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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
7
Missouri legislature probes prison operations with Emma Goldman case cited as disruptive. Prison board members defend policies while noting limited punishments for inmates. Separate report covers sheriff murder, convict chase, and an anti lobby law ruling striking down a contingency fee provision in a Rol la case.
State Auditor George B ann asks the Fiftieth General Assembly to clarify if travel expenses may be charged to state funds and to require officials assigned outside Jefferson to pay for lodging away from the capital. He also urges limits on hotel bills and incidental costs while officials stay in Jefferson.
Speaker O Fallon appoints joint committee members to accompany Governor to New York or greet Missouri National Guard troops returning from service. Members include Frank Hopkins Julius Veky J G Morgan Rev W O Dixon Elbert F Spencer with two senate picks by Bowker and Glick. Carl Holland Porter and Walter Wooley are named among the fallen soldiers honored. More than twenty soldiers attended the service led by Rev W O Thompson.
Mary Martin a longtime Missouri public school teacher lies near death in a St Louis hospital after losing a leg to embolism and facing possible further surgery. The state public service commission approved Laclede Gas Light Co of St Louis to sell 10 million dollars of first mortgage bonds to refund an issue due May 1 1919. Bonds bear up to 7 percent interest and will be sold for at least 96 percent and convertible into stock or other bonds.
John Schmoll city public welfare director and Republican state committee chairman writes legislators against Senator Kinney bill to admit St Louis residents to the Mt. Vernon sanatorium for free treatment. He says sending tubercular patients to the state institution would cost the city 50 percent more than current Koch Hospital care in St Louis County.
Truman Powell of Stone County is critically ill at his Capitol boarding house. The 77 year old, said to be the model for the Shepherd of the Hills character, suffers a complication of diseases after recounting a close encounter with wolves near his home last winter.
Marshall auction sold 43 head of Poland China hogs for 4800 dollars averaging 111 dollars and 62 cents per animal. One notable lot brought 226 dollars.
Kansas City reports 16 year old Adelaide O Dowd has slept or been unconscious for 57 days after a severe typhoid attack. She now receives liquid food without a tube, with tiny amounts placed far back in the mouth and swallowing occurring involuntarily. Physicians note unusual typhoid spread beyond the gut and doubt vaccine effectiveness.
Montgomery City reports A B Hendershott resigns as county treasurer to become cashier at New Florence Bank. Gov Gardner may name Walter Gregory of St Louis as county treasurer. Gregory has long local ties and strong reputation. Claude G Piersol's appeal from a 35 year kidnapping sentence in Webster County jail is dismissed for lack of perfected appeal. The infant Lloyd Keet, son of Holland Keet, was reportedly stolen May 30 1917 and found dead in a well on an abandoned farm.
In a tense legislative session the senate delays final action on the suffrage bill No. 1 as supporters seek the 18 votes needed while Senator Mayes backs a full assessment to cover liquor tax shortfalls. A Bronson committee pursues Missouri Centennial funding, and new bills move through committees on waterworks street name changes and corporate registrations.
Republican leaders in the legislature caucus support the league of nations to prevent future wars while opposing binding US entry into European conflicts. They back the senate's recent action and reject foreign powers settling internal disputes.
House special committee commends the supreme court judges and four commissioners in a report stating the docket is not congested.
American troops occupying territory had been buying and selling iron crosses as a thriving, informal business but the trade has now been banned.
A senate committee moved to end many bills in the series addressing the Children’s Code. Proposals to name the father, fund a deserting-husband locator, and empower county courts were halted as part of the plan.
A humorous exchange between Old Bumpus and his wife about women and social gatherings. She muses on wanting a large house to hold a party, while he pokes gentle fun at inviting a vast crowd.
In a humorous exchange, Flannigan asks Norah about the music a fox trot is a fox trot A child clarifies the term while referencing a Buffalo Express jab about a fox tied with tin cans.
In a humorous chat Smith asks for the best appetizer. Jones replies that the absence of the price of a meal is the best appetizer. The exchange highlights thrift humor about dining costs.
A stranger at a foreign hotel is confronted by a detective who claims to search for an escaped convict and demands to see the passport. The man protests and presents his bill of lading, prompting the officer to read a puzzling description that ironically fits the stranger and orders him to accompany them.
A brief dialogue fragment shows Bocker asking when trillions will come and the other character wonders aloud about boredom and curiosity. The text lacks concrete events, dates, or identified organizations.
A brief note recalling peace time duties and a soldier’s view of serving as a kicker in the army. The speaker reflects on future duties and the sense of duty in wartime versus peacetime roles.
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