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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
2
A reflective note cites Proverbs about speech, suggesting a soft answer avoids wrath while harsh words provoke anger. It contrasts the tongue of the wise using knowledge with the mouth of fools spilling foolishness.
A collage of rural humor and small town news features light notes on traffic, parking near churches, and the charm of Browning life. Local social items list visits from families in St Louis Ames and New Jersey and many weekly gatherings across nearby towns.
W E Sayers spent Saturday night with S J Bartow. Miss Lethal Tromerhouser of Kansas City spent the week end with home folks. Mr and Mrs Glenn Powell and children spent Decoration day with Mr and Mrs Pendergast. Don Shafer, Mrs Lizzie Rott man and Mrs Clarence Nichols papered for Mrs W F Rottman, Monday.
Harry Darr and his nephew Darrell returned to Kirksville for a short visit. Mrs. Roy Stevenson spent Thursday with Mrs. L. D. Howell. Hattie Harris of Brookfield visited relatives here last week. Dollie Wallace visited Lottie Belzer on Thursday. Delbert Nickell and family visited his father Ben Nickell and family. Alex Purdin and Halene Moffitt attended in Brookfield earlier in the week. Ralph Clubine and daughter of near Milan were also in town.
A long list of visits and extended family gatherings is reported as residents travel among Iowa and Missouri towns. Several households including Trask Clem McClaskey Schweppe Johnson Gramling and Raney are mentioned visiting relatives and hosting guests over weekends and streets.
The Linn County Grasshopper Committee proclaims the week of June 6 as grasshopper week and conducts a drive in every school district to provide farmers with information on treating hoppers and the materials for poisoning them early to protect crops. Grasshopper leaders in numerous school districts plan further actions.
Reports from across the county say hoppers are hatching rapidly. R E Dolan saw tan spots near his chicken yard after a heavy rain and found a nest of newly hatched grasshoppers, about 43 youngsters a half inch long, some with shells attached.
A small office space is described as located over the farmers store in Browning Missouri with a phone contact 107 for inquiries.
A narrator notes rain did not deter hoppers as they emerged from shells. The Linneus mixing station is prepared to supply bait on request.
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