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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
6
A dubious health ad urges readers to drink hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this cleanses the body and boosts appetite, then notes many ailments improve. The piece ends with a playfully cynical quip about hair and youth.
A home remedy promotes a mild salt solution to flush kidneys and ease back pain. It urges drinking water and taking softened lemon grape acid lithia salts to cleanse and stimulate kidney function, claiming safety and long tradition.
The historic Parliament Building in Ottawa was destroyed by fire believed caused by a gas bomb explosion. Two women guests of Speaker Sevigny died from smoke as debris trapped police, firemen, and MPs. missing Frederick Pardee and William Loggie feared dead. The library feared lost. insurance did not cover the loss of contents, estimated at five million dollars for the building.
Frederick C. Walcott European representative of the Feller Foundation and Caspar Wh of the American Commission report dire conditions in Poland after a relief mission. They describe widespread destitution with scarce food, potatoes, and little fuel as Russian retreat scars homes and left many families destroyed.
Wireless reports from the European theater describe Austro German offensives near Suloniki and Mackensen at Mnastir while Montenegrin troops link with Servians and fall back on Durazzo. British French forces press the Germans in East and West Africa as Russian troops pursue Turks near Lake Torktum and Khryskala.
Missouri university women press a campaign for a dedicated assembly hall and general buildings at Columbia to serve Y W C A meetings restrooms and activities. Miss Gladys Udell leads the effort as talks spread through St Louis and the state by Eva Johnston about improving facilities now limited to a 10 by 12 shed.
City attorney of Carthage files with the Missouri Public Utilities Commission asking the Carthage Gas Company be compelled to improve service. Citizens report gas shortages during cold weather and related hardship.
Mt. Vernon city council schedules a February special election to authorize the issuance of bonds totaling 8 500 dollars to construct a municipal lighting plant to replace the one destroyed by fire.
Record corn prices posted in Carrollton Missouri with buyers paying 125 dollars for a bushel of pure Yellow Dent seed corn. Buyers also paid 25 dollars for lesser lots and 26 dollars for exceptionally choice ears as farmers sought seed stock.
Miss Bima Zimmer of St Louis county at 24 begins horseback canvass for the proposed 3 million road bond. Her estates are funded by the campaign committee. She rides her mare Tiger Lily, noted for competing with men at county fairs.
Obituary notes the death of Samuel Allen a veteran St Joseph river pilot from ante bellum days. The 1 year old mention and garbled lines reference a long career on upper Minnesota steamboats and a home death in St Joseph with other unrelated incidents cited in a jumbled snippet.
A vintage advertisement claims sudden death linked to kidney and heart disease and promotes Dr Pierce’s Anuric tablets and Favorite Prescription. It invites readers to mail symptoms and water samples to Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York for free testing by chemists and asserts relief from kidney and backache symptoms and general weakness.
A Philadelphia Telegraph item recalls a Quaker who fell asleep in meeting and began to snore. An observer whispered Christlike humor, suggesting outsiders might mistake the snoring for a trombone solo rather than a religious expression.
The exchange shows a stern Squire Peavy rebuking Brother Ram diddy with a claim of repeated appearances before him. The dialogue hints at class tension and the judge figure declaring liberal yet cautious intent to give a fair measure in a courtroom or public setting.
A visitor asks about seeing the circus but a boy says his father was sick in bed. The note compares policemen to rainbows appearing after a storm.
Jobson speeds 100 yards in 18 seconds to catch a train, while Blogson stands still. Jobson urges on, yet the train escapes him as he shouts to Blogson. Two days later Jobson’s late call ends with a terse goodbye.
A lively local column quips on last night’s bowling results. It jokes that no one had spare change for the pinboys, causing the event to end with a strike of laughter.
Warnings echo against parting with money for risky schemes as readers are reminded to think carefully before investing. The saying cautions against hasty bets and emphasizes prudent financial decisions.
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