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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
2
The week’s war summary notes bewildering Balkan advances by Austro German and Bulgarian forces with Serbia hemmed in yet fighting fronts show slow progress. Italy presses on Isonzo while Greece faces Entente pressure and blockades amid broader Allied diplomacy and defense plans in Washington.
A tornado east of Hot Springs Arkansas killed ten people including six whites and four Negroes and injured about thirty. Farm homes were demolished and the Hot Springs Country Club clubhouse damaged while the city itself reported no injuries. Rescue work continued as doctors aided survivors and searchers looked for a missing farm worker buried in ruins.
Fires and explosions at sea, munition plants burning, and daily violence threats have led to widespread anxiety among bankers and railroad officials in New York. Guards shield offices, homes, banks, terminals, tunnels, piers, and factories. Major institutions like J P Morgan & Co and National City Bank receive continuous protection. stock exchange galleries are closed and guarded.
Washington announces that Federal Reserve banks will act as regular depositories and financial agents for the U S government starting January 1 1916. Secretary McAdoo will transfer 7 million dollars of government funds from national banks to the federal reserve banks in cities with reserve banks. The government has about 48 million on deposit in national banks and recently 15 million was placed in Southern reserve banks to aid crop movement.
Senator Sutherland of Utah, chosen to lead the suffrage forces this session, completed the draft of the “Susan B Anthony” amendment to the constitution and will introduce it early in the session in Washington.
A large granite boulder monument to Thomas Hart Benton was unveiled at a Missouri river overlook in Kansas City. The Benton chapter D A R led nine years of work with Rev E J Craft giving the invocation and students singing America while local officials received the boulder and dedication address.
A parade and speeches mark the dedication of the new Ray County courthouse in Richmond a day of enthusiasm. The $97,678 Be dfor stone building features sixteen Ionic columns, fireproof design, and a classical plan with the motto Obedience to law is liberty.
The year old son of Mr and Mrs J C Bramwell of Golden Grove near Lamar died in a brush fire accident the other morning while the parents and two siblings were away from the house tending brush.
C R Morris publisher of the Horonan at Houstonia reports Leste Graystein grew 190 bushels of corn to the acre on eight acres of Heath's Creek bottom land.
James Sheridan, 72, farmer near Amazonia, was killed when their team ran away at St. Joseph. His wife, 66, suffered fractures of both legs and is not expected to live.
Cholera devastates local hog herds with more than twenty percent losses reported in the vicinity of Benton County. Officials warn farmers to implement sanitary measures and isolate affected units to halt the spread.
A student at the University of Albany University College suffered a severe injury during a fraternity initiation when a train struck him. The accident led to the amputation of a limb as medical teams responded quickly. The incident is under investigation to determine negligence and safety violations.
In a special election Cape Girardeau voters pass a $40,000 bond issue by 486 to 189 to buy a four acre tract and establish a city park. The measure directs purchase of the land and its incorporation into park space.
Neighbors report lynch talk as 11 year old Dily Schappacher fights for life at home in St. Louis after alleged abuse by Martha Ivy and Ora Ivy on a farm near Netherlands. Sheriff Stubblefield vows protection as the case unfolds with statements from Dily's brother John Schappacher corroborating the mistreatment.
Sparks from a stationary engine started a prairie fire that swept toward Minden near the state line. Volunteers formed a battle line and removed gasoline from a pump house to prevent explosion. The blaze burned 1,090 acres, damaged several barns and buildings, but the town escaped heavy losses.
R A Long of Kansas City was reelected vice president of the Miss Sunday School Association. Officers named at the meeting include William H Danforth of St Louis as president Philip J Stremmel of St Louis as recording secretary and Lansing F Smith of St Louis as treasurer and chairman of the executive committee.
Walter H. Askew right tackle for the Rolla School of Mines football team died instantly when a car carrying him and friends in St. Louis swerved and struck a tree, his head striking the trunk.
A marriage license issued in Sedalia lists James Proctor of Sedalia aged 74 and Martha E. Burchfield of Kansas City aged 63 as the marrying couple.
About 250000 gallons of crude oil leaked from a pipeline from Oklahoma to the Standard Oil refinery in Wood River Illinois and burned in Machens Missouri near St. Louis. A spark from a passing railroad engine is believed to have started the blaze.
A six year old son of farmer George Campbell of Eldon area accidentally fell into a tub of water while playing in the yard and drowned.
The Missouri Conference for Social Welfare held its sixteenth annual conference at Marshall. Officers elected were W. N. Wilson of Marshall as president and J. L. Wagner as vice president for the term beginning November 1916.
William Stamper residing north of Pratt City harvested 309 bushels of corn in the season. His high yield demonstrates significant crop productivity for the county.
A fragmentary note discusses women seeking children and mentions a health compound by Epdia Paka Vous. It suggests contacting the source for more details about the compound and its purported effects.
In letters from expectant and new mothers across towns like Iena New York Conshohocken Pennsylvania and Coalport Pennsylvania women attest Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped build up their systems and aid pregnancy. Mrs Blakely and Mrs Myers share praise while Mrs Doerr notes her own experience with a strong baby girl.
Mrs. E W Sanders of Rowlesburg West Virginia and Mrs Winnie Tillis of Winter Haven Florida credit the pound for health and safety surrounding childbirth and their babies. Their statements show strong gratitude for the program and its impact on their families.
The duchess of Manchester notes khaki uniforms are everywhere in England. She recalls a man who returns home to find his three children playing with his cigars, pretending they are khaki soldiers and struggling to reattach their puttees after removing them.
In a quoted exchange, one speaker dismisses fur collars reaching the chin as hideous while acknowledging they are commonly worn for warmth. The other notes that despite the critique those collars are indeed what people typically wear for insulation.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as best for bowels and stomach. It claims a single price for a laxative and cites a three for a cathartic deal. It humorously notes family sayings equating father with goat.
A fragmented ad mentions a laundress using Red Cross Blue and urges grocers to see her services. It also warns against mortgaging opportunities, reflecting cautionary advice from the era.
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