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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
5
A compilation of short visits and absences featuring H V Campbell J B Carter and Lula Carter Fern Bertie Gooch Maggie Keithley Miss Stultz and other locals. Mentions travels to Kirksville Burlington San Diego Marceline and Kansas City with relatives guests and lifetime events.
Purdin Mercantile Company of Purdin Missouri announces 75 new fabric patterns including seersucker chambry voiles and batiste. The collection targets dressmakers and sewing hobbyists seeking fresh options.
M W Williams and Kenneth Williams, both employed in Kansas City, visited Browning. Numerous friends and relatives from Ottumwa, St Louis, Fayette, Kirksville, and Linneus stopped by or traveled, while Dr. George Bailey returned from Burlington for family funerals and a hospital stay observed in Knoxville and Burlington.
Wanted reliable man to succeed L K Richardson as Rawleigh Dealer in Linn County Missouri. Experience not necessary. Step into an old profitable business with over 10 years of product sales. Big profits. Products furnished on credit. Write Rawleighs Dept MOG 56 162 Freeport Illinois.
R E Harris and son Clayton and W P Nickell were in Kansas City yesterday with a load of lambs. Mrs Gaylon Fanning returned to Omaha after visiting Mi lan and the Fanning home. Lester Harris's son Jacob writes he is in training at Fort Leonard Wood. Loren Welch's wife returned from Camp Wallace Texas. W W Wilkison and daughter Mary Ellen were dinner guests of the Wares. Earl Drake and son Lowell and the Drakes of near Linneus attended Ss Co Lay's funeral. Bobbie Dean Christy returns home after visiting his grandmother Maude Christy. Dan Bundies visited Kirksville to see son Walter in Grim-Smith hospital. Walter is reported to be doing nicely.
Miss Bell Miller and James Shatto of Purdin visited Mr and Mrs Jeonard Shatto. Miss Helen Shepherd of Green City stayed with the Sam Warren home. Miss Marjorie Knifong helped with harvest cooking for Theo Warren’s crew. Allen Fanning spent Sunday at the Jas Fanning home. Mr Fanning is about the same.
An advertisement caption shows a man gazing into a boy’s room with lines about a vanished son. It evokes military memories with faded pictures of teammates, gloves, shoes, a sea bright cup, pennants, and notes, urging fathers to release hidden anger.
A reflective wartime advertisement features a 50 year old man stating he is too old to fight but still contributes by buying War Savings Stamps and Bonds, reducing car speed, walking to work to save fuel, and sacrificing for the war. The piece, sponsored by United States Rubber Co and prepared by Campbell-Ewald, urges practical, undramatic support from older Americans.
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