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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
3
Register of the Shrophire ram for sale and a series of Monday business visits by officials and townsfolk. Names include Kenneth Knifong Sheriff John Lee Dan Bramhall Amos Cotter Maude Holiday Mary Southerland Henry Harris Lyle Ingraham Preston Bates Prather and others with notes on travel, hospital stays, and moving households.
Viss Reba Frances Twyman a Columbia University student visited over the weekend with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hummel in the city.
Mr and Mrs Otis Lawrence visit his parents as Mrs L P Lawrence notes Mr Lawrence is ill and at home with family. The item reads as a local society note on a family gathering and health at a private residence.
Alex Jacobs of near Roger traded here Friday. Miss Della Carter recently returned home from employment near Meadville. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lantz visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Langdon Sunday. Walter Smith of near North Salem handled business in Milan Friday. Buddy Worley of Worley Motor Company was in Milan on Saturday. S. W. Correll of Brookfield visited friends Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. Ray Duncan of Kansas City spent the weekend with relatives here. A number attended the Milan fair last week. Mrs. Nannie Carlstead visits her daughter near Farmington Iowa this week. Johnson Arnold and a friend from West Virginia arrived Sunday to visit his uncle Van Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Norvell of near Linneus spent Sunday with his parents. J. H. Parkins of Jefferson City came Friday to join Mrs. Parkins at the Will Austin home.
Mr and Mrs Herbert C Bailey and Mrs C W Gooch along with Miss Imeda Johnson and others attended the basketball game at Adv ille Friday night Rev Owens pastor of the M E church returned Sunday from the annual conference at Richmond and has been returned to his charge Miss Edith Burkholder and Mrs Arton Carr were guests of Mr and Mrs A Deming in Kansas City Deming was formerly Miss Jene Burkholder of this city
Mr and Mrs Ray Maggart and their daughter plus Miss Audry Montgomery and Leon and Fred Lee visited Mrs Montgomery at Irksville hospital on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Montgomery has been seriously ill but is slowly improving, a relief to her many friends.
R A Thurlo and son Eugene and Glenn Freeland and sons Max and Nile traveled to St Joseph at the start of the week with their 4-H calves to compete and show stock.
Mr and Mrs Claude Kuhn and Miss Emma Kuhn of Linneus visited Mrs W W Crawford and family last Friday afternoon.
C. J. Ingraham attended to business matters in Milan on Friday. A large group from here attended Rev. Drinkard's funeral in Laredo Friday afternoon. Donis June, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert May, has been ill. Dude Young of Haseville was here on business Friday. Miss Vera Kille and her brother Herman spent the weekend with Geo Peters and Rev. and Mrs. Hobbs.
Miss Almira Jones, a teacher in the Shelby Consolidated Schools, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haley.
Reverend Hobbs departed Tuesday for St Joseph to attend the annual conference. He was accompanied by Reverend Simmons from Linneus to the event.
Mrs Grace Bennett of Humphreys visited her son David Stovall and family for a week in a short family gathering.
Mrs. Tom Reilly and her son Tom mie returned home to Chicago after visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Maggart and other relatives and friends.
L O Wykoff of Galesburg Illinois spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs L T Wy koff in town.
Mrs R E Carter and her son Howard were guests of Mrs Carter's mother near Galt Thursday afternoon. Mrs Constant is on the sick list.
Will DeVore and sons Raymond and Paul Gooch oversee local matters in Milan during a Saturday meeting. The trio handle routine business tasks and review community concerns as part of their visit.
Mrs. Clara Hanman and her daughter moved from their Enterprise farm to the E. M. Neely rental in the city so Miss Imogene could have convenient access to the school.
Mr and Mrs Leon Vincent announce the birth of a baby boy born on Tuesday September 29. Dr. McArter served as the attending physician. Mrs Lessie Peters has accepted employment at the central office and moved in at the start of the week, bringing her experience as a central girl.
Mrs F R Fanning and Mrs R FE Harris with daughters Mary R and Eudora drove to Kirksville Saturday to bring Arlene Fanning home from the hospital where she had been receiving treatments.
Mrs A F Hall of Red Wing Minnesota arrived Saturday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs W B Watson. She returned home with Mr and Mrs Henry Watson who were going to Rochester Minnesota to consult Mayo Brothers at their famous clinic about a growth on Mrs Watsons neck.
Gamble Stores offers 51-plate batteries for Ford, Chev, Plymouth, Essex and others. 81 percent more winter starting power with a one year guarantee and a $2.97 exchange price. 39-plate option priced at $6.79.
Emergency County Agent Rola n Baugheer met Taylor township farmers Thursday to discuss cattle testing and drought relief. Strong attendance marked the session as meetings continue across Sullivan county townships.
Mr and Mrs W H Dickinson Mrs R A Glaze and J H Calhoun motored to Pleasant Hill Alabama Friday to visit Harvey F Dickinson and watch the football game. Harvey is coach of the Pleasant Hill team which won its first game in two years.
The write up notes that Browning displays are splendid for window shopping and compare favorably with other towns. It adds Browning may not be the largest town but its show windows shine.
A list of local notices mentions a slightly used heating stove for sale by L. C. Carpenter. Several residents including Alvin D. Walker of Milan, J. B. Fleming of Linneus, and Chas. Lee Bowyer of Keytsville report visits on business or subscription favors. The Farm Club sent stock to market, W. A. Burkholder plans California winter travel, and Norman Neely of near Brookfield visited family in the city. Residence news also notes visits by Robert Hoskins family from Lakenan and neighbors near Cora and Brown.
Mrs. Floy Gooch and Miss Daisy Phillips from Portland, Ore., visited Mrs. Ann Johnson and relatives here, turning a social and business call into a pleasant gathering. The visitors enjoy returning home and expect to stay a few more weeks before heading back to the Northwest.
History notes Randolph County Missouri grew rapidly from 1830 to 1840, led by coal railroads and agriculture. Settlers like William Holman arrived in 1818, Huntsville became county seat in 1850, and the 1840 salt springs produced 83.7 percent of the state’s salt.
Randolph County grew from Huntsville to Moberly as railroads reshaped wealth and power after the Civil War. Moberly, called the Magic City, emerged as a railroad hub, while coal mining and manufacturing expanded county prosperity. By 1929 Moberly reached 13,772 residents and the county total population stood at 26,431 with coal output of 182,041 tons.
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