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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
4
Roads drying, expect dragging soon. Local notes and social items from Purdin and nearby, including visits by residents to Chillicothe and Linneus, farm moves, illnesses, birthdays, and a mule sale. Community events, weather impacts, and road conditions highlighted.
Real March weather described. Wm. Moore from east of Cora visited town last week. Tony and Wiley Taylor delivered hogs to Cora on Friday. Everett Sleeth from southeast of Cora traveled to Browning on Friday. Local folks attended the sale of W. P. Nickell and R. E. Harris on Thursday. J. D. Sevier visited Cora last week. Misses May and Ruth Spencer, high school students, spent Saturday. J. N. Sayre and wife, near City, visited Mr Sayre's parents Tuesday.
Several local households report illnesses and travel as storms worsen road conditions. Mrs Roy Hart and son Leonard, Roy McCollum and family, Aunt Mary McCollum, I J McCollum, Arthur Cattey and children suffer whooping cough, measles, pneumonia and general illness. Cattey leaves Farmers Poultry House to return to farm. Abbott family relocates nearby. Infant daughter of Alex Purdin buried at North Salem on Thursday.
Belva A Hart, daughter of Roy and Bertie Hart, died February 25 after nine days of illness from measles and pneumonia. She leaves a father, mother, one sister, three brothers, grandparents, and many relatives. The funeral was in North Salem with Brother Clay of Novelty delivering the sermon and Will McCollum of Gifford in charge.
Frank Creason has employed a crew for days to dismantle part of the Hale barn and move the office northern to join the new section of the barn. He plans to use it as a garage until a new garage is built on the south end of his property. The work will greatly alter the appearance of this city area and, once weather allows, the garage is expected to be among the best in the community.
The Young People’s Meeting was well attended at the ME Church with active participation and interest noted by attendees and organizers.
South Tuesday evening offered an interesting program with Edward Fleming Williams reading, Edith Callihan Ruth Lay and Eula Maggart on music, a Bible talk on the Corruption of Moths, and Pearle Adams’ applications. Eula Maggart prepared the contest. Refreshments followed. Next meeting set for Tuesday after the first Sunday in April.
Sunday guests gathered at the Dickinson home for a one o clock dinner. Relatives and friends compliment Mrs Dickinson as an artist in the culinary line. Attending were Mrs R A Glaze and son Vaun and daughter Loraine of Humphreys and Mr and Mrs J F Calhoun of this city.
In a Sunday evening service Pastor James L. Bate spoke on the Endowment for Aged Ministers and the mutual dependence of people and God. A Tuesday gathering drew 90 young attendees and Miss Pearle Adams addressed sin and its effects despite program absences.
One half mile east of North Salem on County Line offering a 120 acre farm for rent. Contact G. A. Brantner at North Salem Missouri for details and terms.
Dan Bramhall was in Milan on business Tuesday and Herbert Williams of near Reger visited here on business yesterday. A. A. Pipes attended the funeral of Jas. Cannon in Milan where the wealthy landowner had hanged himself in his smokehouse. Burial was at Oak Grove cemetery. Lee R. McGhee, now in Lawrence, Kansas, sent a card and described a 75 mile car trip and local farming activity.
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