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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
6
Aldrich schemes to hire Rose as a personal assistant in costume work for a new production. He confronts his jealousy at the theater and discovers Rose may be using a different name while he waits outside, pained by the possibility of losing her.
Rose Stanton rises from idle wife to ambitious worker after marrying Rodney Aldrich. Discontent with luxury drives her to enter show business, starting in a Chicago chorus and moving up to assistant to the producer. Her husband objects as she seeks independence.
Rose Dane dominates the wardrobe for the Northnd hall musical romance The Girl Up-Stairs as rehearsals spike, costumes finish, and a hungry company battles fatigue. John Galbraith hints at departure after the opening and Rose faces a turning point about her acting future.
Rodney, a country lawyer in Chicago, grapples with his failure and isolation. A visiting client hints at a personal matter as Rodney wonders about The Girl Up Stairs and seeks a city distraction, while Miss Beach and Craig provoke a tense, unfolding moment in the office.
Rodney and Rose share a tense stage door encounter that pushes them to the edge. The dramatic moment ends with high emotional strain and foreshadows further consequences in the upcoming installment.
A Muncie electrical contractor Roscoe Boone returns home to find a crowd of women playing cards. He jokes he came home to see what time it was, not for supper, in a lighthearted Indianapolis News anecdote.
Americans spent over 185 million dollars on factory made sweets last year an average of about 1.80 per person. The figures come from census data and reflect growing candy consumption in the population.
An old testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous breakdown and recovery after surgery with a wife named Nellie Fishback praising it. It also advertises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney remedy with sample offers and mail-in pamphlets.
Two Ohio members of the officers reserve corps at Fort Harrison walked near East Tenth Street by a technical high school campus. They saw a group of small boys who stared in admiration and one boy shouted the line about the “funny big Boy Scouts,” as reported by the Indianapolis News.
A compact ad for Cuticura remedies claims pimples and blackheads can be removed quickly. Apply Cuticura Ointment to affected areas, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water after five minutes, bathe a few minutes, then repeat morning and night. Free sample by mail with Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
The article describes George W. Meyers’s rubber proof railway car capable of releasing deadly gas to deter train robbers. Two cyanide or potassium gas tanks inside the car feed fumes through perforations around the door, with guards alerted by the engineer to release the gas.
A parson known for absent mindedness forgets his closing remarks after prayer. He sits down then rises to say a final “By the way.” He hesitates, but returns to the pulpit and points at the congregation shouting Oh by the way Amen. The moment amuses the Harper's Magazine readers.
A light exchanged between two speakers about wearing white shoes and keeping them clean. The remark suggests humor about fashion and social comparison in everyday life.
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