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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
2
Promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent box remedy to cleanse and regulate stomach and liver, remove sour fermented food and gases, and expel waste quietly while you sleep. Claims relief from headache biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation.
Dame Partlet notes an Andrew Lang quote from Youth's Companion about geese and hens. The hen boasts eggs openly, while the goose hides. the idea inspires sellers to advertise boldly to meet demand.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming to cleanse dust and oil, stop dandruff, invigorate the scalp, and grow new hair. It urges women to try a 25 cent bottle for immediate beautifying effects and softer, fuller hair.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a humorous exchange about the idea of a trial marriage. A boy asks what a trial marriage is and a parent explains that all marriages may be trial in their view.
A Maine woman recounts her recovery after avoiding surgery by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes years of pain and weakness, nerve trouble, and loss of appetite before deciding to try the medicine and reporting improvement. She urges other suffering women to consider the remedy and writes to the company for more information.
Experiments show cross between native wild turkey and Bronze yields hardy birds. Five wild chicks raised by a tame hen thrived through winter in a 150 by 45 feet wire enclosure. Of 38 later hatchlings from Bronze mothers, only two were lost. By two years, the sale of 8 birds plus eggs brought in over $650, hens fetching $10 and gobblers $12 to $20, with 102 chicks produced and 75 reaching maturity.
An Arkansas or Oklahoma article explains turkey breeding from early crossing of native and wild Mexican birds. It describes hatching via electric heat, care of young birds, and market drives, naming Bronze Naragansett Buff and Black varieties and the Bourbon Red from Kentucky. It notes wild turkeys once ranged from the Carolinas to Canada and stresses careful breeding to maintain stock.
L. M. Bennington discusses rising Thanksgiving turkey prices and the decline of turkey farming due to the deadly blackhead disease. He notes eastern losses, westward hope, and experts urging breeders to quit affected areas to curb the outbreak.
An advertisement touts Papé's Diapep sin as the fastest safest remedy for dyspepsia gas heartburn and sour stomach in five minutes. It claims relief from belching foul breath coated tongue and undigested foods with a fifty cent case offering a hundred dollars worth of value.
A dialogue from a 19th century paper shows a customer taunting a clerk with the line Nothing but a cash register. The exchange highlights gendered expectations and social norms in retail work.
A critic views the uplift movement as a painful spectacle with many voices speaking simultaneously, noting the noisy, chaotic dialogue as a key characteristic of the reform effort.
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