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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
7
Dr Charles A L Reed told the Missouri Valley Medical Society that a bacillus epilepticus exists in soil and enters the body through the stomach. He demonstrated the germ in cultures and animal tests and said epilepsy can be transmitted, offering prospects for cure and prevention.
J. H. Hickin of Hume read in the local paper that burning empty tin cans would help dispose of them. He burned all cans in the heating stove during winter and saved the solder and zinc melt, which he sold to pay for his winter coal supply.
William E. Barns publisher of the St Louis Lumberman died at his home after a brief illness of pneumonia. He was 53 years old and had served with the St Louis Lumberman for twenty five years, with wide connections in the Southwest lumber trades.
Ex Governor Folk will seek the Democratic nomination and open campaign headquarters in St. Louis this month. He plans his first campaign speech in St. Joseph around April 15, according to a close political adviser.
Four family deaths are reported after a 15 month old baby of Mrs. Thomas Nelson died possibly from poison. A Nelson sister died previously. another sister Miss Ella Matthews is ill but out of danger. Separately, C T Patterson, pathologist at Mountain Grove state poultry station, was named director by the board, succeeding T E Quisenberry who resigned.
A $100000 woodpile of walnut logs sprawls over three blocks waiting for Chillicothe’s new gunstock plant. 1100 workers are buying timber across Kansas to Missouri as trainloads arrive daily. The factory payroll already lists 1500 workers and will become the nation's largest of its kind. Woodware production for spokes may start as gun demand dips.
A farewell reception at the Merchants' Exchange in St Louis honored David R. Francis the departing ambassador. The two hour public event capped a trio of public affairs including a Missouri Historical Society meeting and a banquet by the Business Men's League and Merchants' Exchange.
Frank McCluer of Fulton is named valedictorian by Westminster College faculty for the class of 1916. Commencement speaker will be R. W. Wenzlick of St. Louis and Arthur W. Boand of Kansas City, with the ceremony set for June 6.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lyona marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary in Sedalia. The couple came to Missouri in 1869 and have resided in Pettis County since that year.
A Platte City jury ruled ownership of an eighty acre tract tied to a cottonwood tree. The tree’s rings proved the land was attached to the Missouri River island before erosion and river course change. E. M. Barr of Lenexa claimed accretion. L. W. Stone defended patent ownership. Barr won.
A period instruction lists boys and girls projects and pranks including a four pan tub frame for a post display, a four handed clock, a fake broken window by twine, an inverted ink bottle illusion, a moving hat stick, a paper flutterer mailed for April first, and a collapsing shade prank with detailed steps and safety notes.
At a federal court hearing Judge Arba Van Valkenburg heard delegates and land owners from St Clair County Missouri oppose any compromise with bondholders. Veterans Dave Walker and Uncle Bud Dark argued the bonds are fraudulent and must be fought. Some support a compromise based on original issue minus interest and costs, noting the county’s assessed value about 80000 and land largely unproductive.
Mrs Magdalena Preetorius aged 89 widow of Dr Emil Preetorius and mother of the late Edward L Preetorius died in St Louis. The obituary notes she died by suicide with a gun on November 1.
George Cone an employee of a Springfield provision company drowned when a boat overturned in the James river while he and a friend were fishing. The incident occurred late at night and a rescue attempt followed.
Bond issue of 60000 authorized by Aurora special road district voters after an election. Results show 469 in favor and 63 against. Funds will finance permanent road construction within the Aurora district. Also reports zinc and lead mining east of California in Moniteau County on an 80 acre tract owned by C Mensch with high grade ore and 40 percent milling recovery.
The St Louis fur auction realized total sales of 435000 with silver fox fur leading at 1500. Buyers bid on numerous pelts driving the strong showing at the sale.
Former Jesse James gang member Cole Younger dies at his niece Nora Hall’s home in Lees Summit after a year confined to a room. Death attributed to uremia and related diseases. age 72.
John F Meyers a wealthy farmer of Platte county is dead of pneumonia at the home of his son in law. The report notes his substantial holdings and local prominence. Further details regarding funeral arrangements were not available in the fragment.
A health note promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the digestive tract. It claims internal sanitation affects skin clarity, promising clearer cheeks and pallor reduction within one to two weeks for women with skin issues, coated tongues, or bilious spells.
A 76 year old reader endorses Anuric from Dr. Pierce Invalids' Hotel Buffalo N Y, claiming strong relief from backache rheumatism and kidney issues. The note cites a new remedy said to be 37 times more potent than lithia and to dissolve uric acid similar to hot water dissolving sugar.
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