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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
4
Crowded out last week Mr and Mrs Fred Meeker and other relatives spent Sunday with the Meeker and Gooch families. Genevieve Sayers returned home after visiting her grandmother Mrs Wottmann. North Salem school began a three week sickness break resumes Monday.
Spring sightings include C W Newton seeing a car and various visits among neighbors. Families travel between Bucklin Green City and local farms while housing and farm activity shifts occur. Social events at Tat McCollum’s and dinners with Misses Brantner are noted along with horse loss and a doctor starting medical practice.
Several residents report weekend activities. James Lumsden and family moved to a farm northeast of Roger. Mrs. Ed Bundies visits from Pur din area with her parents. S. E. Hagen and family relocate to Milan. Cecil Dodson’s visited Chas Dodson. Inez Tharp visited Mrs. J. H. Tharp last week.
The Shelby brief notes warmer and cooler days over recent periods with several residents traveling to Brookfield for business or visiting relatives. Local tasks include a restaurant lock repair and residents Elva Monroe and Mamie Buswell occupying and visiting homes.
Miss Imogene Young spent Saturday night with Ed Sayers and Harry Rhodes and family were Sunday visitors at the Otis Law rence home. Velma McMickle underwent an appendectomy in Chillicothe and recovered well. Glen and Veda Jerome visited the Roy Creason home near Linneus Monday. Neighbors surprised T. S. Bartow Wednesday night with games and refreshments. Walter J. Gooch Jr played basketball with Laredo at Trenton Saturday. Mr and Mrs W A Pew visited the Geo Pew home near Laredo Sunday. Mr and Mrs H V Campbell...
Sunday afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs J R Wood and daughter Marjory. Names of people moving or changing residences include John Overall Elmer Hammock T S Bartow W J Gooch Wallace Searcy Alvin Bruce Owen Sayers. Shoppers in Haserville Morday included Harry Tromerhouser Velda Roe Geo Carr Bill Johnson Faye Meeker Earl Jerome J W Holser and Ted. Edwin and Jewell Grabast visiting from Chillicothe. Teddy Rottmann visited C M Nichols family. John Engleman had tonsil operation at Trenton hospital last week. Ed Dust and Vernon Davis hosted Friday night visitors.
Mrs Barbra McCollum lately of Purdin was brought to Oky Milhioan to nurse Nona wife of Nona scarlet fever and rest up a while Nena improving Floyd McCollum visiting Kirksville college at uncle I J McCollum Glen Cordray and Sam Franklin seeking rental George B McCollum visiting relatives among the Thudiums.
Cecil Dodson bought two mares from Fred Maggart last Monday. Sam Breeding is sick. Ki Turner cut wood for Tom Jennings last Wednesday. Haskell Hollon traveled to Centerville Iowa for a railroad meeting last Friday. Hardin George and family moved to Roberta Jenkins farm near Browning. Weldon Smith and others went to Baconville Missouri for summer work last Sunday. Fritz Brinkley and family moved to Sherman Hoskins property in Cora. Mrs Haskell Hollon and Joann and Dorris Fanning went to Milan Saturday.
Reported cold windy spell and improving roads as small-town activity continues. John Kimbrough and Wm. Davis traveled to Brookfield. M. L. McIntyre of Brookfield seen in Purdin on Friday. Mrs Edw Pulliam in Kirksville hospital making steady progress, with many friends hoping for a full recovery. Mrs Lee Foster and Mrs Joe Creason return from Kirksville hospital in improved health. This is moving day as Bob Shouse and Jake Hague are involved.
Mrs. Olson spent Sunday with her sister Mrs. Ellen Miller. David Cady and family visited daughter Mrs. Kenneth Gooch near Shaft ER. Dr. Martin saw Miss Katy Armstrong in Kirksville for inspection and treatments and brought Goiter operation patient Mrs. Creason home.
W. H. Cooper and Bessie M. Cooper conveyed property in Linn County Missouri to secure a note. Default on the note prompts foreclosure sale at the west door of the Linn County Courthouse on March 21 1930 between 9 am and 5 pm to satisfy the debt.
Notice of sale under a deed of trust dated the first day of Page 485 in Linn County Missouri to secure payment of a note. Due to default the trustee will sell the described property, including portions of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and other parcels, to the highest bidder for cash at the west door of the Court House in Linneus on Friday March 21, 1230, between 9 AM and 5 PM. J. H. Calhoun, Trustee.
The article notes William Jewell College reaches 81 years since its February 27 1849 charter approval by Governor Austin A. King. It traces the college’s origins to earlier Baptist roots in Missouri through the Baptist Central Society.
A history of the founding of William Jewell College linked to Dr. William Jewell’s 1843 endowment offer and Missouri Baptist General Association efforts. The site selections at Boonville and Liberty shaped the college, which began instruction in 1850 and faced early financial struggles before stabilizing after the Civil War. The report also covers Missouri fishing and hunting licenses, season dates for bass and channel catfish, migratory waterfowl observations, and conflicts with federal rules on migratory birds.
Missouri announces the formal start of the fly fishing season on March 1, outlining rules, gear limits, and local hatch timing for anglers statewide. The notice emphasizes conservation measures and safety guidelines for 2026 season.
Indians killed Captain James Callaway, namesake of Callaway county, near the confluence of Prairie Fork and Loutre Creek in Montgomery county. He was of the Boone family lineage and resided in St. Charles district, having married Nancy Howell in 1805. Concluded on page 8.
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