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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. It promises instant relief with a touch, allowing the corn to be lifted away by fingers. The ad notes a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, claimed to remove hard and soft corns and calluses without pain.
A reader notes digestive discomfort and improved symptoms after trying a remedy. The message praises Ess cater and Peat like products, claiming they eased constipation and changed a person’s condition. The text reads as a promotional call to explore treatment options for married women.
Edwin Baird delivers a fragmentary urban vignette set in Chicago where Daniel Randolph Fite Rugh causes a wreck and is aided by a young woman who pays him a dollar to buy soap. The tale traces his shameful moment, a night meeting Esther Strom, and a fleeting social circle of unemployed archists in Symington Us.
Fitzhugh, blackmailed by a wealthy Chicago magnate, tries to steal ten thousand dollars via a plan with a female accomplice. Kathleen Otis helps him, questions arise, and the scheme collapses as detectives seize the bundle. Esther Strom visits Fitzhugh in jail as attorney Roger Merton advises insanity defense.
A fragment from a vaudeville item contrasts a manager’s calm assurances with an enraged comedian. Meanwhile Gardiner’s Crocodilus porosis entry claims a world record swim, noting no specimens in the Fill islands and suggesting the reptile may have traveled about 68 percent miles over open sea.
A four year-old nephew delights in anything mechanical and eagerly engages with his grandfather's car and toys. He even experiments on familiars like the cat, joking that an “explosion” occurred when the cat spat. The anecdote captures a curious, lively interest in machines.
A terse home remedy notes mildew is stubborn and suggests rubbing with lemon juice and salt, then sun exposure. For stains on other materials it recommends a mixture of two tablespoonfuls of turpentine with lemon juice.
A corpulent pedestrian recounts dodging a motorcar with remarkable agility. He notes a history of near-demolitions by vehicles, joking that if all his motorcar demolitions were piled together they would tower above humanity’s tallest structure, reflecting Birmingham Age-Herald tone.
A prominent life insurance firm discusses hidden kidney issues among applicants in an interview. The interview highlights paradoxical quality concerns and the surprising difficulty some applicants face securing coverage.
A brief fragment shows a child asking about a dragon while a parent deflects. The exchange notes the aunt’s involvement, with the moment framed as a defensive parental response to protect a relative. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and imagination without broader context.
An OCR fragment advertises Cascarets as overnight relief for constipation and related ailments, claiming gentle regulation without harsh liver effects. It also promotes Cuticura products for babies and a fragrant toilet trio, ending with a quip about good people and killing time profitably.
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