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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
3
An old advertisement claims Munyon’s Cold Cure stops sneezing reduces fever and tones the body. It offers free medical advice by mail from a Philadelphia office at 53d and Jefferson streets, urging readers to write with their cases.
The Rochester Post Express profiles two legendary grandmothers, Mme Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry. Bernhardt remains energetic with youthlike vigor, while Terry, retired from acting, lectures on Shakespeare heroines and remains celebrated for her expressive features and velvet voice.
In a grocery scene a customer asks if the eggs on the counter are fresh and the clerk jokes that he laid them himself twenty minutes ago, highlighting a playful exchange.
A brief quip notes that life is measured by thoughts rather than years, suggesting aging women should value inner perspective after turning thirty.
The saying suggests optimism relies on external perspectives to recognize hidden benefits. It emphasizes social insight and the value of shared viewpoints in perceiving potential positives.
Extracts from resolutions note irregular Missouri Pacific service at Lexington with trains 623 622 621 cited for lateness and frequent wrecks. Governor and attorney general asked to take action. Also reports Be rensburg State Normal school purchased a 36 acre Movilian farm for $7500 to run as a state farm with demonstrations in soil grain livestock for teacher training.
In thousands of Missouri homes a blaze in stoves and fireplaces reveals the rising value of black walnut timber. Timber buyers hunt across Central Missouri for this prized wood, as even stumps are harvested for veneer and small-farm owners risk missing independent wealth.
Jackson county is indebted to St Joseph state hospital for 19 664 26. The hospital will not refuse county patients if there is a chance the obligation will be met. The bill must be paid this month or hospital accounts will show a deficit and reflect on the board. W K Amick notes no plan to deny care yet.
A blaze at the Springfield Children's Home destroyed the building. Seven year old Ralph Barnes died in the sickroom on the second floor while 43 children were evacuated from the prayer room and other areas. Matron Mrs. Alice Markley said all but the Barnes child were saved.
Apple growers in northern Missouri plan a larger scale expansion next year after frost losses, with Dr. C. R. Woodson of St. Joseph and others promoting smudge pot fires to save buds and crops previously destroyed by frost.
Officers and a number of enlisted men of the hospital National Guard unit based in St Joseph underwent the first typhoid vaccination at Maj Oliver C Gebharts office. Two more inoculations will follow after ten days to complete protection. The entire hospital force will vaccinate, then the state guardsmen. The field hospital aims to use the unit to promote anti typhoid vaccination among St Joseph residents.
The Missouri university stock judging team earned the silver trophy for saddle horse judging at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago competing with Kentucky and other universities. Dean F B Mumford announced the win and listed team members S T Simpson Blockton Iowa George Templeton Rich Hill Walter Williams Belton W R Heckler Dalton and T H Douglass Shelbina.
Shippers in Stone and Taney counties were notified that from December 10 freight rates on ties to Kansas City rise seven cents per tie, yielding $91 per carload. They threaten to appeal to the state railroad commissioners if the rate goes up further, arguing the new rate reduces costs for ties, a principal Ozark county industry.
The State Grange of Missouri closed a three days session in Palmyra electing C. O. Rain of Canton as master M. V. Bashere of Palmyra as overseer E A Ikenberry of Columbia as lecturer William James of New London as steward Edward Rick of Benjamin as assistant steward A S Wilson of Ewing as chaplain John A. Miller of Hannibal as treasurer Miss Lulu Fuqua of Hannibal as secretary Harry Lewis of Kahoka as gatekeeper.
Dr M Stevens of Dover New Hampshire testifies to Resinol curing skin eruptions and eczema. A patient spent over 100 dollars on various remedies and was cured by a 50 cent jar, illustrating the product’s impressive results.
A dialogue contrasts modern rail operations with those of 50 years ago. A woman notes improved labels and efficiency while acknowledging smoother travel. The other speaker points out that wrecks now occur near nearby farmhouses where victims can seek coffee and warmth.
Experiments show the average person can taste quinine at one part per 52 000 in water and detect salt at one part to 640. Sugar is tasted at 228 parts water and soda at 48. Women generally detect tastes with less quantity than men.
Representatives of the Missouri State Medical Association urged the university curators to reestablish the full four year medical course at the University of Missouri.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and relieve wind colic. It mentions a Romanian city with 6,000,000 inhabitants and 30,000 blind people.
The editor quips that stealing home in darkness is unearned since a game would be called if it were dark enough to matter. The author concedes, noting realism dictates visibility, not shadow.
A brief humorous exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Dorkins as they tease who will have the last word. Mrs. Dorkins hints at always waiting to hear him say it. The playful banter centers on who asserts final wit.
A man drinks after a woman declines his advances, leaving uncertainty whether he mourns a lost romance or celebrates a rejected proposal. The incident reflects social tension and personal disappointment in a small community.
The final criminal case against Maj. Harvey W. Salmon connected to the Salmon Bank failure at Clinton was dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney Poague with the depositors' committee consent and on the advice of E. C. Crow, ex-attorney general.
Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis was confirmed by the Senate to serve as solicitor general of the United States. He succeeds the late Lloyd W. Bowers who died in office.
Ernest C Hawkins cashier and part owner of the Bank of Rayville died at his Rayville home. The body was transported to Winfield Kansas, his former home, for burial.
Lewis Walthers a Missouri farmer living six miles west of Boonville was found dead hanging by a rope from rafters in his barn his wife discovered the body in a suicide.
Deputy county recorder A. W. Pasley says rising living costs reduce marriages in Boone County. This year’s total is expected to be 75 fewer than last year’s record.
Government announces additional fund allocation to the University of Missouri, promising to provide as much financial support as the state revenue allows to support ongoing programs and campus needs.
In Joplin at Justice A. J. Earls court J. F. England aged 78 married Mrs. Sofia Stone aged 70 confirming age not a barrier to marriage.
The 1910 corn crop in Missouri surpassed all previous records. The prior best was 364,332,705 bushels in 1902, with 241,025,000 bushels in 1907, 203,634,000 in 1908, and 218,840,000 in 1909.
W A Mitchell master car builder for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway received orders from company headquarters to close down the Sedalia railway shops. No reasons given and the shutdown is believed to be temporary.
A. E. Standon of Chicago recovered $600 from R. O. Sharp in Milberry near Montgomery. The money repaid a long overdue debt from 23 years ago used to start a business that failed, with the original note long since destroyed.
Gov Hadley appoints a tuberculosis commission which finds 19 percent of patients at the state insane hospital No. 2 in St. Joseph afflicted with tuberculosis. The finding alarms officials and underscores health crisis in the facility.
Government authorities seized forty two crates of decomposed eggs in Kansas City. Analysis found 150000000 germs per cubic centimeter. The seizure underscores a health hazard tied to misdeclared food products.
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