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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
1
Community discussion honors a strong school as a civic engine. The piece notes better attitudes, opportunities for graduates, and the roles of teachers while urging support for modern facilities and stable careers. It also includes a legal notice about a Browning Missouri deed of trust sale set for December 1 1919.
A notice seeks to buy 1000 bushels of this year's corn at 1.25 dollars per bushel and invites immediate contact with Leonard Bailey.
A sales pitch listing many farms for sale with favorable terms and an offer of unlimited money at the lowest interest rate. The notice invites buying selling trading or borrowing and identifies Calhoun and Thornton as the service providers.
Mr and Mrs W L Patterson bid goodbye to longtime neighbors as they move to Mountain Home Arkansas to start anew and seek friendship there They leave behind many friends in the city calling them worthy citizens and expressing best wishes for success in their future home and plans to return in spring or fall Name mentions include Locust Creek as a shared memory and ties to their past in the city.
Mesdames J B Harmon W C Ingram and F R Duncan hosted about fifty ladies Friday afternoon at the Harmon residence. Guests admired floral arrangements and enjoyed a tea rose welcome and progressive state capitals quiz followed by a four course turkey lunch. Mrs Ivah led toasting the hostesses, with Miss Ella Keithley winning a state capitals prize.
A afternoon of pleasure ended with Mrs. Ivah Fleming hosting a progressive game and inviting guests to share in the merriment as all arrangements for the gathering were completed.
John William Hatch born September 23 1880 in Linn County Missouri near Browning died November 17 1919 at his Purdin home after five weeks illness of typhoid and pneumonia aged 39 years 1 month and 24 days He married Ora Cunard June 5 1904 They had one child Grace Elizabeth now ten The family attended the Methodist church at Purdin where Hatch had been a member about three years He was a respected citizen and business man and devoted husband and father Survived by his wife daughter and parents plus brothers and sisters The funeral was held in the Purdin Methodist church conducted by Rev J J Reed and burial in Jenkins cemetery southeast of Purdin The Whith Lodge of C F conducted grave service The Purdin Enterprise references J J Reed and local attendees
Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes comes to the Theatre on December 1 for a motion picture presentation with a $300000 budget. Gordon Griffith stars as the boy with lions elephants and apes in vivid jungle scenes and a mystery English family plot intertwines with the action.
The Joplin News-Herald voices strong sympathy for the labor movement while condemning a gang accused of sabotaging government and public interests. It argues that a strong union hoarding treasury harms the nation and the people, urging action from the public.
Last week J D Burwell and companions Calhoun Duncan and Calhoun roughed into a ditch after a head on near Brookfield. Duncan and Mrs Calhoun suffered injuries while Burwell escaped unhurt. Duncan lost a gold watch believed kept by Jesse. A separate accident near a bridge claimed George Seaman’s life when a bridge stringer failed and his team plunged into mud. Seaman, a former Camp Funston soldier, died of head injuries and was honored by a funeral at Kaifong Grove church with army pallbearers.
A boy leaves the farm for a city job and writes of urban pleasures from Thursday to Friday. His brother replies with rustic days of buggy rides, baseball, and late poker, ending with a quiet evening and bed.
The Drainage Committee with four members Mr Fitch Mr Stinson Mr Kollasch and Mr Freeland met in Sen Fields office on Saturday November 15. The surveyors preliminary chart is in the hands of abstractors and will be pushed through quickly. A general meeting will be called when complete to explain charts and data by an expert drainage man. All landowners in the district should attend to learn what has been done elsewhere with similar conditions. Watch for the date, it will be announced soon.
Mrs. N , E. Cotter and daughter Madge relocated to Tulsa Oklahoma to join Mr. Cotter who has employment there for now while seeking a permanent location. The departure is met with good wishes from their friends and neighbors.
George Williams and Miss Dor ris Rinehart wed Tuesday in a quiet ceremony at Rev Patton’s home. The couple then left for Kansas City for a few days of sightseening and visiting friends. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Rinehart and is described as a beautiful and accomplished young lady. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Williams of this city and is noted as an excellent young man.
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