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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
7
A playful exchange recalls the moment teeth first troubled a patient during a dental visit as the patient jokes about cutting teeth.
Letter from F C Case of Welcome Lake Pa describes relief from back ache kidney trouble and nervous fatigue after taking Dodds Kidney Pills. Ad invites publishing for credibility and notes 50c per box with free Household Hints recipes and National Anthem music. Also mentions a railroad stokers installation claim by a separate company.
Dr A T Kinsley president of the Kansas City Veterinary College warns Missouri and Kansas farmers to watch for foot and mouth disease in cattle. He notes quarantine moves in Illinois Pennsylvania Michigan and Indiana and urges quick action to kill and burn affected stock and disinfect barns.
Groundwater invasion endangers over a thousand miners in north Webb City zinc fields. Landowners plan a large pumping station to operate continuously to avert mine abandonment, a move that could raise zinc ore prices.
Revenue figures show Missouri paid into Uncle Sam's treasury a record 13,331,518 for the year ending June 30, 1914, up from 12,470,712 in 1912-13 and 12,082,821 in 1911-12. A new income tax and higher earners helped boost collections to 657,058 from residents earning over 3,000 for singles and 4,000 for married.
Mrs Samuel McKnight Green of St Louis was chosen Missouri's nominee for vice president general of the D A R at the national congress in Washington next spring. The Springfield conference re elected Mrs Mark Salisbury as state regent with other officers named for two year terms. The convention endorsed Mrs William Cummings Story for re election as president general and heard suffrage talks by Mrs Walter McNab Miller and Mrs Emily Newell Blair.
Reports from St Louis say Missouri and Southern Illinois will supply twenty thousand horses to British French and Russian agents at a uniform 270 dollars per horse. French buyers also placed orders for flour provisions and thousands of pairs of shoes with local factories. Bicycle rider Chester Caudel 16 died after colliding with a wagon in Springfield. T A Snelling real estate dealer of West Plains perished when his car overturned. Burris found guilty of second degree murder in Macon case involving Myrtle Dowell. Ozark apples move by rail at sixty carloads daily to markets nationwide. E L Williams retired druggist 62 died by strychnine at Carthage after will note. One hundred twenty acres in Christian county returned to public domain at Springfield land office. Edgar Remley Jr buys a Seig... vis? paper and shifts to morning daily. Samuel J Carter 83 wealthy pioneer and longtime Chariton surveyor dies at Keytesville.
Uncle Ben’s pride in a watch sparks envy from Pete who asks the time and fails to guess it as Ben exposes the face with exultation. Pete recovers with a boastful quip, illustrating a humorous exchange from Everyone’s Magazine.
Money for Christmas. Selling guaranteed wear-proof hosiery to friends and neighbors. Big Xmas business. Wear-Proof Mills, 3200 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Adv. Dyspepsia and pessimism have a lot in common. Occasionally we meet a man who speaks his wife's mind when he talks.
A quip notes the famed singer De Celeri has shifted from opera to joking about an auto livery, as wartime life alters careers and public amusements.
A Caldwell Ohio mother describes a two month old baby with severe eczema covering face body and head. After trying other medicines the family used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and saw a complete cure. Sample offers and full Skin Book by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A Washington Star dialogue features Farmer Corntessel arguing drought harms finances. He suggests more rainy days would keep people financially steady, contrasting with the question about saving for a rainy day.
A brief exchange features Alice asking for a favorite air and Betty replying with a remark about a millionaire, styled in a Boston Transcript tone.
A trade journal admonishes Americans to use homegrown tobacco, predicting strong reaction from those unused to any tobacco. The comment appears in the Youngstown Ohio Telegram.
A wry line hints at a romance setback as a woman’s optimistic view contrasts with a jilted partner named Bonehead, suggesting social friction and relationship humor in a lighthearted local-page item.
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