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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
6
British and French fronts report recaptured ground near Longueval and Delville Wood while Russians push toward Hungary. Battles rage along the Somme Verdun and Carpathians as Entente gains intensify. severities across Petrograd and Washington interests mix with political moves on labor, pensions, and naval lessons from Jutland.
British and French headquarters report renewed offensives along the Somme front near Estrees and Longueval with advances and thousands of German prisoners. Russian offensives resume in the Carpathians and Riga sectors as German positions face pressure. Paris reports French forces capture the first German lines from Estrees to Vermandovillers.
Berlin reports a national campaign organized by the German national committee led by Prince Von Wedel to check the extreme annexationist wing of the Conservative and National Liberal factions. The effort features top scientists and industrial leaders with a flexible program aimed at attainable peace rather than unconditional surrender.
New York reports 31 infantile paralysis deaths and 119 new cases in a single day across the five boroughs. Since the outbreak began 487 have died and 2,466 have been stricken. mortality remains around twenty percent.
Maj. M. C. Butler of the Sixth United States Cavalry and Mrs. H. J. Spannell were shot and killed in Alpine Texas this afternoon while riding in a motor car. The incident left the husband of the woman dead in a fatal confrontation.
In Shawnee Oklahoma on July 21 M G Washington the marshal of Lima Oklahoma shot and killed Tom Berryhill known as the boot legger king following an all day clash with bootleggers.
Mrs. Oscar D. McDaniel a prosecutor’s wife in Buchanan county was attacked at midnight at the family home in St Joseph and died at Ensworth hospital. The motive linked to her husband’s prosecutions and a released insane suspect who later threatened McDaniel. Bloodhounds traced a zigzag path to a nearby rooming house. McDaniel chased a supposed plot then heard shots as he returned home. his wife lay wounded and died next morning.
A Missouri River emergency prompts Col. Herbert McIndoe to mobilize aid to halt river intrusion toward Lake Contrary. Farmers and engineers race to block the river of a narrow land neck less than ninety feet wide, fearing inundation of farmland and the popular lake.
A Kansas City group produces twelve films tracing Missouri history from 1541 to the present. The Missouri Valley Historical Society supervises, aims to celebrate the 100th anniversary of statehood, and has pledged 4000 dollars to support the project with 2700 subscribed and 400 promised by October 1, leaving 900 to be raised. Scenes include historic sites at Wornall Road and Walnut Streets, and the films will be shown in schools statewide.
The Wellsville Optic News, the county's only Republican paper, has been sold by L. L. Turnage to R. C. Jacobi formerly of Fayette.
Lexington residents approve local option wet measure by a 301 electorate majority. City officials and miners split as saloons stay open while administration opposes prohibition efforts.
A Sedalia area home ten miles north of Sedalia burned the other night while the family was away. The cause is unknown and the loss is estimated at $5 000.
Leonard Hayes drowned while bathing in the Missouri River at Glasgow during the afternoon, after cramps seized him and rescuers could not reach him in time.
Harvey Hodgrove a 70 year old farmer was shot and killed by Tom Strickland 16 a tenant on Hodgrove farm after a quarrel in Monegan township St. Clair county authorities report the youths arrest and investigation underway.
The body of 18 month old Lornie Tye was located by searchers in a hole at an abandoned brick yard near St. Joseph. She wandered from her parents’ home and had been dead about forty eight hours with indications of starvation.
Officials of Missouri A F and A M presided over the lay ing of the corner stone for the new 150000 dollar Warrensburg Normal School administration building on the campus. About five thousand attended the ceremony as Governor Major did not appear. Addresses were given by Grand Master Jessee Judge Edward Higbee C A Keith and E L Hendricks.
Homer Boyd a 35 year old telegraph operator for Rock Island at Cameron was drowned while fishing in the city reservoir. A fish pulled his pole and he ran after it. He left a widow and two daughters.
M R Fowler aged 84 a retired farmer died suddenly at his Polo home. He is survived by his wife four sons Arch Thomas Charles and Fred all farmers in Ray county and a daughter the wife of J G Withers cashier of the Farmers bank of Polo.
A brass spur worn by General Alexander W. Doniphan during the Mexican War of 1846 will be presented to the Jackson County Historical Society by Mrs. Hugh Miller of the Kansas City chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The spur was given to Mrs. Miller’s grandfather, Andrew Robertson, by Doniphan when troops returned from the war and has stayed in the family since.
At the University of Missouri the summer school enrollment hit 1313 and the extension division reached 651. The extension division provides instruction to non resident students by mail.
The Missouri cities form a league with farmers to emphasize cooperative efforts. The association highlights joint projects and mutual support as a keynote of recent sessions.
Reports from the state experiment fruit station at Mountain Grove indicate heavy hail damage to the apple crop in the region. Peaches in the surrounding area and orchards in the Koshkonong belt south of there are also expected to fall short of estimates.
An ileocolitis epidemic in Joplin remains unchecked with fifty five new cases and about a fifty percent death rate. Milk inspection and physician warnings to boil milk for babies have not stopped the spread.
The Southerland Building and Contracting Company of St. Louis has secured the contract to rebuild St. Francis convent in Nevada, destroyed by fire ten months ago. The project will cost $63,000.
The Quick Seven Mine in the Joplin district was sold recently for a substantial sum as authorities finalize the transfer of title and ownership. Local buyers are expected to formalize the deal in the coming days.
A lighthearted tale set off the Irish coast. The lookout shouts break us ahead and the cook Pat Rose strikes him to save the ship, declaring he would break a dozen to save them all.
Advertisement claims Ball Blue powder from Red Cross is a two ounce package delivering real cleaning power. The speaker urges the grocer to stock the product, noting its effect on clothes and personal satisfaction.
The Columbus Dispatch warns readers to avoid poison ivy in the country as its leaves turn red brown and yellow in late season. The plant can inflame skin and trigger blisters spreading through contact, urging individuals to protect themselves amid the disappearance of a prior anti ivy society.
A hired man questions a farmer about raising his own poultry and vegetables. The farmer responds that he grows only enough to give summer boarders something to swing on to.
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