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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1924
Page
4
The Brown ing Leader Record editors note its post office entry as second class mail matter dated July 8 1897 with a March 27 1924 issue date. It references editor Joe Nickell and the Brown ing Missouri publication details.
The Owl Society held its regular meeting at B.O. Brant's place Saturday night. After business two applicants were initiated with no unusual events aside from one possibly too weighty applicant causing a brief crash. Rosa Nickell visited Browning, and Lela and Lyle Britton rode there Sunday.
Guy Davis of Chillicothe visited Purdin and Mrs Willard Pulliam and Mrs Bob Ross spent time with friends in Brookfield. Mud remains. Mrs Loren Cleveland visited with Mrs Bryan Molloy. Bev Carr went to Kirksville to bring his wife home from hospital after ten days. Don Street had dental work in Laclede. Will Davis stayed with Wm Puiliam. Walter Patterson family visited Frank Cassity home.
Mrs. Jack Brown and daughter visited Mrs. Ed Ogle on Friday afternoon. Miss Thay Jenkins stayed Friday night and Saturday with Jennie and Kathryn Ogle. John Bummer and family were guests at Loren Cleveland and wife Wednesday. The Jollies gathered at Fred Keithleys Saturday night. Jack Brown and family visited his parents Sunday. Harold Stufflebean stayed Saturday night with Joe Edens and wife. Paul Jenkins couple of Brookfield stayed Saturday night with C.M. Bailey and wife. L. H. Edens and wife visited John Bummer and Floyd Palmer Sunday. Joe Keithley and Eddie Ogle visited Loren Cleveland and wife Sunday. Misses Thay and Nora Jenkins visited Elizabeth Bailey Sunday.
The weather remains cold and cloudy with heavy mud. Some illnesses in the community ease while Miss Sadie Cattey returns home after eleven weeks away. Charlie Cordray and his wife visit Alen Sill and his mother over the weekend.
At the home of Frank Cattey Sunday night Perry McCollum and wife visited Mrs Laura Thuchum. Leslie Sweatt and wife left for Oklahoma after spending winter with Mrs Maggie Brewer. Ton Coram and wife ofWinigan stayed with Will Abbott. Wilbert Cahoon of near New Boston visited Frank Cattey and I J McCollum. Albert Detwiler began work for Arthur Watson. Arthur Cattey and Otis McCollum invented a mud travel vehicle and seek a patent. Perry McCollum repairs a temporary residence after losing his house by fire.
Mrs J H Tharp of north east of Cora visited last week with her daughter Mrs Cecil Clem and family at Harris Berthema Pansy and Haskell Spencer went to Browning Saturday Ray Neely is making posts on Wm Butler s farm James Maxey is some better at this writing Notalie Harmon who is attending school at Browning spent the week end with home folks Rev Jolley preached at Pleasant Grove Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night Joe Franklin is working for Artis Franklin this week Edward Kebble of Milan was seen in this part Sunday morn ing
All parties knowing themselves indebted to Nevins Drug Store or Dr J A Nevins deceased please call and settle at once as all accounts must be collected immediately in order to settle the estate Rachel D Nevins Administratrix
Special notice urges readers to try Lee's Shoe Hospital Milan Missouri for shoe repairs with satisfaction guaranteed. Contact phone 29 for service.
A reflective poem condemns gossip and slander. It warns that bearing tales harms homes and souls, urges restraint and kindness, and asserts that peaceful living comes from purity and helping others. The verse condemns scandal and promotes moral action over rumor.
An elderly traveling salesman, about 85 years old, markets Pillsbury flour while having a prolific habit of writing poems that have been compiled into book form.
A small Sunday gathering at Jas A Dodson's home celebrated Mrs. Dodson's birthday amid poor health. Guests shared a heavy mud trek to a well decorated table with candied apples and music, expressing hope for more celebrations in the future.
A Columbia Missouri summary lists Missouri history events for April across years. Highlights include the first circuit court in Boone and Cole counties, Pony Express start in 1860, 1919 suffrage for Missouri women, Wilson's 1917 war declaration and National Guard induction, and milestones like the Liberty Tribune founding and Lexington Landing explosion.
Highlights list Missouri events from 1799 to 1918 across counties and cities. Notable items include the 1836 Missouri Railroad convention in St Louis and the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opening. Mentions of governance, education, and war era measures appear throughout with multiple April dates.
A historical note recalls Senator Stone's death in April 1769 after Pontiac's visit to St. Louis. It also marks April 1836 when Mexico was laid out and first called New Mexico, and April 1859 when The Democratic Bulletin was founded at Linneus. The Civil War paused the paper, reviving it in 1865 as The Bulletin, while April 1861 saw the Tenth Legion secession paper established at Platte City but quickly suppressed.
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