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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
4
The announcement states Ralph M. Eubanks is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of Sullivan County Missouri with selection by Republican voters at the upcoming August primary election.
Polk township resident John Robert Hersley seeks the Republican nomination for Sullivan County Sheriff subject to the August primary election. He runs as a candidate in the upcoming race contested by Republican voters.
A severe hail storm last Thursday damaged fruit crops and killed many young poultry in the Grumble Town area. Local residents report visits from relatives, medical concerns, and ongoing farming updates including corn replanting and new construction at Purdin Mercantile.
In these parts fine rains continue. Mrs Arthur Pipes and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs E E Maxey. Munsie Houser and family from Moberly visited last week with Ma and Mrs W J Langdon. J S Head bought a new car. J N Maxey and son James dined with C C Dodson Monday. A C Franklin and wife visit their son J B Franklin. J B Franklin spent Friday with his daughter Mrs D G Havens of Cora. R H B Jennings went to Milan Saturday. Fred Watson and J B Franklin were here last Friday. Carl Lumsden and family of Laclede spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives near Cora. James Franklin bought a team from Elmer Sevier Monday.
In North East Linn the county has seen consistent rainfall this past week while the strawberry crop begins to ripen. Local visits include E V Jones and wife at I J McCollum’s home, with Floyd McCollum paying respects to his uncle Albert Baker in Winigan. Sadie Cattey and others traveled to Brookfield, and Sadie attended a teachers examination. Mrs Otho Clapp and daughter Lottie visit F M Cattey’s household with Irene Scott from Brookfield. Uncle Lawrence Drier departed for Shelby Ohio, as Roy Hart and Otis McCollum plow cane on Clare Talman’s land.
Local notes report ongoing rain affecting corn growth and weed issues. Visitors include Chester Bagley seeking amputation in Kansas City. Various residents share Friday visits with neighbors. A U B church tent meeting commenced Friday night. Grantsville Sewing Club met at Mrs. Lee Lyons as they begin a new year’s activities.
Correy McQuown and A D Hoselton tested running a for sale advertisement in the Leader Record and reported satisfaction with the results. The pair found the ad effective for reaching buyers and generating inquiries.
A sensational 1923 tale follows Doctor Trudeau who escapes after climbing walls and breaking doors with self made keys. He hides in a cave, surfaces in a cottage, and performs an emergency vertebra surgery on a sheriff’s child using improvised tools and hypnotic reassurance.
Carberry returns to Clara hoping to punish her for past rejection but softens as he falls back into love. Clara, torn by emotion, reveals she is engaged to Tom Oakes tomorrow, ending the revenge plot with mutual forgiveness and a sincere goodbye.
A Hawaiian myth compares a fiery bird to Prometheus, claiming it stole embers from celestial flames to gift fire to Hawaiians. The tale cites the red fiery head as proof, noting locals had abundant volcanic fire without stealing from gods since first settlement.
A Newark News quote notes Iceland bans whistling as a breach of divine law and questions what people there have to whistle about.
The Maryland island at the Chop Tank river mouth has shrunk 83 percent in 75 years. Houses are gone, leaving only a lone hotel amid ruins. Once a summer resort and duck hunting ground, Sharps Island now fades from the shoreline.
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