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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
2
A compact survey of diverse items gathered from around the world presents brief updates for busy readers. The condensed selection highlights notable events, trends, and curiosities in a steady flow of short notes.
The senate confirmed the nine member commission on industrial relations with Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City as chairman. The tariff measure passed 44 to 37 after a two month senate fight, with party defections and crossovers affecting the vote. The administration currency bill moves to the house after committee reporting.
September crop report shows drought clobbered the West with 420 million bushels of corn lost in August and 230 million in July, leaving 2.351 billion bushels for the nation and 65.1 percent condition. Reports note showers in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and Illinois may bring more rain. Fire in Gypsum City destroys barns and yard. Bridgeport Ill home burns killing Alfred Goldenburg his wife and four children. Ocracoke Island escapes fatalities after the storm. NY-St Louis Flyer derailment injures passengers and crew. Maine’s Third District seat goes to Peters over Pattangall. A St. Louis firm plans to acquire most local undertakings and livery services. Porter E Cooledge found dead in Kansas City. Mount St Marys Orphanage near Wichita burned. Farrey Drew Camingetti convicted under the White Slave Traffic Act.
Harry Kendall Thaw evaded extradition briefly after crossing into the United States, fleeing into Vermont and New Hampshire before surrendering to a New Hampshire sheriff at Cole Brook. In Cedar Point, Ohio, the Lake Erie battle centennial banquet closed with peace predictions. An investigation began into deaths of eight Black youths at Harlem Texas convict farm due to confinement conditions. The Lehigh Valley Railroad derailment near Allentown prompted praise for steel coach safety. The Rockefeller Institute announced the rabies germ isolation by Dr Hideyo Noguchi after decades of study. Bokhoma Oklahoma burned down nearly all housing except Frisco station, with losses around 500000 dollars.
The assassination of Moritaro Abe, director of Japan's foreign office, shocks Tokyo as 15000 protest mass gathers in Hibiya Park calling for military action against China. Meantime Harry K Thaw faces Montreal proceedings as deportation orders swirl. Earth shocks hit Fort De France Martinique with no damage reported. Anarchist ties trigger suppression of Tokyo paper Niroku Shimbun.
C. C. Sawyer a retired Sedgwick banker died of heart trouble in a Glenwood Springs rooming house. Harry Thaw's mother Mrs Copley Thaw has arrived in Montreal aiding lawyers against immigration moves to send Thaw to the U S. Ex Gov Stubbs and family return to Emporia from Europe trip. Governor praises Kansas greenery. Jerome, ex NY district attorney and Thaw foe, arrested in Coaticook on gambling charge. Arthur Daily Swift & Co traveler from Burrton drowned at lake Contrary near St Joseph after cramps.
New York reports Mayor William J. Gaynor died on the Baltic while en route to Europe. The indirect result of the 1910 assassination attempt, lasting weeks of coughing and heart strain, the doctor cites heart disease as the cause. Adolph Kline served as acting mayor after Gaynor’s death.
John Robertson, a patient at the state hospital for the insane in Kankakee, was found in a basement room after forty days. He lay near a rusty water pipe, believed to be his only sustenance since July 31 when he vanished from a field. Plumbers discovering the scene entered to fix the water pipes.
Four men attacked War rington McAvoy, messenger for Garfield Park State Savings Bank, in view of hundreds on West Madison street. They seized a valise with 4600 in cash and 10000 in checks, then fled in a car driving west toward Forty-second street as the bank doors opened.
Lightning struck a large oil tank at the Kansas Oil Refinery in Coffeyville Kansas causing the tank to boil over and ignite the gaso line condensing plant two nearby houses a frame schoolhouse and the fire chief’s new motor car firemen and refinery workers fled the blaze with narrowly escaped death total losses are estimated at about 60 000 including the refinery 50 000 and the houses school and car about 10 000
Justice Hasbrouck of the New York Supreme Court rules Governor Sulzer was regularly impeached and, during impeachment proceedings, deprived of executive power including the right to pardon.
Mrs. Byrda Turley, a frail mother of four, fainted in McAlester Oklahoma after a jury found her not guilty of murder in the superior court room.
A carload of liquor seventy four barrels of beer and fifty five gallons of whisky was spilled into Enid Oklahoma sewer by Sheriff Shields under orders from Judge Bradley.
Charles G. Gates son of the late John W. Gates traveled by a special train from Minneapolis to New York through Chicago and paid 3046 for the service.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is ill at his West Orange home in Llewelyn Park. For the first time in eight years he could not go to his laboratory a short distance away.
State board reports show 24 percent of Missouri cattle disposed due to drought. Farmers lacking water or feed sold stock, while 30 percent feed new corn. Cattle on feed 54 percent and stock cattle 72 percent versus last year. hogs on feed 58 percent and spring pigs 75 percent. Water shortage reported by 88 percent of correspondents.
The board of health and Webster Groves physicians, famed as the spotless town of St. Louis county, met to investigate a typhoid fever outbreak. One death reported with sixteen additional cases and thirty under observation. sewer and water systems ordered inspected and all potential infection sources examined.
North central Missouri farmers consider feeding wheat to hogs as corn prices stay around 85 cents a bushel while wheat sits at 75 cents. Experts assess wheat’s value as hog feed as the practice slowly grows amid otherwise low yields.
Mountain Grove businessmen form a corporation to run a major poultry packing operation. They will buy carloads of poultry, fatten, kill, dress, pack, and ship to city markets for high quality consumption. The plant expects completion within thirty days.
P. J. Rowan a farmer near St. Joseph was overcome by gas while digging a well and slipped into water at the bottom. His pulse stopped but a pulmotor revived him after extraction.
Montgomery endures an unprecedented ice famine as local dealers warn they cannot secure ice until the current heat spell ends and temperatures drop. Citizens face shortages and rising concerns over cooling and daily needs.
The Rev. D. A. Sanford of the Texas Episcopal diocese has accepted the call to St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Mexico Missouri and will assume charge this month. He may also preach at the Fulton church as a missionary charge.
Neighbors rushed to the home of Mrs. Willis Hicks in Lockwood after a stove exploded and clothes ignited. Mrs. Hicks was found wrapped in flames and died about an hour later. She was alone in the house.
William Krug, president of the German American National Bank and early St. Joseph settler, died the other night. He was a bachelor aged 88 and accumulated a fortune in the city’s pork packing heyday.
William H. Greer, 71, longtime Lexington resident and ex Confederate veteran, died suddenly at home. Born in 1842 in Jackson county, he served first briefly with Quantrell then in Shank's regiment, Shelby's brigade, and was a familiar figure at Confederate reunions state and national.
Missouri University will install four new deans this year to replace three resignations and one on leave. Frank L. Martin will serve as acting dean of the school of journalism. Dean Waller Williams studies in Europe on a Kahn fellowship. Resigned deans: Howard Burton Shaw, Clarence M. Jackson, and Edward W. Hinton. Replacement plans in flux. John D. Lawson may return to law school post in France.
Missouri Press Association president Fred Naeter announces district vice presidents for the organization. A meeting of the executive committee will meet at Sedalia on Friday October 3 at the state fair grounds for Editors Day.
Official figures show 95,007 head of cattle received for the week at Kansas City stock yards, beating the previous record by over 1,200 head. The daily tally reached 965 head on the last day, with Chicago nearby in weekly totals.
City chemist Dr. Harrison Hale reports the Springfield Water Company supply is absolutely pure after analysis. State Health Board Secretary Dr. J A B Adcock, visiting Springfield, says the water is so impure citizens should boil it before use, citing observations at springs near the city and the Sac river.
Dewey Schurich aged 15 son of A. J. Schurich a Jagper county farmer died at Joplin from a gunshot wound believed accidental while hunting. The shotgun pellet entered his leg and caused blood poisoning.
Herbert Crepin eight died at St Joseph from a fractured skull after a ballor support post blew down at a Wa thena Kas picnic. Two other boys were seriously injured in the incident.
Joseph G Penquitt longtime Lamonte resident and former mayor died at his Lamonte home at age 77. A native of Virginia he also served as postmaster for many years shaping the town’s service.
A German woman aboard a South East street car, shouting to her son Charlie, crashes into a switch, prompting a man on the other car to stop. She finally yells that the key is under the mat at the back door, and Charlie jumps back to his mother amid cheers.
The United States consumes over two thirds of world banana shipments, aided by proximity to Caribbean supply. A Boston skipper introduced the fruit to Americans while Europe knew it later, making the U S the leading banana market with strong demand from American youth.
A light exchange on a hot day shows a man declaring plans for a boat ride on the lake despite skepticism about fishing. He shrugs off the risk, insisting the ride alone is a tiptop outing.
In a Louisville Courier-Journal quote, a speaker insists their brand of cigarettes sells well yet acknowledges they could be improved. He warns the old man not to press for changes, claiming the brand is so bad that people use it as a breaking point.
A mother listens as Thelma, age four, explains why she deserves the largest share of pie. She argues Harry wants the big piece because he is eating more pie two years before he is born.
A cautionary note urges examining every bottle of Castoria to verify the signature of death and warns that bears the label lived beyond thirty years. It emphasizes the product’s danger to infants and children and appeals to mothers to choose safer remedies.
A timid man tells a drug store clerk his hair is falling out and asks for help. The clerk replies with a simple instruction to get a box of a suggested remedy. The exchange reads as a lighthearted anecdote from daily life.
A witty line compares a rolling stone to a moss back, twisting the proverb to humorous effect about ongoing movement and constancy. The quip plays on familiar sayings to deliver light wordplay.
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