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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
2
An 1875 approach to treating sickness using simple vegetables and herbs remains the basis of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a mild laxative. The product, pleasant tasting and non narcotic, is advertised for constipation biliousness headaches indigestion and mood. Elderly readers are advised a free trial bottle by mail from Monticello Illinois.
A professor writes to his wife and daughter at a fashionable resort confirming plans to send a capable detective to supervise Lucie amid concerns about a young suitor. The tone signals ahead caution and formal inquiry into Lucie's engagement.
Singers can’t always avoid colds but Pape’s Cold Compound tablets promise quick relief. One tablet is said to break up a cold within a few hours, with pleasant taste.
A minister speaks at a christening noting disappointment yet hoping the child grows into fine brave manhood. The mother Muriel is named in gratitude to the speaker.
A familiar promotion touts Castoria as a safe vegetable product for infants and children. It claims quick relief from colic constipation and diarrhea, notes doctors often advise it, and urges parents to keep a bottle on hand at all times.
A report from the United States Department of Agriculture analyzes driver instinct on 14 to 24 foot roads. It finds passenger cars keep 1½ to 4 feet from edges on straight roads, trucks closer, and that pavements under 18 feet are too narrow for safe two lane use. Observations note downhill tendencies toward the center on light grades, curving traffic shifts inward, and guards, shoulders, and road surface conditions affect usable width.
The article notes the scarcity of great catchers as Pirates prospect Ralston Hemsley, age twenty one, draws attention with his class behind the plate. From Syracuse to the major leagues, he showcased speed, bat skill, and intense study, with two catcher brothers praising his drive and early rise to the big leagues.
A uniform athletic code for all American colleges would be drafted by a national convention of student leaders athletic directors coaches and athletes. The code covers amateurism eligibility and participation in professional sports by college athletes. Arseley Narver was named federation president with Martha Biehle as vice president and Max J. Chapman as treasurer. The 1829 congress will meet at Stanford University California. The retiring president is EB Miller.
A collage of sports notes notes abandoned plans to revive the Eastern Shore and Virginia leagues in 1929. Tracery remains the highest priced horse at 265000 dollars. Tris Speaker comments on Newark club ambitions while other items cover university debuts, rifle championships, and notable figures across baseball boxing football and hockey.
Frank Coltiletti, a leading American jockey for a decade, is lauded as a hard conscientious worker who has not been late to report at his stable for more than three years.
G H Waterman Jr of Hammond street Chestnut Hill Mass shows his 1899 model automobile still running. He takes sister Louise a noted tennis player and friend K H Gibson for a ride. The car, built in Germany, is part of Waterman’s hobby of collecting ancient automobiles.
Figure skater Miss Viviann Hulten, Sweden's champion, trains in Switzerland for the runoff of the European championships.
The piece surveys humorous and practical notes on cars and travel, noting endless end-to-end car trains, road safety lessons from sports, thinner hogs in the Southwest, England’s sleeping cars, and a DIY floor scraper from a license plate. It also mentions piston ring leakage dynamics in engines.
Dr Frederick Rand Rogers, New York state health director, urged opposition to girls' participation in the 1952 Olympics. He argued competition harms beauty, praising cosmetics and warning that competitive spirit makes women "manly" and loses beauty, while expressing support for girls' sports without competition.
At the Forty fifth Congress in 1877 only 112 newspaper men could be seen in the capital press galleries. Fifty years later the count rose to 306 reporters credited to the galleries, reflecting expanding press coverage and capacity.
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