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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1934
Page
2
Entered at the Post Office at Brown ing Missouri as second class mail matter July 8 1897 indicating a historical mail designation and dating for the town's publication.
It is beginning to look like winter in this community. Mrs. Hartwell Franklin has been in Kirksville hospital for a week and is better at this writing. Charley Pipes family and Anna Mary returned home after visiting Mrs Franklin. Ralph Morris and Ella Morris were in Corn trading Friday. Claude Williams and his sister of Kansas City are visiting relatives in the area.
Shelby reports a thaw coming next week after a snowy Saturday and Sunday. Roads are blocked by drifts but many routes should open today. Local residents, including Ernest and Carl Smith, Nile Rauer, and Duko families, are visiting relatives and moving households amid the lingering winter. A broadcasting station north of town is delivering music at 230 watts. R. D. Almond died Thursday evening.
Local notes report a traditional snow non event with wind and drift. The Bitter Sweet Club met with 16 members, discusses fruit care, seed exchanges, and social games, with prizes awarded and birthdays celebrated.
Neighbors praise Mrs Cooper who manages four children in school and a small son with whooping cough. They admire her ability to keep the house, bake for a crowd, and still attend meetings, which everyone enjoyed.
Mr and Mrs Drew Burress and children and Mrs Elza Burress and children of Topeka Kansas were in town for the funeral of Ira Crump of Humphreys Missouri. They visited relatives before returning home Thursday. Several residents moved or hosted visitors including Carl Henry family, O W Foster and children, Farr Clements and son, W W Lovell, Imogene Maggart, Elizabeth Lovell, Sam Simpson and daughter, Tom Burress, Mollie Ford, and Lester Mayor.
A severe snow storm hit the area Saturday and lingered into Sunday causing heavy drifts on roads. Widespread illness followed with many families reporting colds and flu. notable deaths include Riley Almond a Shelby telephone operator from a stroke on Feb 22.
Haleville records this week extreme cold with temperatures dropping to 18 below as residents cope with icy conditions. Officials remind people to stay indoors and bundle up during the freezing spell.
Harold Campbell and Burl Warren families spent weekends with relatives. Harry Leslie and Tommie Bartow moved to nearby farms. Veda Wood underwent appendectomy in Trenton and is recovering. John Overall sale postponed due to snow. Several others visited or stayed with Wood and Bartow families in Trenton and surrounding farms.
Three daughters of W H Kilian of Chicago display equal writing skill with left and right hands in a brief noted talent feature.
Cadiz Ohio veteran public official William Henry Lucas has won re election as municipal clerk after a 51 year tenure. Three Chicago physicians save 5 year old Walter Keenes who drank from a gin bottle in a trunk. A Snoqualmie Washington gold hoarder deserts $1700 on a porch. Ruth Fletcher of St Paul dies after dancing through illness against doctors orders. Albert Gordienne of Toulouse confesses on his deathbed to a 20 year old murder. Samuel Dewald of Peru files for divorce after 58 years of marriage. George Payton of Croydon shoots wife on her birthday.
Mr and Mrs J C McGorn quarrel over a radio set led to a bitter dispute that escalated to the divorce court as the husband sought dissolution amid mounting friction and discord between the spouses.
Dan Masterson of English Indiana suffers a second glass eye explosion in his socket. The incident adds to a rare medical mishap in a small town.
Ray Smith aged 16 months fell into a six gallon jar of vinegar and water in the kitchen and drowned. Separately, Leah Rawlins of Sheffield England, mother of twelve, deserted her children to elope with a man sixteen years younger.
Anthony Riggs, 12, of Chicago stabbed a classmate during a school exam after losing to Fred Moore. Police reported the incident occurred in a classroom with the assailant restrained by staff and the injured student receiving medical treatment.
Mrs. Max Popper of New York City files for divorce alleging her husband slept with her only thrice during the 18 years of marriage. The petition cites adultery as the grounds and seeks court relief.
Mrs. Jennie McNamara age 66 of Santa Barbara California died saving her two canaries from a fire at her home.
Sheriff Earnest W. Kerskie of Geneva New York names his wife to serve as deputy to assist in handling female cases, citing need for a woman on the force.
Among 102 Yakima Washington high school graduates to receive diplomas this month is the Rev John H Solt. The ceremony honors local students and a clergyman for community service.
A brief note identifies the man as pastor of the First Evangelical Church, with limited context available from the snippet.
Harris Sternson of Glasgow killed Miss Jean Dempsey after she refused to elope with him. Authorities described it as a fatal act tied to a personal motive and reported the relationship details and circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
Miss Josephine Lucius of Los Angeles accidentally swallowed a 25 cent piece and now follows a cotton and spinach regimen as part of her unusual remedy.
Edith Rollins of Chicago died from exhaustion after excessive dancing at her first party since the death of her husband a year earlier.
In Birmingham England a bridge whist game produced a rare deal where two players held hands with thirteen cards to a single suit each. The event highlighted an extraordinary suit concentration in the deal.
A walking stick crafted from the paper of 3,000 love letters won a prize at a curio exhibition in Knoddishall England. The winning piece highlights inventive reuse of written letters and attracted attention from visitors and judges.
Miss Georgia Dodd of Baltimore abandons her mani curist job to work as a bootblack, citing higher profits and excitement as the reasons for the career change.
A tramp named Clyde Muzzle vanished from the Omaha jail the morning after a night’s lodging, taking a sack of valves that had been stored there.
Mrs. Morelle Brayton of Lans ing Michigan keeps a trained goldfish that responds to her call and nibbles from her hand showcasing a remarkable pet behavior in a local home.
Workers in Beaverton Oregon are reported to have excavated a well for the city water supply. The incident involves ongoing excavation work and municipal infrastructure maintenance with unnamed crews on site.
Mrs Genevieve Gordon of London had three complete winter costumes in different colors made for her Pomeranian dog Peggy.
Mrs Louise May of St Louis was ejected from her daughter's wedding after arriving at the bridegroom's home without an invitation. The incident highlights tensions within the family and raises questions about wedding access and etiquette.
Charles Farnham of Cincinnati was arrested after hanging his hat on the extended hand of a traffic policeman, an incident that drew police intervention and subsequent arrest.
Jess Streetman of Finley Oklahoma died when his car struck a pig on the highway and overturned.
Roscoe V. Carroll of Rock Island Illinois looked up from his work in a barber shop and saw his son Jackson struck by a automobile.
Louis Hart of St. Louis escaped his burning residence with the tail of his nightshirt on fire, narrowly avoiding injury as flames consumed the dwelling and firefighters battled the blaze.
Clara Edwards of San Francisco files for divorce claiming her husband forced her to eat a package of cigarettes after discovering her smoking. The case centers on alleged coercive conduct and marital discord.
Richard Wright of Noblesville Indiana discovered a small kitten curled up beside his car engine when he opened the hood after the vehicle failed to start. The late night incident ended safely with the feline unharmed and Wright reporting the unusual discovery.
A postcard mailed August 20, 1908 in Pasadena California finally reached Miss Louetta Machow of Freeport Illinois on January 11, 1934, after a 25 year delay.
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