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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
6
Wilson pledges end of lobby and dissolving merger
President Wilson praised the national drive against lobbying calling it extinct as a force in lawmaking. He approved Attorney General McReynolds and railroad lawyers plan to dissolve the Union Pacific merger under the Sherman Act amid broad revelations of lobby influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhall Lobby
Wilson
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Disappointing results from tuberculosis serum trial
A committee from the Canadian Association of Tuberculosis reports Dr. Friedrich Friedmann's serum shows no justified confidence in its remedy after investigating treatment outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Friedmann
Missouri Supreme Court upholds anti trust suits against fire insurers
Attorney General Barker cites decision sustaining contentions that fire insurance companies were not exempt from prosecutions for illegal combinations and may be fined and forced to resume business. He notes insurers planned to abandon Missouri and cancel policies to force repeal of anti trust laws, sparking potential judgments on current pleadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Atorney
Ban on Outlaw Films Declared by Springfield Officials
Acting on mayoral guidance the Springfield group including the chief of police the city attorney and city council members witnessed a moving picture portrayal of the Bald Knobbers. Theater management then discontinued use of outlawry films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Taney and
Christian Counties
Always First in Roastin Ears in Central Missouri
N B Goodnight a Sedalia area farmer offered home grown roasting ears on the market the other day. He has for over twenty years been the first man in Central Missouri to sell sweet corn signaling the seasonal start of the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Goodnight
Sedalia
Mr. Goodnight
Missouri
Driver dies after crash into unfinished culvert
Gus Walburn of Butler dies after his car overturns at an open unfinished culvert en route to Adrian. A party of friends were injured but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Walburn
Butler
Adrian
Walburn
Water Rates Anger Nevada Unit Orders Suspended
The state utility commission directs Fort Scott Nevada Light Heat Water and Power to suspend its plan requiring Nevada residents to install water meters at their expense by July 1 and pay deposits of 10 and 5 for electric usage until the commission rules on a lengthy complaint from fifty Nevada residents alleging charter violations and arbitrary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
State Utility Commission
Fort Scott and
Nevada Light, Heat, Water and Power Company
Commission
Students Get Change of Venue in Missouri Voting Case
A change of venue was granted in circuit court at Columbia to seven University of Missouri students charged with illegal voting in a municipal election. The trial is set for September in Callaway County. Frank Morse, brother of E L Morse Republican leader, has died at Excelsior Springs at 59, leaving four wives and two children. He was born in Binghamton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
QTPS
Callaway County
Frank Morse
Frank ‘Morg¢ad Drother
E. L. Morse
Excelsior Springs
Binghampton
Missouri crops show promise despite fire blight damage
The June crop report from the Missouri state board of horticulture predicts favorable peach yields at 85 percent of full crop with heavy fire blight losses unseen before. Strawberries halve due to drought while apples await August estimates as orchards will be visited to discourage price drops. Officials foresee a strong corn crop and good pastures as wheat harvest nears halfway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Board of Horticulture
Missouri
State Board of Horticulture
Missour
W. L. Nelson
State Board of Agriculture
Nélson
Nelson
Missouri Soil Survey Progress Aims to Reach All Counties
The soil survey of Missouri continues this summer, led by the Agricultural College in cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture. Perry Green and Ralls counties are surveyed this season, with thirty counties already completed. At the current pace it will take about fourteen years to cover all Missouri counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Survey of
Missouri
The
Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Perry
Green
Ralls
Major Delivers First Crate of Peaches from Koshkonong
The first crate of early peaches shipped by W. C. Paynter to Governor Major leaves Koshkonong. The peaches are an unknown variety, medium size about one-quarter pound each with fine color and flavor. The Elberta crop won’t ripen for another month or more, though small amounts of early varieties will be picked now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koshkonong
W. C. Paynters
Governor Major
Contested Ref referendum petitions alleged at Springfield
At the Anti-Saloon League headquarters in Springfield a contest is planned over petitions for the County Unit Law referendum. Reports claim in one district petitions were prepared from pollbooks by saloon keepers who were admitted after revival service conversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Springfield
Wall Street operator David Lamar testifies before senate committee
David Lamar, a Wall Street operator and former confidant of major financiers, confesses to impersonating lawmakers in phone calls to Edward Lauterbach and Morgan firm associates. He describes liaising with Lewis Cass Ledyard and others to influence Wall Street and seeks to restore Lauterbach’s standing with Morgan. Committee members demand his continued Washington appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
Washington, D. C
David Lamar
Wall Street
Russell Sage
James R. Keene
Senate Lobby Committee
Representative Palmer
Representative Riordan
Lewis Cass
Ledyard
Paul D. Cravath
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Board
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Washington
Lauterbach
Morgan
Union Pacific
Riordan
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Lamar
Four Die in Motor Wreck Near Creve Coeur Lake
A family of Sommers and Drey members perished when a car on Olive Street Road near Creve Coeur Lake skidded and rolled over an embankment. The deceased are Mrs. David Sommers, Mrs. Alberta Drey, Dorothy Sommers aged 5, and Blanche Marie Sommers aged 7 months. Injured are David Sommers, president of a furniture company, Birdie Drey, and Leo Drey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Olive Street
Creve Coeur Lake
David Sommers
Alberta Drey
Dorothy Sommers
Blanche Marie Sommers
Birdie Drey
Sommers
Leo Drey
Boy drowns after cramps while crossing Spring River
Floyd Rochester aged 14 drowned when cramps struck during a swim across Spring river near Webb City. He called to companion Walter Berry aged 15 for help, but Berry could not swim. The two had gone to the river to fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Rochester
Spring River
Webb City
Walter Berry
Berry
M. A. Student Loses Leg In Freight Incident
Reynolds Eckel a 16 year old son of Rev Edward Henry Eckel lost his left leg above the knee after falling beneath a freight train near Corning while attempting to board it. He had returned home from the University of Missouri where he was a freshman and had worked briefly as a timekeeper for a construction gang. The incident followed by a separate legal note about a suit in Liberty circuit court over the validity of the commission form of government with a July 23 hearing date and Mayor Bates’s refusal to call an election pending legality decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Eckel
Edward Henry Eckel
Corning
Young Eckel
University of Missouri
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Eckel
Oxford
Circuit Court At Liberty
Divelbise
Bates
Missouri Pacific Wreck Near Edah Berger injures many
Missouri Pacific train No. 3 departing St. Louis for Kansas City wrecked between Edah and Berger at 11 o'clock. The engine and seven cars left the track. Benjamin Meyers was killed when he was crushed under the engine. Fireman Fred Rush had minor injuries. About thirty five passengers sustained injuries to varying degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
West
Edah
Berger
Aon
Benjamin Meyers
Fred Rush
HoldenSchool District Bonds Vote Keeps Funds for Facilities
Holden voters approve 13,000 bond issue for Holden School District to build an auditorium and additional classrooms. The tally was 273 for and 39 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Siden. Say
Ot Hale
Townsends Mourn 35 Year Old Fulton Widow
Mrs Margaret Townsend 35 of Fulton wife of Col N Lown send and former staffer to Governor Hachey died recently in Burgess Dei en. The obituary notes her husband and public service ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Townsend
Margaret Townsend
Fulton
Col. N. Lown ‘Send
Hachey
City orders seizure of all ice plants in Cincinnati
Following a communication from Mayor Henry T. Hunt the board of health has ordered health officers to seize and operate all ice plants in Cincinnati and to use every available means of distributing ice to the general public during a public emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Henry T. Hunt
Board of Health
al ‘Health Officers of
Laughed at Death Warning Ends in Train Fatality
An Oklahoma City railroad worker dismissed his mother's warning and chuckled at her fears. While part of a bridge gang, he was struck and killed by a passenger train two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
City
Okla
Arkansas 7 Cent Passenger Rate Set July 4
The Arkansas railroad commission announced that the 7 cent passenger rate, upheld by the United States Supreme Court, becomes effective on July 4 at Fort Sith. The ruling confirms the new fare structure across applicable lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Fort Sith
Ala
United States Supreme Court
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Wanderer’s Memory Lapse Fuss Spawns Old Excuse Line
George Ade quips about an elderly millionaire returning after a month away with total memory loss. He mocks the familiar excuse, noting most wanderers reuse the same guilt laden rationale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feames
George Ade
Mr. Ade
Unusual Exchange Between Stranger and Reporter
A genial stranger questions newspaper finances and speaks with a reporter about news, revealing a lunch meeting where the opener asks for the latest unusual happenings in the profession and the reporter replies with a revealing answer.
Broadway Car Conductor Courteous Despite Rude Reputation
A New Yorker recalls a GothaIA car conductor known for rudeness yet capable of wit. On a Broadway car a passenger told him to let her off at 931. He paused in mock seriousness, then asked for the floor, politely requesting the floor number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothaia
Ice Cream Question Trumps a Sick Horse
A boy asks his uncle if a horse with stomach pain had two plates of ice cream. The scene unfolds during a walk after the grandmother warned the boy about overindulgence. The moral is implied through the humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbie
Between Devil and Deep Sea humor on Morgan death
Simeon Ford, New York humorist, quipped on J. Pierpont Morgan's passing that wealth and poverty fail to secure happiness, questioning what a man should do in life. The witticism reflects the era's satire on wealth and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Ford
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Banished Coffee Finally Had to Go
A reader describes quitting coffee after nervous headaches and switching to Postum. Her mother’s headaches vanished after the change, and the writer now prefers Postum over coffee. The ad promotes two forms of Postum and a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Elena
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