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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
2
War front reports in France Belgium Italy and Britain describe expected German offensives and Italian counterattacks with casualties and shifting weather aiding readiness. American losses and evacuations are noted along with U S air and artillery actions and domestic wartime measures and investigations in Chicago Swift & Co. cases and postal aviation plans.
F B Mumford federal food administrator for Missouri orders strict enforcement of flour sales limits. Retailers cannot sell more than one eighth to one quarter barrel to individuals while rural areas restrict to one quarter to one half barrel. Wholesale profits capped at 60 to 75 cents per barrel and retail profits from 80 cents to 1.20 dollars per barrel.
Missouri reports total livestock 10 273 000 head valued at 324 700 000 dollars. Hog numbers 4 700 000 at 87 098 000. milk cows 910 000 at 61 607 000. other cattle 1 728 000 at 84 823 000. sheep 1 466 000 at 18 911 000. horses 1 040 000 at 100 000 000. mules 367 000 at 41 471 000. Average values: hogs 19 50. cows 69 70. other cattle 4760. sheep 12 90. horses 97. mules 113.
Emma Goldman arrives in Jefferson City with Deputy Marshal John L. Whalen to begin a two year sentence for obstructing the selective service act. She will work sewing garments for prisoners.
Carrollton board of education votes six days of schooling for high school and eighth grade to free boys for farm work May 1 following a wartime conference. Jefferson City mourns Civil War veteran and longtime deputy marshal Thomas H. McKenna 76 who died at his home. surviving children include Edward and William McKenna of St. Louis. Poplar Bluff reports merchant Charles Miller buys Collett home and two adjoining bungalows on North Main Street.
Rev. C. P. Brown ing of the Presbyterian church has returned home from Fulton Missouri where he engaged in special work connected with his church organization.
Dr. Otto Whitington the evangelist continues to draw crowds at revival services held at the First Baptist church in Independence. In Chillicothe Francis Street church sees Rev. John F. Caskey of the M E Church South transfer. Dr Harry Phillips and Ada J Woolsey of Chillicothe wed at the Baptist parsonage in independence. Moberly Fred Falls of Woodville Missouri arrested for passing a worthless check and faces transfer to Colorado where he faces further charges and a prior reformatory term.
Sedalia Missouri J R Underwood manager of the Katy Granby mine switches from steam to electric power using a 7 horsepower Westinghouse motor to operate the mine.
Unprecedented cold weather delays push completion of the new Independence high school. Occupancy is now planned for next September as crews race to finish interior space and safety features.
F B Mumford Missouri federal food administrator designates Thursday each week as Potato Buying Day to boost potato purchases. He notes a 90 million bushel surplus, current potato prices at about half last year, and urges buying by weight to free wheat for soldiers in France. If Thursday is inconvenient merchants may choose a convenient day.
President Wilson issued a proclamation requiring hotels, restaurants, clubs and other eating places that bake their own bread or bakery products as well as all firms and individuals involved in importing or distributing green coffee to secure a license to operate in Columbia Missouri.
Sedalia Missouri reports 30 Protestant churches canceled Sunday services while two Catholic churches held services with no heating. A separate note reveals Valley Park Bank's affairs under special state deputy William H. O'Brien showing missing deposits and unsecured notes after his takeover. Other brief items mention deaths in Aurora and Sedalia and a diphtheria quarantine in Kirksville.
George Sofan received a life imprisonment sentence for the murder of Lou James Treskeid last September in Macon. Independence reports Reverend Thomas M. Cobb and wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at the home of Mrs. Robert Taubman in Lexington Missouri.
The Frisco Railroad roundhouse at North Clinton suffered heavy damage after a 110 gallon cylinder oil leak. No injuries were reported. Kansas City council passes three ordinances aimed at suppressing vice. Centralia sees death of Mrs Henry Hunt 77 who lived in the town for over six decades.
Cape Girardeau mourns Mrs. Henrietta Vogelsang who arrived with her husband from Germany in 1856. State official Wallace Crossley urges early coal purchases for next winter amid uncertain conditions. state coal reserves estimated at 79 billion tons. A coasting accident in Puxico claims the life of 10-year-old Fred Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright.
The Poplar Bluff Trust Co began business in temporary quarters over Reed Jewelry Co on Feb 11. Cecil Calvin, Ashland schoolteacher, married Alma Tandy daughter of M Tandy of 1207 Broadway, Boons County pioneer family.
American and British officials expect a reduced submarine threat by next summer as 1918 shipbuilding ramps up in the United States and Britain. 1917 tonnage sunk by submarines neared three times combined U S and British production, with US output at 901 223 tons and Britain 1 163 474 tons.
The German press reacts cautiously to Leon Trotzky's peace announcement with Russia and the Central Powers. Berlin outlets view the move as unsettled, stressing Russia's weak army and the need for Germany to secure its eastern frontier and seek a solid settlement with Russia.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota introduced a bill to set the 1918 wheat price at not less than 2.75 dollars per bushel and sent it to the agricultural committee. Senator Gore of Oklahoma proposed increasing the government guaranteed price to 2.50 dollars per bushel.
Washington February 14. Investigation of the nation's waterways and their use to relieve railroad freight burdens was begun today by the committee appointed by Director General McAdoo.
Washington reports in Sweden coffee is so scarce that the small supply is sold secretly at five dollars a pound. Toasted acorns fetch twelve cents per pound, while butter is adulterated with half potato meal, reflecting wartime shortages.
A reflective line notes prophets who shun daylight as it scorches the surface of their dark forecasts. The line hints at tension between revelation and its harsh glare.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as effective for distressing eczemas and related skin issues. Free samples are offered at Cuticura Dept X Boston, with Soap priced at 25 cents and Ointment at 25 or 50 cents.
Judge Ben B. Lindsay urged lodge members in Chicago to strive for self discipline and personal cleanliness. He said the climber succeeds by becoming a neat man and noted that while fate cannot be armored against, a clean shirt serves as a good substitute.
Agnes, age three, has butter on her hand and uses her mother's apron to wipe it off. When her mother asks if it is an embrace, Agnes replies it is butter, not a hug, delivering a playful domestic moment.
Plans to propagate oysters in Bear River bay Salt Lake Utah this spring are reported by Popular Mechanics. Studies show feasible conditions and oceanlike salinity enabling staged operations with an amphibious scow fitted with side wheels for navigating shallow mud flats.
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