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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
6
A mosaic of witty quips and social jests from BYALS & KAYS publishers, Browning Missouri, lampooning figures from J Pierpont Morgan to Nathaniel Rothschild and Peary expeditions. The column jokes about eggs, royals, baseball masks, Jupiter moons, and cultural quirks with a sharp, era specific tone.
Actress Mary Mannering has halted her theatrical engagements to care for her infant. The move is said to merit wide advertising due to its extraordinary nature and the public interest in her decision.
An observation tower to the memory of Ethan Allen was dedicated in Vermont recently. This is creditable to the Vermonters, but a man whose country is full of his namesakes needs no other monument.
The editor urges honesty as a primary virtue while recalling Palmerston calling an official “a very honest fool” to illustrate that honesty alone may mislead. The remark frames a caution about trusting sincerity without judgment.
An English doctor asserts that all diseases to which human flesh is heir can be cured by marriage with proper selection, noting that bow legs and cross eyes are not diseases.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire Japan asks another meeting after a Czar ultimatum prompting an adjournment until Monday. Japan may offer a further proposal while Russia resists paying indemnity and insists on half Sakhalin and prisoner payments as the peace talks pause under high stakes.
Japanese editor Kaju Nakamura warns that China risks awakening a fighting spirit and modern warfare that could threaten global safety. He notes Japan could claim Chinese territory but prefers to keep China ignorant to avoid future clashes after any peace.
Sir Thomas Lipton says he remains eager to challenge again but regards another attempt as futile under the New York Yacht Club’s measurement rules.
In mid August the British gunboat Shearwater boarded the pir ratical schooner Carmencita in the Bering sea and found her papers irregular.
A London Times correspondent reports Roosevelt failed to secure peace. In St Petersburg reports note Japanese activity in Manchuria and suggest Field Marshal Oyama will resume the offensive within days.
President Roosevelt rode the submarine torpedo boat Plunger in Long Island Sound near Oyster Bay for about three hours. The craft dived for fifty minutes performing submerged maneuvers while a stiff northeast breeze stirred forty foot-deep waters. He praised the boat and its handling before returning to its mooring at West Roosevelt pier without incident.
A. Roy Knabenschue, the Toledo aeronaut who thrilled New York twice, offers to prove his airship can be used militarily. He suggests dropping a dynamite bomb from 2 000 feet onto an anchored wreck to demonstrate effectiveness to the Navy. Knabenschue claims his craft is faster than Santos Dumont and eyes a friendly contest, in New York or Paris.
Mayor Neff receives a letter from D F Sutherland of Quitman Texas president of United Charities of America offering to care for fifty orphaned children in Kansas City. The group would gather the children and arrange transport to Texas paying fares or all costs and place each child in a Christian home with education.
In Boston a motion seeks the appointment of a commission to take the testimony of John D. Rockefeller and other Standard Oil officers in the 50 million dollar suit filed by Elizabeth F. Greenough of Boston. The suit claims royalty on oil refined by the company since 1874.
Transport Logan carrying Secretary Taft and party arrived here Friday. A banquet followed at noon where Senator Long of Kansas delivered a strong speech, asserting that the islands would receive free trade privileges since there is no significant competitive fear from the islands.
A sudden swarm of crickets covered Omaha streets and tracks. Millions of insects fell on streetcar lines and were crushed by wheels, hindering traffic and daily life.
The Daily Record notes no fever change, but a new mosquito plan salt flooding gutters with 2 percent solution. Salted gutters aim to kill larvae as federal authorities extend disease control. September fever fatalities historically rise. 1,712 cases and 242 deaths reported to Saturday night as schools delay to October 2.
The Temps leader notes French sentiment that Russia delays peace terms, warning continued resistance to Roosevelt’s push for a settlement. Russia’s Far East reverses may force only indemnity and to avoid a fatal national fate.
The British four masted ship Marlborough Hill carrying cases of naptha was struck by lightning and burned its upper works. By Friday the ship still burned as it was towed from Tomkinsville to a wrecking dock. The hull was flooded to allow a tow and hopes centered on submerging cargo to reduce total loss.
General Theodore J. Wint, commanding the Department of the Missouri, urges that army chaplains be allowed to perform marriages only with prior permission from the commanding officer. The War department discourages enlistment of married soldiers.
New York retail kosher butchers formed an independent group have opened their own abattoirs. Eight licensed slaughterers operate under Rabbi Philip Klein to ensure Mosaic law compliance. No hogs are killed in the plant as it runs entirely kosher.
Western Postmasters in Washington announce new appointees for Mullinville Kansas and Kurryville Missouri. Henry D. Jones replaces M. L. Bidwell who resigned in Mullinville, and John W. Miller fills Cape Girardeau county post replacing Gus G. Kurt who resigned in Kurryville.
In Lidziapudz y Manchuria the army voices strong indignation at what it calls colossal demands from Japan and hopes the war will continue, with repeated expressions of discontent.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled Seattle Washington item referencing ports, orders, and bakers with unclear dates. The readable content does not yield a coherent event or outcome.
A deadly flood struck Trinidad and nearby coal mining camps, washing away homes and trapping residents. Details are sparse as officials report many missing and transport lines severed, with horses used to reach the affected sites.
The report lists Japanese losses at 167,402 and Russian losses at 388,480 in a war. Russia shows 83 ships and 410,224 tons, with 63,636 tons displaced. Japan shows 76 vessels and 289,776 tons displaced, plus 64 ships captured totaling 289,776 tons. Japan’s total displacement exceeds its starting tonnage while Russia is nearly annihilated.
President Roosevelt ordered the city name Wilkes-Barre to be hyphenated with a capital B. Mayor Kirkendall conveyed citizen objections to a past spelling, explaining the name honors Wilkes and Colonel Barre and should be written as Wilkesbarre in the department’s view.
Sir Manson, medical adviser to the colonial office, warns that low fever could become a concern here after Panama changes. He urges the futility of quarantine for yellow or bubonic plague.
London reports a new Anglo Japanese treaty or alliance may have been signed. The accord is broader than the former pact and includes recognition by Great Britain on points not covered in the old agreement.
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