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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
6
The article reports a German Polish clash in Upper Silesia with war preparations and food-train blockades. Lloyd George and Briand clash over Polish actions, raising risk of a broader European showdown.
Edward Douglass White, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, died after complications from bladder surgery in a Washington hospital. Born in Lafourche Parish Louisiana on November 3 1845 he served in the Confederate Army and studied at Georgetown University.
Franklin K Lane former secretary of the interior under Woodrow Wilson died in Rochester Minnesota after gall bladder and appendix surgery on May 6. He had battled heart disease for eight months and reportedly planned a long life of service after recovering from the operation.
London. Prime Minister Lloyd George restates Britain’s stance on Upper Silesia. He rejects distorted French reports and says the fate of Upper Silesia must be decided by the supreme council, not by Korfanty. He warns treaty promises cannot be trampled and urges restraint to avoid further trouble.
Police announced the recovery of 3200 dollars in cash and Liberty Bonds believed to be part of loot stolen from the State Bank of Augusta Wisconsin last week. Three men are held in connection with the case.
The long national mine strike nears its forty-eighth day as widespread hunger and suffering spread beyond relief efforts through Cardiff and Welsh coal regions. Workers face dire conditions as relief agencies struggle to meet escalating needs.
Hamilton M. Wright describes Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands with Atitlan volcanoes looming above steep shores. He notes the lake’s depth of over 1,000 feet and surface 5,000 feet below sea level, its trout-filled waters, dramatic cliffs, and shifting mists and rainbows as afternoon sun and squalls create a theater of nature.
In Charles P Taft home Cincinnati a private collection of old masters draws notice for Dutch English and French schools. The Tafts have built a renowned selection over twenty years including Frans Hals works praised by Frank Duveneck as among the finest in the United States.
Sir Auckland Geddes told of wolves and a cabin in Canada with a torch and revolver but the next morning officials learned he had killed a rabbit. French Ambassador Jusserand teased him, noting there was no tiger in the tale.
A bequest buried beneath the Bush Terminal in Aldych London promises a secret chamber. Mr. Bush plans to place present day implements inside to reveal our occupations to posterity. The dilemma is what to conceal a bottle of pickles a Bradshaw a razor or a reel of cotton.
A fragment records questions about care routines including using nitroglycerine at night and rubbing with glycerine every two hours during the day. It references a head nurse and a nurse asking for guidance on nighttime treatment.
Governor Hyde welcomed more than 400 Grand Army of the Republic members for their fortieth annual encampment in Jefferson City. He spoke in the House chamber as flags hung through the city and Capitol. A bronze tablet with Lincoln's Gettysburg address was presented to the Soldiers and Sailors Museum. The parade was shortened to ten blocks due to veterans’ ages. Journalism Week at Missouri University May 28 to May 27 features lectures exhibits and plays with combined conventions from state journalist groups and writers and press associations.
The México Chamber of Commerce plans an intensive May drive in Audrain County to recruit new members under the St. Louis chamber's Development Service Department. A. Gorrell, vocational agriculture instructor at McMillan high school, will assist farmers and operate from the chamber offices during the summer.
Dewey Tucker aged 22 pleaded guilty in the circuit court to murder in the death of taxi driver William Spain near Carthage. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and rushed out of town on the first train due to fear of mob violence.
The body of Dr. W. W. Martin of Kirksville, a physician who died in France after a fall from a horse during World War I service, is being sent back to the United States per a War Department notice received by his relatives.
A test oil well is being drilled on the Mound Farm near Lakenan owned by J. B. Corwine. Equipment is moved from the Von Thun farm near Shelbyville where drilling stopped after 2,080 feet.
The State Public Service Commission authorized Kansas City Railways to keep an 8 cent street car fare for six months starting May 18, extending a rate in place since August 20, 1919.
Warrensburg Missouri reports the American Legion posts of the Sixth District will hold a picnic at Pertie Springs on July 21. organizers expect about 5000 ex service men and their friends to attend.
Committees from the Commercial Club the Farm Bureau and Farm Club plan a large farmers and livestock exhibit in Chillicothe during the fall. The Livingston County Calf and Pig Club show and sale will be a feature of the week.
Forty-one students will receive diplomas at the graduating exercises of Missouri Military Academy on May 24.
Sedalia Missouri report says Antoinette Sullivan postmistress of Lamonte and her husband Daniel an assistant at the post office were indicted by a federal grand jury. They allegedly bought goods from mail order houses with postage stamps and inflated post office sales enough to raise their salaries by one point.
Jefferson City Mo May 24 the State Public Service Commission will hear the main line railroads of the state in their second applications within months for a modification of an order forbidding changes in passenger train schedules abandoning small stations telegraph service and converting public stations into prepay stations.
Cape Girardeau proceeds with building operations including twenty five new homes and several business structures. A large theater and a moving picture house for negroes rise amid strong material demand, with expenditures several thousands above last year’s level.
A seven foot bald eagle was trapped by Clem Farout, a farmer two and a half miles west of West Plains Missouri. The bird had been raiding his ducks and had eluded prior shooting attempts. The capture occurred in a steel trap set by Farout.
West Plains Missouri mourns funeral services for Frank O. Green attorney and former member of Green and Green who was killed October 31 1918 on the Belgian front his body returned from overseas for burial at the Christian Church with services held locally.
An election consolidated 10 rural districts in Skidmore Missouri including Eureka Mount Vernon Albright Union Star Union Valley Scrub Oak Burr Oak Good Will and Liberty forming a merged district.
Poplar Bluff Missouri reports Otto Frederick a pioneer Missourian claims the secret of health lies in sleeping with the head pointed north. He asserts he has not been ill in fifty years and urges others to try the northern sleep superstition.
Sedalia Missouri resident Henry FE Fieming died at 68 after living in Sedalia for 16 years. Born in Virginia, he is survived by three sons, two daughters, two sisters and three brothers. Burial was at Lamonte.
Sedalia Missouri obituary for John B. Longan aged 93 long time Pettis County resident and retired farmer. Survived by son Judge George F. Longan and daughter Mrs Samuel L. Highleyman both of Sedalia.
Bakers in Springfield Missouri reach an amicable understanding with employers ending a citywide strike. All bakeries are back to full capacity as operations resume.
The Ironton high school baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr. M. Biggs of Ironton at the historic Presbyterian Church in Ironton Missouri.
Chillicothe Missouri Travelers Protective Association of America wrapped a two day convention electing H A Elbrecht of St Louis as Missouri Division president for the coming year.
Roy Conner was found guilty in Huntsville Missouri of the murder of Earl Williams last October and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary.
Baccalaureate services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Otterville with Rev. Davis Baptist of Sweet Springs delivering the sermon.
A movement to revive the old Boone County Fair in Columbia gathers support across Boone County with approval noted beyond the city. Organizers seek to restore the event as a countywide community showcase and tradition.
The contract to build the new dormitory at Howard Payne College in Fayette was awarded to Murch Bros Construction Co of St Louis for 83250. Work starts now and must finish by October 1 with a 40 per day penalty for delays.
Fayette Missouri obituary announces the death of Mrs Anna Elizabeth Bell wife of W L Bell at her home at age seventy two.
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