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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
4
A collection of aphorisms and humor items notes quotes about life. References include Marcus Aurelius and Browning, with playful lines on horns, beauty versus brains, and love of country. A lighthearted portrait of local chatter and manners.
Local social notes record visits among Williams Young Rottmann Lane and Holser families in Chillicothe and nearby areas. Mildred Kennedy dies at Isaac Lane's with funeral at Purdin Baptist church and Mundell cemetery burial. A new baby boy named Janie Léon is welcomed by Mr and Mrs Leon Dennis.
Spring fencing tips urge gate buyers to consider new Can't Say Gates and Gate Steels priced from five dollars and two fifty per set. An unrelated note mentions Ola Knifong resuming work on John Hancock Life Ins. Co. farms after warm weather. Floor enamel and linoleum varnish offered in Tom Thumb paint line at low prices.
Readers report garbled OCR text appears to reference roofing products and branding terms like Ru-Ber-Oid and Roll Roofing. The fragment suggests cross marking on each roll but lacks clear facts, dates, or identifiable entities to confirm a newsworthy item.
Eyewitness describes colored tragedy as a woman shoots her husband at close range with a pistol. Investigators note powder marks on the face and question motive while detailing the scene.
Houser and Margaret Jane were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Todd and family. Rev. and Mrs. Hobbs and L. C. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Woolf. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jennings and daughters were Sunday afternoon callers of Gaylord Quigley and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hoover and Betty spent Sunday with her father. Mr. and Mrs. Morris-Crookshanks and Ronald were Sunday afternoon visitors of Robert Crookshanks.
Frank Grindstaff bought the Aunt Maggie Holsinger property and moved this week. Earnest Clements sold to Tom Woodall and plans to relocate to Linneus within two weeks. Mrs. Clements will run a beauty shop in Linneus. Mrs. Marjorie Powers of California visits her parents the Crowdis. Guy Crowdis of west of Roger is homebound with a bad flu. Mrs. DeWitt of west of town returns from hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Crowdis attended the Whaley and Dunlap sale south of Humphreys. Lovell of Roger moves to daughter Laura’s home near Green City. The Henrys visited the Crowdises Sunday as preaching day observed.
A Methodist church service was held with sermons delivered morning and evening by Burn ton Dair of Browning. The pastor left to assist in a revival. Clyde Dillinger and wife visited Earl and Mrs Smith. Guy Maggart and wife stayed with C E Maggart family. Dr Grace of Milan attended Mrs Robbie Stephenson for a day last week.
The corridor of items notes household moves and visits including Vincent Craig and family moving to the Cornwell place and Mrs. Thos. Coram improving under Dr. Evans. It records illness, funerals, and social visits among residents such as the Deskins and Gitmer families, with names like Belle Gitmer, Madie Stone, and Eunice Arthur, plus local club activity and medical notes.
Jno Baskett and Hubert Baskett visited Ed Thudium's Friday. Mrs Braden Thudium and sons Vern and Gary spent Sunday with her parents, Elvis and Mrs Martin, at their new home northwest of Winigan. Orville Mott and wife called on their parents, T. Mott, Sunday. Dave Coram and wife visited Arthur Coram's family for several days last week. Mrs Ora Mott called on Mrs Mellie Thudium Sunday evening. Mrs Don Moffitt is recovering from illness.
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