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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
6
A compact digest highlights a Mexico & Orient railroad contempt ruling in Sweetwater Texas, multiple fires destroying businesses in Avant Oklahoma and Leominster Massachusetts, and a series of accidents and political notes across Missouri Kansas and beyond. It reports student protests at Arkansas University, Lusitania delays, labor inquiries, and weather related incidents, all framed in a rapid, period newspaper tone.
A Missouri senator introduces a topic on international relations while a Kansas gas company faces civil penalties and several states report notable events. A hotel burns in Portland, a bank consolidation occurs in Omaha, and a James gang treasure hunt nears Blackwell Oklahoma. Tornado fatalities in Arkansas are reported alongside harsh winter delays in trains and rising school book costs.
Capiases issued by the Criminal Court at St Joseph involve 23 warrants. One targets C A Cook district clerk of the Missouri casna elepho crerk and the rest target the company for failing to comply with the Missouri Utilities Commission order cutting telephone rates from one tenth to one fourth. The company rejects payments at the old rate. Special Train for Grocers planned by Frisco officials carries 75 to 160 National Retail Grocers Association members from St Louis to Texas and back via Oklahoma. Two baggage cars four tourist sleepers and a diner will be used, journey lasting two weeks.
Missouri University selects teams for debates with Colorado Texas and Kansas. Debaters will back recall judges against Colorado at Columbus April 20 and argue for the honor system in exams against Texas on April 27. Missouri will oppose recall at Lawrence against Kansas with dates pending.
Muskogee Oklahoma and Jefferson City leaders attended the sixth annual Commercial club banquet in Columbia. A. Trumbo and Hugh Stephens served as presidents and speakers, with Claude A. Wheeler as toastmaster. Dean Walter Williams and Prof I Loeb from Missouri university also spoke.
Frank Howard, 12, died and his father Berry Howard is in serious condition after an explosion in the Rockport home when the boy tried to start a fire with gasoline. Two other boys and a girl, all younger than Frank, were burned.
Woolridge Golden was sentenced to two years for assault to kill at Brookville. He cursed Judge Fred Lamb and other court officials, his sentence increased to five years, then disputed the judge and demanded ten years, which was imposed.
Michael Charnock, a Springfield stonecutter, received a letter threatening that his home and that of his brother in law would be blown up unless he and his wife reconciled. The couple has been separated for weeks. The letter was turned over to the police after Charnock, who was recently injured in a stabbing affray, reported it.
A pond near Piney River yielded jewelry identified as coming from Pace jewelry store after a fire in Houston damaged the business district. Fire investigators confirmed the blaze was incendiary and the pond drainage led to the recovery of the stolen items.
Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul was retained by Waters-Pierce to aid in its fight against the Standard Oil Rockefeller faction for control of Waters-Pierce at St. Louis. Kellogg served as a special United States attorney in its suit against Standard Oil.
Mrs. Millie Perry, age 16, was fatally shot by her husband who then killed himself in Calidas Col. Mrs. John Epperson of Brookfield witnessed the aftermath as the tragedy unfolded in her home.
Lawrence Hunt aged 17 died of tetanus at his father Charles Hunt's home near Liberty after stepping on a rusty nail last week. He suffered intensely until death.
Charles A. Pfeiffer, once the St. Joseph Republican mayoral candidate, will run again this year against incumbent Mayor A P Clayton who seeks a third term. Pfeiffer has publicly announced his intention to enter the race.
Rising Missouri River waters break ice gorges in the Mississippi above St Louis and floodwaters fill the river with floating ice. The ice reported to run for several days as conditions threaten river traffic.
Government inspectors report a found shortage at the St. Joseph customs office over several days, with authorities stating the deficit may reach 100000 dollars.
Henry Stone a 24 year old brakeman on the Wabash was killed in Columbia when crushed between two freight cars. He leaves a widow and was known as the senior pioneer Boone county miller.
Oscar Ingraham of Globe Arizona and Miss Suéla Virginia McCanne of Moberly were married with the bride propped on pillows in bed before leaving for St. Louis for a serious operation. Ingraham is a business associate of Governor Hunt of Arizona and a former Moberly resident.
Mrs. Harry Norton assaulted the doors of O. D. Millan's Springfield cafe with a hatchet seeking a supposed gambling game. She mistook the place for rooms and, after smashing the doors, was arrested.
Montgomery county court orders an election on a $25 000 bond proposition to build a courthouse at Danville. The city has deeded a courthouse and grounds valued at 15009, and passage would give the county two modern court houses.
The state training school for boys at Boonville names Prof. J. D. Wilson of Kirksville normal school as superintendent to replace Charles C. McClaughry who resigned December 30 to become warden of the Anamosa reformatory in Iowa.
A. J. Hicks of Taskee Station Wayne county was found dead in a Springfield Ullman hotel room from asphyxiation. The gas jet was open when the proprietor forced the door, and Hicks had been dead for several hours.
Only one of three Clinton County townships has elected delegates to the Republican county convention in Plattsburg. Cameron and Lathrop township committees postponed their meetings until next week.
Hartville suffered the season's worst snowstorm with accumulation from 22 inches to three or four feet. Snow began about 1 AM and continued until near midnight the following night. Local reports describe heavy drifts and travel disruption across the town.
Charles Miller aged 75 a longtime hardware dealer in St. Joseph for 50 years killed himself with a gun. He arrived in St Joseph by steamboat in 1859 and resided in the same building.
Joe Ramp, Drury football star and Middle West swimming hopeful, eloped with Dorothy White daughter of J H Waite a Springfield banker. They traveled to Marshfield where they were married in a brief ceremony.
Deputy Robert Love of Anderson captured the suspect about two miles northeast of Tiff City. Initially believed to be William Wolfenberger, a Southwest Missouri criminal, the man turned out to be Harvey Wirwick of Peona, Colorado, a Wolfenberger relative.
George Smith a blind peanut vendor at the University of Missouri inherits 22 000 from an aunt in San Francisco. He plans to use the money to seek treatment to restore his sight. He has lived in Columbia many years.
The St. Louis naval reserves report the Amphitrite, a monitor loaned by the navy department for training, has been lost to Missouri. General Rumbold was informed the government will move the boat to New Orleans.
President B. L. Winchell announced at a dinner in his honor that a new Frisco depot will begin within a few months in Springfield to serve a city of about 125 000 people.
Rumor says a large oil find may exist near College Mound along the Randolph county line after years of boring by an Eastern company. No official confirmation yet, but locals discuss potential impact on the region.
A sleeper train on the Illinois Traction system derailed at Beald Illinois, injuring fourteen passengers as cars turned over in a ditch fifty miles northeast of St. Louis. A Rock Island train No 6 left the track near Atkinson Illinois, sending three Pullman coaches into a ditch with passengers escaping through windows and being taken to Chicago by a following train.
In Wichita at Clear water High School girls secretly wrestled in the school gym while teachers and parents remained unaware. The bouts caused sore elbows skinned knees and sprained wrists and the activity eventually ended as the girls admitted their fun.
After more than four days of snow fighting the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Chicago Rock Island Pacific rail lines have reopened their main lines and trains run near schedule. The two lines were blocked completely since midnight Saturday, totaling five days the longest closure on Kansas main lines.
Des Moines Iowa reports an impending miners strike after the April 1 wage scale expiration. Thomas Ray, president of an Iowa mining company, says tens of thousands of American miners may join the walkout, including 20 000 in Iowa, with a meeting set for March 14 to discuss the terms.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief chemist of the department of agriculture says he has no plan to resign. He calls rumors of his resignation preposterous and pure fiction and notes they come from enemies who have attacked him in other ways.
Dickinson county commissioners and township trustees ordered about one hundred miles of country roads to serve all parts of the county. State highway engineer W S Gearheart spoke at the meeting. Engineers will prepare plans for road improvements.
In San Francisco California authorities found Samuel J Fisher his wife and two grown daughters shot dead in the family home. A public safety item was found in Fisher s hand and investigators believe he killed the others before dying in a personal crisis.
Washington officials vote two to one to ban saccharine in prepared foods and deem saccharine adulterated. Secretary Wilson and Nagel support the ruling while Secretary MacVeagh dissents. Manufacturers have one month to remove saccharine. The long running controversy is finally settled.
Walter W. Crump of Emporia Kan pleaded guilty in district court to bigamy and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Crump is married to Edna Gray Crump of Idabel Oklahoma Mary Ducey Crump of Parsons Kan and Minnie McGregor Carr Crump of Emporia.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, known as Bell, has absorbed Seattle’s independent telephone company and will consolidate the two systems as soon as practicable in Seattle, Washington.
New Jersey bill prohibiting justices of the peace from conducting marriages awaits Governor Wilson's signature. The measure targets officiants across the state and aims to regulate who can solemnize marriages. The debate centers on church and state roles in civil ceremonies.
Testimonies from Lydia E Pinkham campaigns claim the Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash cured abdominal tumors and post partum inflammation without surgery. Women from Peoria Illinois and Jessup Pennsylvania describe dramatic relief after treatment and urge others to try the products before operations.
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