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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
7
Professor Munyon touts a widespread "Hope Cult" with over half a million members in the United States. He claims his medicines cure many by inspiring hope and offers free medical advice from Munyon's Philadelphia laboratories and staff of physicians.
In a Pittsburg address Mrs. J G Phelps-Stokes urged women to learn to be good cooks to impress husbands. She quipped that if they could prove they were better than Escoffier in cooking they could convince their spouses of other talents as well.
The notice urges careful examination of Castoria products for infants and children and warns that excessive use can cause a burning sensation. It also promotes Hamlin’s Wizard as a cure for aches, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, and related complaints.
A quotation asserts that true sincerity is the first quality of every man who is in any way heroic. It links moral virtue with courageous conduct and enduring character.
An advertisement offers free beautiful post cards with stamps and mentions Gold Embossed Birthday Flower and Mott cards from Art Post Card Club, Topeka Kansas. The item also notes a Louis binders cigar claim and dry humor about men seeking temptations.
City and county officials refuse to identify mob participants in the burning and shooting incident. Mayor Garret says he will not act without a formal complaint and insists no arrests on suspicion. The fate of the second black man remains unclear amid conflicting accounts.
California returns show suffrage amendment No. 4 in the lead with 119,086 for and 117,408 against from 2,717 precincts. Most remaining precincts are in counties already voting yes, suggesting the margin will grow.
United States Senator Isaac Stephenson's election inquiry papers are missing from the state capitol vault. Detectives are ordered to search for the box of evidence believed stolen after a senate committee demanded production. The documents are regarded as highly important by Stephenson and his counsel.
Wichita Kansas Elks club raided during carnival week as Sheriff Millhault confiscates liquor. C W Tricket with Attorney General Dawson provides information for raiders. Early raid on Hamilton hotel net substantial liquor seizure amid the busy city scene.
Judge Killits ruled that General Electric and its 35 subsidiary companies form a trust. An order requires the parent to operate only under its own name and dissolve all subsidiaries.
Public warned of a new counterfeit ten dollar note issued by the Crocker National Bank of San Francisco in the 1902 to 1908 series. The bill bears check letter F and lists Charles H. Treat as treasurer of the United States and W T Vernon as register of the treasury.
The post office at Middleburg Oklahoma was robbed with $100 in cash and many stamps seized. Robbers blew the safe with nitroglycerin and fled into the timber south of town.
President Taft addresses over 500 people at the Portland Armory urging ordinary justice and common sense in national railroad policy and regulation.
Illinois Supreme Court upholds the will of Mrs. Ann Boodry leaving $30,000 to aid students unable to finish their course at the state university. The bequest funds aid for needy pupils pursuing education in Bloomington.
A graduate nurse recounts a six month leg ulcer healed after four weeks of Resinol Ointment twice daily. She notes no recurrence after six months and endorses Resinol for skin eruptions, burns, chafing, and poison ivy. Sample available, department note 59. Resinol Co. Baltimore Md.
In a tense exchange, Mr Champleigh-My complains of extreme heat while Miss Causteque-Broiled lobster quips the discomfort is tolerable. The dialogue portrays a charged scene with sharp humor amid the rising heat.
A nervous man asks a doctor if sleep talking can be taught. The physician doubts it but the husband explains his wife, a leading suffragette speaker, rehearses at home and demands audible approval phrases every ten minutes. The exchange humorously highlights domestic pressure to support public advocacy.
A man visiting to see the Friars Frolic learns from Tom Cavanaugh that the Cahans are Irish and attend church in his parish. Tom wittily quips that they are fans, hinting at local social ties rather than formal pallbearers of any grand rumor.
An Allegheny Pennsylvania man touts Grape Nuts with milk as the finest night cap. He describes eight years of use for breakfast and bedtime, crediting relief from acute indigestion and headaches, weight gain, and improved sleep and work performance. He invites inquiries about the product’s merits.
A sermon-like reflection on the biblical Hezekiah story and the theme of shadows in life. It contrasts Hawthorne’s tale of a man without a shadow with the Hezekiah account, noting God’s sovereign timing in life and death and urging faith and acceptance of both shadows and light.
The text urges total attention to God’s law to stay safe from sin. It cites Psalm 119 and 1 John to claim that those fully yielding to Christ cannot sin, except when they withdraw their devotion. It emphasizes Christ as the unerring guide who will become the believer’s whole life.
A Reverend quotes that earthly horizons are illusions and there are always pathways to relief. He states God has uncounted doors and that trust in Him makes the soul not helpless, even when life presents seemingly impossible barriers.
In due season we shall reap. Heaven lies in our daily acts as the oak grows from the acorn cup in centuries of life and glory.
A column discusses mnemonics as a new school idea and prefers traditional memory. It critiques the method with a humorous Lincoln anecdote and notes a preference for remembering dates the old way. The piece ends with light quips about social conduct and a Teething syrup ad.
A health column notes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a claimed remedy for constipation. It cites a Detroit reader and others in support, offering free sample bottles via Dr W B Caldwell at the Caldwell Building in Monticello and a paid price for regular bottles.
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