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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
6
Captain Boynton details a life of blockade running piracy and filibustering across seas and continents. He describes naval escapades, Cuban revolts, and arms shipments to Don Carlos, alongside clashes with authorities and a long streak of perilous missions.
Fragmentary ad style line references Cordelia the grass widow and a course of Garfield Tea claimed to cure indigestion. The readable snippet suggests a health remedy pitch amid period advertising language.
An advertisement from The Paxton Tailet Co. Boston Mass. presents Paxtine as a kingpin nicotine remover and mouth sanitizer. Available at druggists for 25 cents a box or via postpaid mail drink receipt of price.
A witty exchange highlights Jinks as always ready with a hammer except when he must lay carpet. The quote playfully contrasts his usual readiness with a rare moment of inaction.
A ten year old tells her mother she will marry and have four children but then adds she might marry a bachelor and not have four. The exchange is recounted in the Saturday Evening Post with a humorous twist reflecting childhood views on marriage and family.
A Bar winks at friends and teases a laborer about marriage. The man stammers that he married once to a woman, then adds his sister did marry a man, provoking a comical exchange in a moonlit scene.
A humorous anecdote from The Sunday Magazine features De Wolf Hopper recounting a bachelor who never wears a watch. He relies on neighbors with chickens and claims the rooster acts as his crownometer to tell morning time.
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