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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
3
Paxtine Toilet antiseptic cleanses teeth and destroys germs of decay. Rinsing with a glass of water after brushing whitens teeth and helps prevent tartar, saving dentist bills. Superior to liquid antiseptics for toilet and hygienic uses. Available at druggists 25 and 50 cents or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston. Free sample offered.
A brief motto echoing W S Royston on rallying loyal allies to win a just cause. Garfield Tea is touted as a blood purifier eradicating rheumatism gout and other diseases. A quoted admonition about speaking carefully is included.
Mrs Cras Barclay of Graniteville Vermont reports relief from change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter touts complete restoration of health and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham who offers free guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
Missouri reports printing and publishing employs more workers than any other manufacturing sector. In 1909, 14,549 employees produced $29,651,000 in output across 1,322 plants, up from 12,613 workers and $24,412,000 in 1904. The Ozarks gain may brighten with a White River dam project funded by St Louis capitalists, promising cheap power and interurban links to Springfield and surrounding towns.
Missouri mills produced flour meal and feed worth 43.2 million in 1909 from 679 mills, up from 38.0 million and 582 mills in the prior period. Labor Commissioner J C A Hiller notes a 14 percent rise in five years and near doubling in ten years, with industry expanding to serve other states south of Missouri.
Dogs Galbraith, indicted as a leader in the 1906 Springfield lynching of three Black men, was brought from Claremore Oklahoma after going insane and vowing to kill every Black person there. He was acquitted by a local jury when tried for participation in the lynching.
Petitions circulate in Purdy asking Barry county residents to support a vote on relocating the county seat from Cassville to Purdy. The effort centers on county governance and local representation.
April crop report by T C Wilson secretary of the state board of agriculture says prospects for a bumper wheat and oats crop are likely. He calls conditions most encouraging crediting a mild winter and steady agricultural work. Wheat condition statewide stands at 91 versus 67.5 last year and 86.8 eight-year average with 13.7 bushels.
Directors of the St. Louis Kansas City Electric railway ordered L J Stith Construction to begin at once with building work. They forecast dirt flying east and west from Higginsville by month end. John L Dunn takes charge of Fulton Journal after leasing the Republican paper in Callaway county. Rev J B Jones named to lead Williams Woods College for 1911 12 year.
Sidney Roy, secretary of the Hannibal Commercial club, told 200 Macon business leaders that Missouri's superiority over western states will show in years to come through better use of the Missouri River for transportation. He urged residents to push water transport plans into practical use to spur boat travel, new towns along the rivers, and revitalized inland communities.
Jefferson City reports state superintendent William P. Evans suspects padding of the school census. He notes 47,468 school age children are listed, but only 12,000 actually attend. He questions where the rest are and why St Joseph has as many children as Kansas City, delaying funds.
A comely young woman accompanied by two others arrived at the Fulton state asylum claiming to possess words to offer to inmates. It marks the first instance of a woman in official capacity visiting patients alone, traditionally under sheriff control. Miss Amelia Smith, assistant matron of Marion county infirmary at Palmyra, accompanied them.
Missouri Senator Francis M Wilson touts Platte City as the nation’s richest agricultural town with about 900 residents and two banks holding over 750000 in deposits giving roughly 1000 dollars cash wealth per capita. He notes additional banks in the county and farmers banking in nearby Kansas City and St Joseph.
The American Zinc Lead and Smelter Company completed the acquisition of the Guinn land, a 640 acre mineral parcel north of Webb City, in a record setting Missouri Kansas district transaction valued at over 1 million dollars.
Engineer Thomas J. Williams, who had several fingers on his right hand cut off at Missouri City on December 4 1910, sues the Wabash Railroad for damages totaling 50000.
James E. Combs longtime cashier of the Illinois Trust company bank of East St. Louis was elected to succeed Ernest C. Hartwig as cashier of the First National bank of St. Joseph.
An unsolicited advertises a free "recipe" claimed to heal bladder and kidney problems. It promises rapid relief from frequent urination, backache, and associated symptoms and invites readers to request the prescription by mail from Dr. A. B. Robinson in Detroit.
The preaching cross at Burrington on the Mendip hills has been restored through Col Evan H Llewellyn’s generosity. An early 1800s base was removed to build a parish clerk’s house, but the ornamental dial stone was saved and reinstalled in the new cross. Three broad steps support the socket and a tall monolith shaft topped by a lantern canopy characteristic of the west country.
A boarder compliments a landlady noting her sign reading Boarders taken in shows honesty. The line plays on the word boarders and the front of the establishment as a humorous remark in Stray Stories.
In a terse exchange a speaker notes a rumored rift with the family after a marriage deemed centless, suggesting readers draw conclusions while acknowledging unclear details about the dispute and its social implications.
An old time ad promotes Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a cure for headaches toothaches earaches stomach aches and general pains. It includes quips about heart matters from Hugo and a humorous line about a dime's worth of salt with peanuts.
Promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with a large 2 oz package priced at 5 cents and urged to ask grocer for it.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria bought twenty four carloads of the finest 1908 crop tobacco, the largest lot ever held by a U S factory, to last over two years. An extra price was paid for selection and smokers will notice the difference. A separate item notes a Camden lawyer asking a waitress about chicken in a restaurant.
An antique ad blend promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for tired feet and garfield tea as a natural laxative. It also includes a religious quote by C. W. Wendte and a remark on church finances, touting health benefits and moral regulation.
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