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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
2
A Berlin Kiev dispatch says Polish forces took Mohilev, arrested Ensign Krylenko and staff, and that Kiev’s Bolshevik uprising was quelled. American sector near Toul saw lively shelling and air activity as both sides fought. Venice and other Veneto towns were bombed. two Americans died and nine wounded in a German bombardment.
The Missouri revenue fund holds 1 760 647 while the treasury shows 5 020 337. Debt from the Major administration amounts to 2 025 000 to be paid by year’s end. New laws next year promise higher revenue. Separately Fred J. McFadden shot and killed Mrs Ethel Lagendyk in Grand Rapids Michigan after a quarrel over a love affair. Lagendyk’s husband resides in Knox City. McFadden, 29, left a suicide note and was on the same train as his letter. He had lived with Lagendyk in Alberta and was sought by draft officials.
Over one million soldiers and sailors remain uninsured as the War Risk Bureau insurance offer expires February 12, per a telegram from W G Gifford. Missouri defense official F B Mumford urges Secretary Saunders to mobilize outreach to families to reach service members. Sedalia endures zero degree cold and water outages due to plant breakdowns.
St. Charles County plans a good roads bond vote in April. The county court is circulating petitions to road districts and must receive 200 voter signatories before acting on the matter.
The new Independence high school site will not be ready for occupancy until next September due to unprecedented cold weather delaying construction.
Sedalia, Missouri reports J. R. Underwood, manager, replacing steam with a 75 horsepower Westinghouse motor to run the Katy Granby mine. Linnie Webster dies of spinal meningitis at 16 in Clinton, Missouri. John D. Heinz, visiting Kirksville, promoted to first lieutenant at Camp Doniphan. Internal Revenue urges income tax returns by March 1 with a payment check, citing wartime emergency.
An inventory filed in Clayton by William H. O'Brien, special state deputy bank commissioner, shows the Valley Park bank failed to have the $49,082.25 deposits and held unsecured notes of $14,445. The report also notes deeds of trust counted as assets covered property included in a blanket deed and that a $7,100 loan to the Missouri Plate Glass Co. group is now in receivership.
The new food regulation governing wheat flour sales will not take effect in Missouri until February 15, delaying the start of the flour market rule.
The British steamer Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk off the northern coast of Ireland. About 1,912 Americans survived and were landed at Buncranna and Larne. 267 are unaccounted for. Most troops were from Wisconsin and Michigan, with units including the Thirty second Division. The ship carried National Guardsmen, air squadrons, and foresters. Convoy likely included British destroyers. official notices came from London via Washington.
Brest Litovsk talks broken off according to a Petrograd dispatch. Zurich reports Germany favors an ultimatum to the Russian Maximalists demanding immediate peace terms and promises to march on Petrograd if refused. German planners are said to concentrate troops for a rapid thrust toward the Russian capital.
Paris reports a mutual agreement where France will supply canned fruits and vegetables to the American expeditionary forces. A joint USA army purchasing board and French inquiry found France's crops ample to meet military needs and domestic consumption.
An army balloon from the Macon training school was fired upon during a flight near Eastman Georgia. Its tackling was struck but the crew escaped without injuries. Clem Clements, 45, was arrested in connection with the incident.
Paris February 7 1918 Louis Klota the finance minister announced a state levy totaling 72 million to meet war expenses for 1918 with the tax to be imposed nationwide.
Hon W J Hannada, Food Controller Canada, warns of severe food shortage as France and Italy face deficits. He appeals to all to conserve, increase production, and support Allied needs, noting America’s export limits and Canada as a key surplus source. He urges wartime sacrifice and rapid land cultivation across Canada and the United States.
Pat celebrated and biked hard. He punched a man in the face and was hauled to court. The judge charged him with striking a man and warned that fun ends where a nose begins.
A dyspeptic citizen calls for abolition of alcohol and related beverages to protect national health, arguing for shutting down both the “c dish” and the flowing bowh enchange. The exchange hints at a broader temperance or health reform discussion.
A fragment notes a discussion on earning money with crude terms. The line highlights the gendered insult toward a young man and a young woman, both described as effeminate or mannish and subject to reproach.
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