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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
6
Movements of German troops into Lithuania reach Paris via the inter allied mission as Greece contemplates a new king, and Bolshevik regrouping faces Moscow plans. Reports place Italy near upheaval, and Turkey, Syria, and the Balkans see cabinet reshuffles and territorial prudence amid a widening war frame.
Federal investigators reveal Mike de Pike Heitler confesses a six month bootlegging operation netting about 1 million dollars. A grand jury probes police and city officials as authorities estimate 4 million dollars of liquor moved locally amid fake robberies and stolen warehouse stock.
Britain plans an armistice day ceremony honoring all ranks from common soldiers to generals. An unknown soldier will be buried beside princes in Westminster Abbey, with the king as chief mourner. The cenotaph is unveiled at 11 o’clock after a two minute nation pause. Royal family, cabinet, and party council attend.
Paris reports Germany has sent to League of Nations offices in London drafts of diplomatic agreements entered with several powers since January 10. The move follows a circular invite from the League Council at Rome to all governments except Soviet Russia. London says Germans also dispatched a Rome pilgrimage led by Monsignor Schulte, archbishop of Cologne, to visit the city since World War I.
Washington reports Chairman Benson expressed belief that the Shipping Board's financial condition was sound amid reports of a potential deficit. He commented that the board was on solid footing and dismissed concerns of delays or behind schedule issues.
A Cheyenne breakfast scene on a early Union Pacific trip ends with a standoff over a milk cup for a six month old. Colonel Templeton offers a dollar and the proprietor refuses but the cowboy demands milk for the baby, shouting eat here while the crowd cheers.
Prisoners at the New Castle county workhouse petition the warden to keep Emerson Stone, Wilmington community service song leader, at the facility for life. Stone, a former Montana cowboy, organized weekly sings and Sunday services and envisions glee clubs and a band among inmates. He praised the inmates' musical talents and suggested an honor system for penal institutions.
The article explains how to mount prints flat without buckling. It advises dampening the area, paste the back of the print thinly, apply to the mount, and use a blotter and roller to smooth from center outward. Any excess paste remains within print edges.
The article describes a new U S Bureau of Standards device to test concrete fluidity. A 6 inch tall truncated cone sample is placed on a circular table top, raised and dropped, and 45 crank revolutions are applied. The spread diameter is compared to the original, giving a flowability number from 150 for bricks to 225 for reinforced concrete.
Audience chatter at a performance of The Mikado reveals mixed reactions. One man dismisses the show as dull and lacking catchy tunes while a woman contrasts it with Listen, Lester, noting the difference in style.
Jack Hardy a 22 year old former sailor in New York has two job offers. A woman offers $5,000 to be her bodyguard on a potentially successful Egypt trip. A Scranton couple offers $5,000 plus adoption for helping locate their 15 year old son. He seeks a hard challenging assignment and has not decided yet.
A humorous exchange questions pillowy prices as one character notes the pillows are naturally on the down grade. The other replies with a pun about their featherbed stock.
Frederick OBrien explains in Century Magazine that the Arioi of Tahiti killed infants born into their order, a practice justified by religion but driven by a natural need to curb population. The wandering group, composed of men and women, acted as performers and priestly workers, reflecting a once advanced Tahitian culture now reduced by contact with civilization.
Bari Aller a former army aviator survived six weeks stranded in a Nevada desert while repairing a defect in his plane living off jack rabbits for sustenance and daily survival.
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