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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
6
A swift German air raid on London caused heavy casualties. Official tallies reported 534 dead or wounded, including 97 killed and 437 wounded, with numerous casualties among women and children. Reports also detail captures, frontline shifts, and Allied commands.
General Pershing was greeted with cheers in the French Chamber of Deputies as Premier Ribot and Minister Viviani praised American unity with France. He paid tribute at Napoleon’s tomb, then met veterans at the Hotel des Invalides, including a Crimea veteran in old uniform.
Lincoln June 15 Theodore Roosevelt denounced pacifists at the Nebraska statehood jubilee accusing the nation of cowardice over German ruthlessness and failure to prepare for war. He urged undivided loyalty to the flag and Red Cross support for American troops in Europe.
William A. Hamilton was found guilty on one count of white slavery by a sealed verdict in the U S District Court. He received four years in Leavenworth penitentiary plus prosecution costs. He was acquitted on the first count and convicted on the second for returning the girl to Kansas City.
London reports a munitions explosion at Ashton under Lyne killed fifty people and injured many. Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law announced the casualty figure in the House of Commons.
London June 15 Zeppelin L-438 was shot down over the North Sea by naval forces. Admiralty reports no survivors. Chancellor Bonar Law announced the destruction in the House of Commons.
Missouri enacted the Shannon-Glick act effective June 18 1917 regulating branding and sale of commercial feeding stuffs made from grain and seeds. Each package must bear a label listing net weight brand or trademark manufacturer address crude protein fat crude fiber and ingredients with registration permanent and free copies available upon request.
The partly decomposed body of 14 month old Lloyd Keet was found in an abandoned Crenshaw well eight miles southwest of Springfield after a Memorial Day kidnapping. Prosecutor Paul O'Day said two suspects threw the child into the well to avoid detection while Sheriff Will Webb escorted the Ad ams family and others from the city to Jefferson City amid fears of mob violence.
The University of Kansas opened its summer session at Lawrence with a record 425 students enrolling on the first day. University officials said this marked the highest initial turnout ever for a KU summer term.
Chillicothe showed loyalty by purchasing Liberty Bonds including one $5,000 bond and five $1,000 bonds. The action highlights community support for national war funding and local civic participation.
Clarence Kabler a 15 year old son of Mrs. Richard S Kabler was killed when run over by an automobile driven by Jerry Willhite Jr in the southeast part of Vernon county They were returning from a party when the boy attempted to cross the road misjudging the distance to the car.
A head on collision near Freeburg on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway fatally injures Warren Decker an engineer from St Louis. Fireman Harry Hawkins of Eldon suffers a broken leg and conductor W J Mudgett of Union is severely injured in the wreck.
Herbert S. Hadley former Missouri governor and longtime national Republican figure has accepted a professorship in the University of Colorado at Boulder law school.
Edward Wilson a farmer near McAllister was found dead by a Blackwater ford with his horse nearby. No violence marks on Wilsons body and the cause remains a mystery as investigators search for clues about the unusual death.
Funeral at St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal church draws thousands as baby Lloyd Keet is laid to rest at Maple Park cemetery. Police pursue suspects tied to the well death while Paul ODay announces a warrant charging direct complicity naming Dick Carter for smothering the infant.
Scott County voters rejected the $800 000 permanent roads proposition by about 200 votes in the first Hawes law election in the state. The defeat ends the plan for road improvements funded by bonds in the county.
A special election in Joplin defeated two measures. A $225000 bond issue to repair the municipal electric light plant failed, and a proposed five year contract to supply power by a private corporation operating in Joplin was also defeated.
A severe electric storm in Butler County wrecked property and toppled the revival tent used for the Scoville evangelistic meeting in Poplar Bluff. The tent was torn down and parts were scattered, with damage to surrounding confines.
George C. Howenstein aged 74 former mayor of Carthage and Civil War veteran died in Carthage Missouri from heart trouble. He was a pioneer resident who settled in Southwest Missouri soon after the Civil War.
The will of James J. Butler former congressman and St. Louis Democratic leader is filed. It estimates the estate at $1 000 000 with half to the widow and half to his son Edward Lancaster Butler. The mother acts as trustee for the son until age 35.
A 35 year old man named John Crockett took his own life near Fairfax after bad weather kept him from his fields, ending his life by hanging.
Mrs. A. D. Freeman, longtime Morton resident, marked her 90th birthday by posing under an elm and two sugar maples she and her husband planted when they bought their farm sixty three years ago. The land, bought in 1854 for $1.25 an acre, is now valuable.
Guards reported a riot at a St Louis workhouse injured about a dozen prisoners when a black man and a white man clashed. Two fire departments responded and helped quell the disturbance.
Harry Price 28 of Carmargo Illinois died near Mexico when struck by an eastbound Wabash train. Price served as assistant foreman for a Western Union construction crew.
A morning scene features Myrt and Stell discussing a noisy hat and attire while a laundress praises white clothes as she shops for Red Cross Blue brands. Grocers advertise products in the scene.
The essay argues American education suffers from declining masculinity. It urges vocational training and male leadership in townships and schools, claiming men would fill top educational roles and justify higher pay to restore national vigor. It asserts masculine influence across country and city schooling strengthens youth training and national welfare.
A four year old boy from Muncie named Bobby visited a circus and received a sack of peanuts to feed the elephant. He returned with the sack still full after saying he could not tell which end to feed them to.
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