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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
7
A Massachusetts advertisement urges women to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for numerous female ailments including ulcers fibroid issues and irregularities. It offers free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and promises helpful guidance.
A note from the Basswood Bugle recalls items missing from the firehouse rope and hammer stolen for a clothesline. When Hank Purdy's corncrib caught fire the constable had to fetch a hammer from Hilliker's store, then Deacon Renfrew four miles away, delaying response and leaving Hank's corncrib a mass of smoldering ruins.
Seven year old William owns a pet pig and insists on caring for it himself. As the pig fails to thrive his father warns of underfeeding. William replies he wants the pig to grow longer first then he will widen him out.
A short dialogue depicts a committee chair from a colored church declining to stay long. He asks if someone will join the mission band, while an elderly mammy jokes she cannot even play a small organ. Lippincott's.
A father accuses a young man of stealing kisses from his daughter. The young man admits the act but offers to return the kisses. The exchange reflects a domestic dispute framed as a moral confrontation.
A newspaper fragment notes many penitents housed in a state prison. The line hints at penitence among inmates without detailing offenses, dates, or names.
A Chicago clerk describes personal decline from illness tied to poor nutrition and credits Grape-Nuts for relief. The piece argues health sustains earning power, noting a young woman’s need to rely on diet while supporting herself.
A metropolitan newspaper lauds the University of Missouri and its College of Agriculture for setting a global example. Dr Hill predicts broader universal pre professional study and two years of academic work before entering professions, noting Missouri’s leadership in education reform and preparation.
Nathaniel Shanklin, after 15 years in a hospital following insanity, returns home to find his fortune and home broken. He sues in Grundy County circuit court to reclaim property disposed by guardians, beginning a campaign likely to involve hundreds of conveyances and about $500,000 in value.
Missouri officials led by Dr W P Cutter and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Phillips Moss opened a hearing in St Louis to determine if a car load of flour shipped from Edgerton Missouri to Eberle Albrecht Flour Co was bleached. No seizure was ordered as evidence was deemed insufficient. Edgerton Milling Co denied artificial bleaching. shipment remains held awaiting instructions. Federal authorities said they could not participate since the shipment was intrastate.
William Martin, engineer of Missouri Pacific passenger train 621 bound west, was stricken with paralysis as the train neared Hughesville and fell from his seat in the cab. Fireman stopped the train. emergency treatment given and Martin was later brought to his Sedalia home.
Dr. John F. Cowan of Fulton celebrates half a century as pastor of the Auxvasse Presbyterian church northeast of Fulton. He began his charge during the Civil War era and has seen three daughter congregations emerge from the original Auxvasse church.
A fire destroyed the Ellenville town jail in Cape Girardeau county. Prisoner Mike Daniels of Advance, Stoddard county, died in the blaze after a recent fight with a man named Jackson who was stabbed in the back of the neck and shoulder. The jail roof collapsed before the fire was discovered. The charred skull and a back bone were recovered from the ruins.
Directors and officials in Columbia discussed consolidating the North Sfigéouri Central and the Mexico Perry and Santa Fe Traction company. Aimed at a system running from Hannibal to Mexico with a main line to Columbia and Jefferson City, the merged route would connect Fulton and beyond.
Two young women Patrey Baquet age 1% and Laura Powell age 18 were killed in a runaway accident while returning from a country dance. Clyde Baquet and Clarence Fullerton were lightly injured. Prosecutor feigning details unclear.
Secretary T C Wilson of the state board of agriculture reports Missouri’s two month dry spell has done more good than harm to crops. Late corn benefited, early corn improved, grass and fall pastures vary by district, and late sown wheat may be delayed but not seriously damaged. some fields yielded heavy wheat despite late germination.
Trowbridge of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture led a class to Mexico to view B. R. Middleton’s stables, a dealer in fancy saddle and harness horses. Rex McDonald, world champion saddle stallion owned by Middleton, served as the judging criterion. Prof. Trowbridge lectured on saddle horses followed by Middleton’s brief address. McMillan High School agriculture students attended.
A major blaze at Duenweg consumed an entire block of frame business buildings with a total loss estimated at 50000 dollars. The bucket brigade and a chemical engine failed to halt the fire and dynamite was used to check spread. Authorities suspect arson to cover burglaries though no definite clue exists.
The North Missouri Central Electric Line asks the Columbia Commercial Club for a 30000 bonus payable only if the line is built and operational from Columbia to Jefferson City and from Columbia to Mexico by September 1, 1912.
Arlie Moore, 14, son of farmer Robert Moore three miles east of Hartville, died after a shotgun discharged while he was climbing a fence during a hunting outing. It was ruled an accidental self inflicted incident.
Willard Campbell a 30 year old son of James Campbell multimillionaire broker and North American company president died of Brights disease in St Louis His death leaves his sister Lois Campbell a schoolgirl as sole heir to what is described as the largest fortune in St Louis history
Three men over fifty enroll in a short agriculture course at the University of Missouri. John H. Cook travels from Pennsylvania to study farming scientifically in his later years.
The Fulton Gazette reports Callaway feeders sold 255 fat mules for 57912.50 dollars to two commission firms. The season in Callaway county reaches 341 head sold for 78602.50 dollars.
Harvey D. Dow is declared elected as Pettin County Attorney on the Republican ticket by a slim majority, with challenge to the result by Dr. R. Jon Tyler noted as a contest to be resolved.
Tobacco men of northern Missouri received a notice from Gov Kentucky urging action at a December 7 assembly in St Joseph. The meeting aims to address the needs of growers and state tobacco interests.
A satirical note from the Detroit Free Press recalls a candidate who once boasted of influence but fell far short in a recent election. The piece wryly contrasts former self view with the disappointing vote totals.
A fragment describes a traditional cure where rubbing into the chest is said to ease inflammation and break up a cold to prevent serious trouble.
The report notes a duel where a French opponent fought bareheaded and received a sunstroke penalty. Amusant journal remarks on the risk and the spectacle, highlighting the dangers of such public combats.
Ball Blue laundry soap offer promises Red Cross Ball Blue as the best. A large 2 oz package is advertised for five cents, highlighting a low price appeal and charitable branding associated with the Red Cross.
A remark suggests many mothers equate duty with spoiling their children, challenging traditional parenting norms and reflecting attitudes toward childrearing.
The fragment hints at a domestic scene where a poet urges restraint while his wife voices concern about fear and asks him to engage in practical work, suggesting tension between creative pursuits and daily hands-on tasks.
A political meeting features a senator boasting about his rise and asking Uncle Calhoun Webster if he was a good man in the cotton field. The elder reply affirms but notes the senator did not work much themselves.
Jere L. Sullivan head of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International alliance praised postwar hotel improvements in a Cincinnati Labor Day remark. He recalled the old One Horse of Tin Can where a bath meant a shovel and hollowed creek dam, and told of an English earl touring the place with a curt room assignment.
The wit of Bishop Seth Ward amuses Nashville as he leaves a reception with two senators. Ward quips that his master rode an ass and the bishop replies that no such animal exists to be found among today’s senators.
A stern parent tells his son he had little time for frivolous diversions. The son retorts that the so called gay life isn’t as attractive as it seems, implying the hollowness behind adult social freedoms.
A girl exchanging photographs with a young man typically ends up with the lesser result in the exchange, suggesting real-world caution in such trades.
The readable fragments reference a sequence of letters and numbers, suggesting a puzzle or code section. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable, and no event details are present to form a coherent news item.
A man freshly married recalls the moment he stood at the altar and, overwhelmed by a prior courtroom memory, declared to the clergyman and bride that he was not guilty. The vivid clash of joy and guilt haunts his vow as he responds to the wedding question.
A humorous exchange about office stenographers and attractiveness. A man comments on a young stenographer and whether a pretty woman adds to an office’s appeal. He muses that he cannot dictate to a woman, possibly due to long marriage.
A succinct quip notes that a clever offender evades capture by being too small to be caught, likening criminal evasion to slipping through a net. It highlights a sly, humorous observation on justice and oversight.
A wry quip notes that repeated mistaken identity between a man and a deer accrues to the deer’s amusement, implying a lighthearted jab at human folly and perception.
A 60-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised to relieve indigestion and stomach misery in five minutes. The ad claims it prevents fermentation, digests food, and stops sour belching and gas, with large 50-cent cases said to cure dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach disturbances.
A Sunday school tale recounts a boy named Jack who cannot answer who killed Goliath because he was unable to see from the back seat. The lesson centers on listening and attention in class.
Maude fears moths ruin her bathing suit while Maymie laments the moths would leave the poor animals to starve, in a brief, comic exchange about feeding and clothing.
Pettit's Eye Salve offered at 25 cents promises to soothe tired congested inflamed and sore eyes and halt eye aches. Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York distributes the product through all druggists.
A local group of women forms as an association to challenge ideas about marriage, arguing that some women pretend they do not want husbands to attract them in other ways, reflecting social pressures on relationships.
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The readable portion notes surprise and expectation about an unforeseen development. It mentions an unlikely or surprising situation and hints at reactions from involved people without detailed names or places.
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