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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1927
Page
4
Joe Nickell editor The weekly Browning Missouri paper lists leadership records and local updates. The item notes the paper’s editor and date March 8 1927, with postal registration details indicating Brownsville Missouri current as a second class mail matter since July 8 1897.
Mrs. Bryan Molfoy and baby visited Mrs. Ida Smith after a Monday in Shafter. The R N A met Wednesday for a regular session with a social hour serving cheese sandwiches pie and fruit salad. Betty Phillips sang with Letha Morris at the 7 Fansie Norvell event. Neighbors visited, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purdin returned home from Browning. Roads were poor but improving. traveling salesmen were delayed by a stuck wagon. The Baker Product man visited, and Mrs. Sam Gooch called on the Coulter family. Fed McCollum moved near New Boston, Tad McCollum helped, and Ben Cattey delivered hogs at Bucklin. Bill Franklin worked for Allen Sill, and John Milhoan hosted Sarah Cattey for a weekend. Clare Talman and family stayed with their son John who is sick with inflammatory rheumatism.
Community notes show visiting relatives and neighbors on Sunday. Ralph Brinkley and Vina Wheeler wed at the home of Justice J A Dillinger with D Fanning and family attending. couple’s ceremony held Saturday.
Mrs W T Jennings and daughter Edna visited Brookfield on Saturday for shopping. Mrs Mary Spencer and her grandsons spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs L Johnson of Browning. A Pipes and wife visited sister Cora Sargent and family near Browning for the weekend.
Weather remains fine though roads are poor. Bailay helped George Montgomery with wood on Wednesday. Walter Long and family visited Jim Cleeton and family. Leon Minor visited Earl and Curt Helms. Mrs. Will Burkholder returned home after visiting son Lester Burkholder. A dance at Albert Fitzgeralds drew good crowds. Mrs. Laura Lawrence Ried returned from Brookfield after three weeks with son Kenneth Riedl and wife. Hubert Fitzgerald spent Sunday night with Leonard Riedl.
Bean Blossom area residents share visits and gatherings with relatives and friends. Names include Amerson Cordray, Mrs. J D Nester, Garnet and Opal Bailey, Alex Bailey, Vaughn Fitzgerald, Bernice Riedl, Iverine, Will Abbott, W B Minor, Paul Smith, Bennie Burk, and many others. The record also mentions dancing, music by the Bean Blossom Four, and a March snow event in Cross Roads and Corn vicinity.
Sheep from J. H. Tharp last week sold at 15.00 per head with deliveries by Guy Peters and Raymond Harris. Chas. Dodson was in Unionville Sunday night. Lot Langdon of Cora suffers from brood poisoning in an illness report.
In Shelby and nearby towns residents report visits, hospital recoveries, and home moves. Mrs Mamie Burwell and family shop in Purdin while Leon Gooch and children visit relatives. Western Shutts relocates to St Catherine, John Rulon and John Porter move, and several residents endure illnesses as communities adjust.
Starter Mesdames J E Smith and B Molloy dined at J D Molloy home. George Phillips moved Morday southwest of Eversonville. We are sorry to lose him and good wife. Mesdames Carrie Bowyer and Tom Hase called at L W Arnold home. Sam Gooch Gus Coulter Wm Pridemore Jr Wm Morris Louis Grice Vern Phillips are among farmers dragging roads. D P Myers visited Iowa to see daughter Mrs Fred Dodson. Misses Lorene Morris Irene Murrell attend school. Browning spent weekend with parents Misses Violett Garrett Coral Phillips in school. Purdin near Shafter weekend visit. Bryan Molloy spent weekend with wife and baby. Garage man Leonard Finney busy with spring prep for farmers cars tractors. He is a dandy mechanic and you wont go wrong. Mrs Ersel Phillips visited Thursday at Climax school. Miss Betty sister-in-law is the teacher. Mr and Mrs Wayne Cooper welcome a baby. Mrs D P Myers and daughter Anna Lee spent Saturday night.
Residents attend dances and return to school after absences. Ruth Coulter resumes classes following a week away due to her mother's illness. The Pridemores prepare their northwest of Shafter home. Mrs. Herman Young and sister-in-law shop in Purden and discuss church business with L. W. Arnold. Wanderer picture show Saturday with music by the Good Boy. Henry Purdin advertises a sale at his home March Saturday. Wm. Phillips visits his niece Lillian Rommick. Jim Browning's sale attracts a crowd. Sleds run fine today. Col Hugh Campbell and Henry Purdin announce sales in March near Shafter and Laredo with a community sale at Haseville on March 12.
M. G. Fuller of route 1 advertises fine recleaned timothy seed for sale. Some lots include a little clover. Ideal for farmers needing high quality seed.
A fragmentary diary entry narrates changing plans about fiddle lessons, a neighbor urging pa to sharpen a saw, and a weekend teeth extraction with a cake reward. The writer notes counting teeth, a Sunday spent indoors listening to radio and a Philadelphia classical concert heard through a misspelled description, ending with uncertain sentiment.
A chipped diary style column chronicles a rough Monday at Joe Bars’s work where an accident injures fingers and a workplace curse is spoken aloud. Tuesday logs odd wedding rumors and a man’s superstition about being unlucky on certain days. Wednesday shows a father’s efforts and a wife’s wary humor about marriage duties. Thursday describes a small party plan with Miss Balder arriving and a teasing remark about attire and social nerves.
Farmers urged to act now to fill beginning washes in wheat fields across Missouri to prevent soil erosion. R. E. Uhland from Missouri College of Agriculture notes heavy rains cause run off and gullies. staking straw and adding soil help slow water, capture sediment, and reduce erosion by up to half or more, preserving arable land and lowering future costs.
Buff Orpington eggs from carefully selected hens mated to State Fair first prize roosters. Birds are large true to color and good layers. Price six dollars at the farm. Mrs W A Reger Reger Mo.
A fragment notes ownership or township subject to voters in the primary election and names Wayne Gooch among potential candidates or participants. The readable text is incomplete but implies a local election context involving Gooch.
T J Seaman announces candidacy for the office of Clerk and Assessor of Duncan township subject to the will of qualified voters at the forthcoming Democratic primary election. The announcement names the candidate and frames the race as decided by party voters.
Township candidate Herman D. Pulliam declares his bid for the Republican nomination for Benton Township Collector, subject to voter will at the primary election.
A cache of bonafide letters from Mr. Summers and a county cadidate for Sullivan County reveals a dispute over commissions. The excerpt includes a cemetery sexton’s inquiry about selling a sample case and the reply rejecting agents and commissions to maintain eight years of policy. Marea Preston announces candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools in Sullivan County ahead of the April 5, 1927 school election.
Announcement states intent to succeed self as county superintendent of schools, subject to voters of Sullivan County at next annual school meeting in April 1927. Dated Blanche Summers.
A candidate for County Superintendent of Schools asks Sullivan County voters to review his record. Reared in Jackson township he has served a second term as Browning Schools Superintendent and asks for consideration.
The superintendent of schools announces a meeting of the Sullivan County section to be held on Tuesday, April 5, 1927, to discuss local educational matters and plans.
Mrs Zella Woodworth announces her bid for Township Collector of Lenton Township subject to voters at the primary. She asks for support from the community and thanks supporters.
North Salem township voters hear C. L. Moore announce candidacy as a Republican for Benton County Collector. Moore states intent to run in the upcoming election and to serve as a diligent records keeper and tax collector.
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