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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
6
The ad promotes Dr. Binghamton remedies for kidney and bladder issues aimed at women. It urges reading sample mail requests and notes availability through drug stores. It also references hot water as a suggested remedy and comments on varying responses among men.
Reports from Paris detail the North Frankfort occupation limited to a few shots fired. French moves in the Ruhr and Rhine zones spark allied tensions while Premier Millerand gains public support. Reports also note German troops in the Ruhr and a spike in cotton pest trouble in the U.S. Army and labor disputes feature alongside Irish leaflets and price investigations.
A widespread walkout by local switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen disrupted eight of thirteen trunk lines into Kansas City, halting yard operations as officials prepared to cancel outgoing passenger trains. Strikers demand higher wages and lower living costs, aiming to raise foremen pay from 66 to 100 cents and helpers from 62.5 to 95 cents while preserving the eight hour day.
Eight thousand six hundred members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen in the Chicago switching district rejected union leadership and voted to join an unauthorized strike. Freight traffic in the Chicago area already suffers heavy restrictions as leaders and railroad officials warn a larger force could halt operations entirely. The vote occurred despite predictions by grand officers of allied unions that loyal members would return to work, with reinforcements from other cities.
Tokyo officials explain Japan will not remove forces from Russian territory immediately due to geographic position and risks to subjects in Manchuria and Korea. Dispatch notes Vladivostok occupation on April 5 and discusses broader Allied concerns in the region. Toledo streetcar service resumes with fare changes as riders pay 7 cents plus transfer tax. An Oklahoma City boiler explosion kills engineer A T Houston and injures Lake Weir during Johnson Building construction.
A jumble of old ads and anecdotes touts tonics and liniments for rheumatism, urging readers to remove the disease’s cause rather than rub it away. Included are Cuticura products and S S S blood purifier claims, with quips about physicians, cinema humor, and wartime reminiscences.
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