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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
7
Fragmentary criminal court notes indicate a dispute over a Foot-Ease trademark with costs awarded against B. Hudson and others. The lingering restraining order relates to a sailing matter dated December of an unspecified year in a York city context.
The clipped text records stray lines about marriage prospects and moral musings, interwoven with a remark about laundry and starch. A humorous aside mentions Capt. Rich Pearson Hobson and a Central boom, with a jokey line about saying goodbye to Leon.
A Washington Star interview with a headquarters detective explains the pin-prick method for marking currency to prove prior possession. Two tiny holes are placed through a note at specific locations, remaining invisible to casual view and enabling reliable identification in court.
In a World paper tale Westside and Rivers discuss a cigar band craze linking parental and child collecting. Fathers confess stockpiling bands for their daughters and juggling cigar choices to satisfy the habit, trading duplicates and seeking rare brands.
A tale from a campaign era spots former Ohio Governor George Hoadley at a Buckeye hotel. The desk clerk, quiet and plain, records his name and room number with a sharp quip asking if the governor expects a kiss. Hoadley, amused, asserts his office.
A well liked city man who courted trouble with late nights is confronted by his wife who sits in black mourning for her late husband. The anecdote shifts from social satire to a twist revealing the widow’s claim. The humor hinges on the wife’s calm reveal after his fear.
Mrs Bellamy Storer the Rookwood pottery originator recalls her late ambassador husband. John W Foster named by China as its Hague conference representative. Professor Perkins 80 years old leads a simple life in Boston attic. Rev Moyer of Monessen has seven sons all clergy. John Redmond stays in the Commons from opening to close. Thomas Nelson Page back from abroad says he met the pope and European kings and saw revolutions and views Americans as grafters.
An English court fines a man two pounds for contempt after he offers a note with no change and quips I’ll take it out in contempt. A Frenchwife laments her husband’s study habit and loneliness, joking That I might always have your company.
Indiana physician reportedly cured a 20 year stomach disorder without medicine after advising a patient to quit coffee. The patient credits Postum as the remedy, noting dramatic relief and continued coffee abstinence two years later. Battle Creek, Michigan.
A Kansas City Star report notes intensified enforcement erasing open gambling in Oklahoma City over two months with jailed violators of injunctions. Guthrie shows no major games for over a year as religious activism and conservative reformers reshape public sentiment. A veteran boss gambler recalls 19th century farming origins of gambling and the shift toward sober, non-restaurant venues.
The Winnisimmet ferry line between Chelsea and Boston celebrated 275 years of operation by donating all day’s fare receipts to Chelsea’s R. S. Frost hospital. The service, oldest in the United States, began with Samuel Maverick and evolved from oars and sails to steamers by 1832 the Chelsea and the Boston.
Authorities and popular works differ greatly on the silk fibre length in Bombyx mori cocoons. Reported figures range from 1,100 feet to eleven miles with Britannica listing about 300 feet. New measurements show length varying from 888 to 3,196 yards in Italian yellow cocoons raised in the United States from French eggs.
A humorous boast estimates New York City sewers laid end to end would stretch 1,310 miles to Pike’s Peak with the city’s paved streets forming a continuous road. The note plays on urban scale and engineering excess.
Capt S L Crute of Watts Camp U C V Roanoke Virginia reports relief from back pain fatigue and nocturnal urination after using Dean's Kidney Pills He claims passing a gravel stone the size of a bean and no further attacks since then He praises the product and notes a return to health and weight Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A string of pithy maxims on ambition marriage charity and vanity. It notes Will and Must securing success, warns against meddling, and jokes about confidence rings in love and the golden calf’s enduring worship.
Warning against ointments for catarrh containing mercury and urging prescription use from reputable physicians. Details Hall's Catarrh Cure by F.J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, taken internally with blood and mucous surfaces affected. Sold by druggists. Price 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Washington Star exchange riffs on gender language with Maryat noting the term man includes women, while Skoller counters that such usage is not always appropriate. The playful debate highlights evolving views on inclusive language.
A Somerville Journal excerpt presents a wary father asking if his daughter can be made happy and a calm youth answering that she can make him happy, signaling a shift in expectations and emotional roles.
A brief Washington Star quote shows Mr. Comrox saying he simply did his duty and admired his daughter's graduation essay. The piece adds a womanly viewpoint on stinginess, defining a man who never pays compliments.
The passage explains how fine wash goods look better when laundered at home with proper starching. It recommends Defiance Starch for strong stiffness without thickening, promising an improved appearance of finished work.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes neighbors bowing to every other neighbor, signaling a change in local social signals. An advertising line promotes Defiance Starch, claiming it prevents fatigue on ironing day and saves time, labor, and annoyance with a large 16 oz package for 10 cents at the grocer.
A Baltimore American snippet parodies political bragging with a kitchen talk image. It notes people claim politics is dirty while avoiding effort, then shifts to humorous line about cleaning and Red Crows Ball Blue detergent at grocers. The fragment ends with a proverb about small fish and big tales.
Mrs Van Salisbury of Castleton New York credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing neuralgia of the heart after eight boxes. Her sister Sarah Van Salisbury also improved after use and both recommend the remedy. Pills sold by druggists or postpaid 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York.
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