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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
7
A fourteen year old describes a button threading game for a party with sixteen guests. Four tables host rounds where players match button types to advance, using score cards, bone button decorations, and ribbon tied pairs. Prizes include button bags and candy boxes.
A youth culture note describes nighttime gatherings of girls aged fifteen to seventeen. Invitations include dinner, kimono and breakfast items, with fires, candles, and marshmallows. Activities feature roasting marshmallows and sharing confidences, sometimes with corn popping and fudge.
The girls are invited to tell their most thrilling adventures and the hostess may award a prize such as a corset bag night gown case dressing jacket or a piece of lingerie. Breakfast is served at eight and is to be especially dainty.
A hostess hosts a Cupiditea for twelve young women to honor a bride-to-be. Cards with teapot shapes prompt answers ending in ty, giving a playful sequence of words connected to courtship, domestic happiness, and marriage. Each guest brings a cup and saucer as gifts, the china is washed and packed for the lucky bride.
A parent recalls children playing Japanese tag where the tagged child places a left hand on the touched spot and stays there until tagging someone else. The next tagger aims for a knee or foot to complicate future tags, creating humorous rounds outdoors.
A short description of a simple party trick where a volunteer attempts to brush a quarter from the magician’s hand using a whisk broom. The coin lies in the palm and the motion is a light brushing, not digging. Many attempts may fail, even with a dozen participants.
Bishop Murray told a tale about a church cemetery fence blown down by a storm. Members voted 95 to 5 to rebuild and then 100 to 0 to recall the project, the argument noting those inside can’t exit and those outside won’t enter.
In a courtroom a defendant accused of keeping a dog without a license repeatedly tried to interrupt. The clerk pressed him to renew the license, noting it expired January 1, and the defendant quipped that the dog’s license had expired too.
A light exchange reveals a family joking about a hidden visitor. The speaker notes that even the listener is included in the prank, suggesting relatives planned the surprise arrival to avoid spoiling the moment.
A conversation scorns attire that draws attention on the street. One speaker notes Miss Knobby’s gown caused men to stare, then asks who her dressmaker is, but she declines to say.
She-Ferdy won the booby prize in a whist tournament with the joke prize a copy of your last book of poems. The crowd reacted with playful laughter at the quip about the lobster.
In a Potlatch parade a woman asks if the faces on a float are real Indians. A man replies that they are likely not real Indians but may include quoted Indians in the display.
A humorous dialogue frames a weathered captain attempting a port steer as a playful nautical moment. The exchange highlights steadiness and direction in a light, maritime tone.
The report notes the atrocities scan dal remained hidden in Peru for a long time. It calls attention to the robber district context and the secrecy surrounding the matter.
European migrants flood into Winnipeg as 1000 settlers arrive daily, with Germans, Scandinavians, and Britons forming major contingents. US homesteaders take 160 acre plots for six months annually, then receive deeds, priced at 15 to 18 dollars per acre for prosperous yields.
Miss Elsie De Wolfe at the Colony club discusses the new servant trust saying it began in the Philippines and moved to Honolulu then San Francisco. The conversation shifts to a quip about the proverb rolling stone gathering no moss with a witty reply about a suburban cook.
A woman reports initial facial eruptions that spread over days to arms and back causing severe itching, sleep loss, and disfigurement. After trying multiple remedies, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with noticeable improvement in seven to eight days and full cure in about three weeks. Public notice invites samples and product information.
A quotation from S. C. Nethersole notes that men prefer a pretty mouth over a clever brow across youth age or middle age. The line reflects social attitudes on beauty and intellect.
A dialogue reflects on marital strain as one actor jokes about causing his wife tears, contrasting with the far harsher tears attributed to famous stage stars at matinees.
Mrs D H Brown of Iola Kansas credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with ending two years of illness and bloating during menopause. She reports improved strength and the ability to do all her work including washing and urges other women to take the medicine.
A countryman in the city hears artists boast and retorts that Bill Simpkins can paint cork to resemble marble so closely it sinks like a stone when thrown into water, mocking their vanity.
Public notice urges mothers to check every bottle of Castoria for the signed laxative label as a trusted remedy for infants and children. It notes Castoria has been in use for over 30 years and is associated with Fletcher's Castoria.
Mrs Excite asks the doctor to prevent her husband from fainting before he signs checks. The doctor asks how to stop the fainting, and she replies to keep him from fainting until after he signs.
A suggestive remark compares a male proposal to kissing through a knot hole in a board fence, illustrating a flippant view of romance and manners in a social vignette.
A reflective note compares high praise and expressed desires as not always indicators of character. It cites Baalams prayer to die as the righteous and contrasts it with his later actions and death at the hands of a righteous man.
The national dress of Montenegro is noted for its bright varied colors. It features a distinctive head cap as part of the ensemble.
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