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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
7
A doctor and blower exchange blame over a diagnosis misread as painter's colic in a Kansas Cy clone incident. The dialogue hints at mistaken attack and the term Blower coins the unconventional name. The scene closes on a note of diagnostic confusion.
In western Kentucky a jailed Black man awaits trial for calf theft. His wife visits and explains she won't hire a lawyer unless Jim is guilty. From the jail, a harsh demand orders Mandy to get a lawyer, and to hire a very good one, quoting a Saturday Evening Post line.
A man interrupts two boys in a vacant south Pittsburg lot as one boy rubs weed into the other’s eyes after a quarrel over swearing in front of girls. The man seizes the victor by the neck and demands an end to the mischief.
To protect Edelweiss and other Swiss national flowers from tourist plunder, a law would ban buying, selling or digging edelweiss, fire lily, Siberian spring crocus, Alpine columbine, Daphne, Alpine violet and related blooms. Women tourists are noted for removing plants as souvenirs rather than mere flowers.
In a humorous scene a stout man is questioned by a dowager about his identity. The judge observes the moment as the dowager reveals the man to be her husband, prompting laughter and light banter about who he is and his reputation.
A woman should make the best of the man she marries rather than fixating on the best man. The saying cautions that unless a woman is a first class artist she rarely has a good complexion expressed in playful adage form.
Prince Henry of Reuss amused guests in New York by recounting a German chaplain preaching in English. The chaplain quoted And he tore his shirt triggering snickers. The pastor then quipped that the familiar line was And the door is shut.
A Lebanon Oregon resident recounts years of intense scalp and leg eczema. After trying various remedies a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided immediate relief and full cure, including dandruff removal. The ad invites readers to request free samples and to write Cuticura in Boston.
William Shaw relates a Back Bay girl tale about her auntie’s work. The child asks how to spell devil while writing to her Yale brother, then explains she wants to tell him about Christian and devil meetings.
A Sunday school teacher sees a rushing girl and her brother as they hurry away. The children plead that they must leave due to a disruption in collection. The piece then reflects on the value of writers who maximize knowledge with minimal reader time and on the persistence of old friendships.
A teacher reports chronic indigestion improved after replacing a simple breakfast with hot Postum and Grape-Nuts. She notes lasting relief, weight gain, and steadier nervous energy, crediting the morning meal for better health and productivity. The testimonial appears with Postum Co. branding and a nod to The Road to Wellville.
In Alma, Kansas, Mayor Mor gan seized a shovel and ruined a public cement walk to protest council contracts. The council president and contractor swore out a warrant charging felonious and malicious destruction of public property, a penitentiary crime.
A national convention of insurance commissioners in Spokane decided to draft a uniform blue sky law modeled on Kansas. A subcommittee led by J A Prous of Minnesota J B Young of North Carolina and H L Ekern of Wisconsin is drafting the law. It aims to cover manipulation and stock selling by insurance firms and all publicly offered corporate stock.
A Russellville Tennessee man relates a ten day cure for sycosis or barber's itch after using Resinol Ointment. He describes initial agony with burning welts and scales affecting the face and even the hairline, noting prior remedies failed before the Resinol treatment. Dated April 11 1912.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Jane explains why four cigars appear on the mantelpiece. Her father suspects Henry left them as a gift but learns Henry took them from his vest pocket to keep them from breaking and forgot about them.
Delegates from nearly all counties along the Golden Belt route attend the Junction City meeting. Elected officers are C. M. Harger president W. H. Rhodes secretary and Frank Hagelman treasurer. A campaign to distribute maps and folders is approved and road markers have been placed in most counties along the route.
The Wicked Soul sits atop a hot stove drinking molten lava and fanning with red hot sheet iron. Dante asks who the wretch is and Satan replies that he is the first to ask if it is hot enough for you.
A conversational snippet shows a wife commenting on finances. She notes harmony with her husband but explains they avoid quarrels due to dresses that fasten down the back, implying social or domestic constraints.
Fred Poyner a Chicago dentist spoke at a Dental association banquet about the fine line between right and wrong. A gypsy released from jail tells a friend he was jailed for finding a horse before the owner lost it. Paxton Toilet Co Boston offers free Paxtine Antiseptic samples to women upon request.
A compact epigram notes not every woman makes a good wife yet can make a good husband. Also promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars as high quality and preferred over 10c varieties.
A concise reflection on how the public often ignores a rising figure until he proves his importance, noting how perception shifts once the person gains prominence and impact.
An old bachelor quips that real luck in love lies in avoiding the person. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief for children, claiming gum softening inflammation relief allaying pain wind colic at 25 cents per bottle.
The Mexican government issues a decree extending the duty free import period for corn and wheat until September 1. The original expiry was July 15, and large grain shipments from the United States and Argentina entered Mexico while the decree was in force, via Eagle Pass Texas.
Job endured the task of varnishing but failed to spot the cat asleep on the piano just after finishing the work, a quiet domestic moment captured in the scene.
Read from Peoria and Jessup women who credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing inflammation and postnatal pains. One case avoided surgery after two months of use. another report cites relief from severe organic inflammation following childbirth.
In London Premier Asquith told Parliament that conversations started at Berlin by Viscount Haldane have continued in a spirit of frankness and friendship on both sides. He welcomed Baron Herschall von Bieberstein as the new German ambassador to London.
Macon families enjoy community life under tents at Camp Macon near the Blees academy lakes. About ten to twelve private tents and a dining tent provide a resortlike experience within a mile and a half of town, offering pleasures similar to Northern lake resorts.
Reported racial violence as 200 Black residents were driven from Broken Bow Oklahoma. Tension spreads to Bismark where lumber mills are under heavy armed guard and threats loom. Guards protect workers and warning signals rise.
In Jonesville Virginia the killing of Dr James W Walden a noted Democrat by Perry Wallin a Republican leader has inflamed a political feud in the Black Water district as mountain clans align.
The Galena Kansas area sweltered with temperatures reaching 1104, shattering heat records for the season. No heat prostrations were reported.
In Wichita Kansas H D Hyatt has vanished fearing a hospital operation after two brothers died undergoing treatment His family pleads for information on his whereabouts amid the disappearance investigations
Lincoln Nebraska hosts the thirteenth annual Philippine veterans reunion from August 12 to 14 with smoking events trolley rides and a closing ball. A sham battle is planned as part of the program.
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