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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
9
June, a veteran waitress at a grand New York hotel lunch counter, recalls an elegant old man who ordered a breakfast for two while thinking aloud of a pie that never appeared. A listener hints the man may have recently lost a beloved grandchild.
A London Times correspondent reports a Berlin delicatessen window displaying bananas, a novelty after years of blockade. The crowd’s smiles and jokes show the fruit as a symbol of peace and the end of the blockade, reflecting hopeful postwar mood.
Nelson H. Blount, a Yale graduate at the Newport torpedo station, reportedly rode a naval torpedo underway. Earlier in New London he rigged a saddle and two pon toons on the sides, sat on the torpedo, and had it fired from the surface with him on top.
A Honolulu Advertising club committee reports the dual language schools are objectionable and should be abolished. It recommends gradually ending schools taught in any language but English by expanding the government school curriculum.
A character notes mixed views on prohibition with Uncle Bil Bilson arguing for approving prohibition as a theory but not a condition. The dialogue mocks highbrow attempts to split ideas into neat categories and highlights community debate.
A partial line states that illness followed consumption of well water and hints at a doctor’s warning. The text is fragmented and lacks clear names, dates, or location details. The readable portion suggests a causal link between well water and sickness and mentions medical advice.
A discussion of New Year customs from Peter Stuyvesant era New Amsterdam through 19th century rivalries in calls and open houses. It contrasts early neighborly gatherings with evolving social fashions, and recalls Philadelphia 1894 and New York 1906 holiday scenes marked by noise revelry and communal greetings.
Fremont Ohio reader Mrs M Godden shares relief from menopause symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved strength and disappearance of annoying symptoms and invites inquiries to Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
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