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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
7
Health Officer J H Landis warns in the weekly health department bulletin that pneumonia is a communicable disease spread by contact. He calls visits to pneumonic patients inappropriate and notes physicians cite unusual prevalence and severe forms.
An editorial style notice discusses rising food prices and suggests economical meals featuring Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti with a free cook book from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha. It includes brief adv lines and quick quips on historical figures and sample offers from Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn.
A comic exchange mocks wartime shortages with a grocer touting Red Cross Ball Blue as real goods in a two ounce package. A student of human nature adds a quip about appearances and work, ending with a remark on a messenger and a fresh faced office tender.
Angelina recalls romance before marriage as Harold confesses money woes and deceit. He jokes that he lived in front of a bank and reveals the single life was better, ending with his claim of emptiness and identity loss.
An advertisement claims Danderine removes dandruff in ten minutes and stops hair loss. It promises new hair growth after weeks, noting hair becomes light and fluffy with luster and abundance. A 25 cent bottle is marketed as the path to beautiful hair and softness.
A fragment discusses New Year greetings and a quiet entrance at home. It cites a $100,000 Florida knitting mill owned by African Americans and notes the Australian public debt rising since 1901 by 130 percent.
The excerpt presents Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address proclaiming dedication of a battlefield cemetery and the vow that the nation must endure. It frames the Civil War as a test of the republic's founding proposition that all men are created equal and calls for renewed devotion to the unfinished work.
The piece reviews biographies claiming Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln had an unhappy marriage with tales of a delayed wedding and spiteful motives. It cites Henry B. Rankin’s Personal Recollections noting Mary as cultured and politically insightful, loved in Springfield, and later sorrowful after Lincoln’s death, deserving lasting recognition.
Poem honoring Abraham Lincoln, praising his kindness and healing impact on the country after his death, highlighting how his gentleness touched people and the nation’s wounds with a healing grace.
An Iowa librarian recounts Lincoln during Grant's siege of Richmond. The president visits City Point to witness the war's end and comforts a litter of near-blind kittens on River Queen. He wipes a kitten's eye and reflects on mother and memory, linking to his gratitude to his mother.
A letter from Mrs. Allia B. Truman of Poplar Bluff Missouri asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and helped her become a mother. The column cites many similar reader letters claiming improved health and ability to perform home duties.
A letter from Claude Callan in the Fort Worth Star Telegram presents a riddle about five brothers. Four speak unkindly of the narrator, while the fifth has never borrowed money from him.
Promotes Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify skin and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. Claims prevent minor skin troubles by keeping pores clear. Free sample by mail with a book. address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also notes about fashion silhouettes and lack of chorus men in London shows.
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