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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless corn remover. It claims applying a tiny amount instantly stops pain and allows the corn to be lifted out with fingers. It calls Freezone a sensational Cincinnati discovery and notes it costs a few cents at drug stores.
In Lithuania the bee is treated with great reverence as killing a bee is a sin, leading to widespread beekeeping. The economy now includes beekeeping as an important industry with thousands of barrels of honey exported annually and many households maintaining hives, often producing midus from garden honey.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe laxative alternative to harsh calomel and salts. It claims quick relief from constipation biliousness indigestion and headaches, working overnight without griping, and strengthens bowel muscles for regularity.
A clever but boastful young clerk at a boarding house table tries to order favors with flair. He shouts an odd request for milk, and the landlady responds by directing the maid to lead the cow toward the calf.
Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio swears senior partner Frank J Cheney offers to pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by the use of Elas Catarah Medicine. Notary W Gleason records the oath dated December 6. The ad cites Cheney & Co. Toledo as the maker and seller.
A terse exchange about popular songs reveals a tense mood. A severe character objects to certain tunes while another insists those very songs haunt the speaker, underscoring a troubling inner fixation.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching. It suggests washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, drying gently, then dusting Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Sold everywhere for 25 cents each.
A playful courtroom exchange centers on a ring remark with the judge quipping about a nose ring while a defendant or participant jokes about a finger ring, highlighting a light moment in a legal setting.
A brief note describes Joshua executing a small stunt amid taunts challenging others to immobilize a favored Se0, capturing a playful scene of dare and reaction.
The Missouri Democratic State Convention in Joplin selected delegates at large and by district for the San Francisco convention and chose presidential candidates. Endorsed Wilson and the League of Nations while rejecting Reed. four delegates at large were Gardner Graves Farrington Jenkins. The platform urged pro labor, agricultural progress, and unified Missouri support for the League without inhibiting constitutional rights.
Excelsior Springs Missouri delegates convened by Gov Gardner formed the Missouri Good Roads Federation with Maj Harry B Hawes elected president. Hawes warned the campaign for the 60 million road bond amendment to be voted in November will be the most strenuous state effort for roads and an estimated 100,900 dollars will be needed to fund education and statewide organization across all counties.
Boonville Missouri Charles C Bell of Boonville president of the Central Missouri Horticultural Society says the fruit crop this year will be about 50 percent of normal despite March frosts A peach crop will be very small apples may bear more fruit than expected plums and pears show good prospects while cherries have virtually been killed
Rev. Thomas J. Phillips, active over five years as pastor of Elsberry Clarksville and Ramsey Creek Baptist churches, resigns to accept a full time call as pastor of the First Baptist church in Pana Illinois.
Miss Anna Nolen editor of the Monroe City News was elected secretary of the Second District Democratic caucus. She is one of the few women to hold an official position in the party caucuses and is an active figure among women in Joplin_Missouri.
Fayetteville Missouri selects Prof. C. F. Rovercomb of Kansas City as superintendent of the public schools at a salary of 2400 dollars per year.
Representatives from nearly all U S wheat growing areas at the National Wheat Growers Association convention in Kansas City vote unanimously to form a vast cooperative for cereal product control. Agricultural experts say it would be the largest farmers’ combine ever attempted.
B E Argenbright of Stover warns the clothing fad endangers farmers as he jokes that without change they will dress hogs in crepe de chine nighties. In St Louis, 18 year old Emma L Reed of Milan commits suicide by carbolic acid at the Dee home. no note left and sister cites no obvious motive.
Missouri commission suspends a proposed 20 percent increase in sleeping and parlor car rates by the Pullman Palace Car Co for 120 days. An error in the filing led to a corrected submission, and no rate rise will take effect before August 29.
Joplin Missouri based Empire District Electric Company which owns the Ozark Power Company property has filed an application seeking regulatory action or approval. The filing outlines the ownership and control of the property and requests decisions affecting the utility's holdings.
The piece recounts Captain Seth Bullock joining Theodore Roosevelt in London and sharing a joke about the River Thames. An American tourist muses that if history had differed, Americans might have named a creek as a river, quipping about British naming and heritage.
The permanent dentition includes 32 teeth forming between ages six and twenty five. Wisdom teeth emerge late in about 47 percent of adults and may not develop. An ulcerated tooth signals a dental abscess from neglected decay, inflammation of the nerve, and potential systemic damage from poison in the jaw.
The Times of India reports Bagdad residents embrace European dress, with young men discarding the Arab headdress for billycock hats. The shift marks post Turkish rule era chic, as residents seek fashionable differences from elders with ready-made outfits.
Victorian oil expert G. D. Mendell reports major firms are heavily committed in Mexico, making Australia's £10,000 oil discovery bonus less attractive. He notes Britain and Australia will test former German New Guinea and Papua for bearing territory.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note recalls a boxer who vowed to avoid films for 10 000 a week, only to be exposed as intoxicated by his manager. The incident underscores the fighter not being an actor and the manager's clarification.
A vignette shows Mrs. Torkins teasing Charley about prohibition and bootleggers. She wonders if bootleggers suffer from tight shoes, sparking a playful exchange as she explains her joke. The playful dialogue hints at the era's ban on alcohol and social mores.
The exchange questions spousal expectations as one partner asks about a hypothetical request to fetch items upstairs. The other responds with a practical reply showing reluctance to comply, hinting at household role dynamics.
A brief exchange notes why a baseball might be described as a sphere by observing the sport’s whirled nature. The remark highlights a playful linguistic take on the game’s round object and motion.
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