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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
3
Richard Harding Davis, famed for blunt honesty, publicly rebuked a snobbish guest at Crossroads farm near New York. He challenged the idea that social status defines worth, delivering a sharp verdict on the snob and praising merit over pedigree.
Jord Sprawl recalls a household rule in Kansas City where dinner starts at six o’clock and every plate has six forks. He explains he simply grabbed a knife and began eating, while his younger brother jokes about choosing the correct utensil.
Advice from a famous physician promotes kidney health and poison elimination through skin and intestines. It warns against meat salt and alcohol, urges water intake, and markets Anuric as a powerful uric acid eliminator discovered by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York.
The ad features Otto Bierman of 4248 Lawndale Ave Kansas City credits Anuric with curing his kidney trouble and rheumatism after starting the remedy. He reports significant relief after less than two bottles and praises Dr. Pierce products.
The fat plumber recalls a wife tricking a Gypsy by offering coffee grounds for fortune telling. The Gypsy claims charms exist, but the wife reveals the sediment is a substitute and refuses to pay, exposing the ruse as a prank.
A wife confronts her husband about a hidden past as he recalls a fatal accident. The pair discuss trust and the notion that most men marry for love or debt, revealing tension over secrets and loyalty in their relationship.
A second-hand dealer touts an antique phonograph as a bargain while a skeptical customer questions its classification as furniture. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about ownership and longevity. A note mentions nearly 3,500 women work for French railways, including 300 station masters.
A man in debt negotiates repayment by counting past car rides. He offers to pay ten cents per trip, double a jitney fare, if his friend will forgive the rest of the loan. The dialogue includes a quip about a man in Ohio who lives on onions.
Regional dispatches describe Russian gains on the Transylvania front with trenches captured and prisoners taken, French and Italian forces reporting advances near Somme and Gorizia, plus naval promotions and crop forecasts. Domestic items note the death of Silas Barton, Silk fabric photography advances, and a fatal bus and train accident in Illinois.
An advertisement urges households to counter rising food prices by replacing costly meat dishes with Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti. It promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha Nebraska, detailing a hundred ways to prepare the product.
A parable contrasts three nabobs: one wastes wealth on feasts, another wages war, a third uses riches to arm others. The world condemns each act, but the recording angel credits them all for keeping money in circulation.
A child explains stepmother as the idea of someone stepping in after a parent dies. The mother clarifies with a riddle about stepping out and another stepping in to illustrate the family change. The line uses a playful tone to convey blended family concepts simply.
A Milwaukee News note argues that an institute lecturer gains credibility when seen at home milking five cows at night and issuing warnings to farmers. The quirky example underscores practical farming know how as a trust builder.
The line questions a wish for flight and freedom, framed as a brief poetic musing. It suggests a moment of yearning and imagination without a concrete event or outcome.
New York expert Dr Sauer warns against secret tonics and urges iron from food. He promotes nuxated iron as an easily absorbed form, claiming it improves digestion, liver, and other troubles within ten to fourteen days, and notes athletes often use it to gain strength and endurance.
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