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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
6
Wilson reshapes diplomacy and tariff grid amid Mexico and trade moves
Senate debate targets tariffs favoring southern needs over New England luxuries. Wilson accepts Amb. Wilson’s resignation and names John Lind as personal representative in Mexico, with later ambassadorial curtailments as a new government forms. Express rate cuts loom as ICC orders reductions, while currency and tariff riders spark reform talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Senator Lippitt
Rhode Island
New England
Railroads threaten mail service over weight compensation
A Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad notice warns the Post Office that it will discontinue mail transport after sixty days due to alleged inadequate pay for increased parcel post weight. Other items include the Oklahoma National Guard seeking first call in Mexico trouble, a world globe trotting record, and storms plus crime reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Tolédo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company
Oklahoma National Guard
Mexico
Wilson
Multitude of World News From March Era
Dr. Pierre Roux announces anti cholera serum discovery before Paris academy of sciences. Five American Madera company officers reportedly held by Federal authorities in Chihuahua cities. Venezuelan army of 7000 moves to strike Castro loyalists from Caracas. Villejuif asylum chief reports oxygen injections cured two cases of sudden madness. Russia declines official participation in San Francisco Exposition. Abraham Salabosky freed from cruel confinement. father charged with cruelty. Wilson names Preston McGoodwin minister to Venezuela. Lind to Mexico faces credentials and recognition issues. George W Hays becomes governor of Arkansas after July special election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Madera Company, Limited
F. C. Hoerr
F. J. Clark
Roy Hoard
W. J. Farragutt
H. P. Gallagher
Chihuahua
Villejuif Asylum
Paris
Mexican Situation Grave in U S Mexico Relations
Washington faces a delicate crisis as Huerta rebuffs John Lind envoy for peace talks. Senator Bacon warns the President confronts the gravest emergency since his Senate service, far surpassing the Cuban crisis, to seek a durable peace in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mexico
Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
United States
Bacon
Foreign Relations
Senate
Bryan
Insurance row settled in Missouri fire firms to resume
Jefferson City reports a conference between Attorney General Barker and company lawyers led to all large fire insurers agreeing to return to business. Barker will file motions to dismiss suits against 132 companies in the state supreme court. The returning firms plan to start issuing fire policies again around August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Barker
Supreme Court
Chas. E. Sheldon
American Fire Insurance Company
New York
Frederick N. Judson
F. W. Lehmann
Edward F. Goltra
St. Louis
Peace Treaty Signed Acknowledges Bryan Plan
Washington announces the first international peace treaty under Secretary Bryan's plan has been signed between the United States and Salvador and will go to the senate for ratification. Twenty six nations have approved the plan in principle and more treaties are expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bryan
United States
Salvador
Senate
Kidnapped Kansas Girl Shaped by Elopement Theory
Cora French a 17 year old from W W French of Smith Center Kansas vanished from her home after two men in a motor car arrived while she milked in a gingham dress. Her clothing and 250 dollars in cash were left behind prompting a search by men from Alton 25 miles away. Police and friends consider possible elopement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Center
Kan
Alton
Here
Cora
W. W. French
Ambassador Guthrie Presented Credentials in Tokyo
The new American ambassador rode in an imperial coach to the palace as crowds cheered. He conveyed President Wilson's greetings to the emperor, signaling strong ties between Japan and the United States. A Japanese cavalry regiment escorted him through the city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
United States
Japan
George W. Guthrie
Wilson
Imperial Palace
Eight Indicted in Chicago Vote Scandal
Eight men were indicted in two true bills returned to the Cooper special grand jury, alleging fraud in the November election. A majority of the defendants are election officials from the Fourth precinct of the Twentieth Ward in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cooper Special Grand Jury
Gating
St. Louis Firm Plans $250000 Funeral Trust
A St Louis based corporation proposes a quarter million dollar funeral trust to acquire practically all undertaking and livery establishments in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funeral Trust For
St. Louis
Judge James H. Slover Dies at Independence Home
Judge James H. Slover of Jackson County circuit court division No. 6 died at his Independence residence after years on the bench since 1885 with brief breaks. Born December 31, 1838 in Towanda Pennsylvania, he studied law at Union College of Law Chicago and moved to Independence in 1866. Burial was in Independence City cemetery after service at First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Slover
Jackson County
Independence
Kansas City
First Presbyterian Church
C. C. McGinley
Independence City
Circuit Court
Folk
Wofford
Slover
Towanda
Common Schools
Pennsylvania
Union College of Law
Chicago
Osteopathic convention fills Kirksville for Dr Still's anniversary
Two thousand osteopathic practitioners from across the United States gathered in Kirksville for the American Osteopathic Association annual convention. The event marked the eighty fifth birthday of founder Dr A T Still and continued a Kirksville rotation policy since 1908. Citizens raised $6 000 to entertain attendees as the town displayed hunting motifs flags and illuminated arches. A large barbecue on Adair county day served 4000 pounds of beef and other foods on the Normal school campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kirksville
American Osteopathic Association
A. T. Still
Aff Osteopathy
Adair
Normal School
Four Hundred Teachers Examined in Missouri County Test
Four hundred teachers from forty five Missouri counties sat for the county teachers' certificate examination before R. H. Boston at Warrensburg High School. Participants hailed from the Warrensburg Normal Summer School and will have their grades certified to the home county superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
R. H. Boston
Warrensburg High School
Warrensburg
Juvenile Court Suspended in Boone County
Judge Saber H Harris of the circuit court ruled the new juvenile court law unconstitutional. Boone County Court adopts that ruling and the juvenile court headed by John Myrry probate judge ceases operations pending further orders while the supreme court reviews the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saber H. Harris
Circuit Court
Boone County Court
Supreme Court
Juvenile Court
John Murry
Boy Cured of Broken Neck in Nebraska News
Glen Lehner a 17 year old from Humboldt Nebraska was discharged as cured from St Joseph hospital after a July 8 swing accident fractured his neck. He spent three weeks strapped to a cot with neck and shoulders in a plaster cast and then recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lenher
Humboldt
Neb
St. Joseph Hospital
Lehner
George T. Gallaher 73 on Johnson county farm buried
George T. Gallaher longtime Johnson county pioneer died of heart disease at 73. He lived his entire life on the same Knob Noster farm, owned about 1100 acres, and was a cousin of ex state geologist John A. Gallagher. Burial followed at Knob Noster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Gallaher
Johnson County
Knob Noster
John A. Gallagher
Picnic Draws Over a Thousand at Clarence Union School Event
In Clarence a Union Sunday school picnic drew more than a thousand attendees from all denominations. The business district emptied as participants enjoyed a large feast for dinner and supper, creating a lively day in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Union
Balloonist James Gradwell Falls 100 Feet
James Gradwell, a balloonist, was knocked from a trapeze during a stunt at St. Joseph and fell 100 feet to the ground. He remained conscious and doctors said his injuries are not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gradwell
St. Joseph
Missouri Woman Dead at 77 in Pettis County
Mrs. Oliver Elimore mother of Newton Elimore Pettis County clerk died at her Hughesville home at 77 Born in Kentucky she was one of Central Missouri’s oldest citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Oliver Elimore
Newton Elimore
Pettis County
Hughesville
Kentucky
Moving the Ozark Peaches
The Ozark fruit crop move starts with twelve cars from Koshkonong and Brandsville heading to eastern markets. Ozark Fruit Growers association cooperates to market about 90 percent of the Elberta crop over two weeks, with an estimated yield of 2000 cars and a $1,500,000 revenue. Most demand is east of the Mississippi due to Georgia crop failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Missouri
Arkansas
Koshkonong
Brandsville
Ozark Fruit Growers’ Association
Mississippi River
Georgia
Missouri graduates scattered across fifteen countries
Sixty nine University of Missouri alumni are listed as living abroad in a revised directory. They are spread over fifteen nations with the Philippines leading at fifteen, followed by China with nine. Additional counts include eight in Hawaii Mexico and Canada each, six in Panama, five in Brazil, three in Porto Rico, two in Bulgaria and Japan, and one each in France India Alaska and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Philippines
China
Hawaii
Mexico
Canada
Panama
Brazil
Porto Rico
Bulgaria
Japan
France
India
Alaska
Australia
Missouri Corn Declines in July Report
Missouri corn condition fell 15 points in July to 70.8, down from 84.6 a year ago, per T. C. Wilson, secretary of the state board of agriculture. Oats yield averaged 22 bushels with 60 percent cut for grain. Wheat output reached 37,000,000 bushels, up 15,000,000 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
T. C. Wilson
State Board of Agriculture
County Seat Roads Mapped Out
The state road commission has located five county seat roads radiating from Warrensburg. Routes go to Lexington via Robbins and Mayview, to Sedalia via Mount Serat, Knob Knoster and Lamonte, to Independence via Pittsville, Elm, Lone Jack, to Harrisonville via Centerview Holden two miles south of Kingsville via Hadsell, and to Clinton via Cornelia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Warrensburg
Lexington
Robbins
Mayview
Sedalia
Mount Serrat
Knob Knoster
Lamonte
Independence
Pittsville
Elm
Lone Jack
Harrisonville
Centerview
Holden
Kingsville
Hadsell
Clinton
Cornelia
Ozarks Endure Severe Drought Breaks After Rain
An inch and a half of rain in one hour at Springfield ended the Ozarks twelve year drought. Strong winds accompanied the downpour causing damage, especially east of the city. Webster and Laclede counties report substantial destruction from the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
Springfield
Webster
Laclede
Odessa Runaway Fatal Involving Wagon Crash
A runaway horse fatally struck Luke Wilson and injured his daughter Mrs. Lewis Barker while they rode in a farm wagon on the Odessa to Mayview road. The horse, driven by Jesse Smith, jumped into the wagon and struck Wilson in the chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Luke Wilson
Lewis Barker
Mayview
Jesse Smith
Wilson
St Joseph Misvalued Property Assessments Unearthed
A county commission appointed to equalize city property assessments reports 1000 unassessed dwellings and other inequities. City Comptroller Shaffer estimates real property should total at least 70 million dollars, while current records show just over 89 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Buchanan County Court
Thomas Shaffer
City Comptroller
Fruit Pekers Train to Shine Peach Crop in Brandsville
Five hundred professional fruit pekers from Florida Georgia and California have been employed by the growers of the Koshkonong Brands ville fruit district to show the local orchardists how to put the peach crop into attractive shape for market. The advance guard consisting of seventy five men has arrived at Brandsville. About 4 000 local pickers will be employed in gathering the crop in this section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Georgia
California
Koshkonong-Brandsville
Brandsville
Webb City Politician Patrick McEntee Dies at 67
Patrick McEntee, former Webb City mayor and southwest Missouri Democratic figure, has died from complications of diseases at age 67. He lived in Webb City for 34 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb City
Patrick McEntee
Missouri
Accident to Trenton Boy Fatal
Vern McAtee aged 13 died in Trenton from a skull fracture after a horse he was riding fell on him. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jasper McAtee of near Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Vern McAtee
Jasper McAtee
Canaries Warn of Danger in Regulated Mines
Canary birds are used as early detectors in well managed mines. If air becomes unsafe, the birds display distress immediately, signaling miners to evacuate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaries
Trolley Car Bearings Show Little Abrasion After 150000 Miles
Measurements of ball bearings on the axles of a New Jersey trolley car that has traveled about 150000 miles in four years showed they had resisted abrasion almost perfectly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
A Jibe Over Church Swearing Sparks Mock Debate
In a pointed exchange, a speaker quips to Pete about leaving his church to join another. The retort questions the benefit, noting the freedom to swear as a perk of the alternative. The exchange reflects tensions over religious affiliation and social norms.
They Weighed Three and a Half Pounds and Lived To Tell
A group of elderly women recalls their birth weights as each shares a memory. One says she weighed three and a half pounds. The table reacts, but the speaker notes she lived and did well despite the small start.
Postum Ad Claims Health Benefits and Preferences
A doctor cites personal experience comparing Postum with coffee and tea, stating better digestion after switching and noting guests also preferred Postum. The ad explains Regular and Instant Postum, preparation tips, and invites readers to contact Postum Company for literature. The slogan There’s a Reason appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Association of Manufacturers
House Investigating Committee
Congress
Country
White House
Capitol
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Minnesota
Lind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stone
Clark
H. P. Warden
Mexico, Mo
Bolivia
Treasury
State Department
Great Britain
Bermuda Islands
Vnezuela
Cipriano Castro
Tillman
State Railroad Commission of
Wells Fargo & Co
William E. Sherwood
Evansville
Ind
Birmingham
Ala
Lester
George David
Democrats
Texas
W. J. Bryan
Martin Roy
Hammond Ind
Kate Barnard
Oklahoma
John Henry Mears
Kansas
Western Federation of Miners
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Ill
Louis W. Gardner
Southwestern ‘Telegraph and Telephone’ Company
Bell Lines
John Wendt
Lansing
Coney Island
Oscar Hedrick
Amarillo
Tex
Clifton City
Ivy Chevalier
Ella
McAdoo
Foreign Affairs
Pierre Roux
Pasteur Institute
Academy of Sciences At
Caracas
Venezuela
Pereenal
Abraham Salabosky
Preston McGoodwin
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Government of
George W. Hays
Southern
Republic
International Amity
Cora French
C. B. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Department of Household Economics
KOO
Bright
Dean
James B. Poyner
Rossville
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Carters
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
Nebraska
Dobble
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