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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
An advertisement touts Danderine as a quick method to thick, glossy hair by applying a small bottle at home. The piece also notes a World article claiming yellow fever was vanquished, citing sanitation as key in Guayaquil Ecuador with three months no cases.
Bayer insists on labeling Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packages with directions for colds pain neuraglia lumbago and rheumatism. The aspirin package promotes the product as prescribed by physicians for ten years. Handy tin boxes of 12 cost a few cents.
Lloyd George argues that a smart agricultural policy underpins a strong industrial policy. He urges a systematic effort to bring people back to farming, to stabilize markets, and to train vigorous workers who support other industries so the industrial system remains alive.
An assortment of dubious health claims and product pitches appears in a compressed newspaper fragment. The text touts Cascarets as a cure with no side effects, contrasts them with Calomel and other laxatives, and includes stray ad copy about laundry bluing and social scenes.
A Bavarian town under American occupancy shows how local power shifts. The burgermeister of B am Rhein adopts a ruthless, hands-on method to restore order by forming broom and shovel squads, enforcing daily directives at 10 a.m. through the Ortskommandantur. A stark portrait from Atlantic Monthly notes the new dynamic under military rule.
Two Irishmen in Glasgow spot a shop placard reading Butter Butter But ter with Irish misreadings. Pat explains the large strokes after the words are meant for shillelahs to signal Irish butter, a humorous London idea.
Proposals call for a commercial faculty at London University to raise 2.5 million dollars to fund a commerce course including scholarships traveling clerkships buildings and a library. The move signals a push for higher commercial training and bolsters Britain's standing.
Paper items replace linen for napkins tray cloths doilies and centerpieces saving labor and laundering. Parchment shades oilcloth and cretonne sets offer affordable decorative options for tables and gifts with washable durable designs. Hospitals hotels and travelers adopt paper handkerchiefs caps towels and related accessories.
The article surveys evening attire for theater and opera with focus on a satin gown featuring a low neck and lace trim, a long black net scarf with gold tinsel, and a gilt wreath headpiece. It compares styles, notes the impact of scarf and accessories, and comments on other gowns like nasturtium velvet and black velvet with lace.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims years of proven use and urges readers to buy at druggists or request a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York with paper mention.
An exchange at the Clarion office sees the editor defending editorial policy as a temple of truth while a speaker invokes the line tell the truth and shame the devil. The editor counters that the devil has no role in policy.
The remark notes that a married man who loses something tends to blame his wife for taking it. It captures a witty cultural observation about fault and relationships.
The article discusses the continual loss of gold through shipwrecks fires and hoarding. It notes London experiences 2400 fires yearly and that India China and Africa swallow or absorb large gold amounts annually, with wages paid to Kaffir laborers spreading gold to distant kraals.
In Flatbush a discussion about mirrors brightening a home. Bensonhurst notes a wife seeming happier when she sees herself reflected in many mirrors around the house.
A quoted old bachelor asserts it is better to die for a woman than to live with some of them, reflecting a tongue in cheek old time sentiment.
The essay discusses Sir Walter Raleigh's claim that Shakespeare lacked a full hypocrite portrait due to a carefree childhood. It notes Dickens's harsher childhood may shape his view of hypocrisy and suggests readers might dispute Raleigh. Examples like Gloster and Iago illustrate hypocrisy in the plays.
A Russian scientist using a self invented delicate apparatus shows that light waves exert measurable mechanical pressure, indicating a direct push from light on matter.
A compact reflection notes that most thinking reuses old ideas in new forms and that family splits are an unsatisfactory kind of arithmetic.
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