Oxford News Briefs Highlight Local People and Daily Life
Clay county produce man Nichols visits Oxford with a wagon of poultry. demand outstrips supply. Miss Myra Warnock of Anniston guests with Mrs. Norton. Rural route mail service urged. routes out of Oxford praised. Gas range desire noted. Anniston Electric may extend service. Hartwell Masonic lodge No.101 hosts meeting and supper. Miss Beulah Jones visits from Cave Springs. Ballie May Eichelberger hosts D A R event. Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Cooper ill. Katharine Steel chapter program planned. local social and business updates.
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Oxford
Nichols
Clay County
Ballie May Eichelberger
Katharine Steel
Chorbolocco Street
James J. Drayer
Berkshire piglets for sale from Wilkerson farm Oxford Ala
Fine healthy Berkshire pigs in registered stock three males and two females ready for purchase callers may reach W. W. Wilkerson R. F. D. No. 5 Oxford Alabama.
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Berkshire
W. W. Wilkerson
Oxford
Ala
Pretty Experimental Cardboard Star Illusion
Instructions describe a simple optical art toy using a folded cardboard star and candles to project overlapping luminous star images. By shading with colored glass or liquid, a multicolored eight pointed star effect appears.
SAP OF THE SUGAR MAPLE HOW THE SWEET LIQUID FLOWS
The article explains sap origins in sugar maples not from roots but stored as starch in winter. Warmth converts starch to sugar, filling soft wood under the bark and creating pressure that drives sap out when tapped. Sap flow depends on air warmth, not ground thaw.
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Chicago News
Victoria's Crown Crowned Lightweight Symbol of Britain
The state crown of Great Britain, created for Queen Victoria, weighs two pounds seven ounces and is valued at 1.5 million dollars. A notable sapphire in the piece originated from Edward the Confessor's signet.
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Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Edward the Confessor
Cadell Citizen Recalls Hard Times and Cure Claim
Earl Shamburg of Cadell recounts a severe cough that persisted until he used Dr King s New Discovery. He credits the medicine with a full recovery after less than a bottle and notes the product is sold by local druggists with a trial bottle offered.
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Kansas
Cadell
Earl Shamburg
Dr. King
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Good Results In Lung Trouble From Duffy’s Whiskey
Mrs. Victor A. Beaucaire of Chicago reports severe lung trouble from exposure, says Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey improved her condition. She cites recovered color, renewed energy, and plans to continue use, praising it as a world’s greatest tonic stimulant. May 4, 1906.
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Victor A. Beaucaire
Chicago
Ill
Hull House Womens Club
Duffy
Ogden Ave
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Proclaimed a Safe Health Tonic
Advert says Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey keeps strength and rosy cheeks, strengthens heart action, and purifies the system. It warns against other drugs and urges asking for the genuine product sold in sealed bottles with the Old Chemist trade mark. Price listed at $1.60 with illustrated medical booklet available from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester NY.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
The Rose and the World within a Lady’s Face
A meditation on inner beauty over mere appearance notes that charm fades without kind thoughts and kind deeds. An anecdote about courting uses a rose in a buttonhole to spark romance. Also explains rabies in mad dogs and why bite risk is lower for sane adults, with caution for children.
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Oxford News
Misa Myra Warnock
Anniston
William RR. Norton
Partiow
Daily Mail
Anniaston Electric and Cas Company
Hartwell Masonic Lodge No. 101
A. Walker & Co
Beulah Jones
Cave Springs
Tom Lee Bagley
John D. Wright
McPherson Avenue
Dr. Cooper
Constantine Avenue
Annie Cooper
Marion
W. P. Humphries
Hick
Rockland
Billy Jones
Mra
Minerva’ Bason
Arthur Jett
Gadsden
Mrs. Jett
Willie Privett
Thelma Davis
Mattie Nora Wakefield
Ruby Lee Cox
Clint Yeatman
Silver Run
T. A. Gannoway
Nora Ganoway
George Wright
Silver Ron
Nelle Bagley
FE. A. Walker & CO
the People’s Friend
Humphres & Company
Victoria's Crown
Buffy
Will the Real Live One
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