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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary 1908 era text notes claims about Dr Williams Pink Pills for People and Hall's Catarrh Cure, with testimonials and promotional lines. Also includes a humorous Jerome K. Jerome quote and an exchange about money in family settings, all in a damaged newspaper snippet style.
A reader reports an 11 year old from Hoosick Falls who grew sturdier after switching to Grape Nuts. He previously suffered indigestion and nervousness but improved after regular breakfasts with the cereal. His mother credits Grape Nuts with better appetite and overall vigor. The ad mentions Kellogg Company Battle Creek Michigan and the book The Road to Wellville.
A Missouri montage reports the Southwest City post office robbery a few days past. Ernest Brown of Richmond dies after a horse attack. Trenton debates an $80,000 water works bond. Hog weights, wage strikes, and poultry notes pepper the column with local color and humor.
Mrs E T Gould of Chicago credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her life from Bright's Disease after eye trouble backache and dizziness. She reports rapid improvement since 1903 and says she has stayed well. Pills sold by dealers at 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Rev William Howe the oldest Baptist preacher will turn 100 on May 26 1906 founder Tremont Temple Boston living in Cambridge MA.
A testimonial from Claude N. Johnson of Walnut Kansas credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with curing two years of itchy skin eruption after trying a doctor with no relief. He describes reading the Cuticura book, purchasing the products, and noting complete recovery after the first set and two extra cakes. He signs June 15 1905 December.
An old advertisement touts Bo Tan ic Blood Balm as a cure for blood and skin diseases including cancer blood poisoning and scrofula offering free samples and home cure directions from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga. The notice also briefly reports William Easton a Mare Island hospital steward nearly drowning in San Pablo Bay before his hunting dog rescued him by grabbing a drifting oar.
A pitch advertises free radish seeds and a summer supply to keep you stocked with tender radishes. It also promotes Salzer's Bargain Seed Book featuring bargains and surprises in seeds at low prices.
The notice promotes seed catalogues from Gend This Notice To Day and mentions John A. Salter Seed Co one item lists Garfield Tea for liver and kidney regulation with a Brooklyn sample offer. The page also includes a drug store ad for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar and a humorous line about Prince Louis of Battenberg paying a dentist $1000 for fillings.
An article extols childbearing as central to marriage and presents Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as remedies for female weaknesses, infertility, and related conditions. It claims wide cures and safety, with ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper and notes physician endorsement.
Land adjoining this can be purchased from railway and land companies at from to 10 per acre. On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. It is also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent. Splendid climate, low taxes railways convenient, schools and churches close at hand. Write for "Twentieth Century Canada" and low railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. North Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
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