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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
3
A bold New Yorker enters a Broadway store with a large hat in a box asking for a refund he says his wife bought the hat and already purchased three this spring. He explains he cannot afford the expense and wants the price refunded while a salesperson recounts the comical contrast with Napoleon and Josephine.
A country household tale shows a young female boarder lamenting missing letters. Melba the pet cat carries in a chip and delivers a humorous reply from the postman about no letters arriving, sparking the girl’s amused reaction.
A humorous remark about adventurous young men who went to Mexico for real fighting being denied that pleasure and the expectation they will return home to confront the umpire.
The Wis creamery manager says quitting coffee and drinking Postum improved digestion and relieved stomach fullness and heart palpitations. He notes better mental clarity and business efficiency after adopting Postum with his wife following the box directions.
Democratic members of the House rebuked William Jennings Bryan for interfering with legislative plans and his push for free raw wool. By unanimous vote, the Underwood bill imposing a revenue tariff on wool was endorsed, with a resolution expressing support for free raw wool as a party principle but noting treasury needs require a tariff.
Senator Brown of Nebraska introduced a resolution urging Senator Lorimer of Illinois be expelled from the senate without further inquiry. He argued the evidence showed Lorimer was not entitled to his seat and would replace all other inquiry resolutions when called up.
Washington report says a new investigation of the Lorimer case was ordered with the Martin resolution to send the inquiry to the committee on privileges and elections. LaFollette and insurgents, aided by some Democrats, pressed for a special senate committee rather than the existing panel.
Riots near Mexico City and Cuernavaca cause at least fourteen deaths and about twenty injuries. Reports say Zapata's men sparked looting and fires, with protests spreading to Pacuauca Matchuala Xochimilco and other areas as rural forces moved toward the flames.
New York prosecutors will pursue anti trust cases against individuals rather than filing equity suits under the Sherman law, with aims to imprison the guilty, says District Attorney Henry A. Wise.
A concurrent Senate resolution by Senator Pomerene of Ohio calls for criminal prosecutions of Standard Oil and American Tobacco officials and their subsidiaries under recent Supreme Court rulings. The measure paused to allow Pomerene a speaking opportunity.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia will visit the American battleships at Cronstadt during their stay from June 11 to 18 and later meet Admiral Badger and the fleet officers in the palace at St Petersburg.
A city decree in Kansas City Kansas bans dogs from streets without a muzzle year round. Any dog seen by a policeman without a muzzle will be shot to enforce the rule.
Kansans discover rock formation near Lincoln Center Kansas described as a promising prospect with a sample extending about 560 feet east and 100 feet to a fault, marking potential mineral or geologic significance.
Missouri reports strong gains in lumber and cooperage values for the year with total forest products sold at 26 million dollars. Governor Hadley orders crackdown on prize fights and illegal boxing with strict new rules and enforcement. A Swearingen sanitation act takes effect June 19 targeting bakeries and all food related premises. Robbery near Springfield and a rural court held under an oak tree recount local crime and proceedings.
Northeast Missouri towns move to oil their dusty streets after Elsberry reports success. Vandalia and others vote on the plan. C W Owstgp of the Standard Oil Co says oil can be delivered in country tanks at 4 cents a gallon, with about 35 dollars to oil nine blocks including labor and material.
City marshal B. J. Pearman shot and probably fatally wounded ex-convict John Brown at a railroad crossing west of Néosho while Brown among tramps tried to shoot Pearman. Brown had previously robbed Moss store and vowed vengeance after his term.
Dr. W. S. Woods of Loma Linda California telegraphed Rev. J. B. Jones president that he forwarded a $2,000 check to cover the college deficit for 1910 and 1911. Woods, a former Kansas City resident, has contributed about $150,000 to William Woods over twenty two years.
At a Missouri Society of Washington meeting Representative James T. Lloyd was chosen president for the coming year. O. W. Wyatt was elected first vice president, Mrs. Sarah T. Andrews second vice president. W. N. Holmes became secretary and Otis J. Singleton treasurer.
From Miss Sarah M. Sheidley’s $700000 estate in Kansas City the state university will gain $35000, five percent, as collateral inheritance tax. Missouri might tax the $2000000 given to relatives six months earlier if the gifts were made in contemplation of death.
Mexico Public Schools Superintendent Lee B. Hawthorne declares that high school fraternities are a hindrance to teachers create caste snobbishness and are a nuisance and must be abolished.
A delegation from Buckner Levasy Wellington and Lexington seeks a cross state road that would touch their towns and plans to confer with Gov Hadley in Jefferson City to press the project.
The Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress annual meeting shifts from Oklahoma City to Kansas City in September after Oklahoma City failed to raise required funds.
A special train will carry Missouri editors and their families from St. Louis to Joplin on June 12 for the Missouri Press association gathering.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria buys a vast lot of fancy grade tobacco for Lewis Single Binder Cigars. The stock, picked from the finest crop in years, will supply the factory for over two years, with an extra price paid for the selection. Smoking enthusiasts will welcome the premium leaf used in the cigars.
A fragment speaks of Knicker-Brown counting wealth in seven figures and notes Becker-Perpendicularly. The piece suggests some men value a cheap cigar more than a dollar, implying satire on money and virtue.
In an assize court a juror claiming exemption for deafness faced the judge. The judge whispered a question to the juror, who replied affirmatively. The judge observed the juror was deaf but not whisper deaf and directed him to enter the witness box where testimony would be spoken softly.
Varnish touted as a sanitary agent for floors and surfaces. It allows easy cleaning by wiping dust and microbes away, keeping air healthier. The National Association of Varnish Manufacturers offers a free booklet Modern Floors from 636 The Bourse Philadelphia to show how to make floors wholesome and attractive. Varnish is presented as cheaper and more satisfactory than carpet.
A faded Civil War diary kept by Rev. W. R. Painter of LaGrange, a Confederate chaplain in Parson's brigade of Price's regiment, is returned after forty years. It was found in the St Louis customs house by W J McBurney.
Mike Tierney of St. Louis identified by a card of the Boilermakers’ Local 7 was struck and killed instantly after being run over by a switch engine.
A humorous exchange centers on a professor's lecture about sleep as the secret of right living. The speaker recalls returning home and going to bed, implying the lecture failed to resonate. The fragment hints at a light tone or anecdote about exams or study habits.
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