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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
7
Alfred C. Clarke argues that mail order houses in Chicago siphon funds from rural and small town communities, harming local prosperity. He cites 1904 and 1905 sales totals, warns of centralizing wealth, and urges readers to consider impacts on their own communities and future hard times.
The article notes a Louis XVI era doll preserved in Independence Hall Philadelphia as a relic from before the United States. It says Paris sent dolls to New York worth $218,819 in the last six months, with over half as dolls, illustrating fashion and toy trade between old world and new.
Mrs. Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut describes five weeks bedridden with kidney disease. She suffered bearing down pain backaches headaches and dizziness with irregular painful kidney passages and sediment. After using Deans Kidney Pills she improved after the first box and was finally cured after five boxes. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Danish author Sophus Banditz writes Shakespeare as a modern hero novel. Queen Alexandra reads the original and urges an English translation to be dedicated to her. Also promotes Defiance Starch claiming better stiffness with thinner application for laundry and fabrics.
The 68 year old British ambassador to this country stays energetic and fond of open air activity. He enjoys mountain climbing and serves as president of the English Alpine Club.
A bold offer invites readers to try Defiance Starch for hot and cold starching with a money back guarantee if performance or cost does not meet expectations.
Austrian chemist Hans Zuzel is credited with perfecting an incandescent lamp using inexpensive filaments. The device reportedly offers great durability and can burn about 3,500 hours.
A Versailles baker faced polygamy charges for marrying five women who lived with him. The defense claimed the women married him, arguing he lacked the courage to refuse. Three wives testified, but did not prosecute, and the man was acquitted. The piece critiques courting responsibility and public policy.
A Wisconsin woman recounts long illness from overwork starting in 1887 and a doctor orders Grape-Nuts and rye bread for two years. She cites rapid improvement from the cereal and bread, saying she recovered after being bedbound and invalid for many years with minimal medicine beyond glycerine for a healing gait.
John Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers postpaid sale of garden seeds including cabbage cucumber lettuce and tomatoes with prices as low as 1 cent per package. An introductory promotion promises a free Berliner Earliest Cauliflower catalog and a mammoth plant stock catalog mailed to customers who order, with free seed and tool catalogs to all inquiring buyers.
A short opinion piece laments the neglect of dancing as a popular pastime despite its health benefits and broad recognition. It urges concerted efforts to promote dance as exercise and an appealing social art.
An old advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It names F J Cheney and druggists in Toledo Ohio and touts price and pill product.
A discussion notes varying life expectancy for horses from 20 to 40 years and dogs from 12 to 24, citing a French encyclopedia and acknowledging uncertainty. It adds a household laundry tip praising smooth iron and Defiance Starch for at home shirt waist care and stiffness without wear. A Dublin Corporation report mentions gold-laced uniforms for the Shamrock crew.
In olden days a bold knight George refuses Priscilla's help with her skeins and mocks her sewing. After returning from battle battered armor prompts Priscilla to dismiss him and he seeks comfort at Ye Frozen Heart tavern. The tale blends chivalry with domestic pride and humbling humor.
An odd assortment of product pitches claims double prices for Putnam face cream and similar goods, with dubious guarantees. The text promotes Pazo Ointment for piles and Garfield Tea as a liver and blood purifier, mixing vendor boasts with sensational health cures.
Robert H. Baker a former Amherst faculty member becomes assistant astronomer at Allegheny Observatory at age 23. The appointment highlights a rising young scientist in early 20th century astronomy.
Thoroughly Reliable. Allcock's porous plaster has been used for sixty years and remains highly popular. The ad emphasizes careful ingredient selection and simple use, claiming purity and world distribution with druggists selling the original genuine plaster.
A Royal Magazine excerpt notes a woman who has suffered greatly and her belief that she can wear a No 3 shoe of a No 6 foot. The dialogue frames endurance through footwear, reflecting social constraints on women.
Discussion in England centers on developing Sudan resources through scientific exploration. The Blue Nile forests extend to the Abyssinian frontier with ebony trees noted. the White Nile hosts rubber plants. Bahr-el-Ghazal has large forests and mountains yield gold. Fuel search planned.
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