Oxford News Briefs Show Vacation Plans and Local Events
Oxford notes list W. W. Jones visitors from Rockland and W. F. Curvin starting a six day vacation with George Calvin filling in. Capt. W. D. Dodd heads to the Farmers Union convention in Bessemer. Mrs. Pauline Roberta and family plan to move to Anniston by September 1. Local business promotes fall stock reductions at Thad M. Gwin & Co. A local Oxford–DeArmanville baseball game is expected to draw interest. list of Oxford players includes Flint Allen and others. Court cases add modest city revenue. Dr. J. C. Wright preached in Anniston. Dick Draper is ill. a social Oxford Lake supper and vaudeville show are planned. Rev. W. R. Ivey resigns from the First Baptist, effective Oct. 1, to Maysville Kentucky. Fall term opens in two weeks with strong school support and plans for Auburn and Judson College attendance. Strauss Bros fall suit samples arrive. Mrs. Joe Lasnett improves. Miss Low Luttrell takes a rest at Weaver's station.
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure Promises Guarantee
An ad hawks the Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure named Smith's Sure Kidney Cure. It claims a druggist refunds money if one bottle fails to satisfy and lists a 50 cent price through Sear through Drug Co.
Swedish Congregational churches dedicate $12000 tabernacle in Spokane
Spokane hosts a conference of Swedish Congregational churches from the inland empire followed by the dedication of a new tabernacle valued at $12,000 at Second Avenue and Division Street.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Second Avenue
Division Street
Learned Ladies Pride in Medicine and Plaster Fame
A reflective passage contrasts learned women doctors with quacks and recalls lauded plague era remedies. It mentions Dame Margery Paston and a tale of plasters sought for James Horburst, tied to Sir John Paston and personal debts.
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Margery Paston
James Hoburst
John Paston
Margery
How Mate Glass Is Made In Early Glass Making Process
The article describes making plate glass from sand and broken glass with manganese and cobalt oxides. Molten glass is poured on an iron table and sized with iron strips, then flattened, tempered, ground bevelled and polished to shine. It notes the first plate glass made in 1483 at St. Picardy France and praises observers who discovered the method.
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St. Picardy
France
Dublin humor and Gladstone interview noted by old reporter
A fragmentary reminiscence cites a famed Dublin journalist and his quips about drowning cases and Gladstone's Dublin visit. It recalls the old informal style of reporting, the humor of surprise, and references to verses in modern comic papers. An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Salve eases salt rheum and eczema with local seller J. L. Wikle.
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Dublin
Dalkey
Gladstone
Inman
London Tribune
New York Herald
J. L. Wikle
Land Titles Guaranteed by Alabama Abstract Co
Alabama Abstract Company offers to examine real estate titles and furnish a guaranty bond for titles approved by their attorneys. Located in Anniston, the firm emphasizes title guaranty services to property buyers and lenders.
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Alabama Abstract Company
From Wool to Waxed Floors in Clothing Shops
Readers learn that woolen fabrics shed animal fats during cutting and handling. The friction between cloth and wood paves the shop floors with grease, making surfaces slippery while the wood absorbs fat much like a rendering area.
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New York
Moon Tides Drive Global Ocean Billows Across Seas
The text explains how the moon raises tides every twelve hours, creating billows that travel from the southern Indian Ocean to the Azores, then toward the English Channel and around Britain. It notes delays in the English Channel near Dover and a branch moving along the British coast toward London.
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Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Azores Islands
Cape
English Channel
Strait of Dover
British Islands
Scotland
England
Thames
Londoun
London Graphic
The Song of the Reaper Across the Year
A line listing months with regions harvesting crops worldwide. January covers Australia New Zealand Chile and Argentina while December mentions Burma and New South Wales. The passage maps seasonal wheat harvests to vast geographic areas.
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Globe
Australia
New Zealand
Chile
Argentine Republic
Upper
Egypt
India
Syria
Cyprus
Persia
Asia Minor
Mexico
Cuba
Texas
Algeria
Central Asia
China
Japan
Morocco
California
Oregon
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Kansas
Arkasas
Utah
Colorado
Missouri
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
France
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Upper Canada
Roumania
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Germany
Switzerland
England
The
Dakotas
Manitoba
Lower Canada
Columbia
Belgium
Netherlands
Great Britain
Denmark
Poland
Scotland
Sweden
Norway
Peru
South Africa
Burma
New South Wales
Wellington and the Duke His Integrity in a Land Deal
A farm adjoining the Duke of Wellington’s estate was bought by his agent who boasted of a capital bargain. The duke questioned the valuation and ordered payment of the difference to reflect the estate’s true worth, illustrating steadfast integrity.
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Wellington
Duke of Wellington
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Oxford
A. J. Adair
W. W. Jones
Rockland
City
W. F. Curvin
George Calvin
Capt
W. D. Dodd
Bessemer
Capt. Dodd
Pauline Roberta
Anniston
Oxford Low
W. R. Morton
Senoia
CIA
Thad M
Gwin & CO
Aderhold
Thad M, Gwin & Co
Aderholt Ho
DeArmaneille
Messrs
Flint Allen
Allen
Ab Williams
Scott Shtricland
Cooper Whiteside
Nixon
Mornig
J. C. Wright
First Baptist Church
Dick Draper
Main Street
Oxford Lake
W. R. Ivey
Oxford Graded
Auburn
University
Judson
Jay D. Lane
R. P. Jones
Strauss Bros
E. A. Walker & CQ
CA Reece
Joe Lasnett
Miss Low Luttrell
Weaver's
Smith
Drug Co
Doctora
Mie
Wool Fabrica
Noble Street Theater
DANDY
Dixie Minstrels
Instrel
Marcucess
John Rucker
Alabama Blossom
Spiller
Benny Jones
James Crosby
Jerome Johnson
Vall
Mack Allen
20Th Century Wire Wonder
Williams & Stevens
Tony
Campbell Bros
Yrte
Baltimore
Barytone H. 8S
Wooten
Indian Territory
John Prampkin
Cotton Pickers
Robert Leach
Colored Creature
Oklahoma
Dixie College Rangers
Royal Palm Grotto
Harley Merry
Godchaux
Paris
Cholmondely
London
Siegel-Cooper Co
New York Theatre
Wistaria Roof Garden
Manhattan Beach Theatre
Coney Island
Voelckle & Nolan
Barnum & Bailey
Black Patt! Troubadours
Twe Evans Chemical
Cincinnati
Cater Grocery Co
Box &Allis
Levy
the Tailor
Noble Street
Anniston City Land CO
AISA
WM. A. Davis
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