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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
6
Government deposits to pay 2 percent interest
Secretary McAdoo announces that starting June 1 all government depositories must pay 2 percent annual interest on federal funds. The change is expected to add over a million dollars in revenue yearly to the federal treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Federal Treasury
Missouri Cities Face Salary Rule Clash With Constitution
At the Sedalia meeting of the State League of Missouri Municipalities lawyers warn the commission government bill may conflict with a constitutional provision that requires equal powers for cities of the same class. The issue centers on allowing small cities to fix commissioners salaries while larger cities are restricted. In Ray county tax dodging prompts a county board of equalization to raise personal property assessments by over 1 million dollars, spurred by judge Diverbiss and prosecutor Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Isidor Loeb
Law Department
the State University
Leslie KE. Bates
Excelsior Springs
Commission
Supreme Court
County Board of Equalization
Ray County
Equalization Board
F. P. Diverbiss
James Slack
Kingston
Caldwell County
Carrollton
Carroll County
Diverbiss
Albert Clark
Board of Equalization
William Jewell Debaters Clinch Seventeenth Straight Win
The William Jewell College debate team defeated Yankton College in Yankton South Carolina marking their seventeenth consecutive victory over four years. This final debate of the college year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jewell College
Yankton College
Yankton
S. C
Missouri State Militia Encampment Set for Nevada Missouri
The annual encampment will be at Nevada Missouri July 12 to 20 with five infantry regiments and cavalry divisions. Troops from Fort Leavenworth are expected to participate. Plan for Editors at Pertle Springs. Warrensburg Commercial Club coordinates with Pertle Springs for Missouri State Press Association meeting June 22 and 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Fort Leavenworth
Pertle Springs
Warrensburg
Commission Authorizes Bond Issue for Railways
The commission ruled to authorize Joplin and Pittsburg railways to issue 1 050 000 dollars of bonds to cover debenture indebtedness running to 1920 at six percent interest. Judge Kennish filed the opinion. The line spans about one hundred miles with an electric road between Joplin and Pittsburg Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Joplin
Pittsburg
Kennish
Eline
Kan
Folk matriarch dies in St. Louis home
Mrs. H B Folk mother of former Governor Joseph W Folk died at the home of her daughter Mrs James A Webb in St Louis. Mrs Webb Mr Folk and another daughter Mrs Lucille Cox were at the bedside at the time of death.
Minister Recovers After Toe Amputation in Kansas City
The amputation at St Mary's Hospital saved Rev. Charles Harbord of Monticello from blood poisoning caused by trimming a corn too closely. He needed a week before he could walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary's Hospital
Kansas City
Charles Harbord
Monticello
Missouri Referendum on Local Option Law Seeks Vote
Saloon men circulate petitions to place the June 22 local option law referendum before Missouri voters. Campaign advocates urge turnout as county units submit petitions for the statewide vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mew
Missouri
Columbia Seeks Commission Rule Amid City Clash
Movements at Columbia push to adopt a commission form of government. Tension arises from a dispute between the mayor and city council over management of the municipal water and light plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Bumper Elberta Peach Crop Expected in Howell and Oregon Counties
Orchardists and experts in the Eransville Koshkonong district anticipate a 1 million dollar peach harvest this season. About 1000 to 1200 cars of fruit will head to Eastern markets with consignments planned for New York and Boston. Three hundred sprayers are in use and no frost damage is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eransville-Koshkonong
Howell
Oregon
New York
Boston
Webster
Wright
Texas
Rabid horse bites three near Pilot Grove
A horse owned by Mrs. Frank Moore near Pilot Grove was bitten by a rabid dog ten days earlier. While treated by a veterinarian the horse bit three men. The horse was killed and its brain sent to Columbia for examination. The veterinary surgeon pronounces the case hydrophobia. The bitten men will undergo Pasteur treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moore
Pilot Grove
Columbia
Pasteur
Sedalia Wins Poultry Laboratory Location
F B Mumford dean of Missouri Agricultural College tells Sedalia Boosters Club that the U S Department of Agriculture will locate its poultry products laboratory in Sedalia, bringing scientific work and jobs to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
F. B. Mumford
Missouri Agricultural College
Sedalia Boosters’ Club
United States Department of Agriculture
M S U Law Students Made Honor Colf Members
Carl S Hoffman of Sedalia and Elmer Jones of New Boston, seniors in the State University law school, were announced by the faculty as members of the Order of the Colf an honor fraternity for top students. Two others may be chosen at commencement if their grades qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. U
Order of the Colf
Carl S. Hoffman
Sedalia
Elmer Jones
New Boston
State University
Death of Julius Lehmann Hits St. Louis Figure
Julius Lehmann longtime North Side politician died at his St Louis home. He was among nineteen delegates indicted over the Suburban Railroad Bill passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Lehmann
North Side
St. Louis
Lehmann
House of Delegates
Lid Lifting Grocers Targeted in Beer Case Probe
Prosecuting Attorney Sideman of St. Louis asked police for a list of all grocers who sell beer by the case for family consumption. A neonotype account notes a death in an alley where a man was killed in a dispute over a horse leading to an arrest of a man named Anderson Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sideman
St. Louis
Warrerabure
Dan Warnick
Money order scam tied to Hillsdale post office theft
In Warrensburg a money order blank stolen from the Hilltop Kansas post office during a prior robbery was cashed at a local bank. The incident centers on the bogus instrument filed on a stolen blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Hilltop
Kas
Bandit Robs Kansas City Train Near Grand Central Depot
A lone highwayman robbed 13 passengers on the Kansas City Southern Joplin Fort Smith Local No. 5 between Grand Central depot and Centropolis. Passenger Jesse M Short wounded during the attack which yielded about 1200 dollars and jewelry. The robber fled after the late night assault as the train traveled 45 miles per hour. He was tall and well dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Grand Central
Second
Wyandotte Streets
Centropolis
Jesse M. Short
Jophia
Rothot
Short
Joplin-Fort Smith
Business of Murder in Choctaw Land Grabs
In Muskogee Oklahoma old and sickly Choctaws were targets in poison plots to steal tribal land. Government investigations pin conspiracy to poison Ellis Wood as the first Hugo arrests of W Bronough and Ed L Reed. Allotments ranged from 320 to 1200 acres, creating a rich motive for grafters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Hugo
W. Bronough
Ed L. Reed
Ellis Wood
J. H. Stolpher
Thompson Asks Duty On Sugar In Tariff Debate
Six Democratic Western senators led by Thompson oppose the tariff bill with a focus on sugar and wool schedules. Newlands Chamberlain Lane Shafroth and Walsh joined the protest. The president allotted three hours for conference as two senators spoke at length. A letter from Honolulu’s Episcopal bishop warned that placing sugar on the free list could yield Hawaii to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Newlands
Chamberlain
Lane
Thompson
Shaffroth
Walsh
Hawaiian Islands
Works
Senate
Honolulu
Senators O Gor Man Push Gettysburg Medal Bill
In Washington Senator O Gorman introduces legislation to authorize the Secretary of War to award a medal to every surviving Union and Confederate veteran of the Gettysburg battle. The measure would appropriate 30000 dollars for the medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
O'Gor- Man
Secretary of War
Gettysburg
Alaska Governor Vetoes Anti Alien Fishing Bill
Governor Clark vetoed the anti alien fishing measure aimed at Japanese fishermen just before the Alaska legislature adjourned sine die in Juneau Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Clark
Heroes of Manila Bay Dined at Washington Reunion
Twenty one surviving officers who served under Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay gathered in Washington for the fifteenth anniversary reunion and banquet of the Society of Manila Bay. Personal reminiscences were shared and Admiral Dewey read Edward G Curran’s poem Lest We Forget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, D. C
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Society of Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Edward G. Curran
Philadelphia
Accused of $60,000 Theft in Six Years
Los Angeles resident W. J. Ranney chief clerk in the auditor's office of the Atchison Topeka Santa Railroad was arrested and jailed for embezzling more than $60,000 over a six year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
W. J. Ranney
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Railroad
United States Recognizes the Republic of China
The United States has recognized the republic of China. The Chinese government expressed appreciation with an elaborate reception for the legation staff at the Winth Palace in Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Education
China
Pekin
United States
Republic of China
Legation
Winth Palace
Yale Senior a Thief
New Haven police report John P. Leary a Yale Law School senior was arrested for theft and committed to Springside Home for mental observation after indications of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
John P. Leary
Yale Law School
Springside
Canada United States ties praised at Albany dinner
Premier Robert L. Borden of Canada and Governor Sulzer urged mutual respect and open trade in a final University of Albany dinner, noting a shared heritage and a 4000 mile undefended boundary from Atlantic to Pacific. Sulzer predicted the Great Canadian Northwest would become the granary of North America and called for expanded trade and elimination of tariff barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Robert L. Borden
Ada
Sulzer
Albany
United
Stu
Borden
Objesson
World
Atlantic
Pacific
Lawrence River
Canadian Northwest
North America
West
Beca
Queer Arrangement on a Day Coach Journey
A dialogue contrasts travel by night and day as one character refuses to take a sleeper for a trip. The other questions how a night journey can be made in a day coach, exploring travel expectations and practicalities.
Deaf Mute Knows Much By Fingers Despite Limited Education
A thoughtful remark notes that even without formal schooling a deaf mute can possess rich knowledge and skill, shown vividly through the phrase at his fingers' ends. The observation highlights practical wisdom beyond traditional schooling.
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