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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
4
The Browning Missouri newspaper column parodies wartime rationing and social attitudes in 1941. It jokes about slogans, women’s tire skills, table settings, car installments, travel, and a shortage of Kentucky moonshine, reflecting homefront humor of the era.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Bagley dined with Curt Bagley and family. Floyd Palmer and Erma Ware of Jefferson City visited Linneus then Purdin to stay with Scott Powell and his wife. They returned to Jefferson City Saturday as work begins early. Harrison Smith came home from a ten day visit with relatives. Roe Conley moved to Sherman Hale property. Will Lambert and daughter Esther and Effie Pul...
Pee motored to Green City on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Norman Smith moved to a new home last week. Kenneth Urbach of the 35th Division at Fort Leonard Wood returned Saturday for a ten day leave with his parents. Ed Urbach and Mrs. Herbert Crookshanks visited aunt Mrs Jane Hardin Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Ray McNally called on his parents Sunday evening and were Sunday luncheon guests at Mr and Mrs Robert Hoover.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rogers of near Humphreys spent Sunday at the J. D. Tunnell home. Mrs. Bertha Schwepper and daughter of Humphreys visited the Maggarts. The Tipton property was vacated by Basil Tipton and reopened by Glen Collins. Several families attended the funeral of Mrs. Hanneh FE Johnson at Humphreys Tuesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Britton hosted and visited relatives in Cora while Mr and Mrs B O Brantner and family met with kin. E W Riley returned from Chicago after his son Stanley’s second major operation for blood pressure and is recovering. Rain persisted with a sunny day noted yesterday.
Mrs Raymond Anderson underwent a tonsillectomy at Brookfield on Tuesday and remained until Sunday. Several residents visited relatives, including Miss Irene Head and Marvin Thompson with Mrs Chloe Head, and many attended Geo Spencer's bedside as he fights an infection in his nose. Attendees at John Longwell's Sunday dinner included Geo Ford Evelyn Longwell and others.
Monday evening word arrived that Joy Marie Longwell, niece of Mr and Mrs John Longwell and daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson Longwell of Miami Florida, was seriously injured when a car struck her bicycle. She sustained severe head injuries and a neck fracture.
University of Missouri experts advise delaying husking until corn ears are well dried to prevent spoilage. Use narrow, well ventilated cribs, test moisture at elevators, and avoid cribbing with high kernel moisture to reduce losses and support national food production.
President Roosevelt calls on all Americans to join Civilian Defense Week from November 11 to 16. The campaign aims to raise awareness of civilian defense, explain local group organization and enrollment, and promote Volunteer Officers to drive community service. Armistice Day marks the start with state and local councils backing veterans in supporting defense efforts.
Notice is given to all creditors and interested parties that I. J. D. Mullins as Executor of the estate of Priscilla C. Millins will make a final settlement at the next Linn County Probate Court term in Linneus on November 10, 1941. J. D. Mullins, Executor.
The piece discusses how newspapers present competing items on a page and the public’s reliance on reporters to deliver exact news. It notes readers’ appreciation for journalistic effort and the press’s ongoing duty to improve through integrity across news, photos, and ads.
Waste Day announces national effort to conserve critical supplies for defense and civilian needs. Campaign urges individuals and groups to reduce waste, maintain goods, and buy only current needs, with women’s groups promoting efficient shopping and transport.
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