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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
2
An advertisement for Etter Lumber and gil building materials offers direct mail lists to builders. The Louisiana Lumber Supply Co. of Dallas promotes savings on various goods. The laundress sings O Happy Day while using Red Cross Ball Blue. A small boy muses that coincidence is twins.
A German cameraman scouting for leaning structures after Pisa alerts finds three towers. The Frankenstein belfry in Silesia leans about three quarters high while top remains upright due to an ancient quake. Bad Ems hosts a leaning medieval tower along a country road, and Ulm’s Metz gertorum or butchers tower leans as guild headquarters from the Middle Ages.
A dated advertisement promises rapid relief from croup and coughing fits within 15 minutes. It touts Dr Drake's Glossco as a trusted remedy for children and households, claiming quick throat relief with no vomiting and availability from druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
The Bureau of Mines reports Monroe Georgia hosts the world’s largest gas field at present, surpassing earlier leaders in Cincinnati Ohio and the Southern United States. An alternative field candidate is Amarilla Texas.
A. O. Leonard claims a tiny ear device, the Invisible Ear Drum or Mega phone, fits inside the ear and restores hearing while silencing head noises for thousands. Full information offered by Leonard at Suite 614, 70 Fifth Ave New York City. A folk proverb ends with a note that a sick person improves promptly or worsens, depicted by a boy’s griping pain.
William A. Radford offers free home building advice to readers and outlines a compact six room two story frame house designed for small lots. The plan measures 22 by 28 feet with a wide front living room, fireplace, dining room, kitchen, two stairways, three bedrooms on the upper floor, and built in wardrobe options to maximize storage without sacrificing floor space.
Experts say the cellar now adds real value and usable space equal to other rooms while home builders invest billions annually. Modern basements with daylight, better boilers, insulated lumber, and casement windows turn dark storage into livable space for workrooms, playrooms, and laundry needs.
In financing a building, contact a banker or firm specializing in apartment loans. These organizations can quickly show you what to expect in building loans mortgages or bonds for your project.
A commentator wonders why Americans resist owning homes despite easy buying or building options. He argues people take risks with other investments but shy from home ownership, even for the welfare of family, stressing the happiness a own home brings and the sacrifice people neglect to make.
Adaptability to the carver s art is a chief attribute of gum wood Its fine closely interlocked grain permits delicacy and grace in line as well as strength and dignity in mass This quality with its natural delicate coloration affords high lighting effects possible with few other hardwoods Gumwood is chosen by master furniture craftsmen for carved and structural parts blending with other hardwoods for ornamental surfaces
Guidance warns against building on filled ground or organic sand in footings. Do not reuse cement in concrete for footings. Keep footings protected in winter and avoid leveling trenches with loose material. Build from natural ground rather than artificial fill.
The article notes that built-in buffets are costly features not aligned with contemporary flat aesthetics. It discusses a dining room setup where a buffet is included, yet its built-in style appears unsuitable for current design standards.
An 83 year old doctor’s method remains rooted in mild vegetable laxatives and pepsin. The ad touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for constipation biliousness headaches indigestion and related ailments urging safe use and supplying free sample bottles by mail from Monticello Illinois.
In 1926 the United States drank 16 percent more coffee than the prior year, averaging 500 cups per person. Imports reached 1.5 billion pounds valued at $323.35 million, with Brazil supplying the billion import and Colombia and Mexico supplying most of the rest.
W J Weeks of 17 miles east of Wikhart Kansas reports a buffalo wandering into his pasture and grazing with his cattle. The animal was not especially docile but joined the herd without incidents. It is believed to have escaped from an Oklahoma herd.
A short recipe lists 1 eye of butter 1 teaspoon sugar 1% cups cornflakes folded with 1 teaspoon Calumet Baking Powder. Mix in order, drop spoonfuls on a buttered tin, press flat and bake in a moderate oven. The note adds a playful line about fate in engagement rings.
A concise note discusses how courtship dynamics raise questions as women attempt to prompt men toward marriage proposals. The piece reflects social attitudes of its era and examines expectations around romance and commitment.
Advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders claiming relief for headaches fevers stomach troubles and irregular bowels in children. It urges mothers to obtain a trial package from Fred at Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York and promises easy pleasant use and strong effect.
A fragment advertorial exchanges humorous lines about marriage to a golf champion and furnishing a home with golf cups. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for baby clothes clean and stain free and urges readers to buy from grocers. The ad closes with a wry note on being whipped in a contest.
A man noted for extreme frugality demonstrates sharp self discipline in restraining emotional impulses, illustrating a character study of restraint and personal discipline.
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