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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
6
The piece laments neglect of astronomy in nature study while praising star watching as a lasting memory. It notes how 19 of 20 cannot name the Milky Way or the Great Dipper, and urges parents to share night sky wonder to gift children enduring beauty and curiosity.
Land office officials note young farmers from Iowa Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois lead in homesteading the West. Many are ex hired men seeking land to grow crops including alfalfa with ample water, while western locals miss opportunities. The Denver Republicon notes midwestern settlers may dominate as cowpunchers and sheep herders seek chance.
About 40 000 graduates face life choices beyond old professions. The New York Herald urges selecting an occupation suited to one’s natural strengths or at least not distasteful, and achieving success through probity and hard work as science and industry create new fields.
The Bystander mocks New York society's Four Hundred as a self serving elite with no real signatures of refinement. It questions how cousins and others use Americans for profit and contrasts affection with exploitation.
Edward refuses a visit to Canada amid fears vacationing could jeopardize his job upon return. The note hints at broader concerns about employment security and bureaucratic caution.
New York reports Valparaiso Chile badly damaged by quake with widespread fires and thousands feared dead though later lines indicate possible overstatement. Telegraph communications disrupted with main office reestablished. Valparaiso, capital of its province, sits on a large bay 75 miles from Santiago.
Interstate Commissioner Clements notes railroad officials meet in Atlantic City to discuss interpreting the new rate law. The commission urges prompt compliance and invites conferences on tariff publication and accounting, stressing open records for public protection and avoiding resistance by rail lawyers.
Grand Army of the Republic members in Minneapolis elected officers with unanimous votes. R B Brown of Zanesville named commander in chief. William H Armstrong of Indianapolis senior vice commander. E B Fenton of Detroit junior vice commander. Archbishop John Ireland of St Paul chaplain in chief. W H Johnson of Lincoln surgeon general. Next convention site undecided. voting to resume Friday.
Chicago reports confirm Western lines will cancel most annual passes after August 28 under Hepburn rate law. An interstate commerce commission meeting led to the order to terminate illegal free transportation, with only specific exceptions allowed by the act.
Governor Hoch selected five active U S senate hopefuls as Kansas delegates to the Des Moines primary convention next month. Delegates are J L Bristow Chas Curtis W R Stubbs P P Campbell and A W Benson. The Iowa legislature previously urged a five delegate per state plan and a convention may seek a constitutional amendment to set a primary election law for United States senators.
A Brownsville Tex committee urged that Negro troops be replaced by white soldiers after an outrage there last Monday night. President Roosevelt forwarded the request to the War Department and asked for an immediate report, but will act only after receiving department findings.
To Meet in Oklahoma, Roanoke, Virginia, Oklahoma City, Ok., was chosen as the meeting place for the next national convention of firemen. The convention for this year ended Friday. The officers elected are: James D. McNeill, of Fayetteville, N. C., president, and W. C. Beamer, of Nebraska, secretary.
Perryville Arkansas state senator F O Butt was found guilty by a circuit court jury shortly after midnight on a charge of offering a bribe to another state senator. He received a two year penitentiary sentence and a $200 fine.
Topeka Kansas F D Coburn secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture estimates the 1906 wheat crop at 91 385 676 bushels based on conditions reported by board correspondents August 8 this is the first yield estimate for 1906 while the June 8 report gave acreage and condition percent.
In Bt. Joseph Missouri a bargain day crush at the Woolworth store 617 Felix Street leaves one woman possibly fatally hurt and many others injured or fainting. Police briefly closed the store but reopened after officers kept the crowd under control.
Justice Giegerich in the New York Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus compelling Consolidated Gas to furnish gas at 80 cents per thousand feet as set by the last session law. The ruling allows a reasonable profit on actual property value not on inflated capitalization.
Kansas grocery jobbers met Dr. J B Crumbine secretary of the state health board to discuss the new pure food rules. They agreed to shun stock found to contain preservatives or adulterants unless properly labeled and to ensure manufacturers label goods with preservatives and amounts when required.
Chicago officials announced a stockholders meeting for October 18 to authorize increasing capital stock to 200 million dollars. The move signals a push to extend the Chicago Northwestern line toward the Pacific coast from Lander Wyoming, expanding beyond traditional Vanderbilts and Harriman turf.
The Eighteenth Illinois district convention opened at one pm in Danville and renominated Joseph G. Cannon for the eighteenth time by acclamation. Enthusiasm rose over a possible presidential candidacy, pushed by Cannon supporters despite the candidate’s initial reluctance. Supporters in the district expect similar endorsements at the state convention.
Rumored search among black federal troops from Fort Brown led a battalion to Brownsville Texas where they fired volleys down Main Street. Barkeep Frank Natus died from a Krag rifle shot while Policeman Joseph Domingo was wounded and his horse shot.
Santa Fe railroad closed a deal to own the 8659 acre San Dieguito ranch just north of San Diego for 100000 dollars. The property will grow eucalyptus for railroad ties with a plan to plant 600 trees yearly and harvest six to eight ties per tree within 20 years, then sustain annual harvests.
Webster City Iowa Thirty-seventh district Republican convention held 1158 votes on Wednesday with no change to the deadlock seen in prior sessions. A total 3650 ballots have been cast. Wednesday tallies show Chase 17, Peterson 15, Ward 19.
King Edward left Friedrichshof at 9 30 Thursday morning after a cordial leave taking with the emperor. The monarch rode to Marienbad with Sir Frank Lascelles while the emperor returned to Friedrichshof.
San Francisco banks report deposits at a historic high as insurance inflows top a million dollars daily, boosting available funds and signaling unprecedented liquidity in the city’s financial institutions.
Fifty Republican editors met in Tulsa to form the third district congressional press association the first such body in the new state Myron Boyle of Tulsa was elected president and W H Dixon secretary.
London reports that Walter Wellman, leader of the Chicago Record-Herald Arctic expedition, has abandoned plans to balloon to the North Pole this year due to late season conditions. Dispatches from Christiania cite private letters from Spitsbergen.
Paris reports the government plans to seek an appropriation when the senate and chamber of deputies meet in November to fund a handsome structure for the French embassy in Washington.
President Roosevelt named James S. Harlan of Chicago to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Harlan is the son of John M. Harlan, associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Berlin dispatch says Mr Meyer the American ambassador to Russia plans to Kissingen for rest and reports that consensus in St Petersburg holds the lull in the revolution will last several months.
Reports say 210 members of the militant section of socialist revolutionists were arrested in three days in St Petersburg and Moscow as authorities crack down on revolutionary activity.
Former U S Senator Lee Mantle of Butte Montana announced Tuesday his candidacy for United States senator.
Sioux City Iowa experienced its hottest day since August 10 last year with a maximum of 96 degrees recorded at 4 pm Thursday. The heat caused three prostrations in the city.
London telegraph reports that after touring northern Korea and Manchuria the Mall correspondent says the Japanese are now more strictly observing the open door.
Dr. Theodore Lewald, former German commissioner at the St. Louis Exposition, gave a speech in Berlin on Thursday night honoring David R. Francis and a delegation from the fair commission.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Russia with a field event on Thursday and a person named Coertmarti J. Deshiegar. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Gov Gen Ide reports internal revenue collector Arthur T. Williams killed August 9 by hostile Putajanes in Washington. Nearest US relative is Mrs. Mary E. Williams of Hillsdale Kansas, relation uncertain.
Owen Wister, author, was a house guest of President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Tuesday night. He arrived in the evening with Representative Longworth who spent the day in New York.
In San Jose Costa Rica an international association named The Latin American Club announces a new bees project. The program aims to establish bee colonies and extend the initiative across Latin American countries to support pollination and ecological efforts.
Francis H. Smith former congressional decorator official and prominent banker died in Washington at age about seventy after long service in banking and public affairs. He lived in Washington and served as a noted financial figure.
Several witnesses before Judge Ben B Lindsey confessed Tuesday to voting on the franchises by means of tax receipts issued by the gas company. Two gas company employees, previously sworn as owners of property, were found to have lied and perjury charges were ordered. The district attorney is filing actions and investigating the case.
Four bids were submitted to Director Roberts of the mint after the treasury secretary announced plans to receive tenders of silver. The government purchased 50,000 ounces of 999 fine silver at 66.62 cents an ounce following the bids.
The Republican senatorial convention failed to break the deadlock and adjourned to reconvene in Eagle Grove on August 23. The last ballot matched the first, with 3,698 total votes cast over four sessions.
El Paso reports all strikers on the Mexican Central railroad have returned to work. Mexican Consul Allen says there is absolutely no danger from an uprising.
Gov Heeh released Joirts at Topeka Kansas after commuting the sentence of M A Brooks a convicted artist at Ne odeski Brooks was fined 100 dollars and given 30 days in jail for running a saloon in Wilson County
In Teheran the Shah’s push for reform advances toward a final draft of the Popular Assembly. Officials describe the phase as key to shaping constitutional changes while domestic debates continue.
The Standard Company announces a division after the directors separate paths. Details indicate a reshuffle of leadership and strategic realignment for the firm progressing through the year.
The Army of the Philippines elected officers led by Commander-in-chief Major General Arthur McArthur. Senior vice commander Captain A. H. Crow, First junior vice Lieut. E. L. Hamilton, Second junior vice Earl C. Carnahan, and other posts including Surgeon General Major W. S. Conkling and Quartermaster General Lieut. C. B. Lewis. Next year’s meeting will be at Kansas City.
The Indian Territory Masonic Grand Lodge opened its session in Ardmore on Tuesday. Grand Master Choate urged early construction of an orphans home with $50,000 already raised. Grand secretary reports a large increase in membership. merging Oklahoma and Indian Territory was discussed but no action taken.
A steamship Dekota arrived from Oriental ports with four high class Chinese travelers who plan to enter educational institutions in the United States.
Bronehe to Geing' Fact, Péoria, staged a mile time trial at Pekim Theaeday. Dean paced the effort with a 2:02 mile and followed with a 2:06 mile, the second half covered in about one minute.
Capt. John J. Ey of Co. E 17th Ohio, now in Newton Kansas, recounts persistent kidney pain and back weakness until using Dos Kidney Pills in 1901. He credits the remedy with a full cure and notes ongoing use of the product sold by Foster-Milburn Co. The advertisement lists 50 cents per box and urges readers to obtain the medicine.
A fragmentary account notes Sinai as the turquoise land anciently, with Flinders Petrie arguing it was the world’s first mining center. His new book discusses expeditions to Sinai led by the Pharaoh and detailed inventories by officials and scribes.
An educator at a teachers' convention notes shifts in language while in a Newark hotel parlor several ladies discuss Mrs Loraine. They remark a tea held in her honor yesterday and tease about her husband’s mood, reflecting social gossip among guests.
Walter Christie recalls a tit for tat quarrel between two French chauffeurs. He narrates a grocer who visited a jeweler for a crystal on his watch. The jeweler detects a pocketed ring and scarf pin, prompting a tense moment and a sharp reply.
A long time user of Postum describes relief from nervous dyspepsia and brain strain after switching from coffee. She recalls doctors advising tea or coffee but notes quick improvement and notes her husband also benefited from the change to Postum.
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