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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
8
A reader from West Burlington Iowa reports a long battle with stomach and intestinal catarrh. After failures with doctors and a cancer diagnosis he seeks Peruna and Manalin, claims relief and a full recovery, returning to good health with Peruna kept on hand.
Two speakers trade quips about illness and sales pitches in a clipped exchange. The Talker rails at modern sickness while The Joker mocks patent medicine advertisements as faddish or dubious.
A Philadelphia Mothers' club talk on cooking ends with a humorous question. An expert lecturer outlines recipes starting with cold soup and the audience member asks how to determine a cabbage's disposition. The exchange adds local charm to the suburban afternoon.
In High Life the dialogue reveals a separation with confirmation that she keeps the poodle. The comment implies a moral nearly prophetic observation about envy and consequence among evildoers.
Art Sherman cousin of Frank Smith announced his own death by carbolic acid using a false identity. The message misled Mrs. James Cummings and S Smith's fiancée as investigators trace the man through aliases and a prior reformatory term, with jewelry missing and no verified poison victim.
A car carrying two women and three men slid from the Colorado Springs road two miles south of Welhurst Colorado, rolled twice, and ended at a ten foot embankment. All escaped injury except W H Moore manager of the Metropolitan hotel Fort Worth who was bruised. The occupants included Mrs W H Moore Mr and Mrs John R Townsend of Denver and the chauffeur.
Federal officers unveil a major Chinese smuggling plot in Chicago. Crappy Nelson was arraigned before U S Commissioner Foote on charges of bringing Chinese into the United States from Canada. Twenty men are under arrest in Chicago New York and Detroit where the operation was headquartered.
Enthusiasts in Joplin organize the Western Missouri Good Roads association to promote better roads. A 20 member committee in Jasper and nearby counties seeks memberships for the effort to establish a Kansas City to Arkansas rock road through the area.
Bartlesville Oklahoma. Prof Ha worth in his report of the gas shortage failed to mention the Osage field west of Bartlesville and the Pawhuska field. The Indian Territory Illuminating Oil company has botted up wells 12 miles northwest of Bartlesville with tested capacity of 150000000 cubic feet a day.
Eva I all a 10 year old schoolgirl saved a passenger train on the Oklahoma Central railroad from derailing three miles east of Purcell by standing on unburned ties to flag the approach of the train. Passengers presented her with a $100 purse.
A dated promotional notice extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild non-griping laxative that helps restore natural bowel function. It cites widespread endorsement, mentions sample offers from Dr Caldwell and provides a mail order to obtain a free trial bottle.
A playful exchange identifies structures near a river including an arsenal armory iron works a powder magazine and a palace of peace describing a gray stone building a long shed like train depot a large smokestack and a grand marble palace with a dome and columns
An old shoemaker resists selling a poor-quality shoe as better than it is. He insists on labeling it honestly as "A shoe fit for a queen" and placing it in the window, noting a queen does not have to walk much.
A sharp quotation from Lip pincott's Magazine contrasts simple arithmetic with political rhetoric. The piece dabbles in the idea that promoting inconsistent math serves as a metaphor for demagogic discourse and high finance.
A brief odd exchange features Stella-Jack kneeling to someone last night while Bella-Well comments on his bowlegged condition. The dialogue hints at a comic or dramatic social interaction with playful jab.
Advertisement for free samples of Gold Embossed Christmas and New Year Post Cards. Includes request to send a 2 cent stamp for five samples. Lists Art Post Card Club at 731 Jackson St., Topeka, Kansas.
A collage of old ad copy and quotes promoting health tonics and moral maxims. Includes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for digestion, Mrs Wilusiow’s soothing syrup for teething, and aphorisms about love and happiness.
A preacher urges personal spiritual renewal citing John 3 and Nicodemus. He recounts a Hull mission where church workers realized they had not undergone the change they preached about, stressing the need for inner conversion and the new birth.
The Canadian exhibit at the Chicago Land Show features grain and vegetables from Western Canada, with representatives ready to share information on homestead lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The display highlights crop yields in wheat oats and barley and notes generous water and fodder in the park country near the Saskatchewan river.
Fragmentary OCR shows an old advertisement praising Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It mentions the product name Fletcher's Castoria and invokes parental reassurance and branding language.
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