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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
2
Reports from Cetinje to Corfu describe Austrian and German offensives around Montenegro, Mount Lovcen falls, and Corfu maneuvers. Czernowitz battles continue, Gallipoli evacuations completed, and U S Congress debates Mexican violence and intervention. Domestic policy covers banking, pensions, and police murders.
El Paso declares martial law after armed Mexicans gather in the city center. Fort Bliss troops take charge as soldiers clash with Mexicans in street fights. police enforce permits for street presence and evacuations advised for Mexicans. Notables including former Villa officers deported to California.
A telegram urging Theodore Roosevelt to urge Congress to change U S policy toward Mexico circulated in El Paso on January 14. Signers would not include Americans with Mexico interests. A plan to form a thousand mining men regiment to pursue bandits in Mexico was proposed, to seek Carranza regime sanction.
General Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico died at his El Paso home tonight at 8:35 oclock. death attributed to sclerosis of the liver. He was surrounded by his family when he passed. Funeral plans were to be announced tomorrow with hopes for burial in Mexico.
Commissioner Cato Sells issued an appeal calling on all United States Indian Service employees to act. He cited statistics showing about three fifths of Indian infants die before age five, highlighting a dire child mortality rate among tribes.
Billings Montana January 14 Mossil remains believed by students of parentology to show transitional evolution between reptile and bird were placed in a tent today at the Chamber.
Jackson county swept state shield, county stock judging trophy, and home economics grand prize in the boys and girls clubs contests. Individual winners include Joe Wogan Buchanan county in hog and draft horse judging, Russell Powell Jackson county poultry judging, and Pauline Weaver Jackson county biscuit and Pauline Weaver again in ciphering. Attendance totaled 129 with Boone county leading at 42, Jackson county 32, Buchanan 19.
George A. Callicut a railroad brakeman, arrested in St. Joseph on perjury charges in a Rock Island Railroad damage suit. His doctor and lawyers were likewise jailed on perjury counts. bonds were posted for all but Callicut who was disguised as a woman during arrest. Callicut had received a $10,000 damages verdict last summer, with the case now pending in the supreme court.
Judge Walter W. Gath aged 68 and one of Columbia's oldest native born citizens died in the city. He had held multiple public offices and served in high ranks within the Masonic lodge.
Mrs. Nancy Bailey of Marshall marked her ninety ninth birthday recently. A lifelong Saline county resident for fifty five years she has been a Christian Scientist for twenty six years.
Queenie B a white Leghorn owned by T H Buckingham of St Joseph reportedly set a world egg laying record by laying two eggs in one hour at the Buchanan County Poultry Show. One egg had a soft shell though both were normal size. Queenie B is over two hundred eggs per year and was a year old last September.
James H. Mason of Springfield Republican nominee for attorney general in 1912 has announced his candidacy for the same nomination in the 1916 primaries. He was endorsed by the Green County Bar Association recently. Tannery to Cost 7 Million. A tannery to cost seven million dollars and to employ between four thousand and five hundred men will be erected at St Louis by the International Shoe Company, officials announced.
A blaze at a school in Kearney forced more than 200 students to evacuate. The fire originated in the furnace and threatened the building, prompting swift evacuation and emergency response.
A special election defeated a $400000 municipal lighting plant bond in Springfield. The tally was 2051 in favor and 1897 against, missing two thirds by 581 votes. Heavy rain kept many from the polls, though registration broke records, and supporters vow to resubmit within sixty days.
Higginsville city council seeks voter approval to issue bonds to expand the municipal light plant. Officials argue cheaper power at 1 to 10 cents per kilowatt will spur growth and keep the plant profitable, supporting city finances and free street lighting.
At State Hospital No 2 monthly meeting John F Minor was superseded as steward by Jacob L Bretz and Dr C M Kimberlin of Clarksdale was appointed assistant physician to replace Dr C L Woolsey of Braymer.
By vote of the Ozark Fruit Growers Association in Monett a uniform label will appear on the millions of fruit packages marketed annually and a publicity department was created.
The state board of agriculture re elected E. G. Bennett of Carthage to serve four years as dairy commissioner with an annual salary of $2 000.
A traveling man A E Tinpane of Chanute Kansas was given bichloride of mercury by his wife who believed it to be medicine. Doctors say Tinpane will die.
Cooper County outside Boonville voted dry by a 275 majority while Boonville itself had recently chosen to stay wet. The results reflect contrasting local liquor status within the same region.
Judge Fred Lichte aged 73, longtime presiding judge of Montgomery County for twelve years, and an active Republican, has died.
Judge Samuel Davis of Marshall granted a permanent injunction blocking Columbia from enforcing an anti cigarette ordinance passed in October, dealing opponents a knockout blow.
The Rev. R. J. Mathews aged 75, long time Congregational pastor of Bevier, dies after nearly fifty years in the ministry. He served parsonages in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas and Missouri and leaves a widow and two children.
Dr H J Freeman longtime Joplin resident and city’s oldest inhabitant has died aged 85 after living in the city for sixty years.
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad aims to shorten the Chicago to Kansas City run by planning a line from Monroe City to Moberly, providing a more direct route and faster travel between the two cities.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tresize of Schell City marked their sixty eighth wedding anniversary with a honoring dinner. Both remain feeble while Mr. Trealge is 90 and his wife 87.
A Boston Evening Transcript column ponders domestic harmony and negotiation in marriage. It uses witty exchanges about granting women autonomy, suggesting practical humor over conflict in everyday partnership.
Fragrant, creamy emollients claim to cleanse and purify the skin and soothe irritation. Free samples offered by mail with a Book Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston, sold everywhere. The copy also attempts to tie self-doubt to jealousy as a verdict against one’s own charms.
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