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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
6
A compact digest of notable global events and curiosities from the past week features political moves, cultural notes, economic trends, and human-interest items gathered for readers seeking a quick snapshot of world affairs.
Secretary Daniels endorses provisions for a reception and reading room for enlisted men aboard the new battleship New York. A sweeping Justice Department probe into high prices for eggs and household goods is formally inaugurated with federal district attorneys and FBI staff assisting in Kansas City and other cities.
The ICC examination of St Louis & San Francisco receivership closes in St Louis. Syndicate profits from the New Orleans Texas and Mexico sale reach 7.403 million dollars after a disclosed 375 thousand dollar item. Rioting erupts in Indianapolis as union teamsters strike. DOJ agent McGlassen arrives at Leavenworth amid accusations against the federal parole board head. An East St Louis Rail collision injures six. Arkansas Masons ban signing saloon petitions. Florida Fruit Lands indictments list eight defendants. Housewives League members urged to boycott eggs until prices fall. A Pearidge Ark basketball scrimmage ends in death for 13 year old Vernon Lummis. Army aviation officers Ellington and Kelly die in a fall.
President Huerta addressed the new Mexican congress with a terse justification for dissolving the old body now largely imprisoned for sedition. In battles south of Juarez rebels led by Villa claim 7,000 against about 4,000 federal troops as clashes continue. A Calcutta police raid uncovers a bomb factory and anarchist links. Huerta remains firm against U.S. demands for his ouster. Villa reports a federal rout and capture of artillery near Tierra Blanca.
United States Marshal Frank B. Clark of Ottumwa Iowa dies in Excelsior Springs Missouri at 48 after two months of poor health. T M Emerson president of the Atlantic Coast Line dies at home in Wilmington North Carolina. Missouri Representative Booker asks the House to appropriate 200000 dollars for hog cholera prevention and cure experiments. Max Grabau engineer at Rock Island pumping station Shawnee Oklahoma loses both hands in pump gear. Bramwell Booth and Ballington Booth reconcile in New York over a private luncheon with Reverend Alden L Bennett, described as a brotherly meeting.
London guests and 350 Americans heard Viscount Haldane, lord high-chancellor, endorse the Monroe Doctrine. Robert N. Fairbanks presided and proposed The King while Haldane proposed The President of the United States. He recalled visiting the U S and praised shared ideals of citizenship between Britain and America.
In Washington the fourth annual Pan American Thanksgiving Mass honors unity among the United States and 21 Latin American republics. President Wilson Secretary Bryan and cabinet officers attended along with Latin American diplomats and Supreme Court justices. Cardinal Gibbons was present as St. Patrick's Church displayed American and Latin American flags. A dove carrying both flags symbolized peaceful union.
In Alton Illinois George Dudley an employee of the Alton Granite and St. Louis Traction Company received a 66 000 volt electric shock from a Keokuk Dam power line. He was atop a 40 foot tower when a steel bar he held touched the line and the current entered his right shoulder yet he survived.
Washington reports higher grain output in northern hemisphere countries with wheat up 9.2 percent oats up 2.8 percent and barley up 7.5 percent year over year per a cable from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In Rogers Arkansas area a 22 foot pit for a bridge pier collapsed burying V W Mahany for over an hour. A wheelbarrow toppled over him and saved his life as companions pulled him free. He escaped with bruises. Four others narrowly escaped burial under debris.
Springfield, 111. William Whitecraft, age 16, was killed when a gun in the hands of Thomas Finnigan discharged accidentally during a hunting trip. Both boys were hunting together.
A military train carrying 150 soldiers was dynamited about sixty miles south of Saltillo. The exact location of the blast and the railway ties involved are not known.
Secretary Daniels sent Navy estimates to the House Appropriations Committee requesting Congress vote 145,000,000 for the naval establishment in the coming year.
Two motorcyclists frightened a mule team on a country road near Bridgeton Missouri causing a runaway. One person suffered probably fatal injuries and four others were injured in the incident.
A Rose Comb White Leghorn hen owned by a Maryville, Missouri man captured the 260 eggs in twelve months, defeating 700 hens from across the United States and from England and Canada at the Missouri poultry experiment station. The English hen closest to her record missed by two eggs.
The Missouri senate special committee on industrial conditions finished its St. Joseph hearings. It examined many women workers from candy and clothing factories, department stores, and restaurants with fifty employees testifying. The average store wage for women and girls was about five dollars weekly, and most earning less than ten dollars received help from relatives. Employers argued they paid citywide competitive wages.
Missouri's apple judging team defeated top competitors from the United States and Canada at the Washington DC show held by the American Pomological Society. The University of Missouri won both the top individual score and the highest team score earning the silver trophy. H M Reese of Mountain Grove led individuals with teammates A D Kilham of Springfield and C E Matthews of Columbia close behind.
A man believed to be Charles Hoyt of Omaha was found dead on a lonely road near Weston with a bullet wound to the heart and a revolver nearby. A pawn ticket from an Omaha firm showing Hoyt pawned a watch on October 21 was found in his pocket.
Fred Morris Dearing of Missouri was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of the embassy at Madrid. A University of Missouri graduate, 34 years old, he was born in Columbia where his mother still lives.
Miss Grace Hook daughter of Editor Zed T Hook of the Aux Vasse Review has been appointed postmistress of Aux Vasse according to advices received from Washington.
A stock company organized at Versailles by sixty citizens with capital of 6000 dollars. The Morgan County Good Roads Company will purchase a road building machine costing 5000 dollars.
The wage scale for timers at the Missouri Kansas & Texas shops in Sedalia and other locations has risen from thirty cents to thirty two cents an hour.
The Rev. John Sage aged 76 died at his Adrian home. Sage was a pioneer Baptist preacher in western Missouri and founded many churches. In early days he drove an ox team across the plains.
Dr W T Elam, freed on bond in Kansas City on the murder charge of W P Cramer, was welcomed by many friends at the Elks club rooms in St Joseph.
At the forty-eighth annual convention in St. Joseph the Missouri Sunday School Association announced a new “front line” standard for counties with ten points. Cass, Barton, Bates, Franklin, Lincoln and Platte join the list, while Caldwell, Cedar, Chariton, Clinton, Green Holt, Jasper, McDonald and Shelby have six points and plus. The session highlighted adult class activities including employment and charity boards. James J. Parks, state president, spoke on Sunday school issues and the movement’s meaning. officers were elected with Parks as president and most officers re-elected.
Six Oregon county men named George Connor Charles Simpson William Anderson George Baker Boze Kellum and Jack Kellum completed thirty day sentences for illicit whisky making at Springfield federal court. Each was fined 200 but to be waived if they refrain from moonshine production.
H L Gilbert and David Miller of Kansas City seek Hamilton and Kingston franchises for an electric light plant and an electric railway linking Kingston, nine miles from Hamilton, to connect the two towns. The election on December 1 will decide both Hamilton and Kingston franchise requests in the county.
City officials report vandal attempts aimed at the new $75,000 sewage disposal plant located a few miles southwest of Springfield. To safeguard the facility, a private lighting system will be installed and armed guards will be stationed to protect the machinery.
At Brookfield Bay E Linn county corn show Bennett wins the sweepstakes prize a silver loving cup for his yellow dent corn display. Ora A Bennett takes first in yellow corn and Arthur L Johnson a 16 year old wins first in white corn.
James N. Price, aged 59 and fourteen years Lexington city marshal, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound received six months earlier. Born in Lexington, he spent twenty years in various local official roles.
Business at the South St. Joseph stock yards paused for John Donovan known as the father of the live stock industry. All packing plants closed for five minutes and City Hall offices were shut during the funeral hour as officials and out of town attendees observed the rites.
The executive committee of the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League launches a drive in the business district to collect ten thousand signatures for an initiative petition seeking a Missouri constitutional amendment granting women the ballot.
Samuel A White, born in Indiana in 1849, longtime Pettis County resident since 1872, has died.
Roy Johnson 19 and Morris Key 16 were involved in a quarrel over a four card game at Springfield railway shops. Johnson was stabbed through the heart and died. Key claimed the wound was self defense. Both youths were employed at the shops.
A new venture to prospect oil and gas in Livingston and Carroll counties is under formation and steered by the Chillicothe chamber of commerce. The initiative aims to explore mineral resources and establish operations in the region.
Western Canadian farmers repeatedly win top prizes in U S competitions. Peter Gerlack of Allan Saskatchewan earned the chief prize for hard wheat at Tulsa while Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta advances prevail in oats wheat and cattle at events in Columbus Columbia Chicago and Lethbridge. Canada leads with sweepstakes medals and high honors across grain and livestock shows despite all cattle fed on native grasses.
A brief quip notes Doctor Cook has joined vaudeville, remarking that he did not have far to go from his medical work. The witticism underscores a theater linked career turn and public figure crossover.
Classic health ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant alternative to harsh castor oil and calomel for children. It claims the fruit laxative cleanses the liver and bowels, eases stomach upset, and warns mothers to buy the 60 cent bottle with full dosing directions for all ages.
A brief note states that the ability to toast marshmallows does not make someone a good cook. It emphasizes restraint and practical cooking competence over simple roasting talent.
An old advertisement extols Danderine and Knowlton's Dandeline as a cure for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims the product restores luster, strength, and fullness after a few uses, with visible new hair growth across the scalp.
A concise assessment argues that small but steady influence endures longer than a single campaign push. It suggests long term engagement beats quick polling waves in shaping outcomes.
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