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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
4
Notice records Browning Missouri clerical designation for the Browning Eagle newspaper established in 1884. It notes a subscription price of $1.50 per year and that the paper is entered as second class matter at the Browning post office under the act of March 3 1879.
Notice to creditors and others interested in the estate of Priscilla C. Millins deceased. J D Mullins executor intends to make final settlement at the next term of Linn County Probate Court Linneus on November 10 1941.
A Browning column ribbed with quips on aging and marriage. It notes a rumored trend to shiny sergeants, jokes about homemaking, and reflections on luxury taxes and social habits. The piece blends humor with local life observations.
Leo Evans of the Model Elevator at Pierce City ignores front pages and reads market reports to judge the war. He claims grain market advances signal a Hitler loss, while market declines indicate Nazi gains.
A long list of Sunday visitors from Halaville shows numerous local households hosting relatives and friends. The gatherings included the Sayers, Wood, Rottmann, Young, Crooks, Keeling, Shafer, Nichols, Jerome, Murrell, Buswell, Cooper, McMickle, Keithley, Lay, Myrick, Holser and related families with children joining in several hosted meals and afternoons.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Chapman and children plus Mrs. Ella Chapman spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ora Holser and Marvin. Ben Wood Pearl and Clara Barney McKenzie. Mr. and Mrs. Setie Dennis and daughters were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim King solver. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lane visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Sunday. Ora Holser and Marvin were Chillicothe visitors Saturday evening.
Hubert Baskett and family spent Sunday with his parents near Shafter. Several from the community are making mattresses at New Poston this week. Mrs Mollie Adams of Brookfield visited her niece Mrs Lawrence Thudium over the weekend. Friends and relatives gathered at Geo Thudiums for his birthday on the 13th with a large picnic spread and birthday wishes.
Local households in North Salem hosted relatives and friends across Sunday gatherings. Among them Mr and Mrs Alva Morris and others joined Mrs Riddle for her daughter’s birthday celebration. several families reported Sunday visits and short calls, with illnesses noted for Mrs Ellis Jennings and extended visits in LaPlata and Kirksville.
A Detroit family visiting relatives in the area spent Sunday at Floyd Swisegood's home. Nearby guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rauer with Frank and Curt Rauer from Shelby. Georgia Lambert and children visited Ralph Fanning, while Susie Jennings and others spent Sunday night at Ellis Jennings. Edith Browning and family called on Aunt Ritta Head Sunday afternoon.
Sun returns after needed rain. Fred and Betty Sue Bozwell relocate to a Humphreys area farm. Hubert Head family and Carl Head group visit J S Head in Browning. Families Head Stephensons Harmon Stephenson attend Shenandoah jubilee with Carl Daniels party. Vernon Stephen son ill. Dodson visitors from Harris and Chillicothe trips noted.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Belzer and son Lary Dean travel to Kirksville while Fessie Minor and Oda Spencer visit Chillicothe. Belo ng parties visit Brookfield and Browning for medical updates, with several relatives and friends joining gatherings in Brookfield and at the Belzer home.
The article notes ongoing rainfall with a restrained tone and suggests the wet spell is not unusual after a period of drought, highlighting persistence of rain and minimal complaints.
Community notes show Lee Bagley taking stock to St Louis for Earnest Pearson. Leonard Richardson visited his home folks and returned to his Louisiana camp. Harold Bowyer works at Purdin Mercantile. Susie Pulliam moved household goods to her daughter in Purdin. Erio Woolf visited relatives after two weeks in Kansas City. Chester Smither’s daughter recovering from illness. Waller Liebhart and son Billy visited Waller’s parents this weekend. Lon McNally’s Dakota relatives spent last week in Pur din.
The new pastor Rev. Tate delivered his first sermons at the Methodist Church and the revival at the Church of God drew good crowds over the past two weeks. A large Sunday crowd shared baskets for a real feast both in spirit and in body before the meeting closed Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs Willie Morris and Mrs Carrie Morris and Arthur are listed in Johnson District records. The fragment suggests a family connection or household entry in local notices.
Weekend visitors included Kirksville guests Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Opel. Ira Sayers of near Milan visited Gail Harris's home Sunday. Elder and Mrs. Emerson McAfee of Excelsior Springs stayed with the Taylors Saturday night. The Ball family visited near Iowa Falls last week. Several others visited the Taylor home Sunday, including Eddie Taylor and family from Green City, and Clarence Kibble's family from Green Castle.
The column notes welcome rains for fall pastures and lists local travels and social visits. Robert Cattey and wife shopped in Browning. Miss Genevie Minor attended a Kirksville teachers meeting. Perry Christian Otis McCollum and companions returned from Helena Oklahoma. Oren Cordray and family visited LaPlata. Tom Adams and family called on Arthur Watson. Albert Bishop and wife visited Clare Tallman's. Glen Demory and wife spent time with locals.
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