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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1924
Page
4
Community notes report many visits across Brookfield New Boston and nearby farms. Austin Hilbert and wife welcome a baby boy while Carl Cassity and wife also become parents. Farmers stay busy cutting corn and cane after frost. Perry McCollum moves into a new house.
S. E. Hagan bought a call of Fred Glidewel last week. S. C. Harmon and family spent Sunday with Roy Knifong and family. Community represented at Browning Street fair Friday and Saturday. Homer Hollon and wife and J. A. Dodson and wife attended prayer meeting at Kaifong last Thursday night. W. J. Langdon delivered hogs to Cora Monday. J. B. Harmon and wife and daughter Miss Lucile visited at the C. C. Dodson home Sunday. Several from this vicinity attended the preaching at White Oak Sunday. Natalie Harmon spent Friday night with Hazel Dodson. J. H. Tharp was a Cora visitor Monday morning. George Lumsden is making sorghum this week. Leo Whiteaker visited Saturday night and Sunday with Geo. Dodson.
Arthur Cattey filled his silo last Thursday. Roy Hart and family visited relatives at Unionville on Sunday. Several men attended county court at Linneus Monday. Roy McCollum and mother traded in Winigan Saturday. Jess Head bought Jersey cows at the Davis sale last Thursday. Vic Jones and wife visited I J McCollum and Frank Cattey last week. Mrs Daura Thudium and Aunt Maggie Brewer visited I J MecCollums Friday. Fine Indian summer weather and many attended Browning street fair Saturday.
North Salem area reports affine rain Monday night and strong turnout at the Browning fair. Roll and Lon Smith sold cattle to Virgil Ware. Fred Bailey cut his foot with an ax. Baseball fans listen to the World Series on a new Browning radio installed by Bert Powell. Milan visitors C.L. Moore Chas Newton Alverd Almond Noah Head Sunday. Aunt Betty Smith visited C.W. Bailey's family. Mrs Geo Jaynes and family visited J.C. McCollum Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gibson of Denver Colorado spent the weekend in the city with relatives and friends. They reconnected with former acquaintances at the fair and planned brief visits to Purdin Brookfield Chillicothe and Kansas City before returning home.
Mr Harry E Bailey a prominent Green Castle businessman died after a bull charged his car while driving four miles west of Kirksville on September 27. He was 32 and died Wednesday night after abdomen and intestines were punctured. Funeral attended by Mr and Mrs J Frank Dearing and children.
A local notice at Green Castle lists a wife and a child among other relatives as heirs in a pending matter. The fragment hints at familial distribution of assets and related claims.
Mrs Dora Mullins of Florida City visits relatives in the area before returning to Woodland California to reside. Her sister Mrs May Switzer is Florida City postmistress and she recalls the state fondly. Mrs John W Neely returned from five weeks in New York City with daughters Bertha Stockdale Opal and Leo Neely planning New York as a future home. They toured Niagara Falls Chicago Michigan Drive and Missouri crops with best corn near Chula.
Mr and Mrs T J Bennett of southwest of town are building a large bungalow with a spacious basement and modern improvements across from their commodious home. George Hooker handles the carpentry and his work speaks for itself. The Bennetts may soon remodel their home, and the article hopes they relocate to Browning, noting the town needs more such excellent residents.
A few choice Jersey cows and heifers offered for sale by F J Alspach. Prospective buyers invited to come and inspect the cattle.
L E Atherton retires after fifty years with the C B and Q railroad and thirty two years as roadmaster of this division. He is replaced by B A Turham who took over on October 5. Atherton earns a pension and departures mark the end of a long career well known along the line.
Mr and Mrs Wm Mullins of Woodland California visiting relatives in this vicinity attended the street fair last week Their son says Mullins grew up near Scottsville and later moved to California He is a barber by trade and also an expert locksmith and tinker They plan to move to Kansas City after visiting relatives
The article notes the couple will travel to Florida City, Florida to visit the wife's sister Mrs May Switzer and consider settling there after the trip.
Extra Special. No not honey, better still. Good sorghum, made with clay process. $1.00 per gallon at mill. J. S. Head, Cora, Mo. Phone 46 Y.
Paul Porter advertises Chevrolet automobiles with an agency focus on the best trade values and favorable terms for buyers seeking top value and favorable financing options.
H Z Carpenter, formerly a registered pharmacist at a Brookfield drug store, arrived Sunday afternoon by the four o'clock passenger to assume duties at Nevins Drug Store. He is welcomed by many friends and invites visits to his new home in the town.
Extensive results from Browning's Street Fair show winners across animal, livestock, poultry, dairy and craft divisions. Notable victors include Best display of farm products by school, best map of school district, high value cattle and hog classes, and top poultry and quilt prizes, with numerous second places noted.
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