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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
2
British and German actions across the Western Front are summarized with repulsed assaults and recaptured positions in Bullecourt and Rouex. American moves include a vote to empower Roosevelt for a France division and looming food resource controls as U.S. enters war with Germany.
Washington May 18 Final action by Congress on the War Army Bill approves selective conscription to raise an army in increments of half a million from ages 21 to 30. Registration of 10 million men to begin within days, with President Wilson to issue the draft proclamation after the bill is signed.
Four more Third Pennsylvania Infantry guardsmen taken from Port Perry camp to hospitals in Pittsburgh after poisoning symptoms. Lieut William F Corcoran of Philadelphia died after falling ill in the old Pullman HQ car. In all twelve others sickened. investigation by military and county authorities under Major Foos.
The American steamship Hilonian, 2921 tons, left April 27 for Genoa with cargo. It was unarmed and 39 crew, 18 Americans. Four crewmen died. Captain P. H. Williams was saved.
A large Duluth Oklahoma Oil Company well in Blackwell Oklahoma is on fire. It yields about 1 200 barrels of oil and 10 million feet of gas daily.
The War Department announces the chief center of army training camps will be located in the new Southeast region by May 18, reshaping the nationwide training network and centralizing command under the department's decision.
United States District Attorney Oliver announced that six German aliens arrested in St. Louis are confined in the city jail. Twenty five aliens in the eastern Missouri district have orders for arrest and three are in Cape Girardeau. Names released include Henry Holzer Walter Fassbinder and William Boorg. Most arrestees are to be sent to Fort Riley detention camp unless released for good reasons.
More than fifty volunteers from the University of Missouri seek to raise 9000 dollars to fund a 25 man American Ambulance Field Service unit. Each man requires 350 dollars for passage and gear, plus 15 dollars monthly while in France. Committees will solicit funds in Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Joplin and Springfield.
The case against Robert J. Fine former excise commissioner of St. Louis County was dismissed in Clay ton circuit court. He faced a bribery charge for allegedly soliciting a bribe to withdraw opposition to issuing a saloon license.
Plans to erect a monument at Wilson Creek honor Gen. Nathaniel Lyon who fell there emerged as the state reunion of the G A R and Women’s Relief Corps convened in Springfield.
The eighth annual journalism week at the University of Missouri began with a Missouri Writers Guild session in Columbia. J. Breckenridge Ellis of Plattsburg was elected president to succeed Lee Shippey. Arthur Killick of Kansas City was named vice president and Floyd Shoemaker of Columbia was elected secretary treasurer.
The Rev. C. W. Collett, 86, a superannuated Methodist minister and long-time Missouri conference member, died in Fulton. Survived by his wife of 53 years and several children, including L. L. Collett, former county treasurer.
The Sedalia Chamber of Commerce schedules a county picnic with a feast, racing and games on July 4. The Sedalia city council is asked to pass an ordinance banning explosive sales for the celebration.
The Sedalia Journal, a weekly German newspaper, suspended publication recently on its fortieth birthday. Charles Bode Sr. has served as editor for nearly five decades.
Indefinite halt on new buying except for liquidation of existing contracts after a Chicago meeting with all major exchanges. May corn trading suspended until further notice while July and September wheat buying is limited to cover existing positions with price caps set at 2.71 and 2.41 dollars respectively.
Rowden remains convicted of perjury before the grand jury tied to the street car dynamiting. His appeal to the supreme court was granted.
W A Morrill paymaster for the M K and T at Sedalia who vanished from Sedalia in 1880 died May 4 at Trinidad Colorado under the name William Littlefield J West Goodwin received the news here recently
A federal jury in Kansas City ruled for Cornelius C. Peery John J. Masteries and Millard F. McKinley against Mrs. Clarisse M. Harrison of Syracuse New York widow of William H. Harrison seeking 22000 damages. The defendants served on the St Clair county court from 1912 to 1914 and were sued for failing to assess a levy to pay an injunction against the county in 1885.
Two cars of western fed lambs from Las Animas Colorado sold on the St. Joseph market at 19 dollars per hundred pounds the highest price ever recorded in the country.
Circuit Judge Frank P. Divilbis announced that farmers will not be required to serve on the May petit jury for the Richmond term. Sheriff Higdon was instructed to select only men from the towns in the county to fill vacancies.
A recruiting drive for the Fifth Missouri infantry known as Joffre's regiment is underway in St Louis factories after Marshal Joffre presented a colors stand to its officers at a Coliseum meeting.
On petition by Postmaster Gentry and John B. Murray the county court in Liberty approved painting the courthouse dome in red white and blue stripes. The patriotic display is said to be unique and attract favorable comment nationwide.
The Women of the W C T U canvassed Centralia merchants and obtained signatures promising to discontinue the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers.
A high corn price was reported at Richmond where John Morgan of the Sunshifte section sold a wagon load of corn for 133.50 to Hamacher. The sale reflected a record price for corn at the time.
A wartime appeal urges soldiers sailors and farmers to sustain the war effort. It highlights Canada Britain France and the United States joining forces and calls for agricultural enlistment and food production in the United States and Western Canada to feed troops and allies.
Eaton La Rue Moses a Cornell graduate and father of a family died in Jamestown New York at eighty years old He lived as a tramp in travel without a home and refused money or property He was known for simple speech and was welcomed in homes of wealthier friends
An old Cuticura advertisement urges using Cuticura Soap bath and Cuticura Ointment for irritated skin. It touts daily toilet use to prevent trouble, with a free sample by mail and a request to address postcards to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A remark about a friend’s seedy appearance is answered with humor noting he has just left an agricultural college. The exchange highlights campus affiliation and social banter in a clipped dialogue.
An observant note warns that a woman's intuition, though admirable, can lead to wrong conclusions if not verified. It emphasizes careful judgment and verification before acting on gut feelings.
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