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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
3
A fragment describes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including backaches, menstrual pains, and nervous symptoms. Testimonials from Will Young of Rockland Maine and Augustus Lyon of East Earl claim relief and improved health.
A crowded Sixth Avenue streetcar sees a youth dart into a seat, provoking a stout woman and a gentlemanly rebuke. A man presses a seat request, a woman calls others hogs, and a boy’s church excursion sparks a weathered dialogue about hot Sundays and faith.
A Wisconsin woman recounts long dyspepsia relief after quitting coffee and using Postum three times daily. She describes improved appetite and digestion, noting prior hot water and toast failed to nourish, while coffee caused distress. Her testimony aligns with family experiences as she embraces Postum.
Missouri joins the national drive against tuberculosis with a plan to erect a modern state sanatorium in the Ozarks. Governor Folk’s commission chose Mount Vernon in Lawrence County for the 200 acre site, with private and free patient beds and two villas to speed relief for incipient cases.
The board of managers led by Dr. J L Eaton and others reports rapid progress on the Administration building and a wing due to be finished within sixty days. The sanatorium card program emphasizes wholesome food rest air and sunshine with villas already proving inadequate and calls for more funding from the next legislature. Patients may enter as private or free cases with identical treatment and average stays of six to eight months. eventual expansion for advanced tuberculosis care is hoped for.
The fragmentary text shows a tale ending with a lament about a bottle and a doctor and a Punch style joke. It includes a Christmas memory of shared books between lovers and a humorous exchange about plum grafting and a political remark. Names and dates are unclear.
An old health note warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury for harming the sense of smell and overall health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo as mercury free, to be taken internally with mucous-surface action. Price 75 cents per bottle.
Handsome Percy Hasbrooke, a young chauffeur, woos Lotta Golde while she warns him to talk to her father first. The great car speeds away with an ominous moan, hinting at looming parental disapproval.
An 19th century ad promotes a medical remedy for distemper pink eye heaves and related horse illnesses. It claims to cure many cases and offers pricing of 8.50 and 1.00 per bottle with orders through druggists or dealers and a free book from Spohn Medical Co Goshen Indiana.
In the Cleveland Leader excerpt Ma Twaddies and Pa Twaddles discuss a figure titled a Napoleon of Wall Street. Pa Twaddles notes the subject is spending his final days on the island, signaling a dramatic social tone.
Advertisement text urging use of Red Cross Ball Blue for clean fresh clothes and promoting noble-mindedness, self realization through service for social redemption, and a Latin proverb motto.
An old clipped advertisement mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gum softening inflammation relief and pain cure in a 25 cent bottle.
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