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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
6
A collection of light jests and wry observations from Joe Nickell in Brown ing Missouri. The quips touch on hats, roofs, home and heart, road robbers, stock tips, letters, headaches, marbles, and taxes reflecting early 20th century small town life.
Reporters note census role exposes drivers' money losses in speculation and illiteracy challenges. The piece reflects on changing times as old questions of reunion give way to everyday concerns of meals. It laments the Little Red Shosthouse’s failure to produce notable ball players.
Mrs Elmo Schrock visited last Tuesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Byron Schrock. Cleve Jennings and Kenneth retired to Kirksville Wednesday and were joined home by Jerry Jennings who had been there for two weeks after an operation for appendicitis. Miss Marie Savers helped her grandmother Mrs Wm Rottmann clean house last week. Miss Ruth Bowyer was a Wednesday night guest of her grandmother Mrs Carrie Bowyer near Shafter. Miss Violet McKay visited Browning Thursday. John Rottmann and John Longwell visited Haseville Sunday afternoon. Gale Thurlow spent Sunday afternoon with Kenneth and Jerry Jennings. Mr and Mrs Byron Schrock.
Sunday visit notes show Miss Ruth Bowyer calling at the Mary Longwell home on a Sunday afternoon. Violet McKay visited with Anna Bel(e) Longwell as a guest the same afternoon.
Cool spell follows rain delaying corn planting. Mrs. R D Monroe returns from Brookfield with a sick daughter under Dr Evans care. Local families visit and travel between Brookfield Chillicothe and Galt. Community groups meet for sewing and aid. In Memory of Lew’s Who Passed Away May 6 1929 reflects a framed family tribute.
The record lists several local residents visiting and visiting relatives this week. Events include sermons in Laredo and various calls on neighbors in Haseville, Browning, Purdin, and nearby towns.
A brood of seventeen year cicadas known as locusts is expected in the area later this month. The last appearance was in 1913 when they were plentiful across the state, and residents can already hear their song in anticipation.
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