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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
4
BrownIng Leader Record notes town news from BrownIng Missouri with editor Joe Nickell. Published as second class mail matter dated July 8 1897. May 8 1924 issue date appears.
Fine weather locals as John Bummer family and Mrs Fred Keithley and daughter Louise attend Chillicothe circus. Linna Harper surprised by stork bringing a six and a half pound boy. Mrs Dan Brinkley dies at Cora after years of illness. services at White Oak Church led by Rev Hargrove. Dr Brummit visits Cora for throat trouble.
North East Linn reports pleasant weather with farmers busy plowing and preparing for corn. Social visits occur across families including Perry Christian family at Ben Purdin and Cattey households. several trips to relatives in Macon and New Boston. An apple and cherry crop outlook is favorable, with rain hoped for to sustain it.
Farmers planted corn in the vicinity. Mrs S C Harmon traveled to Browning on Monday. WJ Langdon built a new garage. Wm A Butler and wife visited Milan on Monday. Mrs James Dodson stayed with her pneumonia stricken mother near Milan. Bert Kidd and son George from near Green City visited Sunday. J B Franklin family visited Tom Jennings Sunday. Cecil Dodson and family near Browning plus G N Sayre and wife near Green City spent weekend with C C Dodson family.
Missouri's road program accelerates after a slow winter with over forty projects completed since April 1. State maintenance shines in ten districts while county roads lag with mud and ruts. Boonville bridge nearing opening. eighteen projects bid totaling about 1.5 million dollars.
Martha Jane Reyner born April 17 1840 in Rockcastle Kentucky died at home in Cora May 4 1924 age 84 years 17 days. She married D L Brinkley in Rockcastle September 4 1857. They had eight children three sons A C and J A of Cora and B H of Laclede and five others previously noted.
Mrs Emma Ackermen of Kansas City and others mourn the death of Mrs J A Pipes who died June 11 1910 after a long illness. Survived by husband four daughters 30 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Funeral at White Oak Cemetery conducted by Rev L B Hargrove with a devotional line from Isaac Watts.
Browning High School chronicles include Philemon Havens a fifteen year old student noted for punctual daily attendance through harsh winter travel and plans to complete a four year high school course. Reading and spelling contests at Bolling feature Katheryn Knifong and Frances Bundridge with gold medals awarded. A Missouri College of Agriculture exhibit showcases a century old hand made brace and bits and a hand forged hacksaw gifted by E H Squire of Andrew County.
Large crowd from the vicinity attended the Brookfield athletic and literary meet Saturday with many Linn county schools represented. Elmo Schrock earned second in oratory and Lorene Duncan won first in humorous reading, both proud of their honors and hopeful for next year.
Elder C Roy Dixler delivered two strong sermons at the Church of Christ on Sunday morning and night. A large attentive audience heard his discourse on business on Tuesday.
The church will not hold Sunday morning service due to a baccalaureate sermon at another church. Sunday night the Sunday school will present "A Mother's Day Program" and the pastor will preach a sermon on Mother. L B Hargrove, Pastor.
Family descendants gathered at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Pipes to celebrate Aunt Sarah Harmon's birthday with a noon birthday dinner. Guests included Mrs. Jeff D. Elliott, John B. Harmon, S. C. Harmon, Price Harmon, A. L. Maggart, Carl Daniels, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Pipes.
Stephens and others arrived in Missouri 43 years ago with Mr Squire. The Missouri College of Agriculture hosts the agricultural museum in the new Agri culture Building a fireproof lime stone structure. Dean F B Mumford founded the project to assemble pioneer farm and home tools to preserve Missouri's agricultural heritage for future generations.
The text discusses using soil as seed by weight and distributing it through machinery. It emphasizes ensuring soil is rich in bacteria, evident by nodules on previous crop roots. Collect soil in fall around root nodules, store it for spring use, and focus on living bacteria distribution to the new field regardless of the source.
Agricultural notes describe a new soil based inoculation technique for soybeans using inoculated soil mixed with water or seeds to supply nitrogen fixing bacteria. The method relies on native soil with nodulated roots and outlines several distribution options for field application.
Supt H W Ham of the C B and Q R R and A Maxwell division freight and passenger agent made a social call to this office yesterday afternoon.
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