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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
7
About 150 Kansas City women from many homes spent 13 hours at North Side polling places from 8 am to 9 pm challenging political grafters and ward bosses. They learned election fraud methods firsthand and warned that returning voters could weaken the corrupt machine by election time.
A river festival in St. Louis features 150 power boats a new aero club balloon a racing barge flotilla and the torpedo destroyer Somers with Lieut A G Dribell as parade judge. The Somers departs for Peoria to join the Illinois naval guards. New St Louis balloon christened by Miss Edna Kiel with Captain Honeywell piloting. Kansas City library reports sharp rises in books read and lent. St Joseph chosen for 1914 Presbyterian synod opening Oct 27. A Hydeburg man deranged shoots his father and attacks animals before arrest. Rochester man Joe Kane killed crossing Missouri Pacific train. Sedalia German Pioneer Society forms Red Cross branch. John Piesuchi confesses to shooting a priest in St Louis.
Mrs. Parker Nichols of Makone found her long lost wedding ring inside the crop of a chicken sent to market by her mother-in-law. The ring had been missing for a year despite diligent search. The find followed the chicken being selected for a home fry after the birds were crated for sale.
An exhortation condemns fault-finding and celebrates forbearance. It contrasts redental virtues with haters who scrutinize others, urging kindness, charity, and bearing one another’s burdens as a path to a just life. The piece cites a heathen proverb on two walls guiding self and others.
Judge review covers Policeman John Lynch death near Alexander's drug store at Ninth and Benton Boulevard on April 30 1913. Suspects Tatman and accomplice fired. Lynch mortally wounded and wounded suspect. arrests by Sergt Dennis Whalen. Two trials with similar verdicts set for October 15. Also Wesley Robinson death sentence for May 11 1913 murder at 2313 Michigan Avenue. insanity defense unlikely at appeal stage. Court in banc to open October 27 with forty cases on docket.
The text extols wiser men submitting to learn from others without disdain. It stresses humility, willingness to lower themselves to the level of common people, and that many important truths come from simple, unlearned sources.
Ping promotes a deal offering 20 Fatima Cigarettes for 15 cents, highlighting a distinctive brand presentation.
Sam Gray of the House stenographic corps recounts reporting a former Speaker Cannon campaign speech in a western city when lights failed for about fifteen minutes. He says the speaker was not rapid, and he used large notes to transcribe once power returned.
A consular report on Jerusalem notes Jewish immigrants have adapted to local conditions and dominate much of the few trades. Population estimates vary, with 110000 or 95000 likely. Christians about 13000, Muslims 12000, Jews around 70000, many from Russia. Emigration to avoid military service continues, yet the Jewish population grows as elders attempt to end their days in Palestine.
A fragment from a World Speech celebrates an imagined universal language, claiming ease across diverse peoples. The excerpt includes garbled phonetics and nonstandard phrases suggesting a playful or satirical critique of language unity.
The text discusses regulating animals per acre to permit two or three hay cuttings for tender grazing. It notes when buds appear at stalk bases they should be cut. A Gumore tree reference and stray lines about a threatening man are included with unclear context.
A brief excerpt suggests Bate seeks to prevent others from sharing or obtaining something, highlighting potential restrictions or actions to curb access by third parties.
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