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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
6
In a readible World News in Brief segment, a letter by Nicolai Lenin to a Swiss friend urges compromise among Soviet leaders to save the government amid its collapse. Reports note treaty talks with Germany and US progress toward a comprehensive peace pact.
The ZR-2 dirigible crashed over Hull after a test flight from Howden to Putham killing 16 U.S. Navy men and 27 British sailors. Spectators saw the craft buckle and plunge into the Humber as rescue crews saved survivors including N. Walker and Lt Little who died later.
In the Malabar district mobs of thousands of natives, stirred by religious fanaticism, burn white dwellings, loot post offices and public buildings, destroy property, and cut railway lines. Desperate pleas for aid reach white inhabitants as military reinforcements arrive and garrisons fire on the mobs amid many casualties.
Grand Junction engineer Douglas Armstrong was killed and 25 passengers injured when a Denver and Rio Grande westbound passenger train plunged through a bridge ten miles east of Grand Junction at 3:15 am. A hospital train was dispatched to the scene after reports the bridge supports were washed away by a cloudburst earlier. The engine and four cars went into the creek.
Cleveland Ohio ballots will be sent out for a strike vote among more than four hundred thousand railroad workers nationwide. The move was announced by railroad brotherhood officials.
Two more bodies were recovered from the burned Brown house ruins in Macon Georgia raising the death toll to six with one man still reported missing.
Rich Hill Missouri reports a movement to form a new county from surrounding Bates and Vernon counties driven by oil prospects. The Marais des Cygnes River and Marmaton and Little Osage rivers cut four and a half townships from main areas, making access to county seats difficult during floods. The proposed county would exceed constitutional size by about 450 square miles, leaving Bates and Vernon with about 700 square miles each.
Ray County Court forwarded seven bids for the Knoxville area north south highway project to the State Highway Board. Liberty Construction Company of Kansas City led with a bid of 22,836.46 dollars. owner Mike Ross. The project will use state and federal aid.
A 30 inch coal vein was struck at 280 feet depth in the Charitune Coal and Coke Company shaft at 7 p depth. The company began operations recently and will install a tipple at once. About fifteen miners to start work.
Cape Girardeau Missouri reports the Jefferson School is declared unfit and will not open for the new school year. Students from the southern part of the city will attend May Greene School, which will be ready when classes begin.
Arthur Kubish, a clerk at the Planters' Hotel, completed an automobile tour through Western Missouri covering 85 towns and nearly 1700 miles. He reported roads were mostly in fair condition and he met many fellow tourists along the trip.
Mrs. William O'Banon of Sedalia Missouri won first prize for biscuits and salad dressing in the home economics contests at the Missouri Centennial Exposition and State Fair. This marks her third consecutive year holding the blue ribbon for biscuits.
Poplar Bluff Mo Joe Stinnett a 12 year old boy was arrested for stealing a motorboat from a boathouse on the river below the Hamilton Brown shoe factory and was sentenced in juvenile court to the Industrial School at Boonville Mo to serve until he is 21 years old.
Bland Missouri, L. F. Neese former Bland Commercial Bank cashier and his brother John A. Neese faced a preliminary hearing before Justice W. O. Boyd in Owensville. They were bound over to the circuit court under a $5,000 bond.
Traveling men from Richmond will tour about 25 cities in the Richmond trade territory on September 7 and 8. Four counties will be visited and the trip will be more extensive than the plan last fall.
W H Burr, former superintendent of Vitalized Agriculture for Nodaway County, accepted the superintendency of the Parnell consolidated schools subject to his resignation from Brookings being accepted.
Three farmers A. L. Carrier B. Cornish and his son Carroll were seriously injured in Appleton City Missouri when a threshing machine engine exploded. The engine was completely wrecked.
Wellsville Missouri Lutherans form a mission by securing the Christian Church for activities. Rev. William H Gehrke named pastor and will lead the new effort in the community.
Rev. Otis L. Spurgeon of Des Moines has accepted the call to lead the First Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff Missouri after being extended the pastorate.
Milo Boman a Bernie Missouri merchant in Stoddard County has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the district federal court here. A receiver will be appointed at once to take charge of his properties.
W. M. Hughes, 60, of Montgomery County near Montgomery City, was found dead in his bed at home. He leaves a widow and three children, two daughters and a son.
State Superintendent Sam A. Baker announces Missouri will fund eight month terms for all districts in the coming scholastic year with state aid totaling 4 461 550 17 dollars, a 66 percent rise over two years ago. He asserts continued forward progress in public education funding.
J R Tustin of Kansas City is in Boonville Missouri securing options on land for coal prospecting. He has options on 500 acres and may expand to 1000 acres. If tests are satisfactory a company will invest about 250000 dollars and hire 300 workers to develop the field.
Kirksville Missouri mayor W E Neil announced the special bond election to fund waterworks improvements will likely be delayed until spring. After the prior election defeated the measure, officials are formulating plans to address voter objections.
Miss Mildred Buckingham Adair County treasurer married Alva Leon Holt of Galt. Holt has studied at Kirksville State Teachers College for three years and will graduate next summer.
Versailles Missouri reports Felix J. Kersting won the contract to build three miles of Morgan County road for 18000 dollars after the previous bidder failed to start on time, triggering a reaward to Kersting due to late subcontractor readiness.
William B. Harris aged 62, ex editor and publisher of the Piedmont Leader, died at Fort McIntosh in Laredo Texas from a complication of diseases. He had served with the Quartermaster's Department at the fort since late 1915.
The railway clerks association for Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas held a tri state meeting in Nevada Missouri. Vice-President Mrs Nally and State Senator W M Bowker delivered addresses. About two hundred clerks attended.
Perryville Missouri resident Lynn B Urban son of Dr and Mrs W E Urban has been designated as one of the candidates for a cadetship in the West Point Military School examination to be held in March.
Missouri Attorney General Barrett says the October term Supreme Court criminal docket will be the heaviest in state history, signaling a surge in indictments and trials across courts in Jefferson City.
Miss Zella Goch a Montgomery City Mo post office clerk and James Tackett a Montgomery City mail carrier were married at Mexico Mo in a simple ceremony.
Chillicothe Missouri Chamber of Commerce reports negotiations with Hygenic Heating and Ventilating Company to establish a local factory. The move signals industrial expansion for the city with a major heating plant manufacturer setting up operations in Chillicothe.
A heavy rainstorm with a stiff wind caused extensive damage at the Missouri State Fair grounds in Sedalia, marking the second such event since the Missouri Centennial Fair. Local authorities assess the impact and begin damage estimates.
The International Equal Franchise Association president cites a New England village story to illustrate men’s supposed heightened emotions. After an elderly veteran died with no help in life, the town funded a lavish burial and facilities, sparking her point that emotion drives costly actions over practical needs. She concedes there are exceptions while arguing men generally show stronger emotion than women.
The article describes using a glass vial to imprison fireflies as a lure for bass. William P. Osborne of the New York State College of Forestry demonstrates a contraption with a tubular pill bottle and three pronged hooks to trap glow insects. The device, sealed and weighted, aims to attract bass by the insects’ scintillations.
Despite currency woes Austrian concerts fill halls to capacity as early as morning and late at night. Vienna attracts native and foreign artists, with performances by a Chilean prodigy and musicians from Sweden drawing crowds.
A Morobe letter reports 13 years after Zahn of the Evangelical Lutheran synod began work in New Guinea, natives shifted from heathen practices including witchcraft. An estimated 8,000 Islanders have joined the Christian church reflecting major spiritual progress amid a history of cannibalism.
The Nation's Business reports Ecuador and Nicaragua are setting up aerial mail links. In China, 40 planes run 800 miles from Shanghai to Peking carrying passengers parcels and postal matter. Letters bear stamps showing an airplane beside the Great Wall.
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