This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
4
Locust Valley residents note a need for rain while reporting social visits and small town events. Families, hospital stays, and religious services are mentioned alongside neighboring towns and common weekend gatherings.
Dry cool weather marked the week in North East Linn. Families attended church in Winigan Bethel and Browning, with gatherings at Bunch Nickell Cattey McCollum houses. Rosa Nickell visited Mrs Arthur Cattey. women stayed busy cleaning houses this week.
A light shower touched the Corn and Cross Roads area Monday evening. Local Highway Engineer Walker and son from Green City were in the vicinity on business. Several families including the Jones and Bundridge households attended a dinner at John Maggarts on Sunday. Three month old Hazel Jones died Thursday May 8 and was buried at Deep Springs cemetery Saturday evening with Rev. Wilson of Milan conducting services. Residents report various visits and happenings around Milan. Billy Franklin bought a new car. Edna Whiteager visits sister Mrs Earnest Bundridge. Vera Franklin spent weekend with home folks. Hogs delivered by Billie and Charley Tharp to Cora. G M Spencer attends court in Milan.
A large paint firm offers its best house paint free to one property owner in each post office or rural route in the county as part of an advertising campaign. The company seeks an agent or dealer in each county and requests interested persons write to the Kero Paint Company in Louisville Kentucky.
Taul M. Culver of Gower donates heirlooms to the Missouri College of Agriculture Museum in Columbia. The collection includes a hemp hackle a fiax hackle a shoe last a hand fashioned grain sickle and a shingle river all about 75 years old made by Romulus E. Culver. The donor’s grandfather fought in Doniphan’s expedition to Mexico and was killed in action.
William Alfred Jacobs born February 6 1856 Scottsville Sullivan county Missouri died May 8 1924 aged 68 years 3 months 2 days married Elizabeth Bridgeman May 18 1877 and raised eight children Oliver Thomas William Roy Marion Kenoyer six grandchildren and many relatives survive. Five children preceded him to the Great Beyond and the wife and others remain to mourn. All were present at the time.
Mr. Jacobs, long time resident near Browning and Fort Madison Iowa, spent his final month in Brookfield with his wife. He suffered paralysis three years and endured two more strokes last month before passing away. Rev Hargrove preached at the Baptist church and the body was interred in Hoover cemetery.
The entry covers weekend social mischief and crushes, with characters like Jake Jane and Chub Peterson, then shifts to a civic argument about widening highways. It argues wide roads are needed to handle modern traffic and cites a per mile cost of road building around 25 562 69 dollars, including grading.
The piece argues that democracy and safety cannot be achieved by war or prohibitive speed limits. It asserts motor vehicles are here to stay for saving time and speed, and that removing speed would force a return to horse transport. If speed causes injuries, find remedies without destroying the cars and trucks on highways.
Notice announces the Farmers Exchange Bank annual stockholders meeting in Browning Missouri on May 21 1924 at 9:00 a.m. to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and conduct other business. J J Harmon president R M Calhoun secretary.
Grading in road making covers most work from retaining walls to drainage. Costs vary by terrain from near zero on sandy plains to high in mountains, with no fixed figure. Since 1917, the federal program has funded 33,036 miles of roads, averaging 7658 dollars per mile for grading.
Missouri crop specialists advise not planting soybeans too early to avoid weed competition in cold seed beds. Ideal planting times vary by crop, with June 20 acceptable for soybeans. hay may be planted similarly, with July 1 not too late. Emphasizes weed control before seeding, shallow planting, row spacing of 32 inches, and seeding rates around 15 pounds for small seeds or 20 pounds for larger ones. Recommends five varieties Morse Midwest Wilson Virginia Haberlandt with notes on best hay and seed performance, plus a county exhibit and essay prizes at local meetings.
Seventeen counties join the Clover and Prosperity effort with the Extension Service to promote clover and legume crops and soil‑improving farming systems. Chariton hosts July 8 with final meeting in Linn on September 10. Crops specialists C. E. Carter and P. F. Schewengerdt will lead demonstrations and showcase methods using a two‑ton trailer of exhibit materials.
J T Bennett was in Milan on business the first of the week. Miss Mary Keithley spent Sunday with the Keithleys. Mrs Darrel Bramhall and children were in Pollock. Mrs Earl Johnson and children stayed with Mrs Hinda Rush. Mrs Martha Kinfong returned from Lindens after visiting her daughter. Mrs Melia Thurlow and Mrs Nelia Bundridge visited R A Thurlow. Dr Dodson took Christine Havens to Grim Hospital for appendectomy. Mrs Clara Pipes accompanied them. May Alexander, recently in Florida, returned home Friday after visiting Kis simmee and Dr Ingram.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.