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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
3
A boatswain's mate warns the captain that the foot-ropes are not fixed. The skipper insists they are safe and sends the man aloft. He falls about 100 feet but survives and mutters the lesson to the captain: you were mistaken about them foot-ropes.
Gossip among spouses and neighbors traces to a 4:35 gathering of a husband’s whist club, not a sewing circle, in a small community.
In a Harpers story a newlywed couple shares devotion as a danger unfolds. The wife calls to Jack from the back yard to aid her as she spots a perilous scene from a window prompting a rapid ascent and rescue attempt.
A dialogue notes George's wife as a capable manager despite a chaotic home. One speaker says the house was in disorder when they visited, while another recalls her effective management of George. The exchange contrasts domestic mess with managerial skill.
A murky excerpt shows officials firing a policeman with stated reason defective vision. Residents debate whether the dismissal stems from gambling ties. The dialogue underscores public suspicion and media framing of police accountability.
A flirtatious exchange unfolds as an aviator asks a woman to fly with him. She clings, calling the moment awkward yet insists, expressing fear and reluctance but not resisting the invitation.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a cruggist and friend discussing a wife and a mysterious item. The nonsensical phrases and misspellings suggest a playful or dreamlike exchange within a clipped comic or humorous piece. Specific names or details are not clear.
A fragmented excerpt shows a speaker asserting pride in bearing a burden, with stray phrases about passing and theater. The text lacks clear event or context to identify names, places, or outcomes.
A city antiques scout seeks old items and asks for heathen idols. A weary woman leads him to a cottage room where a sleeping man on a couch is shown as the sole potential ornament. He proves to be no ornament at all.
Magistrate Richard W. Barrett hears a modest witness recount a man visiting her home to protest a cook's dismissal. When asked for profanity, the woman blushes and notes he gave what she calls the home address of Mephistopheles.
A clever student claims iron in blood is converted into steel by hidden powers and used to regulate the heart. The teacher dismisses the boast as mere cleverness and notes it won’t earn credit.
Fragments of a late night dialog aboard an owl car reveal restless passengers awake on a stairway and platform. The exchange shows a tense, noisy urban scene with shouted taunts and a sudden bang.
A contribution titled G Z Perfectly Lovely was deemed too long and was not published. A reply to it appeared Tuesday morning as a paragraph due to an inadvertent type setting in the final page layout.
A brief exchange notes candy as a claimed remedy for alcohol addiction. Rankin comments on the growing belief, while Fyle, a father of six, questions whether candy can truly cure reliance on drink.
A mother jokes about inviting a young man to tea while a daughter labels him a confirmed bachelor. The dialogue captures social expectations around courtship and the fate of single men in polite society.
Fragmentary dialogue presents a misquoted, intimate exchange about marriage and happiness. The text hints at a tense moment where love and obligation collide with hypothetical outcomes. No clear event or official names are readable.
A garbled courtroom or street scene fragment shows quoted dialogue about a prisoner striking a man in a melee. Readable portions include stray phrases and disrupted text suggesting a witness or participant recollects the incident.
An 19th century reflection notes hindrances to Christian spread in Africa including ignorance, poverty, witchcraft, and Islam. It cites Islam as alluring via sensual rewards and lack of self denial, while praising African Christians for heroic dedication such as a sixteen year old girl who offered the silver coin representing her life in gift to Christ.
A Denver Presbyterian Rev R C Stone reproves a businessman who enjoys success yet deflects inquiries about his Christian life. He calls the questioning impertinent and beyond the questioner’s rights.
Rev BE G Wesley of Providence denounces godless politicians and legislators as curses to the land calling for reform to restore prosperity and greatness. The Methodist clergyman frames current governance as detrimental to national fortunes and moral health.
Mrs Josiah Clinker of State Street Tama Iowa reports six years free from kidney trouble after using Doans Kidney Pills. She describes initial back pain, widespread soreness, fatigue and stiffness before relief and restoration of normal kidney function. The ad notes the price and brand Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a humorous domestic scene a daughter asks why the furnace is left to go out each evening. The father replies he aims to freeze out the microbe of love, calling his daughter's suitor Mr Romance an unwelcome visitor.
Porcupines are skilled climbers that topple bearing limbs of valued trees and nibble the bark of young apple trees when apples are scarce. They harm young spruces and can ruin newly planted orchards quickly, though the reason they strip spruce shoots remains unclear.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria paid a high price for a massive tobacco lot selected as the finest crop in years. The shipment will yield twenty four carloads and cover more than two years of Lewis' Single Binder Cigars production. An extra price was paid for the select tobacco, which Peoria Star reports dated January 16, 1909.
A charity worker discusses married women supporting the family when husbands are out of work. Mrs Maloney advises against initiating such steps, warning that a husband may be distressed by unemployment and return home to cry, suggesting patience and concern.
A fragmentary humorous quip about a pug named Fido failing to eat a girl’s cooking and a man’s claim of gaining advantage. The text then shifts to a social remark about public memory of a prophet and prejudice against women occupying seats in crowded cars.
A death bed test from Rev James Guthries of Stirling recalls his execution in Edinburgh. The night before, amid cheese forbidden by physicians, he smiled and said he was beyond the hazard of all earthly diseases. This anecdote appears in From a Northern Window via Uncle Remus Magazine.
A man described as a strapping German with beads of sweat darts through aisles of a Philadelphia department store. Store clerks watch the scene as a hustling clothing clerk asks if he seeks men’s clothing. He shouts he cannot find his wife, creating a chaotic moment in the store.
A garbled page blends snippets on reading Iliad jokes, friendship versus enemies, pain and swelling myths, and random quotes. It references Hamkins Comparison and a Pierce’s Pellets ad line, with stray phrases about June days and lemons for grouches.
A brief editorial notes that a woman handling the powder rag is more effective than a soldier with a sword, highlighting resourcefulness and skill in battle contexts. The line emphasizes female agency in wartime supply roles and morale.
In a western city, a teacher asks whose birthday is being celebrated on February 22. Margaret answers, Mine, ending with a quiet classroom surprise as the close of the graded school day.
Rev. W. Penlow quoted a playwright to contrast youth and age at an Ocean Grove beach gathering. He warned youth is forgiven for much but forgives itself little while age forgives all yet is not forgiven.
A humorous Harper's Bazaar note jokes that the Venus of Milo explains her missing arms and jokes about trying to tan off. It adds a quip that she wouldn’t use the same method on her neck and comments that a man is not necessarily an artist because he draws comparisons.
Advert says Hood's Sarsaparilla offers radical, permanent cures for catarrh. It describes a buyer who could hardly hear and, after taking three bottles of the medicine, reports no return of symptoms. Available in liquid and chocolate tablet forms called Sarsatabs.
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