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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
6
Oscar Hammerstein faced a persistent deadhead at the Manhattan opera house who still requested seats after the box office ran out of supply. Hammerstein allegedly informed the treasurer that the pest had expired, prompting the patron to buy two gallery tickets despite the news.
An Irish New Yorker landlord, Mr Murphy, faces a tenant from the Jewish district complaining of rats in his flat. The tenant boasts eight rat kills, prompting Murphy to quip about hunting privileges in response to eight dollars a month rent.
In a discussion from This Day and Time, Biggs and Wiggs stress that child outcomes hinge on parenting. They note boys need training and caution, while Wiggs admits lecturing his three girls daily on cigarette dangers.
Mrs Flatte says she visited the doctor. He asked to see her tongue. He did not. He asked if she had cold feet. He inquired about back pains. He wanted to know what her income was.
A fragment hints at bargains in politics with a senator and a politician portrayed as price seekers. The lines imply deals and bargaining but lack context or names.
A pharmacist explains a random pricing system by drawing a card from a hat in the back of the store. Cards bear prices from 26 cents to 1 50, and the drawn card sets the prescription price.
A terse quip contrasts desire for bald facts in business with skepticism toward a ball restoring trade. The line underlines practical bluntness and wit in trade discourse.
Violet Jennie, a foundling, charms Frances on her birthday with tea while noting her status as a founding inmate. A visiting girl tries to be kind but cannot hide a sense of superiority about being founded rather than born. The Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts the encounter.
In a Morse household tale Bridget the cook laments missing four grand apples while hinting the boy’s stomach may have claimed them, and she suspects the gingerbread loaf hides the truth. The exchange reveals warmth, loyalty, and humor in a domestic vignette.
In a small town a market garden row between Swedes from Wisconsin prompts a board of selectmen to pass an anti alien act. Peleg Brown asks Guy Johnson of California how to enforce it as townsfolk wonder if Sweden will declare war.
The honest farmer welcomes new summer boarders with rural enthusiasm. He greets guests amid comic dialect, insisting his accent is real after admitting he trained with an actor for a month. The exchange highlights humorous misunderstandings between rural life and theater slang.
A father complains that dime novels mislead his son with false detective tropes. The teacher notes the boy spends much time reading such stories, prompting the father to demand a stop. The cartoonish exchange satirizes sensational detective fiction.
In a humorous exchange, Mr Growcher and another discuss the nature of ologies and which may be the most important. The dialogue pivots on the idea that many sciences end with ology and ponders which is paramount.
A sharp quip notes Wombat remains in a fantasy real estate game, selling a non existent lot to a buyer in a fictitious town. The exchange mocks inflated schemes and ghost properties as a punch line about vanity projects.
A fragment notes Jim has invested money in a stock company while a debate circulates over hogs or hams. The text hints at financial actions and a rural market question without clear details.
The piece outlines a bird guessing party with illustrated cards, games and prizes, plus a “Unique Card Party” where guests dress as face or suit cards. It suggests settings, menus, and activities for a field day style gathering at Glimmerglen and other countryside entertainments.
Describes parasols featuring fine shadow lace as a decorative touch. Lace is sometimes inserted as tiny squares in silk, or formed as a frill with pink rosebuds. Simple, single color parasols gain charm from edges lined with tiny silk blossoms.
The description outlines two outfits: one blue and blue gray checked cloth with a check skirt and plain coat, vest in white corded silk, black satin collar, and gold button trim. hat in sand Tagel with feathers. The second features sand colored pique with a draped skirt, long back coat fastened by two buttons, black satin faced collar and revers, hat in gray Pedal straw with blue mounted trim. Materials listed include yards of fabrics, silk, buttons, and lining.
A verse narrative contrasts a cultured, wise man with a vulgar man of wealth. The rich man booms his money while eating coarsely, and later offers help to rise, all witnessed by the cultured observer who remains dignified. The poem explores class, manners, and social ascent.
A bride tells her mother a shocking discovery about Reginald. The mother cries out over a dark page in his life as the two lament a photograph allegedly used in a baby food ad. Their grief fills the room as they confront a painful truth.
A middle aged man visits a furniture store to buy a feather bed. The clerk notes feather beds are out of stock and suggests a hair mattress. The customer insists on a feather bed for his wife to sit on during thunderstorms, citing her worn out current one.
A reflective poem portraying love as a powerful cosmic force that both sustains and disciplines. It compares love to the sun, stars, and the cloud while noting its demanding, binding nature and its magnetic pull on human hearts.
A reporter confesses ambition to write on ex presidents. The city editor cuts the piece as overly long, noting the topic could be covered in two words. He suggests a simple solution: interview the presidents themselves.
An article notes the writer of A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight has earned more than 30000 in royalties. The piece contrasts this wealth with critics who claim moral progress in the world.
A witty exchange about propriety and clothing in ancient times. The dialogue notes that a horse show would not matter in Adam and Eve’s era because people had no clothes to exhibit.
In France jurymen protest dull court interiors and urge the minister of justice to hang Prudhon's Justice in Pursuit of Crime in each court to relieve the monotony of sittings.
A brief dialogue shows a woman dismissing warnings about men while insisting she will marry Fred, claiming she is different and protected from common faults. The exchange contrasts cynicism with personal certainty.
The assessor asks for round fortune figures and a capitalist answers in round numbers. An advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle.
A courtroom exchange contrasts Edith and Maud on gender roles as the judge notes the paradox of a woman of position dancing like a climber. The dialog reflects emerging views on class and propriety.
A lighthearted exchange notes Mrs. He-Young finds housekeeping simple while her new wife is astonished, joking that all cooking is done for her and laundry sent out, as quoted by the Boston Transcript.
A fair graduate converses with a young gentleman presented to her after the exercises. She sighs that she is now an AB while he reveals he is a Be. He explains the degree as Bachelor, leaving her puzzled by the label.
A traveler worries about missing his train in a southern railroad eating house. The waiter reassures him that the train is gone and all is settled. The exchange features a polite, brisk service tone with dialect flavor.
A Pennsylvanian recounts how Grape-Nuts, prescribed for indigestion, transformed health within two months. The letter praises the food and its inventor, noting clearer thinking and renewed vitality, and cites Postum Co. marketing while hinting at a further read.
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