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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
6
A condensed roundup notes U S cour t rulings on rates for passenger and freight services, Panama Canal locks completion and future gate closures, weather anomalies with a cold June, labor strikes and wage disputes, and political shifts in Missouri Illinois and Washington. It mentions legal actions against corporate trusts and wartime figures, plus various accidents and disruptions. Many named places and organizations anchor the broad world view.
Ida Kellar, wife of Arthur Kellar, confesses to killing her husband and their 7 year old daughter Margaret with an axe in their Harrisonville home. The coroner's jury finds her responsible, and she awaits grand jury action in jail.
In Manila, American forces seized the Bagsag position near Jolo Mindanao after a fierce engagement. Six Americans were killed and twelve wounded including First Lieut Edwin H Beckley. Moros resisted fiercely though the main Moro position was captured.
Washington chamber of commerce plans to urge Congress to ban calf slaughter to cut meat prices. Physicians nationwide will testify on veal safety and meat industry impact, citing Argentina’s rules delaying slaughter of steers and cows.
The thirty eighth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine opened in Minneapolis. Dr. Helen C. Putnam presented the hygiene in public schools report, Dr. John L. Heffron submitted the sanitary science in medical schools report, and Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of San Francisco will deliver the evening address.
Missourians and others are eager to move to Kansas as harvest hands for wheat, offered at $2.50 per day. The flood of applicants at state free employment bureaus in St. Louis Kansas City and St. Joseph makes record keeping nearly impossible.
Fire wiped out the Big River Lumber Company mill ten miles north of Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Loss pegged at 590000 dollars. The mill was the largest in western Canada with a daily capacity of 600000 feet of lumber.
More than 108 workers from Swift Morris and Armour packing plants in South St Joseph walked off the job in a labor dispute.
Our report notes facilities for handling 1000 carloads of Elberta peaches at Koshkonong and Brandsville, with new packing houses and improved transit. Frisco lines lay new switches, refrigerators secured, labor bureaus set, and expected packing totals exceed 1000 cars. Missouri outlook: corn to surpass 250 million bushels, wheat record near 40 million, oats and hay less critical but ample last year surplus.
Thieves stole 400 three year old ginseng plants from William Ball’s bed south of Paris Missouri. Plants valued at 500 dollars. no crew left behind save tracks of a mule team and road wagon. Ginseng farming common in Missouri. market warned as plants mature to five or six years.
Dr. William Oxley Thompson president of Ohio State University urged 428 Missouri graduates at the Columbia state university commencment to champion world peace. He contrasted Eastern and Western colleges calling the West a university of the people and urged graduates to show energy and efficiency, initiative, and organizational genius, noting a greater need of men than money.
The county court names John C Breckenridge Turney Paul M Culver ex president of the American Royal and Thomas L Wiley Cameron as Clinton county road commissioners They will map routes from Plattsburg to the county seats of Platte Ray Clay DeKalb Buchanan and Caldwell counties and begin construction Cameron Plattsburg and Lathrop towns in the Special Road District Law will compete to have the best roads
City Forester Koenig reports farmers warn army worms invading St Louis county farms and nearing the city at about a quarter of a mile daily.
The executive committee of the St. Louis Business Men's League postponed any move to invoke a referendum to repeal the Orr insurance law until the state supreme court issues a decision in the related insurance suits.
Sedalia's new city directory lists the population at 23 723 residents as of this month. The figure appears in the update accompanying the forthcoming directory release.
A Missouri grand jury will investigate alleged illegal student voting in a recent city election. Professors and students were subpoenaed before summer. they will be asked about student residences and voter intimidation. Eight students are jailed on bond awaiting trial.
Mrs. Mary Bell Davis widow of A. F. Davis died at Fayette after paralysis. She was sister to Bishop E. R. Hendrix of Kansas City and a prominent figure in the Methodist Church South state work.
Reports from Barry county indicate the hay crop will be nearly a total failure. It is estimated that more than $150,000 was sent out of the county last winter for stock foodstuffs and the amount likely to be sent out next winter is expected to exceed that figure.
Fred C C Whittemore Jr of St Louis aged 20 and a Yale freshman died from a spine injury suffered after being struck by a baseball several years ago.
Boilermakers at an oil refinery near St Louis built a frying pan five feet wide and eight inches deep. They spent five hours on the project and the item cost 42 dollars including materials. They plan to take the pan on outings to cook fish.
A rat was killed at the Warsaw Produce Company plant in Sedalia and eight young rats were found with closed eyes. A cat, hired to control rats, took the infants in, nursing and attempting to raise them on the plant floor.
Elmer Ozias of Centterview A M Craig of Knobnoster and James O Sutherland of Sutherland were elected state road commissioners by Johnson County Court with county engineer David Mohler to locate stake roads radiating from Warrensburg. At Warrensburg Normal 1078 teachers enrolled in the summer school, over 300 more than the previous year.
Porter McAdams an 11 year old boy was killed in Moberly Missouri when a revolver used in a cowboy game discharged the bullet struck the boy in the heart authorities said no foul play suspected and the incident is under investigation by local police
Sam Hardappe tells a shifty creditor that Bill left town, then the man learns Bill returned that morning and could settle a $50 debt. The scene plays at the door as creditors close in and Sam negotiates a quick escape plan.
A modest maiden lady explains she wants a visit to a chiropodist not for foot pains but to boast of having had a man at her feet. Her friend is astonished by the confession and questions the motive. The elderly woman blushes and reveals the intent in a whispered admission.
A columnist notes that enthusiastic interest in one’s occupation helps, but advises women in business not to discuss their work constantly. It argues conversation should cover varied topics as others have different interests and to maintain balance in social interactions.
A humorous exchange notes Maude’s heartache as a cracked head. The line plays on misperception of illness, delivering a wry pun about mental strain versus heartbreak.
The fragment presents a dialogue line asking to repeat a rule and providing the answer. It highlights a ethics cue: do not knock, boost. No additional context or entities are available.
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