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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
6
Dana, nicknamed The Old Weed Woman for her neighbor Mrs Kerr, fights weeds by planting near the line between yards. When Dana leaves town, Mrs Kerr quietly tends Dana’s garden and, amid drought, cleans the line, ending the feud as both women learn cooperation and friendship.
Francisco Alvarez a rural merchant near Orense Spain was robbed by two highwaymen taking about $25. He hid in the inn bed while they dug a grave in the yard. The innkeeper killed one attacker with a dagger and Alvarez alerted police to arrest the bandits before the grave was completed.
A new device described as a glorified magic lantern projects photographs and signs onto cloud banks up to five miles away. It uses a powerful search light behind lenses and a slide holder, firing from a cannon like apparatus with a revolving screen for color changing effects.
A young German inventor presents a fastboat modeled on fish anatomy. The screw remains at the stern while intake water is drawn beneath the bow and expelled through side tubes and midship spouts. The rear features sharklike protuberances for hydrodynamic effect.
A fourteen year old girl swimming at North shore Auckland was dragged underwater by a large octopus. Her older brother was seized by a tentacle but freed her and both escaped with swollen legs. This is reported as the first known octopus attack on a bather.
Mrs. Mary Neumann of Brooklyn, on her seventy first birthday, learned after fifty years that her younger sister Catherine Knerr of Chicago was alive. Catherine placed an ad in a Brooklyn newspaper and the sisters spoke by telephone from Chicago, amid hopeful plans for an early reunion in New York.
Cleveland thieves take bathtubs sinks and radiators from empty apartments in a year. The Cleveland Owners and Tenants association said losses by 1 000 members run into thousands of dollars. President J E Yelsky urged licensing of second hand plumbing dealers to curb thefts.
In Columbus Ohio a woman identified as Mrs Arthur Battelle was found fatally beaten with a hammer and nailed in a closet at her home. Neighbors and canvassers were told by the couple’s four year old twins Nettie and Jim. Police seek the husband Anth er Battelle a 41 year old salesman as investigation continues.
A Western Union clerk in Kansas City, Missouri, began counting words in a message handed to him. He read the line I am holding this place up, and confirmed the threat when he raised his eyes to the man brandishing a revolver.
Bright-colored draperies and home textiles can be refreshed cheaply using Diamond Dyes. A simple tinting method covers faded fabrics and matches spreads and runners. The free Color Craft booklet offers color ideas. request by mailing Mae Martin at Diamond Dyes, Burlington Vermont.
Almonds come in two main types bitter and sweet. Bitter almonds are grown mainly in Mediterranean countries for flavoring extracts and prussic acid production. Sweet almonds are cultivated commercially in southern Europe, California, and a few other nations.
A researcher studying binocular vision foresees that long term human evolution could favor a single eye. The analysis suggests potential adaptive changes and the diminishment of reliance on dual sight.
A compact note suggests using handcuffs if moral suasion fails, implying enforcement or coercive action as a next step in addressing a dispute or noncompliance. The wording emphasizes a shift from persuasion to restraint as a potential measure.
A historical reflection on how electrical equipment changed work for women, arguing it educates and empowers them by moving away from body-breaking tasks. The piece notes a shift in daily life and industry as machines redefine labor and opportunities.
In a humorous exchange, Uncle Tybalt lists fatigue, head buzzing, taste changes, feverish sensations, and restlessness as symptoms. Aunt Fretty notes the pamphlet naming the maladies is damaged, obscuring the diagnosis. The Kansas City Times quotation frames a playful medical muddle.
X rays are now employed to find buttons and other solid items in rags destined for paper making. Without removing buttons hooks and eyes from the pulp the pulping machinery may suffer serious damage. Fluorescent screens in the X ray outfit detect the solids as endless bands pass the material over the tube.
A humorous dialogue unfolds as Why Not Bride Dickie claims he hears voices in dreams while a friend retorts for silence to let him sleep. The exchange highlights playful banter and character dynamics.
A witty note describes Cupid as manager of a two ring circus encompassing engagement and wedding rings.
A rural essay notes that not every boy born on a farm becomes a farmer and discusses choices beyond inherited labor. It highlights values, opportunity, and the evolving American view of rural life.
The article notes a proposed commemorative bronze tablet on the site of Coventry where Lady Godiva is said to be buried. It recalls the legendary ride of Lady Godiva with Leofric and the Benedictine Abbey church once at Coventry Hill, now replaced by modern offices. Funds are sought to finance the memorial.
A cryptic line from a puzzle column questions why people extend a hand in greeting or payment. The fragment hints at interpretation of gestures and meaning within a broader life context as reflected in the column.
A garbled OCR fragment notes a cupful of hot water daily and a landlady eating soup, implying a sparse meals scene. Names, places, or dates do not clearly appear, limiting concrete details to depict a minor hardship vignette.
The line suggests optimism helps the pessimist see happiness, implying a contrast between outlooks. It reflects on mindset and perception rather than a concrete event or person.
Ambiguous excerpt presents Horace as speaker, contrasting a lazy ox craving horse-trap pings with a horse seeking plow work. The fragment hints at a moral about labor and restraint, set in a classical vein.
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