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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
2
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President Wilson shapes a landmark state document outlining U S aims in Mexico as open policy for world nations. Agriculture Secretary Houston cites farm life improvements and women on farms as a focus while Britain’s stance on Mexico draws attention.
Temperature fell to 22 degrees in Amarillo Texas wrecking vast quantities of feedstuffs. Marvin Tritch of Kirksville Missouri drew No 1 for government lands in Fort Niobrara and North Platte reserves. The best Fort Niobrara claim is valued around 15000 dollars. In Dawson New Mexico 263 miners died in the Stag Canon No 2 explosion. remaining bodies buried under debris. Frank Pathybridge ex captain of Wendell Phillips Chicago football hospitalizing in Champaign Illinois from a brain concussion. Seven firefighters and twenty four injured in Milwaukee Goodyear Rubber fire with $500000 damage. more bodies likely. Strikers at Aguilar Colorado claim to have burned the post office and destroyed mail and money orders. Over 1,000,000 pounds of Canadian dressed meats arrive in Chicago under new tariff. A 250,000 dollar St Louis corporation plans to control most undertakings and livery firms. William Riley 18 of Wilmington Delaware dies from football game concussion. A local contest injury details. Bus and horse costs up significantly since 1890.
The will of Adolphus Busch filed in St Louis leaves charitable gifts totaling 170000 to St Louis institutions and sets most of the estate in trust with Mrs Lily Busch Charles Nagel and August A Busch as trustees. National Grain Dealers Association informs Secretary Houston it supports standardizing foreign grades. Fort Worth & Denver freight derailment near Amarillo kills two and injures others. Harriet Vernon found dead in Los Angeles suite with throat marks. A New York boy Needle incident recalls ancient accident. Tulsa exhibition collapse injures many at South Main Park. Martial law marked by three clashes in southern Colorado coal fields. one mine guard killed. casualties reported. Frederick Ok water works well wall collapse kills five. Wilson speech at Mobile signals policy toward Central and South American republics. Colorado governor orders militia to disarm mine guards and strikers.
Election results show insufficient votes for a legal presidential choice. estimates in Mexico City put turnout under 10 000 of 80 000 eligible. Other items note the battleship Zrinyi entering the Panama Canal pageant, Moro deserters with arms, and mixed European stance on Mexico pending U S plans.
Postmaster General Burleson plans standardized standards across the postal service by operating model offices to test methods and devices. The Atlantic states, Middle West, and Pacific Coast will each host two Washington experts to study conditions and reorganize clerical forces if needed.
Tulsa delegates at the International Dry Farming Congress urge creation of a nine member national agricultural research commission with a resident secretary. They seek 4.5 million dollars in federal funding and expect a two year report on U.S. agricultural development. Wichita was chosen for the 1914 meeting. Prescott, Budapest, and Regina were other bidders.
Five Clarksdale men rode in a fast lightsout auto that struck a buggy on the outskirts of St. Joseph. Two doctors aided the injured, and Ernie Bellis and Orville Riley died. three otherswere seriously hurt.
Police reveal a conspiracy to assassinate Victoriano Huerta the provisional president of Mexico. Two women confessed they were paid to lure him to a location for a shooting. They were to receive $500 and named several male conspirators now under arrest as authorities hunt others.
General disarmament of strikers and special officers begins in the coal mining district. Walsenburg is the first camp disarmed under Colonel Edward Verdeckbergg. General Chase, returning from inspections, expects several days to complete the operation and noted strikers are willing to surrender arms if guards are disarmed.
Springfield reports Peoria cabaret singer Blanche Nelson died in a restaurant in the city. The cause is not disclosed as authorities investigate the death at the scene.
A notice on the First Natchez bank door in Natchez Mississippi states the bank has been placed in the hands of receivers. The state chartered institution carried a capital base of 125000 dollars.
Unofficial reports say the Frisco Railroad may install a 2-cent passenger fare across Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma. The plan, if adopted, would affect daily riders and fare structures along Frisco routes.
In Mexico Audrain County the local option vote swung 65 to 0 for the drys with 1 547 votes cast. Dr John W Million led organized dry workers from before dawn as women kept vigil in snow outside the saloon headquarters. The wets stood little chance as dry forces closed saloons and prepared lists of voters across four wards.
Warrants issued for John Cunningham president Frank Cunningham vice president A T Tindle cashier and 8 P Reynolds director of Old Pemiscota County Bank charging them with receiving deposits while insolvent All but Tindle arrested Tindle believed in Youngstown O The accused say deputy state bank commissioner advised taking deposits Money repaid to depositors after bank closure by deputy comptroller Indictments against Tindle last summer Bondsmen sued for aiding the cashier Warrant swearing said to be prompted by bondsmen friends
The Randolph County Coon Club rescheduled its big hunt to November 4 5 and 6 to avoid clashing with the circuit court session. A coyote shipped from Lawton Oklahoma arrived bearing a box inscription claiming it was from the governor of Oklahoma to John Lynch for Randolph County hounds with pedigrees dating to Daniel Boone's era.
Bert Farris 80 of Webb City died when the Oakland compressor station of the Quapaw Gas Co near Joplin exploded from a leaking valve. The building filled with gas and Farris presumably lit a match on entering.
The Francis M. Cockerell Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy presented the Cross of St Andrew to five South ern Confederacy veterans J G Senior W H Driver D M Baker J K Shanks and F J Zeuber at Warrensburg A speech by chapter president Miss Neal Burrus opened the event followed by a dinner.
Clothing found on a body under a corn shock near Mount Vernon was identified by Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Bezoni of Springfield as worn by their son Adrian, 24, who vanished September 15 to haul household goods for a man intending to move to Springfield from Ash Grove. The coroner's jury ruled death at the hands of unknown persons with three head wounds from an ax and a hammer.
Jule Favre a 19 year old Frenchman was found dead in William Lupberger s field about half a mile from his home and three miles east of Rolla He had been missing since Wednesday and was evidently struck by lightning His hair was singed his hat burned clothes scorched and his left shoe torn off.
A. Ross Hill president and MVC Board chair confirms the annual Missouri Kansas game will be played in Columbia on November 22.
W T Murphy a farmer near Albany reports a 28 ton alfalfa yield from a Syen acre field with a second cutting expected. The farmer notes prospects for further harvests.
A funeral for Adolphus Busch in St Louis drew family members and 150 honorary pallbearers. Citywide: streetcars halted for five minutes and many offices suspended work. Delegation from the Grand Army of the Republic draped the coffin with an American flag as Charles Nagel eulogized Busch as a giant among men.
A two day session of the Missouri Fire Preventive Association was held here. The body consists of special agents and adjusters from fire insurance companies in Missouri. Its aim is to promote fire prevention and cut the large preventable losses from fires. About forty five to fifty members attended the gathering.
The Ozark region reports twelve inches of snowfall, a storm never seen in October. Heavy snow broke branches and toppled trees, bringing down telephone and electric lines. Residential streets were blocked by fallen limbs, disrupting daily life.
Detroit Reader reports two women praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Mrs James G LeClear credits relief after two years of suffering and insomnia despite doctor visits. Mrs Chas BokElL of Philadelphia says two bottles ended backaches side pains and headaches affecting her periods and she later had children with no recurrence.
While racing to aid A. J. Andrews superintendent of the Bonitazine mine a motor ambulance from a Joplin undertaking company at thirty five miles per hour turned over injuring occupants J E Threlkeld and Lucius Parkhurst.
Dr. R. A. Sparks on his South Fork farm reports a successful first rice crop in Howell county. The project suggests rice can be a profitable product for Ozark counties in Missouri and other farming regions seeking diversification.
W A Rhea of the University of Missouri won a scholarship donated by Sir John Bernstrom of London in the students judging contest, the opening feature of the National Dairy Show in Chicago. L W Wing Jr also won a scholarship from James A Walker of Chicago, with C C Richardson of Kentucky State University taking the breeding society prize after Wing’s prior sweepstakes win. Missouri totaled a fraction over 3 766 points from 4 800 possible.
Judge L. C. Slavens was found dead in a chair at the Ashland Hotel in Kansas City. The coroner attributed death to heart disease. He had practiced law in Kansas City since 1865 and lately resided with his sister on a Platte City area farm.
Mrs. A F Sneed of Centralia dies in Parsons Kansas at 83. She was the last living charter member of First Baptist Church in Centralia. Her husband previously served as Centralia mayor.
Wilson Monroe Alspaugh a wealthy Pettis county stockman and former Hughesville bank president died at his Sedalia home from typhoid fever.
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