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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
6
A New York World dispatch notes a statistician who studies dollar longevity on paper, joking that keeping a dollar alive three weeks would earn public fame though the trick remains only theoretical. It also cites New York City's 4,500 hotels and restaurants.
A woman recounts ten years of stomach trouble treated by four doctors, noting lack of funds shaped her care. The fragment hints at seeking other treatment and ongoing illness.
Confederate Sergeant Wyatt is sent as a spy to his native county. He impersonates Lieutenant Raymond and infiltrates a Harwood household. Wyatt and Noreen Harwood hide as Cowan’s gang closes in. The preacher is forced to marry them, and Wyatt is captured for trial in Lewisburg.
Wyatt, a Confederate sergeant in disguise, is confined in a stone jail beneath the courthouse during a siege. Colonel Pickney offers mercy in exchange for information. Wyatt declines and plans a breakout using a makeshift lever from a broken horseshoe. He recalls Noreen and faces the risk of Raymond’s schemes as he awaits dawn and the next move.
The narrator endures a dreary wait as they face an imminent death sentence. He suspects Fox will use influence to delay the action and harbors a faint hope that Ne reen might plead to higher authorities to avert the sentence. The passage centers on fear, delay, and possible appeal in a death row context.
The article argues that lunar light does not affect weather or frost. It notes the moon only causes minor effects on instruments and tides, and even at full moon the sun provides far more light, making a warmer, not colder, scenario. It concludes the moon’s reflection cannot drive weather.
A correspondent recalls Lord Kitchener as a man with little smile and recounts an anecdote about a rich officer’s father offering £500 for each son if the war minister would grant a favor. The reply suggests a stern, practical response to the gesture.
A Portemonts town council meeting reports two women employed as street conductors, one wife of a colonel and the other of a captain. The item hints at a campaign or effort connected to municipal transportation duties.
The piece notes a broad trade revival in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with record crops and strong farm finances boosting city commerce banks and mail order houses. It cites increased grain shipments in Winnipeg and Port Arthur and a positive outlook for 1916 while praising Western prosperity and prudent debt payments.
Ad claims Bromo Quinine cures a cold in one day and urges asking for the full name IvE BROMO QUININE and refers to E. W. Grove. The notice seeks authenticity and proper naming to verify the remedy's effectiveness.
The speaker criticizes Dods for self complacency saying he cannot be improved. Another voice suggests improving a person like Dods is futile, while a third claims he is true to his type and beyond reform.
A brief note recalls the common remedy Syrup of Figs used to ease a child's bowel movements.
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