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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
6
Taft may veto statehood bills for New Mexico and Arizona
The Senate plans to admit Arizona and New Mexico as states with a recall of judges provision while Taft is expected to veto the measures. The Lorimer committee adjourns in Washington to resume in October in Chicago. Other items include Taft signing the reapportionment bill and Pittsburgh spelling change. Admiral Togo visits Washington and lays a wreath at Arlington. Fort Sumter and 47 other posts face possible closures. Postal savings banks are ordered for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma towns. Frank Bloom is ordered to report for examination at Fort Leavenworth on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Washington
Chicago
Capitol
Taft
New Mexico
Arizona
House
Togo
Charles S. Sperry
Arlington Cemetery
D. W. Holstlaw
Linois
House of Representatives
Post Office Department
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Fort Sumter
Coast Artillery
Olathe
Pratt
Kan
Sikeston
Elk City
Frank Bloom
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas National Guard drills at Fort Riley amid heat
Multiple reports note Kansas National Guard regiments assembling for company and battalion drills at Fort Riley where temperatures exceeded 100. Other items include the 12th Army of the Philippines reunion in Detroit, Astoria Oregon centennial events, a 100 million dollar bond issue by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Missouri vote counts, and regional incidents from Missouri and Kansas weather to mining damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas National Guard
Fort Riley
Army of the Philippines
Detroit
Astoria
Ore
City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Oklahoma Railroad Commission
Clayton
G. W. Garner
Sawyer
Robert Sherlock
Kansas
Missouri
Western
Pawnee Flats
Municipal Electric Light
Kansas City
Kan
McLaughlin Engineering Company
Clinton
Galena
Lilly
St. Louis
Missouri River
Des Moines Street Car Strike Ends. 500 Men Recalled
The Des Moines street car strike with 500 men out is ended. Brooklyn street car men are on strike for increased wages. The report notes other regional labor actions and civic happenings across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lansing
William Joiner
Stubbs
Kansas
J. H. Graham
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City
Colorado
Oklahoma
Brooklyn
Lafayette Choat
Liberty
Grand
Shirt sleeved statesmen seen in British commons
A survey of varied 1920s world events notes measures from Calgary to London. Frosty Canadian capitals report 36 degrees, a Rhine steamer boiler explodes killing two sailors others injured, a fire gut London’s Carlton hotel claims a death, and Roosevelt ancestors’ painting sells for 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Calgary
Edmonton
Canada
Rotterdam
Carlton
London
J. Lee Finney
Brussels Royal Museum
Roosevelt
Berlin
Auguste Victoria
Germany
Viterbo
Italy
Eng
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Jules Vedrines
Paris
English Channel
Culebra
Panama Canal
Notable 1903-04 Miscellaneous Local News Highlights
Kermit Roosevelt travels to Mexico to hunt mountain sheep. A Caney Kansas boy dies after a pony attack. Judge Bordwell in Los Angeles receives threatening letters about McNamara trial. Booker T. Washington barred from speaking in Texas on September visit. Hunnewell mayor seeks ouster of councilmen. John W. Gates dies in Paris of pneumonia. Edward E. Jackson Jr. fined $45,000 for wire pools. VanB Prather reaches settlement with Wyandotte County over county claims. A W Wheeler's arson ends with family asleep inside. Missouri Pacific outlines McPherson to Wichita motor car line. L L Dyche warns wardens turtle doves must not be shot. Concordia Republican notes flood height. Solomon overflows. Prohibition officers patrol at night aiding drink supply. Federal petition to sell Alaskan coal at cost to consumers gains traction among Portland businessmen. St Louis-San Francisco Railway cuts grain freights to Memphis via Kansas points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Roosevelt
Mexico
Arthur Wyland
Caney
Kaw
Walter Bordwell
Los Angeles
McNamara Brothers
Booker T. Washington
Representatives’ Hall of Texas
Austin
Mrs. Wilson
Hunnewell
Kan
John W. Gates
Paris
Edward E. Jackson, Jr
New York
Vanb. Prather
Wyandotte County
A. W. Wheeler
Denver
Webb
Missouri Pacific Railroad
McPherson
Wichita
L. L. Dyche
Kansas State Fish and Game Warden
Fish and Game
Concordia
Portland
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Nebraska Points
Memphis
Kansas
Saloon petitions and church effort heat up Missouri fight
In Montgomery County church groups and the anti saloon league push a campaign as saloon petitions face publication in the local press. The census town of Montgomery City, under 2500 inhabitants, requires a taxpayer majority to authorize petitions amid uncertainty over outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Anti-Saloon League
United States
Springfield Reduction Works Closed Enjoining Garbage Plant
A court orders Springfield Garbage and Reduction Company to stop disposing of garbage on its land, canceling its contract with the city. City left without collection or disposal options as nearby property owners win an injunction deeming the plant a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Reduction Works
Springfield Garbarge and Reduction Company
Lee
New Poultry School Planned at Missouri University
Missouri will open a school of poultry husbandry in its college of agriculture this fall with Prof. H. L. Kempster leading the program. The state, a leading poultry producer, reported a $46,000,000 surplus poultry product value last year, surpassing Colorado’s gold output for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. U. Missouri
Poultry State
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
H. L. Kempster
Michigan State Agriculture College
East Lansing
Missouri
Colorado
Lincoln Letter Unearthed in Missouri Beacon Publication
Tyler W. Parker of Montgomery City, after 59 years in a printing office, discovers an old Missouri Beacon containing a Lincoln letter from 1865. The letter, issued for publication by James R. Rollins, was addressed to Governor Fletcher who chose Rollins to publish it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler W. Parker
Montgomery City
Missouri Beacon
Abraham Lincoln
James R. Rollins
Gov. Fletcher
Rollins
Floating Robbers Linked to St Louis River Town Heists
Robbers who struck the St Louis Iron Mountain Southern depot and the Pevely railroad tool house are said to have emerged from a mysterious launch tied up a mile from town. The lootings along Mississippi River towns in Jefferson County are thought to be the work of a roaming band of floating robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Pevely
Mississippi River
Jefferson County
Campers Flee Flooded Flat Creek Camp Near Sedalia
Mrs. John F. Scally and five other adults waded waist deep through water after Flat Creek flooded from a cloud burst near Sedalia. They abandoned their camp in night clothes and trudged nearly a mile to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Creek
Sedalia
John F. Scally
Poison Plot Charge Arrested Trio Denounced by Woods
Jeff Woods of Mexico denounces the case as a conspiracy. Lee Boyd and his wife are charged along with Woods for attempted murder by distributing poisoned chewing gum at Concord premises owned by Thomas Hite Edward McPheeters and Robert Dilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Woods
Mexico
Lee Boyd
Thomas Hite
Edward McPheeters
Robert Dilmore
Concord
Macon Opens New Bank With New Officers
Macon County bank opens to the public occupying Citizens' bank rooms as a new institution with a $40,000 paid up capital. It will assume deposits and obligations of the Citizens' bank which closed June 16, with John E. Swanger, state bank commissioner, in attendance and approving the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Macon County Bank
Citizens’ Bank
John E. Swanger
State Bank
Missouri Orchard Outlook Reports Vary by Fruit
State board of horticulture reports show apples nearing a good crop, with an average condition estimate at 30 percent statewide. Peaches are at 28.2 percent, down from 29.2 percent the previous month. Grapes stand at 75 to 80 percent of a full crop in the latest outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
State Board of Horticulture
Pope redraws Missouri diocesan boundaries to balance
Pope Pius X reordered church districts moving eleven counties north of the Missouri River from the Diocese of St. Louis to St. Joseph. The change aims to equalize the three Missouri dioceses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Missouri River
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Pope Pius X
Missouri
Missouri Pacific Fireman Injured In Train Collision
In a head on crash at Otterville depot Missouri Pacific freight train 66 collided with light engine 107. Fireman William Davis suffered injuries as crews assisted at the scene and authorities investigated the cause of the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Otterville
William Davis
Lees
Ferrell Released on Bond After Health Strain
Jefferson City residents aided Fulton man W. C. Ferrell by posting bond for his release from the county jail. Ferrell, twice convicted of murdering William L. Moore, was sentenced to ten years’ penitentiary on each count. He has been jailed since 1909 and appeals are planned as the Supreme Court earlier reversed the first verdict.
Church Fifty Years to Become Horse Stable in Missouri
Boone county court ordered turn of a historic Columbia church building into a horse stable. Built between 1845 and 1850 as one of central Missouri’s finest churches, it once hosted Alexander Campbell who preached there after traveling from Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Boone County
Columbia
Alexander Campbell
Kentucky
St. Louis
Boon’s Lick Road
New Lights on River Resume Steamboat Traffic
The Missouri river reopens steamboat traffic and the government lighthouse service is restored after a 15 year gap. The lighthouse tender Lilly travels upriver to mark the channel and on return will install 100 range lights for night guidance. Farmers along the line will be paid $15 monthly to tend each light kept burning from sundown to sunrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Government Lighthouse Service
Lilly
Bank leadership shakeup at Independence as retirements occur
M. G. Wood retir es from the Bank of Independence after twenty years of service as cashier and then vice president and general manager. Frank C. Wyatt becomes president and general manager after serving as cashier. J. W. McCombs, formerly of Adrian Missouri, steps in as cashier replacing Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Bank
M. G. Wood
Bank of Independence
Frank C. Wyatt
J. W. McCombs
Adrain
Sedalia Fire Chief Commits Suicide at State Hospital
P. C. Willis, 20 year Sedalia fire chief, hanged himself using a towel tied to a radiator at State Hospital No 1 after being admitted as a private patient two months earlier for homicidal tendencies and threats to kill his wife. His body was sent to Sedalia for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Willis
Sedalia
Aviator Horace W. Kearney Injured In St Louis Crash
New York aviator Horace W. Kearney was descending from 500 feet at St Louis when his biplane toppled and landed on him. He was removed unconscious and seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W.kearney
New York
St. Louis
Missouri Black Hand Letters Threat to Brockman
Two letters from the so called Black Hand were received in Missouri. One demanded J. W. Brockman place 10 000 dollars by a tree on the Mexico gravel road near John Glenn's farm or face death. Brockman rejected the demand saying he has no such sum and would defend himself if harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Missouri
J. W. Brockman
Mexico
John Glenn
Brockman
St Louis Balloons Fight Ban on Rubber Balloons
The Million Population Club and pilot John Berry contest Aero Club of America's ruling barring non rubber balloons from representing the United States in the James Gordon Bennett Cup race and world championship in October after finishing second in a Kansas City elimipn race last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Missouri
John Berry
Kansas City
Aero Club of America
United States
Democratic Party Ousts New Jersey State Chairman Nugent
The New Jersey Democratic state committee deposed state chairman James R. Nugent after he insulted Gov. Wilson in a wineroom toast calling him an ingrate and a liar. The incident occurred in the presence of state militia officers and sparked the ouster drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Trenton
New Jersey
Democratic State Committee of
James R. Nugent
Nugent
Gov. Wilson
Foreign Spies Active at Washington Army Staff
Startling evidence of foreign espionage is in the hands of the army general staff. The findings explain why even the slightest report of attempts to discover military secrets is treated with serious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Army General Staff
Women Push Nine-Hour Workday Law in Kansas
Atchison Kansas news brief reports a resolution urging a state law to limit women workers to nine hours daily. The Kansas State Federation of Labor will consider and likely adopt the measure at its annual convention in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Kansas
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Jail delivery thwarted at Leavenworth county jail
Sheriff Tom Larkin blocked an attempted jail break when a hole was found in the four foot south wall. The bricks had been replaced and whitewashed to blend with the yard interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth County
Tom Larkin
Boy Dragged to Death by Runaway Cow in Wellington
Ten year old Paul Stuart leading a cow tied rope to his waist. The animal bolted dragging him. His head struck a bridge timber and he died about an hour later. Investigating authorities noted the fatal accident occurred in Wellington, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kansas
Paul Stuart
American Food Hurts Togo In Rice Diet Return
A brief item from Philadelphia reports Admiral Togo weakened by American high living and forced to revert to a rice diet after returning to his homeland. He remains under care as officials assess his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Togo
Liquor Question Goes To Oklahoma Voters This Fall
It has been definitely decided that the local option issue will be submitted to the voters of Oklahoma City this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Debts and Assets For Gordon Du Bose Bankruptcy in St Louis
Gordon Du Bose filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S district court at St Louis listing liabilities of 79581 dollars and assets of 120 dollars. The debts arise from notes to banks in Ensley Birmingham and Atalla Alabama and Chattanooga Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon du Bose
United States District Court
St. Louis
Ensley
Birmingham
Attalla
Ala
Chattanooga
Tenn
Veto Bill Passed by Lords in Narrow Vote
London report says Premier Asquith's government won 131 to 114, limiting the House of Lords to a two year veto and expanding the Commons prerogatives, in a move framed as enforcing democracy in Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lords
London
Eng
Asquith
Great Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Chilhowee Coal Mines Sold at Trustee Sale
The Chilhowee coal mines at Chilhowee were sold at trustee's sale for 64000. Nelson and Ganell of Kansas City bought the property for Milton Welch and B F Henry of Kansas City. The mines will be reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilhowee
Nelson and Ganell
Kansas City
Milton Welch
B. F. Henry
Mellon Mansion Destroyed by Fire Below Claysville
The old Mellon mansion, built of stone before the war and erected in 1840 at a cost of about $20,000, was destroyed by fire, erasing a Missouri landmark near Claysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melion
Mellon
Claysville
Missouri
Creamery Plans Immediate Refrigeration Installation
The Farmers and Merchants Creamery of Palmyra announces the immediate installation of a modern refrigerating plant. Work will begin at once to provide cold storage and improved facilities for dairy producers and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Farmers and Merchants’ Creamery of
Palmyra
Paroles Granted for 18 Inmates at Leavenworth
Eighteen state prisoners, including two women, receive paroles at Leavenworth. Thirty applications were submitted. no names released as Warden Codding cites better odds for reintegration if identities remain confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Leavenworth
Kan
Codding
Monster Saurian Skeleton Dug Near Sharon Springs
Professor L L Dyche of Kansas University museum is notified that a saurian skeleton over 48 feet long is being excavated from chalk cliffs near Sharon Springs Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
L. L. Dyche
Big Zoological Museum
The
Kansas University
Sharon Springs
Beer Raids Result in Confiscation and Destruction
In Galena Kansas officers in joint raids confiscated about a thousand pint bottles of beer and a quantity of whisky and wine. The confiscated goods were destroyed by order of T T Burr assistant at torney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Kan
Kansas
T. T. Burr
Gates Fortune to the Son in Texas Will Probate
The will of John W. Gates who died in Paris is to be probated in Port Arthur Texas where he resided. The estate is estimated at between 40 million and 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
New York
John W. Gates
Paris
Port Arthur
Texas
War correspondent becomes a tramp says a man
A man recalls his past as a war correspondent in Manchuria and admits he drifted into homelessness after years of idleness. The exchange captures a stark transition from frontline reporting to life on the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Honest Scrub Woman Tested By Superintendent
A good-natured man vouches for a woman seeking a cleaning position, prompting a severe honesty test by the building superintendent. The man explains she is so honest she rescues even discarded items from the waste basket and returns them to desks nightly. The hired woman agrees.
Dying by Organs The Path To Prolonged Life
A Leslie's Weekly report states that death from ordinary illness can be delayed if a diseased organ such as the liver heart or lung could be replaced by a healthy one. It claims experiments by leading medical scientists confirm this possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie’s Weekly
The Ultimate Limit Dentists Joke
A humorous exchange where the first dentist boasts painless work and asleep patients while the second boasts patients wanting photos to capture relief on their faces.
Scene of anticipation as a car arrives
A brief exchange shows Howell eager for what comes next and Powell assuring a car will arrive shortly. The dialogue hints at imminent transit or arrival in the scene.
Happiness and joy depend on others for its existence
Quote reflects on happiness not being solitary, finding joy in communication and love for others as it rests on their presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
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