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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
7
The dairy cow profits from good winter care says John A Arey North Carolina State College extension dairy expert. Well lighted ventilated stalls free from drafts conserve feed for milk while preventing chilling. Avoid mud and ice for drinking water to keep cows hydrated and productive. Regular routine reduces nervousness and boosts milk output.
Ordinary calf scours stem from indigestion due to overfeeding cold or dirty milk. If nursing, reduce milk to half, and use a small amount of castor oil. Weigh milk at each feeding and feed 6 to 8 pounds when hand feeding, using clean pails to prevent recurrence.
The text warns: oats straw is poor feed for dairy cows and cutting corn fodder may improve intake. It notes overfeeding is as unprofitable as underfeeding and stresses careful feeding, especially in winter. Calves should receive colostrum from the mother, rich in protein. It critiques dishoeloths for not reaching crevices and stresses keeping milking facilities clean. A separate, well‑ventilated milk house is essential for milk handling.
In mid October 300 Venezuelan youths protest tyranny under Gomez. Carmen Gil Martinez, 19, exiled from Caracas, arrives in New York with her brother aboard the Lara to begin work in a Brooklyn embroidery shop earning about 15 dollars a week.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri Edward Babcock tested rubber from a St. Louis firm by biting a sample. A juror pulled the other end and two teeth fell out, provoking laughter as the judge ruled against the rubber company.
Switzerland has adopted ice cream as a national dessert after a campaign by big merchants. The Commerce Department reports Switzerland now consumes about 135000 gallons annually, roughly one eighth quart per person, up from prewar scarcity in restaurants and clubs.
Jean LaForge, a Paris restaurant owner and clarinet soloist, reveals his three and a half year old son is a musical prodigy who plays the violin and nine other instruments. At fourteen months he reportedly bumbled.
A clipping notes opinions that Englishmen eat four square meals daily yet remain lean. It retells a story of Oscar Browning at Cambridge who ate seven meals a day and slept little, plus an admiral who quips at ninety-two about wishing to be eighty again.
W. P. Frith, royal academician, painted in the country one summer. He traded a 50 cent rush chair for a small painting worth far more, joking that the cottage owner preferred an exchange over cash. The anecdote, recounted to Julian Hawthorne, highlights the chair’s unlikely value.
Mrs. Alexander King in Delineator argues vegetables are now served with no juice on the dinner plate and eaten with a fork or knife and fork as in European practice. She praises forks for asparagus to avoid drippiness and notes the disappearance of side dish fleets at meals.
A neighbor rushes to Mrs. O Malley with tragic news that her husband died after being overcome by heat and falling into a foundry furnace. The exchange is full of Irish dialect and London street context.
The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr houses 1831 relics from the Boar's Head tavern including the Falstaff cup and a tobacco box admired by Washington Irving. The box cover depicts the inn with a carousing company and chairs named Prince Hal and Falstaff. inscriptions note its use at vestry meetings.
A fragment notes a query about registration and a tense reply. It mentions a question about age and a reaction described as yes rage. The readable text implies an identity or event tied to registration and age clarification. No clear persons or organizations are named in the fragment.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a remedy for constipation in children. It claims early treatment prevents health issues, notes a 50 year medical endorsement, and cites over 4 million bottles used yearly with a customer testimonial from Mrs C G Wilcox in Denver Colorado. It warns buyers to seek the word California on the carton to avoid imitators.
A Life magazine excerpt notes a line about more girls than boys at an event and jokes that petting is two to one, reflecting social attitudes of the era. The remark underscores casual gender dynamics discussed in the issue.
The sign near Marine entrances warning you will be killed if you don’t listen is not a Marine creation. The American Magazine explains it as life’s code of wild things, where obedience meets survival and disobedience brings death. Natural laws pair with reason in daily life and death choices.
An old obituary or tribute honors Dr R Pierce praising his herbal remedies. The note claims the Golden Medical Discovery improves digestion and blood quality, clears skin, and ends with a sales pitch offering a trial bottle and free medical advice from the Buffalo clinic.
A physician who practiced 47 years advised that constipation occurs despite care and stressed treatment by Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. He favored near natural remedies over drastic purges and urged daily bowel movement, recommending Syrup Pepsin as safe and non habit forming. He offered free trial bottles via mail.
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