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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
2
World War I updates report Italian forces seizing territory near Gorizia while French and British gains accumulate on the Somme and other fronts. Russians press near Kovel with advances in northern Galicia as Ottoman and German clashes continue along the Suez and European theaters.
Russian forces under General Letchitzky push west along the Stanislau Nadvorna railroad and northeast toward Stanislau after capturing Kryplin station. Italians advance east of Gorizia, seizing Monte San Michele and Monte San Martino as Austrians evacuate the Doberdo plateau with heavy prisoner losses reported. Somme front quiet with bombardments. German assault near Martinpush repelled.
In St Louis two men were wounded during strikes by dairy drivers as Dave Mitchell a striking employee was shot and killed after an argument. Foreman George Schneider was detained by police and a brief riot was quelled with police help as dairies eyed resuming home deliveries next day.
New York Aug. 11 reports say President Wilson may intervene to settle a widening deadlock between four railroad brotherhoods and their employers as negotiations stall. Representatives from both sides indicate Wilson may be asked to step in if talks fail to progress.
Washington Aug 11 Cone Johnson solicitor of the State Department announced his intention to resign before year end. He said he plans to leave office later this year.
The Automobile Club of St Louis promotes rock road construction by funding road promotion. Since December the club has backed 7,000 in club funds and 6,000 in subscriptions, aiding bond issues in St Louis, Jefferson, Wayne, and Dent counties totaling several million dollars. Additional counties plan bonds, with Arcadia Iron county already connected to the road network.
Missouri political note says drys increase house majority after primaries regardless of November winner. Republicans and Democrats nominated dry or wet pairs, with at least 100 dry members expected in the house and nine teen of 34 senate seats forecast as dry, signaling a dry Senate battleground for brewery policy.
Elmer Gibson aged 30 was killed at the Jack Mining Company plant in Carthage when a belt flew from a pulley and hurled him into the ore crushing rolls.
Mrs. John Tate aged 64 wife of a farmer was killed in a runaway accident near Carthage when the horse she was driving bolted.
The will of Colonel W. H. Phelps filed for probate in Carthage leaves his entire estate valued at about 1,000,000 to his widow and three children William H. Phelps Jr Florence Phelps-Roberts of Omaha Nebraska and George Emmett Phelps the latter by his second wife.
Samuel Bryant, jailed at Platte City, escaped with two posse members in pursuit. Bryant leaped into the Platte River to swim a crossing and drowned.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger widow of Maj. John L. Bittinger longtime public figure in Missouri dies at 84 at her sister Mrs. T. J. Chew’s home in St. Joseph after years of residence there.
Oliver Holmes aged 82, former Springs resident and longtime postmaster at Blue Otbie, has died. The obituary notes his service, community involvement, and survivors.
Missouri State Board of Agriculture reports August 1 conditions show widespread rain shortage and heat. Wheat yield may reach 8.5 bushels per acre, down from 9.9. corn lower across the state with poor moisture distribution. oats averaged about 24.7 bushels. hay crop strong with stock fullness easing corn shortages.
The Rev J G Hunt pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Marionville died in a Springfield hospital after an operation. He was 51 and served as chairman of the board of examiners for the St Louis conference.
George K. Smith longtime secretary of the Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association died after leaping or falling from the fifteenth floor of the Boatmen's Bank building in St Louis.
W. E. Larvester was killed and D. Westfield was fatally injured when a dynamite charge they prepared to fire in the Yale mine exploded prematurely near Carthage.
A prolonged drought across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas drives unprecedented live poultry receipts at Springfield. Five large packing houses struggle to process the rush as farmers hasten shipments while feed supplies tighten and fowls fatten for market.
W. S. D. Lamont, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church in St. Joseph, resigns to accept a call to St. Phillip's church in Trenton.
The Missouri land office reports record low vacant government land with 792 acres available for cash or homestead entry. Ozark county holds 211 acres, Shannon county 128 acres, as the state records the smallest remaining public domain in its history.
James Cowgill of Kansas City seeks the State Chairman post for August. The motion names Frederick D Gardner as part of the foreign policy discussion.
In a preliminary round, Romiue advances past Carter after a first burst of play. Details remain unclear due to damaged text but the early lead is noted and the outcome favors Romiue.
A New Jersey thunderstorm ends a woman's life as fear of lightning is blamed for a collapse. The New York World urges calm, noting lightning claims few deaths nationally, with women disproportionately anxious yet oddly safer from direct strikes than fire or heart disease.
The article predicts dandelions will become a staple food as eastern canning establishments advertise them for year round use. It notes their hardiness from the Arctic shores and urges home canning, school education in canning, and experiments in growing dandelions from native seed on rich ground.
The editor of a household publication outlines a plan for a series of articles teaching how to manage a husband. The goal is to prepare men to be more compliant with a wife’s advertising aims and the acquisition of fashionable goods.
A vivid line asserts that charm and masculine attention are used to influence perceptions of beauty. The passage contrasts how prettiness can affect social dynamics against a homelier rival in a social setting.
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