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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
7
John Smith of North Salem visited on business. Numerous locals and visitors from nearby towns, including Laclede, Purdin, Kirksville, and Chillicothe, spent weekends, attended farms sales, church meetings, and the Homecoming at the teachers college.
A stream of personal notices records visits, trips, and farewells from Browning to Kirksville. Names include Arthur Rinehart, DeVon Glaze, J. H. Calhoun, Leon Montgomery, Emma Brassfield, H. L. Schreck, C. L. McCormick, and many others visiting relatives, attending events, or moving residences. Church services announced for White Oak.
A broad farm sale lists 31 head of cattle including several Jersey cows and red cows aged 3 to 8, plus 24 black face sheep and 9 calves. Also offered are 4 head of horses, miscellaneous farming tools, a brooder house, feeders, farming machinery, and household furniture such as a cabinet and stove.
Pleasant Hill items reflect autumn weather and local movements. Lyle Britton and family visited Brookfield. Brantners traded in Browning. Kinfong Norris Newtons traveled to Green City. E W Riley had dental work. W G Smith home hosted Paul Tripp Lon Smith and Herman Smith. Riley and Stanley Haley visited Kirksville to see C E Smith who faces major surgery. Arthur Morris improving at Laughlin Host. Howard Payne visited C W Newton. Wm Riley visiting Mrs John Harris. Effie Britton helped quilt with Bernice Riley.
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