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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
2
Seven days of continued heavy fighting across western Austro Italian fronts and the Isonzo as Entente forces push from Lens to Verdun and Trieste. British and French advances, Italian offensives, and Russian Romanian resistance frame a global war picture with German prisoners taken and naval armament rules outlined.
A Kansas City gathering of agriculture leaders educators and farmers from thirteen Great Plains Mississippi Valley and Rocky Mountain states led by David F. Houston considered increasing wheat and rye output. The report also notes wartime actions including Camp Bowie completion and food control measures in St Louis and Idaho National Guard arrests.
In Houston a confrontation between Negro soldiers from the Twenty-fourth Infantry and white civilians, police, and guardsmen left twelve whites dead and many wounded. Captain J. W. Mattes of Illinois was among the dead. martial law was proclaimed as guards rushed in to restore order.
Washington Aug 24 Several thousand young men will be in cantonment camps of the National army and relatives will write to them. Post office officials instruct correspondents to address mail by company and regiment when known. PRIVATE JOHN JONES A Company First Infantry Camp Dodge Iowa. If not known mail goes to state section for direct delivery once troops are organized.
The government aims to build several cold storage plants in cooperation with farmers and reclamation projects to handle a projected record crop of potatoes and onions. Chief statistician C J Blanchard notes response to Wilson and Lane calls spurred large plantings, with storage facilities currently inadequate and risk of crop losses from disposal problems.
Secretary Tu multy telegraphed to E J Wallace secretary of the St Louis Coal Club that President Wilson had authorized him to say the bituminous coal prices fixed Tuesday become effective at once.
Berne Switzerland August 24. Numerous German girls employed in Switzerland as varrettes? and servants received an official call to return home for harvest work.
A Sedalia exhibit during the Missouri State Fair will feature Uncle Sam with a sweeping display of patriotic items and foreign relics from England and France. Australians and Canadians join with Somme guns and Flanders artifacts to depict No Man’s Land trenches and mock bombardments.
Hugh McIndoe the first mayor under the commission system in Joplin has been recalled after three years and six months of a four year term. The vote was 2 289 for removal and 963 against. A six week delay will fill the unexpired term with a new mayor. Also reported is the Veiled Prophet parade and ball in St Louis not being held this fall due to military service concerns.
Hogs at Kansas City recently commanded about $20 per hundredweight, nearly double the year ago price and close to triple the rate from two years back. A prime load received by Fowler Packing Company from the country sold at $20 per hundredweight at its yards on consignment.
J W Kaufman a wealthy Morgan county farmer stockman and former state legislator from 1914 to 1916 has died at Versailles.
Company H Fourth Missouri Infantry left Carrollton home station for Nevada with Capt. J. W. Queen in command. A band and about a thousand Carroll County residents gathered at the depot to bid them farewell.
David Francis Weeks, 28, son of former State Senator and brother of Maurice Weeks, died in a family tragedy. The obituary notes his connection to local politics and his role in the community, with details unavailable in the fragment.
Missouri bank and state defense leaders announce a plan to ensure every needy farmer gets seed for next year. W B Sanford says banks will advance seed funds under supervision of the state agricultural college, with repayment through a seed percentage after harvest.
F W Kleine president of the St Clair Coal Mining Company testified in the Missouri coal trade inquiry that the city could be supplied at 1.90 per ton with good standard coal and still earn a profit. He noted the firm was formed to sell coal to the city and argued prices of 2.75 to dealers and 3.50 to consumers would yield 200 to 400 percent profit.
The Missouri State Fair board highlights advances in farming, focusing on increased production with reduced costs and labor. The fair opening September 22 will feature the largest collection of improved farming machinery and tractors in the Missouri River valley, with an especially strong silo section underscoring conservation.
Jesse H. Higdon born 1834 Kentucky and settled Pettis County in 1865 died. He was a retired farmer and is survived by seven children.
William Bolston and Edgar Stump two farmers on a threshing crew were killed by a lightning strike near Dudenville northeast of Carthage. They had sought refuge in a barn during the storm. The bolt did not burn the barn.
The Rev. J. B. Weldon known as the Fighting Parson resigns as pastor of the Christian Church at Boonville to lead the Sixth Missionary District of Missouri. He will oversee 21 counties, 265 churches, and about 35000 members.
Ira L. Edmonds Webster County circuit clerk says he will deny the attorneys’ request to admit Claude J. Pierson Taylor Adams and Cletus Adams to bail at $40 000 each on the kidnapping charge involving baby Lloyd Keet.
A violent electrical storm with heavy rain swept southeast Missouri causing crop and property damage. Telephone and telegraph service were paralyzed for several hours.
John Knopple a 51 year old finances secretary of the International Association of Machinists is dead at Sedalia. He was born in Springfield Illinois and had lived in Sedalia since 1890.
A Kicking Horse incident left three people hurt including Mrs Anna Austin and Mrs Everett Austin along with Everett Austin's 20 month old son. The accident details remain unclear from the fragment.
George W Perkins warns against clock watching and wage focus. He urges living each day fully, excelling in a specific skill, and using both head and hands. He notes not chasing raises and prioritizes extra work over leisure like theater, from Leslie's Weekly.
A boy Johnny returns home with bruises from school fights, his mother warns him to stop. Days later he lies about an accident and claims the other boy got the worst of it, prompting his brother to reveal the other boy has two black eyes.
Two girls discuss meeting the famous writer Mr. Blank at a reception. One notes his clothes are old fashioned and that he was once celebrated for his style, while the other agrees with a lukewarm impression.
A reflection on daring or foolish bravado as a mindreader attempts to reveal inner thoughts in the company of companions, highlighting mixed reactions and social risk.
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