plenty of hot weather as oat cutting begins. Families and neighbors including Joe Creasca with wife and Cassitys visit Wa. Cassity and wife. Charley Pulliam and family visit Fred Cassity. Harrison Smith and wife from Kimball come due to Mrs. Henry Johnson’s illness. she is better now. Alfred Hirh and family visit D. L. Cadys. Carl Bivens and family visit Wm. Cassitys. Josh Bumwarner and wife visit her mother. Mrs. Bolin Bake of near Shelby. Dee Broecuss and wife visit Curt Schrock and wife. Roy Haile and wife visit his parents. Ray Pulliam and family visit her father Charley Ross and wife.
The report notes R A Arvour and his wife motored to the area as oat cutting becomes the day’s focus.
The Weatherford area diary notes Ray Myers and family visiting relatives near Sumner on Sunday. Little Margaret McCollum fell into a coal oil barrel but survived after quick rescue by Gail Cordray and Frank Head who drained oil from her lungs. Doctors Baker and McCollum treated her in Kirksville, and she is recovering. The entry also mentions harvest workers in Kansas and visits by Maggie Brewer to Bucklin area residents.
A heavy rain on the Fourth of July kept some locals from celebrating while others traveled to Brookfield. Mrs. F M Cattey has recovered after illness and F M Cattey was in Browning on business. The North Salem township board met at clerk Roy McCollum’s home Monday evening. Frank Cattey’s married children gathered at home Sunday for ice cream and refreshments. Mrs. Oral Carter and two daughters have returned home. Otis McCellum Allen Sill and Van Jones visited Fred Jones and wife at Kirksville on Sunday.
Cross Roads and Sheba groups share Tuesday visits with Mrs. Joe Edens and the Bummers. Saturday afternoon guests include Mrs. John Bummer and children Helen and John Robert at Fred Keithley’s. Eddie Ogle and wife visited Geo Spencer. Emerson Bailey Wes Bailey Paul Jenkins and Ida Brantner marked the Fourth with C M Bailey and family. Fred Armstrong and family also noted.
The clipping lists residents visiting and hosting relatives during the week. Herbert C. Bailey and Mrs. Ed Ogle are noted guests, with visits from Jack Brown family and Grandma Hunter staying with Mrs. C. M. Bailey. Bernice Keithley is also visiting.
With her uncle Jack Brown and Chas. Seal and family Sunday ed with Chas. Shriner and wife. Doredhy and Mildred Smith spent the week end with her grandparents Bill. Smith and T. E. Armstrong and family and Lesly Bagley were Sunday evening guests at E. Ogles.
Mona Motor Oil launches station KO IL in Council Bluffs Iowa on July 10 at 8 p m with 165 foot towers and a 278 meter temporary wavelength. H A Searle owner pledges public service including offers to police and American Legion, aiming for clear far reaching programs nationwide.
Land owners in Locust Creek Drainage District Linn and Sullivan Counties Missouri are notified of a meeting in the Circuit Court room Linneus on Tuesday July 21 1925 at 10 oclock p m. The purpose is to elect two Board of Supervisors one to succeed G W Grider for five years and one for the unexpired term of D G Freeland resigned. Attest F L Fitch President G W Grider Secretary.
Notice to creditors and interested parties that Edwin C Bailey as Executor will make final settlement of the estate of R F Nickell deceased. The filing and details will occur as required by law. Creditors may present claims within the statutory period and attend the settlement proceedings.
Official financial condition of Browning Savings Bank Missouri as of June 30 1925 published in the Lender Record. Includes assets such as cash loans real estate and bonds and liabilities like deposits and capital with signatures of president J B Harmon and cashier Norris W Phillips. Also notes Farmers Exchange Bank Browning Missouri June 30 1925 statement with loans cash and deposits and attestations by J I Harmon and R M Calhoun.
Andrew C. Baker and Ida Baker defaulted on a trust deed dated July 23 1920. Trustee John M Arnold will sell on Thursday July 9 1925 at the Linn County Court House Linneus Missouri, at public auction for cash to satisfy the note. The property comprises undivided five sixths of the SE quarter of the NW quarter and undivided one third of the NE quarter of the SW quarter of the NW quarter in section 29 township 60 range 18 containing about 20 acres.
Dr. Quinn H. Abbott of Kirksville met Monday and arranged offices over the Farmers Store. He will partner with Dr. A. Mendicino to establish an up-to-date practice and expects to be here by July 15.
Local social notes record visits and travels of residents including Mr. and Mrs. Cattey and Mrs. Haymaker. The Farm Bureau Picnic on August 13 at Linneus Park features a motion picture program and sewing club exhibits with over 100 girls, led by Bertha Banning, plus a large lunch table and paper plates for attendees.
Roy Jones Avan Hicks Dewey Miller and Earl Gooch left Tuesday for North Dakota to work in harvest fields. They traveled in the Jones car and may proceed into Canada before returning home. Our friend George Prather phoned Tuesday with a sale ad for Mrs Ella Bundridge to be held Saturday at 2 in her city home as she is away for health reasons.
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