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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
2
A condensed world news roundup notes a Denver tunnel plan to cross the continental divide at 3.5 million dollars, diverse local disturbances across Kansas and Missouri, and a range of national events from elections to corporate actions. mentions include the German American Press association session in Clinton Iowa and Roosevelt electors in Kansas.
Samuel Woods attempted to kidnap Ethel Mana han at her home near Belle Plaine Kansas. He killed two others and then shot himself in the incident.
Foreign affairs note an Italian wireless station planned for the Vatican in Rome. Juarez, a key port of entry, is occupied by over 2,000 federal troops as Orozco forces retreat. St Louis crew members are arrested in Southampton for assaulting non unionists. 2,000 American marines may be deployed to Nicaragua within ten days to protect foreign lives and property. Corsican reaches Liverpool after iceberg collision near Newfoundland. Haakon VII and Queen Maud host Capt Amundsen in Christiania for South Pole discovery. Fighting resumes at Wu Chang Haakow. Hankow foreigners face risk. Germany seeks birth rate control via a polygamous colony at Jena. Booth dies in London at 72. French tests target shooting mannequins for soldier training. A Polish prince is killed in Warsaw by a private. Montreal rail workers die from wood alcohol poisoning. others are gravely ill. Chinese pirates land near Hong Kong, shoot a sergeant and two soldiers, rob $1,000 from a safe.
Short items report on bank cashier John A. Flack’s capture in New York after a $75,000 defalcation. William Booth’s son succeeds him at the Salvation Army. Miscellany covers crimes, trials, political nominations, a naval air test in France, a rabid horse bite, a bandit robbery in North Carolina, Debs’ campaign tour, and other scattered incidents.
In Kansas City Grand Theater Sunday matinee and Labor Day showing of Campbell B. Casad's song farce Dont Lie to Your Wife features a wife’s reactions to lies and chorus girl escapades amid comedic complications. Also noted is Fred Everett returning a wallet with 7000 dollar draft and 183 checks to farmer George Leazenby after finding it in a St. Joseph hotel and pursuing the thief to the railroad yards.
A posse trapped J. H. Milo and his wife Mabel Milo about midnight 20 miles southwest of Springfield. They fled a rude rail-wigwam hideout after issuing numerous bad checks last week. Milo confessed to passing the checks and Mabel aided by writing them on his urging.
Mrs. Joseph Jewitt, 45, was assaulted by two men inside her St. Joseph residence and left in critical condition. They demanded money, found $15, and fled when she offered more to bargain for their departure. She escaped to the street. police hunted the suspects.
Miss Eunice James aged 24 daughter of a Manila banker arrived in St Louis from San Francisco on a journey to New York to test the theory that a young woman may travel alone without being annoyed by male strangers. She says she encountered no annoyance during the long trip to St Louis.
Police Judge John Morris announces steps to oust six of eight councilmen alleging violation of the corrupt practices act for failing to file campaign expenses.
Mayor George W. Davis and Capt. L. P. Owen of Jacksonville NL walked 70 miles to Hannibal to witness the Hannibal versus Burlington ball game and returned home by train.
Co. F Wright baggageman suffered serious injuries when Rock Island train No. 1 derailed in the Spickards yards. The derailment involved the entire train except the engine and rear coach section in the yard derailment incident.
L. W. Dumas Jr. Construction of Columbia won the contract to build a new Y M C A in Springfield at a cost of 51140 dollars.
The next state reunion of Confederate veterans will be held September 26 and 27 at Warrensburg. The meeting place was selected by Maj. Gen. J. W. Towson of Shelbina W H Ferris of Paris and Will Hall of Liberty. Last year’s reunion occurred in Lexington.
Inquiries arrive about the Old Trails Road association state meeting to be held in Fulton on September 26 and 27. Delegates are expected to reach 300, forecasting the biggest highway boom since the good roads movement began.
David H. Robinson aged 61 died while driving on Commercial street. Former superintendent of the Springfield water works, he left home in good health a half hour earlier. Heart disease aggravated by rheumatism caused his death.
Arthur E. McCall a Mokane merchant and Mrs. Lou Trigg were married at the bride’s father J. M. Owens Mokane mayor home. Rev. W. M. Rutherford officiated.
The Progressive county committee announces women will be allowed to participate in the county convention at Macon on August 27, a move stirring notable interest among local women.
For the first time in district history no peaches were shipped from the Brandsville Koshkonong Elberta belt as severe winter temperatures killed the crop and forced abandonment of the annual peach carnival. Last year the district shipped hundreds of cars.
Scarcity of Democratic lawyers in Christian county forces the county central committee to hire a lawyer from another county to run for prosecuting attorney. The only willing candidate feels too old for a political campaign and has declined the nomination.
Huston Wyeth president and major stockholder in Artesian Ice condemned with St Joseph ice firms as an ice trust. He suspends work on his $100,000 country villa planned on an Italian design and says he will move to Chicago.
Robert Bagby and John Hazen both 18 are in Springfield hospital after their motorcycle collided with a farmer's wagon. Bagby has a fractured skull and Hazen a broken leg and other injuries.
City officials damaged Monett Electric Power and Ice cables claiming danger. A temporary injunction followed, forbidding further similar acts.
School board at St Joseph High enforces a pledge banning all secret societies including fraternities and sororities. Students entering the school must sign vowing not to join any such groups. Violation carries expulsion as punishment.
Martin Stewart a miner living east of Joplin fell into a mine shaft about 220 feet deep at 1 am. He clung to a pole across the shaft for five hours and was rescued at 6 am nearly exhausted.
Kansas City leads the state in egg condemnations as inspectors declare 5,164 dozen bad eggs in six days. In the same period St. Louis found 612 dozen bad eggs, highlighting KC’s unusually high tally.
After a $5,333.01 deposit in the Commercial bank of Liberty Co E Yancey returned to his Howard county farm where a pot of gold was found. Officials believe the deposit was his share of the farmhand found treasure while repairing the house foundation.
Marion Weaver, a farmer near Willow Springs, disputes claims Ozark hills are good only for grazing. He reports two acres yielded 206 blackberry crates for a net 1.67 dollars per crate, totaling 477.62 dollars.
The St Louis Y M C A plans an after noon program featuring an automobile a clergyman and a cornet soloist to offset demoralizing effects of Sunday joy riding. The event aims to provide wholesome activity at a local venue.
Plans for Shelby county railroad extension from Shelbyville north to Novelty in Knox county. The line would span about 30 miles from Shelbina, the southern terminal.
Frisco passenger train No. 6 traveling from Texas to St Louis derailed four miles south of Rogers Arkansas at midnight. Fireman Charles Bryant of Springfield was killed and 19 others injured in the crash.
In Niotaze Kansas a town marshal fired at two speeding touring cars driven by J D Canary a Caney oilman returning from Colorado A barber joined by firing shells helped stop the cars The motorists were arrested and fined 26 each Canary sued the marshal for shooting at his car
A lone outlaw boarded Union Pacific mail car aboard train No. 101 between Kansas City and Lawrence, bound the staff, seized the registered mail pouch, and seized money and jewelry. Conductor Smith confronted him in the Pullman. the gunman was fatally wounded in the struggle and taken to a Topeka hospital.
United States District Judge Edward E. Cushman reversed Judge Cornelius H. Hanford in the Seattle Renton and Southern interurban receivership. Cushman ordered the federal receivers discharged and ruled the federal court had no jurisdiction in the case.
Galveston Texas reports its busiest grain shipments as European dealers order 1,500,000 bushels from Texas and a Antwerp Holland firm buys 600,000 bushels. European buyers cite crop failures at home driving demand.
A state enforcement officer confiscated a wagon load of beer and whisky near Dewey Oklahoma and seized the horse team. He intended to send the team to Tulsa officers but turned them over to his brother who used them on a farm. The owner protested. Geary says the team remains state property.
A strike of 14 000 street car and elevated employees is certain in Chicago Illinois and cannot be averted. The move signals a major transit disruption and immediate labor action.
Washington declares New Orleans customs to reliquidate many entries from past years over alleged sampling frauds by officers of the American Sugar Refining company. Treasury claims about $20,000 in duties owed. If payment is refused after reliquidation, the government will sue.
Santa Barbara County supervisors ordered a county home with creeping porches and a roof garden. The project is approved at an estimated cost of $200,000.
The first municipal opera house in the United States will be part of San Francisco's new civic centers funded by $8,000,000 in bonds approved last spring.
Prairie fires anger oil men in Bartlesville Oklahoma as dry weather spreads flames into oil fields. Fire fighting teams struggle to contain the blazes amid intense heat and sparse vegetation.
Report from Kansas City Star describes a dispirited outdoor gathering with a band, a rambling speaker, a dubious food offering, and a crowd of farmers, soldiers, and voters all grumbling. The piece casts the event as a reflection on a cherished civic institution, though details are hazy.
A moral urges mothers to keep lights on for frightened children and warns that forcing exposure to darkness can harm a child’s nervous system and temperament. It emphasizes responsive care when a child seeks light and warns such impressions may last.
In a discussion on consumer finance the speaker notes it is easy to raise money for automobiles by ordinary means. The remark highlights the surprising ease some people have in funding car purchases despite broader financial constraints.
The comment notes that many people prioritize social obligations over repayment of debts, highlighting a common financial behavior. It frames the issue as a societal tendency rather than a legal or economic decree, suggesting cultural pressure to maintain appearances or fulfill expectations despite owed sums.
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