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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
6
Curated snippets from multiple regions offer brief notes and curiosities for quick reading. Highlights cover trade, travel, culture, and science as compact items for early 20th century audiences seeking broad awareness.
President Wilson confronts a revolt within his party as Democrats in Congress threaten to quit work for the year, while his administration pushes the anti trust program and a December session agenda. The Underwood Simmons Tariff is signed amid treasury telegrams enforcing the new duties.
Reports recount General Alvarez and 125 federal troops killed in Torreon under Villa order. Suffragettes disrupt Westminster Abbey prayers. Lord Kitchener allegedly targeted, and Diaz departs Venice amid rumors. Egypt Mohammedans unsettled British forces as Tomosi earthquake destroys Panamanian village. Diaz sails for Vera Cruz. Dr. Feinach heads to China. ex-president Diaz may return to Mexico soon.
Joplin voted 2118 to 1184 to adopt a new city charter creating a commission form of government, marking the first Missouri city to do so. The plan includes a mayor and four commissioners elected on the second Tuesday in April after a primary, with recall and initiative clauses. The campaign featured strong opposition from politicians and city employees and support from businessmen and unions. In separate action, Missouri rate cases in Kansas City delayed a $3,000,000 to $15,000,000 rail charge ruling as Judge Smith McPherson considers whether railroads owe excess charges beyond a $10,000 bond and how suits may be filed.
Dr. W. C. Guild of Marionville, a dentist and noted photographer, was arrested in Springfield and jailed on a second charge of counterfeiting United States three dollar notes by photography. He had just completed a five year federal sentence and was released from Leavenworth a year ago. Local citizens doubt his guilt and note he rarely left town.
Springfield voters rejected the commission government by 501 in a low turnout. Only half of eligible electors cast ballots as supporters plan another bid, with the charter allowing a new election within thirty days after the totals show 1,547 for and 2,048 against.
State Senator Wallace Crossley and wife returned to Warrensburg after five weeks in the eastern states. He, with Senators Gardner of St. Louis and Daniels of Kansas City, members of the senate committee on penal institutions, studied prison conduct and will present findings to the next legislature.
Sol E. Waggoner of St. Louis was elected president of the Masonic Home of Missouri at the Grand Lodge meeting in St. Louis. Other officers selected include Vice Presidents John P. Shott of Jefferson City and R. F. Kreeger of Kansas City, Secretary Mrs. Ida Downey, and Superintendent Clifford C. Baker.
Four men in Missouri have declared their intention to sit the Rhodes Scholarship qualifying examinations to be held this month in Columbia. The scholarship pays 1500 dollars annually for three years of study at Oxford.
Attorneys for Mrs Susan Ross convicted of murder at Fulton have filed a motion for a new trial. The court took the matter under advisement until November for a final decision.
City officials of St Louis outlined to the state public service commission an extensive program to eliminate grade crossings. The action involved Missouri Pacific and other railroads to carry out the plan. A 10 year electric light contract referendum in Bevier was defeated.
The Macon County grand jury reported after three weeks that hundreds of citizens file false assessment lists, allowing large sums to evade taxation. They promised a thorough November investigation and expected numerous indictments for perjury.
Mrs Winnifred G Cabanne of St Louis inherits $750000 as beneficiary of the will of her grandfather Jerome Francs Downing who died in Erie Pennsylvania last June leaving a substantial estate to the young heiress.
Two alumnae of Christian college will visit Panama this winter as guests of the president Miss Ethel Lloyd daughter of Congressman James T Lloyd. They depart late October with chaperon Miss Ramona Lefevre sister of the first secretary of the Panamanian legation. In March Miss Lloyd will be joined by Miss Agnes Shackelford daughter of Congressman Dorsey W Shackelford for an extended European tour with a chaperon.
Plans for a large Taneycomo Club clubhouse on Woodman Heights at White River head of Lake Taneycomo are nearly complete. A charter will be sought once incorporation papers are filed. The club aims for 120 rooms and a membership of about one thousand.
Miss Ora Bush composer and songwriter died at her aunt's Fayette home after a long illness. She had lived in New York for several years and returned to Fayette a few weeks ago.
The University of Missouri let the contract for a stock judging pavilion and store building to be erected behind Machinery Hall at 19000 dollars. The work includes heating, airing and plumbing as part of the exhibit facilities.
Colon Panama crowds watch as dynamite blasts open the Gamboa dike allowing Gatun lake waters to enter Culebra cut. Dredges immediately begin work to finish the channel toward navigation with the lake rising to a forty five foot level. Colonel Goethals notes no spectacle for the waters joining Atlantic and Pacific.
Leslie Bush pitched the Philadelphia Athletics to an 8 to 2 victory over the New York Giants in game three of the World Series. The rookie dazzled veterans with speed and control, supported by strong hitting from his teammates. Bush and Schang starred on the mound and in the batter’s box, while Tesreau and McLean failed to hold the Giants.
A rain and wind storm hit Kansas City at 9 p m causing a brief tornado in the southeast area. It raged for about an hour. the twister damaged structures, blew down trees, shattered windows, and endangered residents for twenty minutes. Several people were slightly injured.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels rejected bids from Carnegie, Bethlehem and Midvale Steel Companies for armor plate for the battleship under construction. The decision sides with the Navy in selecting a preferred contractor and proceeding with the project.
Fire swept through the Southwestern Milling Company's mill in Kansas City Kansas damaging the largest mill in the city. Officials estimate the loss at 250000 dollars.
An October tornado hit Oyster county near Broken Bow Nebraska causing minor damage in town but wrecking many buildings and injuring several people in rural areas.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr may receive the Progressive nomination at a Newark event as Oscar E. Straus reportedly declines. The development signals a contested nomination within the party and potential shift in support ahead of the election.
Dr. A. L. Soresi of New York, famed after a London congress, plans to resume experiments grafting limbs of the dead onto living bodies. He notes success only in dogs so far and cites the crucial issue of time before using human subjects.
The dialogue presents a sharp exchange about a singer described as pretty yet deadly to a song, implying a metaphorical murder of music in a stage moment. The overheard remark contrasts admiration with accusation in a nostalgic theater setting.
A brief notice notes the bride was very shy, even shy ten years ago about giving her age, and her reserved demeanor is described as the central character trait in this wedding notice.
Paris researchers plan a giant electromagnet project aimed at advancing physics research. The proposed device would become the largest of its kind, enabling new experiments and potential breakthroughs in high energy and materials science.
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