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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
2
Reports from Paris Washington and London outline German demand shifts and Allied reply. France seeks penalties after May 1 and reveals a secret Czech Slovak alliance as Britain dismisses impossible terms. Rail tariffs and coal shortages threaten U.S. industry amid new road contest and veteran insurance payouts.
The State Board of Equalization tentatively reduces real estate and personal property values bringing totals down from about 4.448 billion to around 4.0 billion dollars. Kansas City and St Louis area lots see notable cuts while farm land values drop 10 percent to align with city assessments. Total taxable wealth may reach about 4.5 billion, up from 2.7 billion last year. Also, State Fair premiums rise to about 75,000 dollars as a centennial exhibition spans August 12 to 20 with a two week fair period and 150,000 legislative appropriation.
Mount Vernon Missouri hosts the second fair for farmers not fakers from September 29 to October 1. Manager Keith McCause says the event aims to showcase genuine agricultural efforts. Last year Lawrence County harvest show stood out as a large regional exposition.
Hopkins Missouri will hold commencement exercises May 20 at the Christian Church with sixteen students graduating. Dr J A Thompson president of Tarkio College will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the Hopkins Methodist Church on Sunday evening May 15.
Columbia Mo news notes son James Dorsey naval cadet at Annapolis says the class of 1922 will graduate six months early and commencement exercises will be held next December.
Doniphan Missouri Mrs Margaret Hel goth of Naylor is under bond to answer a criminal charge of embezzling 2974 dollars and 24 cents from the Farmers Bank of Doniphan while serving as cashier several months ago.
Boonville Missouri residents have subscribed 304000 toward a new bridge across the Missouri River. The erection is assured, though some soliciting remains and fundraising may take a week or more to finish.
The seventy fifth annual convention of the Missouri Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the grand conventions of the associated high priests and the grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Missouri were held in Sedalia.
Seymour Missouri reports that a 500 acre orchard near town owned by N. L. Brady of Chicago will not raise any apples this year as buds that survived the Easter freeze were killed by later frosts. C Vollenweider, manager, notes the damage and attributes it to the sequence of frosts after Easter.
Dr. Roger B. Wood, 60, of Fulton, Mo., died at Still Hospital in Kirksville after a week of treatment for a foot infection aggravated by diabetes. The obituary notes his Fulton residence and the medical cause.
Shelbin a Missouri board of directors oversees a plan to erect a large building in the city and will immediately install a modern cold storage plant.
Jefferson City Jr Governor Hyde sent a requisition to the Governor of Georgia to extradite Thomas W. McCall, an escaped prisoner, back to the penitentiary. McCall, convicted in Jasper County in February 1915 for first degree robbery, is believed to be held at the Georgia penitentiary in Atlanta with a few days remaining on his sentence.
Drillers west of Shelbyville proceed to 2070 feet in black granite. Indications suggest operations may cease as depth nears their goal. Similar bore findings in northeast Missouri counties point to water beneath the granite rather than oil.
Attorneys for Mrs John Parsons aged 15 charged with the murder of her 6 year old stepdaughter Mary six weeks ago plan to seek transfer from circuit to juvenile court when the case is called next month. If granted this would mark the first instance of a married person being tried in juvenile court in this sector of the state.
Louisiana Missouri Century Club women fundraise 25000 to aid the Susanah P. Barr Memorial Hospital in the city. Executor Robert A. May states 30000 is now available from the Barr estate for the hospital.
Cecil Woodcock nine killed when thrown from a mule tied in the check lines, dragged along the field where his elder brother worked. Son of William Woodcock, a farmer three miles west of Stanton, Missouri.
Cape Girardeau farmer Henry A. Schlegel living near Dutch Town filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S district court at St Louis. The case was referred to Referee H E Alexander. Liabilities are listed at 7000 dollars and assets at 1800 dollars.
Ozark voters in Christian County approve a 45000 bond issue by a 6 to 1 margin to fund a modern school building. Final tally is 430 to 72, with bonds to be sold immediately and a fall term opening planned.
Enos Terry and his wife, residents southeast of Butler, marked their 50th wedding anniversary at home. They wed in Appleton City on April 20, 1870, and have lived within 10 miles of their wedding site ever since.
Secretary Hughes met with allied ambassadors including Belgium Italy Japan and Britain to discuss Germany's proposals for reparations. Officials indicated U S replies would hinge on allied decisions and potential Paris London exchanges before a final position.
President Harding sent a letter praising American newspapers for wartime motives read at the Associated Press luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria. He hoped the administration would earn the goodwill shown. John W. Davis appeared as general counsel for the AP.
Cape Girardeau Missouri. The Highland Orchard Company completes an orchard of 2300 Alberta peach trees, the largest commercial peach orchard in Cape County. Plans also call for a 50 acre apple orchard this fall.
David Brown announces the sale of what is believed to be the largest private landholdings in the United States. The holdings exceed 40 million dollars in value and cover about one thousand square miles in California seven million acres in Oregon and three and a half million acres in Nevada. Brown says public opinion demands division of the vast estate.
Fulton Missouri J W Holman returns from the Ozarks with a carload of Holstein and Jersey heifers to be distributed among Calway County calf clubs. The calves will be drawn by lot by the boys.
Fulton Missouri Mrs Esther Henderson Baker aged 40 wife of John R Baker a Fulton attorney and former Callaway county prosecuting attorney died suddenly in Asheville North Carolina.
Thomas E. Williams, 78, a retired banker and stock and land dealer, died in Nevada Missouri. He served in General Price's army in the Civil War and was a Mason, Knight Templar, and Shriner. He leaves one nephew and one niece as survivors.
Carrollton Missouri Rev. Oliver Reed pastor of the Baptist Church resigns and plans to leave soon to pursue evangelistic work.
Police hold five men after the shooting death of William Regan a bartender just before midnight. Authorities say Regan was marked by a feudist gang in a mysterious case.
In Chicago labor wars prices for violence were cited with bombings at $100 and sluggings at $10. Otto Luedtke, former secretary and business agent of the labor union, testified in court.
A reminiscence by E. F. Howe in the Los Angeles Express recalls a playful era of Southwest mining yarns. Prospector No 1 claimed a spring of natural gin while No 2 spoke of an invisible desert city amid quartz drift, and No 3 offered a sockdolager tale of a desert serpent with a gin cup that music when rattled.
A tale from the financial district features an old Southern man explaining why he needs credit. He says ducks carried away nearly all his cotton profits after shipping to Memphis, deducting freight storage charges commission taxes and other costs. The punchline underscores poverty and satire in a plantation economy.
A teacher quizzes a class on the story of Solomon asking for the great queen who traveled to see the king. A student answers with the hint and identifies the queen of spades, per Grand Rapids News.
A man with a frayed collar states land is now worth £20 a foot, recalling he could have bought it for a song a year earlier. The other man jokes about singing, prompting the reply that he could sing but could not hit the right notes.
A brief humor item notes a witty exchange about recognizing a sister by figures rather than face, highlighting a pun on math skills and observation in a science and invention context.
A 180 ton daily wood feed yields about 3600 gallons of alcohol at roughly 25 cents per gallon under current conditions, as reported by the American Forestry Magazine. The method is cited as the most feasible large scale use of lumber mill refuse.
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