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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
Mss Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn presides over the People’s Christian Temperance Association and endorses Pernna as a nerve and digestive tonic. She cites personal use aiding worn-out women and a physician’s frequent prescriptions with many grateful letters from patients.
Senator P C Knox of Pennsylvania presides over the Senate rules committee in place of ex Senator Spooner. Stories recount Spooner eccentricities such as a loose necktie and Mrs Spooner tying it, plus gaslights left on in multiple rooms nightly, highlighting humorous differences between the two leaders.
The story recounts Senator Bob Taylor visiting luxury apartments in Stoneleigh Court built by John Hay. He muses on rich living while entertaining clerks, contemplates moving, and ends up living like a plutocrat at the upscale Stoneleigh Court paying about $100 to $500 monthly.
Senator Taylor recounts a story about Uncle Pompey a peaceful old negro who hunted possums and ate them. Pompey explains he beat a town visitor only after the man dressed fancy asked if he was fit to eat possums, claiming the question provoked the attack.
Gen Young recalls a Civil War tale of a white soldier in the Army of the Potomac who sought to be made a brevet negro to gain higher pay. He argued his value justified assignment to duties by brevet rank, amid the train largely driven by black soldiers paid $25 monthly while he received $16.
Six year old Lucille Hughes daughter of Representative Hughes of Patterson New Jersey captivated the Washington house of representatives during a visit. Her remark about not attending school that day highlighted her visit and the scene at the Capitol.
After a fall damaged her kidneys Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York suffered back and hip pains and descolored kidney secretions. She weakened and wasted away until Dean's Kidney Pills brought quick relief and complete recovery. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A home remedy advises mixing two ounces glycerine with half a pint of whiskey and a half ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine. Shake bottle before each dose and take a teaspoon to a tablespoon every four hours. Oil of Pine sold in half ounce vials from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Dayton. Ingredients available at drug stores.
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a preacher’s variation on the Job story. The speaker notes Job endured many trials and vowed to persevere despite the devil’s afflictions. A comic twist has Job complaining about a hurricane added to his woes.
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal recounts how Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment healed her three daughters from a severe eczema with itching eruptions on the backs of the head. She also notes the ointment cleared a neck fold bleeding issue in a plump baby after one morning.
A humorous exchange portrays a salesman urging a talking machine and a groom replying he has one, claiming he married it, in a light domestic quip highlighting gadget irony.
An advertisement touts a cure for deafness via constitutional remedy for catarrh and inflamed Eustachian tubes. It promises a $100 reward for any deafness case not cured by Hali's Catarrh Cure, plus circulars, and promotes Hali's Family Pills and other products.
A description from Harper’s Weekly about Queen Alexandra at London’s Mansion House fete. A playful anecdote recalls a young maid Molly kissing the queen and later explaining her motive to tell grandchildren. Includes ads and misc lines about products and sayings.
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