Oxford Social Roundup Highlights Summer Visits and Local News
Oxford news notes J N Cmig of Hogansville and Miss Kate Davis visiting at the Smith residence on College Hill. Mrs Y L Graben and children return from a Delta trip. A self culture club essay honor and new member slate announced. Local residents move, visitors arrive, and a moonlight picnic to Coldwater planned amid city updates.
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Oxford
J. N. Cmig
Hogansville
John Cernig
Kate Davis
Hospital
College Hill
Goodhue
Gray
Haynes
Leila Turner
Sam Bagley
Oxford social notes and local chatter brighten the day
Elberger's Mineral Springs party returns this morning with Major Smith Miss Wright and Miss Annie Smith. A street hand organ livens Oxford, pleasing children and unsettling some. Mrs Maud Mattison travels from Harmony to Coldwater stopping overnight with Oxford friends. August 7 is Cleaning Up Day in Oxford urging all to curb trash and rubbish to keep the city shining. BE Aderholt of Meading visits. Mrs J C Hendrix of Munford shops in Oxford, touting tomatoes and potatoes from her home farm. Miss Jessie Bentley returns from Greenville and Tuskegee visits. Fred Morefield moves his goods to the new Main location.
Cure for Malaria Poison Labeled by Dr. King's Pills
The ad proclaims the Yellow Fever germ recently discovered and likens it to malaria. It touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as the most effective remedy, promising cure for diseases due to malaria poison and constipation. Available for 25 cents at Elam Otway Houser's and West End Drug Co.
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Dr. King
Elam
Otway & Houser’s
West End Drug Co
This Date in History Highlights Major Events Across Centuries
A compendium of historical notes lists events from 1460 James III of Scotland death to 1808 Spain accepting American peace terms. Notable items include Columbus’s 1492 voyage, Bank of England raid in 1732, Fort Schuyler siege, Tripoli attack in 1804, Buffalo expedition reversal in 1814, Parry’s rediscovery of Barrow Strait in 1819, Aberdeen named governor general in 1847, Rossini’s William Tell premiere in 1854, Hood's 1864 assault near Atlanta, Henry M. Stanley's Belgium reception in 1884, Li Hung Chang’s 1804 war task, and 1808 peace terms with the United States.
Scarborough Drug Co Offer At Half Price
Scarbrough Drug Co. announces a special half price introductory offer on the regular fifty cent size of Dr. Howard Co. remedy for constipation and dyspepsia. The medicine claims to cure headaches coated tongue dizziness gas on stomach and liver and stomach troubles with a sixty dose supply for 2 cents, backed by a personal money back guarantee if it fails to cure.
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Scarbrough Drug Co
Aberdeen Earl of Aberdeen born in 1847 highlighted
The article records Sir John Campbell Gordon seventh Earl of Aberdeen born August 3 1847 and notes his dignified public roles. It portrays the family as modest and devoted to charity with the Lady Marjorie Sinclair aiding poorer children and a son apprenticing in shipyards. It also mentions the heir Lord Haddo’s forthcoming marriage to a Sheffield widow.
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Scotland
John Campbell Gordon
Earl of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Marjorie Sinclair
Wee Willie Winkle. Then Lord Aberdeen
Lord Haddo
Sheffield
Chum
Lady Aberdeen
Burdock Blood Bitters Promotes Health and Wellbeing
An old advertise line proclaims Burdock Blood Bitters as a tonic for vigor and vitality. It contrasts a healthy man as a king with an unhealthy man as a slave, urging readers to use the product to stay well.
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Burdock
Living on Three Thousand a Year Debate
A man and woman discuss budget limits. She argues they can live nicely on three thousand dollars annually, while he notes his salary is two thousand and her clothes cost a thousand per year, already covering the first year.
Woman's Love Quotation Sparks Morality Debate
A Paris Figaro quip pits two suitors Peter and Paul in a sharp exchange about lasting affection. The witty line asks which will be loved longest, the reply implying the one who forgets sooner.
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Peter
Paul
Paris
Figaro
Hay Fever Relief Advertisement Promises Instant Breath Ease
An old advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures hay fever and summer colds by stopping difficult breathing and soothing inflamed air passages. It asserts immediate relief and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package, from Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
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Brick Store Farm
Y. L. Graben
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Paul M. Richelberger
Mary Lou Mims
Clara Wright
Ebieh
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Gether
James Warnock
White Plains
John Whitby
Delta
E. A. Walker
Alexander Jones Adair
Will H. Cooper
Cooper
Hopkins
Anniston
Jonah Crow
C. Dickinson
Coldwater
Robt. Burns
Lincoln
Thos. H. Barry
Mrs. Caruthers
Silver Run
Willie Stewart
Wedowee
J. M. Stewart
E. A. Walker & CO
the People’s Friend
Elberger
Major Smith
Miss Wright
Annie Smith
Maud Mattison
Harmony
BE. A. Aderholt
Meading
J. C. Hendrix
Munford
Jessie Bentley
Greenville
Tuskeegee
Fred
Morefield
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Masa
James TH of
Columbus
England
Fort Schuyler
British
Ble
Tripoli
City of Buffalo
Barrow
Parry
Canada
Rossini
William Tell
Cren, Hood
Gan
Atlanta
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Belgium
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Spain
Scarbrough Drug Company
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Dr. Howard Co
Ireland
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Advice
Anniston Electric & Gas Company
Noble and Tenth Sts
Monk & Crumpton, Grocers
Sixteenth and Brown
Thomas’ Drug Store
Anniston, Ala
W. 10Th St
Maine
Belcher Plumbing Co
Court House
Judson College
Marion
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