Oxford Ice Cream Festival Opens Season At Walker Store
W D Haynes of Lineville visits son Hon D P Haynes on College hill. Miss Mattie Tou Bailey returns to Silver Run after visiting W I Griffin on Main street. J T Whitley of Whitley and Son Delta transacts business locally. Thad M Gwin rests at home with grip and shows some improvement. Oxford baseball team invites public to first ice cream festival tonight behind I A Walker Co storeroom.
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W. D. Haynes
Lineville
Hon
D. P. Haynes
College Hill
Mattie Tou Baily
Silver Run
W. I. Griffin
Main Street
Oxford
Ble
I. A. Walker & Co
Ills and Repairs Highlight Small Town Daily
Joe Sagnett is reported quite sick at his home on Wirth street. Mes Sagnett, who has been ill for sometime, is considered slightly better this morning. The property on South Barry street, owned by the Oxford Real Estate Council and occupied by Messrs. CL BR and Charles McCoy, is being improved. A substantial wire fence is being placed around the whole, and other work done. Gus Perryman, a well known traveling man of Heflin, transacted business in the city today.
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Joe Sagnett
Wirth Street
Mes. Sagnett
South Barry Street
Oxford Real Estate Couny
Messrs. CL. BR
Charles McCoy
Gus Perryman
Heflin
Seek Son Willie McClellan Missing in Mississippi
Ellen McLellan Sherroll of Oxford Alabama requests any information on her son Willie McClellan last heard from 18 months ago in Mississippi. All help appreciated.
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Clellan
Mississippi
Miss Mary Hilton Guests in Oxford
Tallapoosa resident Miss Mary Hilton stays in Oxford as the guest of Miss Lillie Williams and local friends for a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hilton
Tallapoosa
City
Lillie Wiliams
Oxford
Real Estate Demand in Oxford Prompts 1907 Growth
A leading Oxford citizen notes unprecedented demand for local real estate and urges fair pricing to spark many new homes and population growth in 1907. Cleveland Wakefield has returned from Atlanta with a business course and joined Sawyer in Anniston. Miss Roulah Jones of Cave Spring is to visit her sister Mrs. Tom Lee Rawley next week.
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Oxford
Cleveland Wakefield
Atlanta
Sawyer
Anniston
Cleveland
Roulah Jones
Cave Spring, Ga
City
Tom Lee Rawley
Oxford to travel for Piedmont match game
The Oxford baseball team will go to Piedmont tomorrow for a match game. Several friends will accompany the team. The article also notes local refreshments and improvements planned by Alexander Grocery Co. to enhance the city’s appearance and attract residents.
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Oxford
Piedmont
Thad M Gwin & Co Forward $50 for China Famine Sufferers
Rev T K Roberts forwards fifty dollars to the Christian Herald in New York for famine relief in China and thanks the generous contributors for their cheerful offerings.
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Christian Herald
New York
T. K. Roberts
China
Rev. Roberts
Final Advice From a Father to His Son
A physician advises his son returning from medical college to ensure popularity and success. He orders two simple rules: tell every woman she needs a change of scene and tell every man that he is working too hard. The exchange, tagged as New York Life, frames a lighthearted moral about social perception and work life.
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Jdanes
New York
Mrs G W Rover Seeks Sleep Relief from Duffy's Whiskey
Mrs G W Rover of Rockville Centre L I aged 64 suffers headaches and nervous trouble. She reports restful sleep and no doctor visits after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, praising it as superior and effective in curing her ailment.
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G. W. Rover
Rockville Center, L. L
Duffy
Rover
G. W. Rorer
Rockville Centre
L. I
Rorer
That Spring Fever and the Suburban Gardening Fever
A suburban man enters a seed shop with a comically inflated list of seed purchases. He orders cauliflower cabbage radish lettuce onions peas and more while impatiently managing the clerk. He declares gardening fever hits every spring and plans to stop at nothing to buy it away.
Farmer Giles Advises Busy Wives for Happiness
A country doctor visits Farmer Giles who jokes that his wife needs more to do. The farmer lists a full day of chores and says keeping a wife busy is the only way to keep her cheerful. The exchange reflects light rural humor from Tit-Bits.
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Giles
Vaas
Waas
Sirree
Bearded Fellow Scrapbook Mystery at Breakfast
A playful exchange at breakfast has Tommie probing a sister about a visitor last night. The sister refuses to reveal the guest, claiming uncertainty while teasing that it was the bearded man whose chin shows scratches.
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Tommy
Tommie
Yonkers
One as Bad as the Other
Dialogue pits two grandfathers over giving a child Willie a car. The judge recalls earlier gifts a air rifle and a toolbox, sparking warnings about danger and wrecking the premises. The exchange highlights family disagreement and concern for safety.
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Little Willie
Embarrassing scene in omnibus with papa and child
A humorous newspaper note describes Mr B and his young daughter in an omnibus. The girl asks a passing lady to take her seat, causing embarrassment as Mr B. and the lady hastily retreat. The quoted moment captures social awkwardness and polite confusion.
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Mr. B
Slovo
Contemptible Insinuation and Parental Woes
Dialogues reveal a quarrel between a mother and son over clothes and manners. Mention of Tommy Simpson and his mother hints at a larger family feud. The London Weekly Telegraph notes the melodramatic exchange as a comic vignette from everyday life.
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Tommy Simpson
London Weekly
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advised for Female Ailments
The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for female complaints including inflammation ulcers and spinal weakness. It claims to have cured more cases than any other remedy and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, with a long history of assisting sick women.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Jacob Wrestles With God In A Sunday Lesson
A Sunday school lesson analyzes Jacob’s night with the angel at Peniel, tracing his struggles, humility, and blessing. It links Biblical wells and encounters to faith, prayer, and God’s power, urging trust in divine guidance over human schemes.
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American Press Association
Hisesson
Jacob
Laban
Rachel
Eliezer
Rebekah
Hagar
Abraham
Isaac
Moses
Jesus
Isa xii
God
Esau
Nehemiah
Ezra
Jerusalem
Our Nearest Approach in the Times Democrat
A brief mock dialogue contrasts decorations like the Victoria Cross with the double cross as a cheeky remark in the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The exchange hints at wartime honors and national pride in a light, ironic tone.
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America
New Orleans Times
Democre
Vinol Promoted By Scarbrough Drug Company
The Scarbrough Drug Company touts Vinol as a superior tonic made from cod liver oil without oil content. Company representative Mr. Scarbrough claims Vinol strengthens digestion, builds blood, and improves overall health, offering refunds if customers are unsatisfied. Anniston acts as sole agent with Vinol sold in towns nationwide.
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Scarbrough Drug Company
Scarbrough
Tn Vinci
Searbrough Drug Company
Anniston
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Walker
Ala
Oxford News
A. J. Adair
Thad M. Gwin & CO
J.T. Whitley
Thad M. Gwin
Willie MC
Ellen McLellan Sherroll
Alexander Grocery CO
Spring Street
Thad M Gwin & CO
W_ RORER
Duffy’s Pure
Dully Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester, N. Y
Mrs. Giles
Benham
Mrs. Pinkham
M. Stearns
Israel
Christ
Heaven
Abram
Simon
Peter
Rev
Job xiii
Father
Ronide
Josue
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