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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
7
Newspaper ad warns that kidney disease is widespread and often neglected. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder problems, listing numerous symptoms and promising relief and health improvements. Readers are urged to mail for a sample bottle and information booklet.
A hygiene class assignment asked pupils to explain why cremation is superior to burial. One student wrote that cremation is better because a person buried might be in a swoon and unable to recover.
A Minneapolis Journal observation notes that many men reaching adulthood in the past decade lack skills to harness a horse, attach the buggy, start the horse, engage the clutch, and drive cross country under one horse power.
An advertorial claim describes Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative that cleanses the stomach, removes sour undigested food and foul gases, reduces bile, and expels waste to cure headaches and biliousness by morning. It emphasizes overnight action and long-term regularity.
A brief and playful exchange quotes Proud pop and Philo Pumpelly about "our baby" with light humor. The item comments on peace on earth and a boy who borrows his mother's stockings to hang up, reflecting a whimsical local tone.
University of Omaha co-eds reject economist Harry De Lamatre idea of 1000 a year as enough. They insist a 1500 annual income is needed to sustain a home. Male students respond with indignation, planning to boycott the “extravagant” co-eds for high expectations.
In a lighthearted piece from the Indianapolis News a relative notes Uncle Jim shaved off a mustache he wore for about a year. A family member recalls he grew it about two years ago while a child asks if he planted the seed.
A courtroom scene features a quizzical exchange as Judge interrogates a defendant about his actions toward a towering antagonist. The reply notes the threat and implies a cautious response given the opponent’s size and weight.
A witty exchange contrasts a plan to abate smoke with a pun about cigars. The quip highlights a lighthearted take on dealing with a nuisance through humor rather than action.
Kansas City pharmacists tested Vap-O-Rub with free jars, collecting customer reports. Mothers praised its external use for children and relief of bronchitis and colds, noting no heavy medicines. Samples were offered in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
Jefferson City reports a stream of odd bills in the forty-eighth general assembly. Debates cover deer crop losses and hawk and owl bounties while a $300,000 capi tol furniture oversight is noted. Senate action may amend auto speed laws and Drake Watson is described as a bachelor speaker.
The state auditor examines vouchers to verify spending and reveals that former Gov Major and his colonels traveled to the Panama Pacific Exposition from April 26 to May 18, 1915, with costs totaling $2,943.71.
Senator Kinney introduced a bill in the senate seeking to forbid the state public service commission from taking jurisdiction over water rates in St. Louis. The commission is considering a proposal to equalize rates and to deny special rates to large manufacturers using substantial water.
Democratic leaders decide to postpone investigations into the penitentiary. Frank Farris suggests waiting until McClung's term as warden expires to see governor's action. Gardner to handle house cleaning.
The register of those who come to advocate or oppose legislation lists only 17 names, mostly from different labor unions. With such a small, watchful crowd, legislation against organized labor faces slim chances of passage.
A bill before Missouri’s state legislature seeks to abolish hazing in colleges for both genders with heavy fines for initiation practices. Sports items note revived interest in race track gambling and prize fighting law changes, with sounding proposals to modify existing statutes.
In Jefferson City it is believed former Secretary of State Cornelius Roach will be named a director of the federal farm loan bank once organized, following his Washington summons. Governor Gardner names Wm. R. Painter as Missouri penitentiary warden to serve temporarily amid prison reform action.
The anti initiative joker clause reappears in the lower house tail end of a dry measure. It seeks to deprive voters statewide of a local option vote by claiming immediate necessity for peace health and safety.
In one day last week the senate introduced five bills embracing constitutional changes. All subjects except woman suffrage appear in this program.
At the close of the first week of this session the lower house had offered 252 bills.
Representative Frank H. Lee of Jasper County introduces a measure making nepotism a misdemeanor with fines from 50 to 1000 dollars and possible jail time. The bill bars officers from employing relatives on the public payroll, extending to third degree kinship.
A wartime sermon Reflects on Christlike peacemaking through the Beatitudes. It urges personal peace with God and cooperative virtue to foster a just, Christian state and the value of the Communion of Saints in prayer and fellowship.
The author argues the world conflicts with human church structures rather than Christ himself. The tragedy is the church’s failure to leave Christ unaltered by doctrine ritual and ritual and to maintain apostolic spirit of no man save Jesus only in life and message.
A reflective quote from G W Curtis celebrates a man who has lived a long life with a hopeful heart. His example turns discords into peace and reinforces belief in God, self, and neighbors.
A political exchange questions consistency on the eight hour law with a remark about repeal. The dialogue hints at labor policy pressure and public opinion. Additionally a note references Garfield Tea as a grandmother’s remedy for stomach and intestinal issues and Paraguay's quebracho timber wealth.
A fragment quotes a statement about Jones pressuring the speaker for two hours to hear flattering claims about his two year old son. The exchange ends with a punchline about owing Jones a lot of money for enduring the ordeal.
A terse exchange notes an imminent danger foreseen by a soothayer who warns a man, and the other dismisses it by boasting about a Riproarer car. The Kansas City Star frames the odd confrontation with wary humor.
Secretary Daniels rejects enlisting men for a specific ship but adopts state centered measures. Navy recruiting stations will be set up in all state capitals lacking offices, with state official cooperation to form a naval reserve. The plan uses state pride and rivalry to raise manpower to high-water mark.
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