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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
3
Plenty Meret Russell Sage opposed drinking and offered humorous wisdom on why people drink. The piece includes household advice on laundry starch and a clock-tolerance anecdote, ending with a pitch for Brandreth's Pills as a trusted laxative tonic used for over a century.
A young American returning from English studies is mocked by a bootblack who notices his habit of frequent shoe shining. The boy explains Americans shine daily as a sign of vitality, while Russians polish often and Englishmen seldom. He warns that a sharp accent won’t pass for English without daily shine.
A reader argues caffeine from coffee and tea harms the heart and nervous system and causes indigestion. The piece cites personal experience with Postum as a cure and urges learning the facts to avoid continuing coffee use.
A mixed feature lists recipes for Plain Fruit Cake and Brown Bread, a celery and nut salad with a creamy dressing, and puddings including Cottage Pudding and Caramel Cake. It also offers a Jellied Chicken mold, curtain care tips using coffee, a mending method for silk or wool, and notes on lace curtains and starch products.
Jed Annunzio, weary of literature, aims to become a great inventor with a new bicycle tire system and a baldness cure. The Ecuador government signs a contract with a Guayaquil agency to import 6,000 white immigrant families, preferably German or Dutch, to the lower and eastern republic.
Practical instructions advise placing a fresh cake pan on a cloth dampened with lukewarm water and wrung nearly dry for five minutes to prevent crumbling. For horsehair furniture a two step cleaning uses heat to loosen dust, brushing, then wiping with a hot water cloth shaken with ammonia for sheen.
The Philadelphia Telegraph recounts a man racing into Reading Terminal to catch a train, only to be blocked by closing gates. A bystander jokes with the panting commuter while the man admits he chases trains up five minutes but fails to board.
A 60 year old former soldier says years of eczema on his head limbs and body were cured after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Compounds. He reports multiple prior lines of medicine and that doctors said no cure existed before trying Cuticura in 1906.
A public notice-like excerpt extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a aid for girls entering puberty, warning mothers to teach symptoms early. It cites letters from readers to Mrs Pinkham praising the remedy and its perceived effects on cyclical health and well being.
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