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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
7
A fat man with a mole asks the great detective where happiness lies. The detective answers, in a wry tone, that happiness is found in the dictionary. No charge. The milkman reacts with a cushion toss in Detroit Free Press.
A barber shop porter gave a speech at his colored men’s club that stirred activity due to its heavy vocabulary. His employer teased him, asking about more big words, but Sam explained he was translating the prior night’s speech from memory.
A poet and a musician produced a comic opera. On its initial performance the music was very loud. A friend asked why such strenuous music was written. The composer replied you would not ask if you had read the lyrics, claiming the audience could not hear them.
Dialog in a fragment shows a humorous exchange about recognition in a Sabbath-school class with names Gent Ah and Jimmie Nitsky appearing in conversation.
A western stranger questions vigilante violence as a Native American explains they spared a man to avoid raising prices for upcoming weddings by keeping the bloodshed off the market.
A colloquial fragment shows residents discussing a malfunctioning phonograph and a distant squire, with remarks about a nonexistent court case and a strained peace in the neighborhood. The dialogue hints at social friction and local routines amid rural life.
A mine operator jokes to his son Johnnie about burying a quarter to fund a garden and then sharing the spoils. The humorous exchange ends with the father weeping tears of joy as the boy schemes to profit from the imagined treasure.
A defendant's counsel recalls a horse responding to questions and aged remarks in court. The opposing attorney objects to describing a conversation with the animal without the plaintiff present, highlighting the absurdity in Our Animals.
Rev. C. E. Jefferson urges Christians to embrace doubt as a path to genuine faith. He cites Jesus and scriptural questions to show reason as central to religion, warning that neglecting reflection weakens conviction and self knowledge.
A dialogue shows Mrs de Style and her husband planning a frugal reception with economical attire. A $50 fine to fund the poor is mentioned, revealing tension between fashion and hardship and the impulse to pay for a Parisian costume.
Mrs Squirrel and Mrs Rabbit reminisce about fatalities in their families linked to hunting season. They recall their children died laughing after seeing a city hunter in a khaki suit. The dialogue suggests a grim, surreal warning about hunting dangers.
A man touring a trout farm muses that fishes are silent by providence. He notes they lay millions of eggs yearly and imagines how they would crow if they clucked like hens over each egg.
Mr Comrox asserts the signature of the old master determines a painting’s value while he boasts his own signature can be added quickly. The exchange emphasizes how provenance and authorial attribution influence worth, stirring a tense debate about authentication.
A reflection on daily prayer for friends suggests a simple practice. When a friend comes to mind amid duties, think upward briefly to carry that person to the father in heaven in intercession. This ceaseless upward thinking can sustain a life of praying for others.
The article extols Proverbs as a youth friendly Old Testament book and notes historic views. It cites Jewish tradition that Solomon wrote Proverbs in later years, Luther and Coleridge praising its practical guidance for devotion and statecraft. It urges readers to study it and gain its benefits.
A London Sketch recounts a farmer accusing a neighbor of a dog killing pigs. The acquaintance admits the dog belongs to the farmer, revealing a prior joke that led to the tragedy. The fragment hints at a conflict over a dog and property.
A fragment shows Mrs Jobson praising sermons with a smirking remark about her husband reacting to the preacher. The dialogue hints at social attitudes and a sense of local ridicule in London.
Readers are invited to join a slang contest hosted by the sports desk this week. Editors joke about odd phrasing and fo language as part of a playful feature in tonight’s edition.
The excerpt reflects on God's deep sympathy for human weakness and trouble while noting divine discipline aims at the best outcome. It asserts God is sorrowful for us yet purposeful, loving us enough to correct and guide through hardship.
A survey of Canadian efforts in vocational and technical farming education across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Government support at experimental farms colleges and demonstrators is creating a trained class of farmers and boosting land value. Dean Curtiss notes Canadians push beyond US methods with strong rail and policy backing. 1913 yields shown as 30 to 45 bushels per acre for wheat.
A pupil named L Haricot is quizzed on dividing beef steak into halves then quarters and beyond. The exchange yields quarters ENGHTHS sixteenths and thirties seconds as the boy grows impatient.
Two lines present a witty exchange. One speaker calls the other's stance dogmatic while the other retorts that the questions are categor ical, implying rigid logic in the discussion of the two species. The snippet highlights a pendulum between certainty and inquiry.
An advertisement from Seat Drug Stores touts Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as effectively driving out colds and stopping throat irritations.
A saying contrasts a good husband as an asset with a worthless one as a liability, highlighting the value of a supportive partner and warning against untrustworthy behavior in marriage.
A shop owner explains that checks can be punched to 50 cents and if a time tomer overeats, they call 6598 Even ingside the nearest hospital. The exchange shows a local business handling a medical emergency with quick response.
A small town hosts quirky performances by residents who unknowingly double as stage stars. Local organizers highlight improvised acts, using found props and neighborhood talent to entertain a mixed audience of families and visitors.
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