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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
6
Elimination of commerce court and refugees aid bill report
A General Deficiency Appropriation Bill report outlines 100000 for relief of American refugees in Mexico and 300000 to start the Interstate Commerce Commission’s physical valuation of railroads. President Wilson travels to Cornish New Hampshire for summer and seeks peace efforts in Mexico amid Huerta’s rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Court
Mexico
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Wilson
Washington
Cornish
N. H
Congress
Huerta
Gamboa
Mr. Lind
Missouri Drought Strains Water Supplies Across State
Drouth affects fifty to sixty Missouri towns with water sources stressed and stock water scarce in places like Springfield and Sedalia. Report notes patchy rainfall, alternating green and brown counties, and corn crops at half to two thirds of normal yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Springfield
Sedalia
Johnson
Cass
Boone
Callaway
Governor Proposes 50 Million for U S Road Work
Governor Elliott W Major announces at Camp Major he will urge Congress to appropriate 50 million dollars for road construction across the states. He plans to rally Western governors to Washington after the special session to press for funds for state led road programs. He says the money would be distributed by population with Missouri receiving at least two million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Elliott W. Major
Clark
Brigade
Camp Major
Washington
Missouri
Fire destroys The Athletic mill largest in Webb City district
The Athletic mill the largest in the Webb City district burned down with unknown cause. The loss is estimated at $20,000. The mill ranked third among the district's largest ore producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb City
Scenic Railway Car Wreck Hurts Eight at Creve Coeur
A scenic railway car derailed at Creve Coeur Lake amusement park near St. Louis injuring eight people, with two in severe condition. Eyewitnesses described the car leaving the track at the bottom of an incline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scenic Railway
Creve Coeur Lake
St. Louis
Crop Outlook Mixed After Dry Weather Says Official
W L Nelson assistant secretary of the state board of agriculture returns from a state tour reporting corn shows better than expected progress despite dry conditions. He notes no widespread damage despite fears of ruin by croakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Nelson
State Board of Agriculture
Cigarette Ignites Farm Wheat Fire East of Independence
A passerby in a motor car tossed a lit cigarette into a wheat field on R. G. Kelley's farm six miles east of Independence. The resulting fire burned 32 acres of wheat and 20 acres of timothy and clover, causing a large loss to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Kelley
Independence
U. C. V.'s to Meet at Liberty
The commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans of Missouri sets the seventeenth annual state reunion for Liberty on October 8 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
United Confederate Veterans of Missouri
Man fatally shoots self examining shotgun near Moberly
George Nealy aged 40 and brother in law of C B Dishert chair of the state board of mediation died at his home near Moberly when he accidentally shot himself while examining a shotgun. His widow survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nealy
C. B. Dishert
State Board of Mediation
Moberly
Hannibal Pioneer Amanda De Garis Dies at 90
Amanda De Garis, 90, longtime Hannibal resident and early Marion County settler, mother of William and Edward De Garis, both local businessmen, died recently in Hannibal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Amanda de Garis
Marion County
William and
Edward de Garis
Flies Found Guilty in Disease Transmission Tests
A St. Louis University committee reports that flies act as carriers in a disease resembling infantile paralysis. Experiments show healthy animals remain unaffected by fresh meat but develop illness after exposure to meat laced with limberneck fly contagion, with both green and house flies implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis University
St. Louis Medical Association
St. Louis
Dry Weather Only Shows Minor Apple Crop Effect
John Bland of the state board of horticulture says dry weather has not harmed apples in more than a tenth of the state. He notes some undersized fruit in about ten percent and blames lack of spraying for wormy apples. Sprayed orchards yield a fine crop with good prices, similar to 1901 in Ozark and Boonville regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bland
State Board of Horticulture
Ozark
Boonville
Corn Tops Wheat In Farm Prices For The First Time In Years
Farmers statewide search for relative feeding value as corn sells around 85 cents a bushel while wheat brings about 75 cents. The shift marks the first time in years that corn outvalues wheat for cash crop income.
Government to test fur market with St Louis sale
The government will auction seal and silver fox skins worth about $100,000 in St Louis this fall. The skins, a season's kill from the Pribilof Islands, are on the way from San Francisco to be cured and prepared for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Pribilof Islands
San Francisco
Springfield Faces Severe Drought Amid Low Rainfall
Springfield received only 0.69 inches of rain in August and just one third of normal in July and June. The drought worsens city water supply shortages across Springfield and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lockwood Mobilizes 199 Volunteers for Road Work
The Commercial club of Lockwood organized road duties with 155 men and 44 teams answering the call. The effort lasted two days and resulted in eleven concrete culverts being constructed in Lockwood township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood
Commercial Club of
Lockwood Township
SixYearOld Snoots Baby Involved in Fatal Joplin Shooting
Oscar Fitzjohn six years old obtained an eight caliber revolver from a dresser drawer while playing in a bedroom at Joplin and fired a bullet into the head of Helen Broad bent two years old. The incident raises concerns over child access to firearms and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoots
Oscar Fitzjohn
Helen Broadbent
Joplin
Treasury to issue emergency currency for crop movement
Representatives of the St. Louis Clearing House Association and of the United States treasury have approved approximately $4,000,000 worth of securities to be deposited with the treasury in return for $3,000,000 of emergency currency. The funds will be placed in national banks across the West and South to relieve the crop moving stringency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Clearing House Association
United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Boonville approves $25 000 street bond by wide margin
The city of Boonville voted a 25000 bond issue for street improvements with 520 in favor and 186 against. Several blocks will be paved and current paving projects will be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Powdered poison linked to multiple deaths in St. Louis case
Powdered poison purchased by Mrs Margaret McWilliams of St Louis to kill bedbugs caused the death of Mrs Myrtle Neff and poisoned her husband Harry Neff, with additional poisoning of Mrs McWilliams and Lee Tremble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McWilliams
St. Louis
Myrtle Neff
Harry Neff
McWilliams
Lee Tremble
Bees occupy Dunkard church near Grant City Missouri
Industrious bees have taken possession of an old Dunkard church eight miles southwest of Grant City. Four or five swarms operate in the shell now thick with honey. Bees are building comb on the outside in spots. Attempts to subdue or rob the bees have met with a warm reception and the bees continue preparations for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Church
Grant City
Washington Officials Say Huerta Elimination From Mexican Race Assured
Washington says Huerta will not be a candidate in Mexico s forthcoming elections and that any bid to re sign in advance would breach faith with the world. Officials cite oral assurances given Nelson O Shaughnessy and interpret Garboa s argument on ineligibility as sufficient to deny recognition while withholding details of the assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Geronimo Trevino
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Bryan
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
United States
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Frederico Garboa
México
Senor Gamboa
Washington
Mexican Republic
Gamboa
O'Shaughnessy
Hurricane Rages on Ocracoke and Carolina Coast
The coast from Raleigh to Ocracoke suffers extensive hurricane damage with about five hundred island residents unaccounted for. Washington reports waist high water and two Norfolk Southern bridges washed away. New Bern and area towns face deep flooding, sunken vessels, destroyed docks and mills, with several deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Ocracoke Island
Carolina
Morehead City
Beaufort
Newburn
Washington
Bayboro
Bell Haven
Norfolk Southern
Governor John Morehead Bitten by Farm Dog
Gov. John H. Morehead of Nebraska was severely bitten on the right leg by a tenant's dog while inspecting a farm near Falls City. The dog was shot after the attack. wounds were cauterized and the governor is under careful medical watch. The dog was not known to be mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Karnopp
Fort Smith, Ark
Nebraska
Falls City
Heat Drove Water Carrier to Death in Joplin Well
In Joplin Missouri Sidney O Balls aged 70 a longtime water carrier became mentally affected by extreme heat in recent days and plunged sixty five feet into a well from which he drew water His relatives report the accident occurred during the heat spell and led to his death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin, Mo
Sidney O. Balls
George W Wells Wrecked Off Norfolk Coast
A six masted schooner named George W Wells was wrecked on the Atlantic coast near Norfolk Virginia. The crew of twenty plus two women and two children were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
George W. Wells
Here
A Boy’s Dream of Fatherhood Ends at Girls
Eleven year old Tommy imagines ideal fathering with marbles baseball dimes ice cream ponies and fun. His mother gently raises the possibility of having only girls and Tommy reacts with shocked disbelief uttering that the idea would be the dickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Eighteen Years of Ankle Sores Heal After Cuticura Use
Mrs Charles E Brooke of Kingsville Missouri reports a long battle with burning ankle sores. After trying many remedies for eighteen years she found relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, healing completely within three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Charles E. Brooke
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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