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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
6
Geneva meeting features open sessions compromise while Armenia Georgia and Danzig issues rise. Reports note U S absence and Red Cross stock raids as other nations weigh Germany Italy and Hungary positions.
Four convicts including two life-term murderers staged a bold mutiny at Jefferson City prison. They released 36 inmates, shot about 50 rounds, wounded guard W T Williams and injured another guard, while Earl Hunter was wounded. The plot was halted and all four attackers were captured.
Moberly Missouri sets publicity drive by Chamber of Commerce to host the Elks state meeting and the Missouri State Baptists Association convention. Efforts also start to attract the Missouri State Poultry Association as a permanent local establishment.
In Sikeston Missouri a blaze destroyed stables of the Southeast Missouri Fair Association killing three race horses. The fire caused an estimated 25000 dollars in losses, with insurance partially covering the amount. A nearby pile of 30000 bales of straw also burned.
A party of 80 Arkansas legislators will tour the University of Missouri College of Agriculture in Columbia. The visit, led by Gov elect Thomas McRae, aims to plan their own state's agricultural institution.
Governor Gardner honors three Illinois requisitions for the return to Chicago of James Ross James Jones and Alex Brown held by St. Louis police on charges of stealing an automobile from Henry Henderson of Chicago. Dean Walter Williams of the University of Missouri will speak at the Northwest Missouri Press Association meeting in St Joseph December 3 and 4 with C L Ficklin of Maysville as president.
Sedalia Missouri obituary notes Eliza A Schlotz hauer born in Ohio 87 years ago died in Idaho Springs Colorado after living 60 years in Pettis county. She is survived by four daughters a son a sister and a brother.
In Jefferson City Missouri the Military Sisterhood a patriotic women’s order has planted a tree on the grounds of the State Capitol in memory of Missourians who died while serving in the world war.
Cape Girardeau Missouri hosted an Armistice Day parade with participants from 14 divisions under the Louis K. Juden Post American Legion. Hundreds of Red Cross members and several other posts joined the observance.
Sedalia Missouri Mrs Susan Woolery widow of farmer Robert Woolery died here aged 60 after 15 years residency Two sons survive in the family obituary noting her longtime Sedalia home and survivor count
Missouri health officials plan a campaign to improve child health in the southern district. The Division of Child Hygiene seeks state funding to eradicate mosquitoes and create a sanitary engineering bureau for rural areas. Dr Viola Russell reports severe malaria typhoid and smallpox and high infant mortality among school age children, with many cases of trachoma and vision loss.
Mr and Mrs John Scovern celebrate their 50th anniversary at home in Macon after living there since 1882. Scovern began as a printer’s apprentice and later sailed steamboats, surviving the Sunnyside fire near Island No 16 in 1868. Also in Jefferson City 175 Missouri Telephone Association members meet to discuss keeping exchanges afloat amid steady costs.
Gov. Gardner honored requisitions for the return of Jackie Jones and Dick Collins to Lucas County Iowa. They are said to be in custody of Kansas City police and charged with robbing a Burlington Railroad freight car of men's clothing worth $8,000.
The Missouri State Horticulture Society will hold its annual meeting in Springfield from December 6 to 8. A major feature is a large apple display, with the standout fruit sent to Columbia for the Farmers Week apple show.
Harry Joy Hoffman born November 11 1874 in St Louis son of F E Hoffman Sr of Sedalia died in Kansas City where he lived with his wife formerly Miss Bess Joy of St Louis Hoffman was associated with the Bankers Mortgage and Trust Company in Kansas City
A requisition was issued to the governor of Montana for the return to Missouri of Denny Chester charged with first degree murder in Kansas City. He is accused in the information accompanying the papers of killing Miss Florence Barton.
Friends of Ben Dillard of Aurora Missouri push for his appointment as game warden under the Hyde administration. Dillard was previously considered under Hadley, but the position went to a St Joseph man.
The A. P. Green Fire Brick Company reduces daily hours from nine to seven to keep both plants running through the winter amid falling orders.
A joint meeting of Patriarch Militants of the S O O F encampments in Butler Odrian Garden City and Nevada conferred degrees on a class of fifty candidates.
Sedalia Missouri hosts the Missouri State Conference for Social Welfare with workers and welfare advocates gathering to discuss child welfare and related social services.
Freda Carr of Bland in Gasconade county won the first prize in the Missouri Good Roads Federation contest for the best essay on why the $60,000,000 Good Roads Bond Issue should carry.
Jefferson City report notes 22 counties and the City of St. Louis have not filed returns with the secretary of state from the late election.
Western and southern senators push for restoring the War Finance Corporation to aid farmers amid plunging prices. Senator Dial urges President Wilson to resume operations and cites lack of cooperation from Secretary Houston. An outbreak of meetings and hearings is planned to press relief, including Capper Hersman Volstead and a probe of credit terms.
In Earlington Kentucky five of sixteen men trapped by a mine fire in the Arnold mine were found dead from suffocation. Eleven other miners were rescued after rescue teams dug a tunnel and later entered with gas masks to reach the entombed workers amid heavy smoke.
Chicago reports panic driven influx of half fed inferior cattle from across the country. Albert Baker of the U S bureau of markets warns the market is demoralized as farmers rush to unload underweight stock, causing price breaks. About sixty eight thousand cattle were in the stockyards at the opening, the largest in two years.
More than sixty German merchants arrived in Japan to solicit trade, with Kyoto advices noting they met with little hostility and reporting on the diplomatic stance of Japan toward German commercial efforts.
James William Buel, noted writer, journalist and editor, aged about, died in San Diego. His name appeared on the title pages of fifty four works, some volumes numbered ten to fifteen each, marking a prolific career in literature and publishing.
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