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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
6
In a salon style exchange Mrs. De Style argues a woman should dress well to please her husband while Mr Facts counters that a husband gains little joy unless his family pays the bills, citing domestic finances and parental support.
A joke misfires as a host blurts about grandma's ashes prompting a guest to react. The host clarifies the punchline reveals the remark was about laziness, not a cremation. The exchange circulates as a humorous anecdote about miscommunication at a gathering.
The feature notes Dr. Herbert Feis economic adviser to the state department, linked to a barter plan for rubber and tin and a surplus cotton issue. It also touches on Machiavellian economics, T and Tau time concepts, and profiles Lucius N. Littauer and his Harvard foundations and public service.
The piece profiles Captain Benjamin Bonneville, Andrew Summers Rowan, and Lou Westcott Beck. It notes Bonneville's mixed fortune as a fur trader explorer who mapped the Columbia route and earned military honors after serving in Mexico and at Fort Vancouver. Rowan earned fame for the Garcia mission, inspired Elbert Hubbard’s editorial, and Beck, the Good Samaritan of Death Valley, saved hundreds but died after an infected spring.
Instructions and charts for a 10 inch mercerized string square crochet pattern 6307. Details include materials, stitch illustrations, and how the square can form both dinner cloths and scarves. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. at 259 W 14th St New York NY for this pattern.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Caldwell's Laxative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin as a two action remedy. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested stomach protein causing belching acidity and nausea while Senna laxative stimulates bowel movement. The copy touts ease of taste for children and urges buying at the druggist.
A compact motivational note cites Disraeli on readiness as the key to opportunity and achievement, urging preparation as the path to success.
Advertising claims by a female health tonic tout Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a general system remedy for nervousness irritability and associated female functional disorders. The ad cites over sixty years of use and one million testimonials asserting benefits.
A brief line attributed to Epicurus reflects on discontent and the futility of satisfaction with small gains. The maxim suggests that little will never satisfy a restless mind.
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