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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
7
Fragmented OCR notes describe a new machine with steel rolls for wheat processing and packaging in polished steel units. A later item mentions Defiance Cold Starch highlighting 16 oz packaging and no sticking. Various brief snips touch on a minister, a clerk, and unrelated vignettes about crimean regiments and public notices.
A frank statement by Senator Eiking places him in the Senate committee rate bill dispute beside Senator Foraker. The administration’s fight over rate legislation intensifies despite Foraker’s claims of harmony with the president. Senator Elkins hints at the committee’s plan to omit the presidency’s key demand that rate making power move to the Interstate Commerce Committee.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts the State Federation of Labor adopted resolutions condemning socialism and the Industrial Workers World formed in Chicago in July led by Eugene V Debs. The measure denounces the IW W as an attack on the national labor body and vows to resist by lawful means, prompting protests from Socialist delegates.
Oregon congressman John Newton Williamson of the Second district was sentenced in federal court to ten months imprisonment and a $500 fine for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Appeals are pending and a stay of execution is in place. Williamson will be released on own recognizance pending further court action. Judge Hunt presided and a defense objection over his congressional duties was raised but denied.
Washington district news reports the Kansas attorney general C Coleman asking the Supreme Court to advance the Arkansas River water dispute with Colorado to an argument no later than May 1. Colorado attorney general Miller and solicitor general Hart objected, citing the lengthy record and case importance, proposing next October. The court took the motion under advisement.
In Stockholm authorities expect a near unanimous ratification of the Karlstad treaty by the rigstat after secret sessions in which both houses discussed the pact. Details circulated show strong support among officials though some parties voiced concerns about the destruction of Norwegian fortifications and related treaties.
ST PETERSBURG reports a delay in signing the Portsmouth peace treaty as both the original French and the Engle copy prepared for ratification await a mutual understanding on simultaneous action. Ivens indicated the issue could stretch a few days, with signatures expected soon after.
An old editorial tale and a Colorado gossip item appear in this fragment. A beleaguered editor seeks his missing instrument of power, offering a reward through Acetylene Jones, while a secret Colorado wedding is revealed by gossip in Denver News.
General Isaac J. Wistar founder of the Wistar institute at the University of Pennsylvania leaves most of his estate valued at 2,000,000 dollars to the institute along with his right arm and brain to aid anatomical research.
An airplane pilot in Massachusetts left a money wrench on the ground after climbing 900 feet. He attempted to walk back for it but stepped on a cloud with a hole and fell, injuring his ankle. The Denver News reports the curious incident.
Mineral Idaho resident D. B. Colson declares Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his sciatic pain, saying the pills stopped his hip agony and improved walking. The ad cites uric acid as rheumatic and sciatica cause and claims the medicine cleanses kidneys and blood.
A soldier on a foraging expedition found a bottle of whisky and drank it to console himself. Returning to camp he was placed in the guardhouse as his condition was reported to the captain. The captain asked how he became so, and the sergeant said he captured a bottle of whisky, a play on words with the phrase surrounded it.
Denver News reports debate over a two year confinement under Elbert Hubbard’s philosophy for Antone Woode. Critics question merit while supporters say the board’s decree should stand. The text notes social reactions and mentions a lecturing woman.
An advertisement cites nervous women and “female weak neats” claiming Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound calms nerves and relieves hysteria, irritability, and fatigue. It presents testimonials from Mrs Chester Curry and Mrs F Wigan praising improved health and urges letters to Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
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