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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
6
Hollis and Fergus McCann rescue a mysterious woman as the Esmeralda sinks after a night of heavy rain and collision. The ship lists, water floods holds, and survivors rush to deck while the narrator helps McCann pull himself free and cling to rail amid confusion and fear.
An unnamed narrator and McCann escape a sinking vessel after a crash on deck. They navigate wreckage in darkness, lift a burning lantern, and retrieve a hatchet as they crawl toward safety through flooded corridors. The pair vow to push onward to rescue a girl amid peril.
The narrator frees himself to locate Vera aboard a ship and finds her still alive in a perilous hold. He uses a lantern to carry out the risky escape and pries open a door as the deck tilts. A tense moment follows as he confirms Vera’s location and safety.
A narrator and two others flee a doomed yacht as water floods the cabin. They crawl up a deck, escape with a lantern, and stumble onto the open stern where a steamer disappears. Fosdick is found dead among wreckage, while a lifeboat dory remains afloat as survivors scramble to safety.
A. J. Balfour, head of the British commission, recounted a poignant anecdote at a New York reception about a young peer who was grievously wounded. He described meeting the peer limping on crutches in Piccadilly one morning.
A Wagoner reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving two years of change of life symptoms after doctors and surgeries failed. The testimonial notes relief from hot flashes, dizziness, fatigue, and anxiety, claiming the product helped her recover enough to resume housework and gardening.
A dialogue shows a scheme to cover $5 debt by pawning four dollars for three and selling a ticket for two. The plan yields a shortfall but outlines a quick, transactional fix in a concise exchange.
A Minnesota druggist extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a splendid reliable kidney liver and bladder medicine praising its thirty six year reputation. The note urges readers to order a sample bottle for ten cents from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mentions a booklet on kidney bladder health.
A master and mistress try a psychological tactic to shame the new maid into rising early. After a full day with no progress, they wait as she eventually returns to ask if she can help. She suggests they set the eggs in the icebox to be ready in the morning.
A fragmentary dialogue references reading Milton's Paradise Lost with a character exclaiming familiarity with a pair of dice and a personal loss. The excerpt captures a dialectal interjection and suggests a performance or recitation context.
In a conversation about housing design a participant notes a model apartment and its realism. The other speaker agrees his wife remarks the model mirrors the real living space closely.
A reflective piece recalls the woman who briefly rejected a man with cold indifference. The narrator frames that moment as a turning point, suggesting appreciation grew from that chilly gesture.
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