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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
2
A trio of humorous quips and reflections from Brown ing area readers covers money, misfortune, pride, and daily life. Pieces compare cantaloupes to marriage, note traffic signals, joke about debt and mortgages, and poke fun at social trends and Browning citizens.
Mr and Mrs J C Sayers spent Monday with Mrs Lizzie Rottoman helping her can pears. Beryl Mallett spent Monday and Tuesday with W E Sayers. Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Bowyer are proud parents of a baby girl born Sunday November Tth. Mrs Virgil Sayers went to Linmens Wednesday to have her tonsils removed. Mrs Marie Warren and children spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs W E F Sayers.
Morris Crookshanks Beryl Warren and W E Sayers helped Ted dy Holser pick up turkeys. Fairview area reports fall weather aiding corn gathering and a death in the community. Walter Brantner passed away at Grim Smith Hospital.
The note reports cold weather in and around Purdin with a call for rain to fill cisterns before winter. It lists local illnesses including Will Cumbo Mrs Elmer Head Uncle Bonie Miller in Brookfield Hospital Ab Johnson and Mat tie Bumgarner improving. Local social items mention Lucille Jerome winning $5 in merchandise and visits among residents.
Mrs A W Cotter and Mrs D L Cady traveled to Milan on Wednesday afternoon to visit Mrs Vesta Cavanaugh. Mr and Mrs R D Cassity called on Mr and Mrs D L Cady on Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Pulliam with Mrs R D Cassity motored to Trenton on Sunday to see Mr and Mrs Victor Cassity.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baker hosted Tom Myers and wife from Purdin for Sunday dinner. Wanda Quigley spent the weekend with Alice Marie Coulter and others visited teachers and relatives in Shafter including the Crookshanks and Jerome families. Various callers and visiting guests appeared at baker, Cooper, and Gooch households through the week.
The returns suggest a near tie in expert outlooks with about half the nation predicting another harsh winter, while the rest hesitate on the likely season severity and cold snaps.
Browning resident Browning prepares for whatever lies ahead as local forecasters dispute a mild versus harsh season. He braces for both outcomes, thankful for kindness in a mild year and ready to cope if winter proves severe. He awaits spring, when critics will crow.
Chicago reports all corn-picking machines on the market were sold this year as manufacturers claim they could have sold ten times more. A bumper crop and farm labor scarcity loom. A new device that harvests husks and loads cars may ease the shortage, though some Browning residents fear it could increase unemployment and burden taxpayers.
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