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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
6
A letter from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts discusses medical claims about an operation and cures. The writer asserts improvement since the procedure and references personal experiences with medicine and household duties.
A fragment from a periodical features remarks about a baby and a mother, then advertises Cuticura for pimples with soap steps. It pivots to light humor about shipboard cleanliness, captions cartoons, and a laundress singing “O Happy Day” while hanging wash using Red Cross Ball Blue.
An old newspaper snippet touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children with a fruity taste and dosing directions on each bottle. It urges mothers to say California when giving the remedy and includes a quip about deponents and depots.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets with directions for safe use and a list of common conditions they relieve. It notes small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger drugstore packages, linking to the Bayer Cross trademark and Monocetic acid ester of Salicylic acid. Also includes a quote about scarcity and a line about monologue artists.
A promotional notice for Ely's Cream Balm promising instant relief from head colds and catarrh. The ad claims the product clears air passages, relieves congestion, dryness, and headaches, and enables easier breathing after a small nasal application. It cites testimonials from a Boston Transcript item and mentions druggist availability.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatism and related pains. It promises instant relief from rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness, and swelling, noting skin safety and wide past use. The ad adds a poultry fancier quip about chickens and money.
Breckinridge Long urged Governor Gardner to call a special session to amend Missouri election laws so women can vote in the August primaries and November election. The telegram argues suffrage likely will be ratified soon and changes should prepare for full women’s participation.
Rev N Erans resigns as Howard Payne College preacher to allow immediate replacement. Charles H Brown of Fairplay seeks Congress seat in Seventh District. Wright County deaths include Mrs Meyers and Mrs Barr from influenza. Lebanon district bonds pass 85,000. Crane Club moves toward hospital stock company. Small town notices include 60th anniversary for Judge Salmon, state life company control fight ends, prohibition views, and various local incidents.
Jean Paul Marat, once Paris’s most popular physician not for skill but for appeal to wealthy women, drew crowds to his consultation rooms daily. He resisted their advances, which only intensified their interest, even as he later hid in Paris sewers and contracted a loathsome skin disease.
Mrs Smith and her daughter attend a film in a dark cinema. The daughter selects seats midway in the balcony. A man rises to let them pass, prompting the mother to remark that she touched a man's head, thinking it was a post. Laughter erupts and the audience loses interest.
On a sunny beach a young man, engaged to two girls Hazel and Betty, is blindsided by a playful hoax as a whispery voice, claiming to be the girlfriend he loves, teases him with a guess and a cheerful reveal. The scene mixes humor with youthful romance as the true voice identifies itself in light conversation.
Timothy presents a large cod to Marla in an Indianapolis setting. She reveals her birthday is tomorrow, while Tim hints he wants the gift kept for Jay as well. The scene hints at youth impatience and humor in a brief city vignette.
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