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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
3
A collage of quirky quotes and humorous exchanges appears from travel and domestic life. References include a flirtatious line about fiancés ages and a light note about a sharp-eared maid. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets are advertised as sugar coated stomach and digestive regulators.
A courtroom scene shows a teacher scolding a boy who admits he lacks intuition and mislaid what he needed. The judge questions the boy about his understanding, noting the short time he has been present and his ignorance of what was required.
An OCR laden fragment promotes Marine Eye Remedy for watery eyes and irritated eyelids, claiming quick relief and a long history. It references a dubious “oculiste” formula and a Chicago company, then pivots to a satirical note about Democritus and Mr. Gompers in a magazine controversy mockup.
Public health notice urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the correct signature and to trust a remedy used for over 30 years. It notes children may cry for Fletcher’s Castoria and emphasizes safety for infants and kids.
A demon strator boasts the car can climb a tree, while Stiggins doubts any vehicle that climbs trees can be good afterward. This exchange appears in Harpers Weekly with sharp humor.
A heavyset Irish woman complains scales stop at one hundred pounds in a town store. A friend suggests stepping twice and having Mickey算 the total, turning the moment into light humor.
In Lipincott's Magazine a child named Mabel, soothed by her mother’s kiss, comforts a drunken man who trips in a crowded Union depot waiting room. The girl declares, Don’t cry, mam ma will kiss oo and then oo’ll be all right, highlighting childlike faith and a public moment.
A Chicago woman credits Grape-Nuts with ending the doctor habit. She says after six years using the cereal she and her family avoided medical calls, restored energy, and improved health, noting digestion and headaches improved and her husband prefers it for his work lunches.
The Postal Service posts its first annual profit for the year ending June 30 1911 in a report to Congress with proposals to raise second class rates and implement a parcel post system. The commission urges a 1 cent per 4 ounce and 1 cent per pound increase with adjustments to free in county and transient rates. President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock back most ideas though the president opposes federal telegraph ownership. The revenue for 1911 totaled about 237.88 million with a small surplus.
Missouri Democrats chose eight delegates at large and named the eight members of the big eight to Baltimore. Delegates Shannon and Fleming won in a closed contest amid snow storms as Kemper campaigned for harmony. The convention also elected presidential electors and alternates, with Reed and Francis Cockrell among speakers who urged party unity.
A collection of letters from women in Wisconsin Iowa and Colorado praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for irregular periods nervousness headaches and fatigue. Testimonies claim restored health and urge others to try the remedies with confidential correspondence from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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