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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
5
E W Nickell and W B Watson are seriously and quite ill at home. Numerous visitors and guests from Kirksville Chillicothe Purdin Linneus and Kansas City travel to see relatives. Several weddings funerals and travel announcements mark a busy period in the community.
Want ads cost one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum. Several sample notices include FOR SALE cane mill and evaporator by Jake Quigley Browning Missouri, FOR SALE furniture by Walter Linhart, and FOR SALE farms by A D Peterson Browning Missouri. Also a WANTED representative to handle magazine subscriptions in Browning area for Moore Cottrell Inc New York with free instructions and equipment.
S W Summers of Milan handled business in the city Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Earl Peters and children visited Mr and Mrs Evert Hollon on Sunday. Miss Eudora Harris spent the weekend with Miss Dorothy Head. Ross Burke from near New Cambria visited Mrs Burke and Norris. The Neet family and daughter Nona Clair dined with the Bollings Monday evening. Kirksville residents Mr and Mrs C H Becker were weekend and Labor Day guests of the Bollings. Mrs Price Bowyer is seriously ill at her son’s home. John Moore Jr will become supervisor at the Missouri School for the Deaf Fulton Mo and leave Sept 18. Humphreys couple Mr and Mrs Tom Gramling and Delbert Gramling and Ed Gamling of Illinois visited the Maces. Hardin residents Mr and Mrs William Kalkberger and family visited Rev and Mrs J Y Norfolk. Leirine Glaze and Harvey F Dickinson sang at Rotary Luncheon in Brookfield with Eunice F Dickinson at the piano. Mr and Mrs C B Fleming and Rev and Mrs Raymond McCrary with son James Lee of near Chula were guests at America Fleming’s home.
A roundup of visiting relatives and guests includes Lula Carter with the Boyles in Chillicothe, R W River from Lamar with his father A J River, Glenn and W R Rhodes in St Louis for a ball game, and multiple Sunday dinners and visits across Greensburg Kirksville Independence and Chula.
The revival began Monday night and continues through Friday with Rev. E. M. Hines of Bucklin delivering the messages each evening. Pastor Rev. J. Y. Norfolk assists as crowds attend, and the community is invited to attend.
The community mourns the death of Mrs Emma Smith who died Sunday September 3 Funeral services are set for today at the Reger home with burial in Henry cemetery. Mr and Mrs Fred Betschman were guests at the Lester Stephenson home. Several local residents attend a Young People's event.
The piece notes September 15 as National Felt Hat Day but questions its meaning for Browning residents. It hints the observance is mainly commercial, urging new purchases while acknowledging sentiment for old hats stored in family closets.
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