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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
2
Punctured by humorous quips about Browning life and taxes, the item surveys local characters, farming, and small town affairs. It mentions Brown ing residents, a few households, and ongoing gossip along with a Winingan Creek update on residents visiting and moving, plus school term plans in Kirksville.
Farmers thrash and haying advances in a favorable season. A large crop of hay boosts spirits as residents note improvements. Spencer Bowyer was taken to Brookfield Hospital Wednesday for a blood transfusion with Geneva Morris RN donating the blood.
The Friday night storm brought heavy hail and a major fire when Mount Olive Church burned. Basil Taylor lost hay to lightning, and Mary McCutchan sought the school board for World Books. Several residents hosted guests and attended events while others traded, visited kin, and welcomed new births.
Guests of their uncle Mr. Lewis Singleton, Kenneth Gooch helping his father with hay, Glenn Morris traveling to Laclede on Saturday with produce for the Hammock Store, and George Reinhard the Browning Implement man overseeing business in the area last week.
Mrs A W Cotter hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Will Krinlen of Lyons Kansas Mack Cassity of Calif and Mrs Will Cavanaugh and Miss Merry Bonner of Milan for Mrs Jane Olson's birthday. Daughters sisters and grandchildren joined with baskets and cakes then shared ice cream and well wishes for more birthdays.
Residents in the Purdin area express skepticism about corn ears growing so large they might break stalks. Mrs. Dave Hutchinson of Brookfield and Roy Williams and wife are among those voicing concerns.
Four out of every five automobile accidents occur on dry roads in clear weather. The article cites a National Safety Council statistic to show how straight highways tempt drivers to speed and disregard safety, leading to about 37,000 new accounts for the undertaker each year.
The list names speed, wrong side of road, ignoring stop signs, usurping right of way, cutting in, passing on hills, and failing to signal as leading causes. Each is a human error. most accidents are preventable with basic caution. At 20 mph one in 61 is fatal, at 50 mph or more one in 11.
Rube Linhart visited Milan on Monday while Ray Ogan living near Humphreys stopped in Browning at the start of the week for business.
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