Oxford Evening Star contest and local incidents report
Oxford notices recount visitors from Dempney Lincols and Carrollton Ga and Lineville residents on official business. A telegraph post accident crushed Mr Howard Robinson’s left arm. Dr A W Ligon treated him and he remains in a sling. A street quarrel ended with injuries and both men reconciled, while Mr Anderson Cole recalls gold coin value and farm success. Social plans for holidays rise with youth entertainments anticipated.
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Evening Star
Oxford
Howard Robinson
A. W. Ligon
Robinson
Robinson Has Been With the Telephone Company
Carrollton, Ga
Anderson Cole
Lineville
D. P. Haynes
W. P. Haynes
Cole
Wind and Work Misery at the Port Foretold Funeral
A shipping clerk tells the supervisor he wishes to attend his mother in law's funeral tomorrow. The manager sighs that he, too, has wanted to do likewise for thirteen years, expressing quiet sympathy and shared regret.
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Augusta Chronicle
Say a Good Revolver and a Nine Shooter
A determined man asks for a good revolver the salesman suggests a six shooter. The man insists on a nine shooter to use on a cat next door. The note adds a humorous aside about stars and a grim omen.
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Philadelphia Press
Coughing Spell Causes Death At Home
Harry Dueckwell aged 25 choked to death at his home in the presence of his wife and child after a coughing fit followed by a prior cold. A physician arrival could not prevent death from suffocation. Advertised Baldrds Horehound Syrup sold locally.
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Harry Dueckwell
Duckweil
St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Ballard
J. L. Wikle
Guaranteed Cure Paro Ointment Ad Claim
An advertisement promising a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding piles. It claims the druggist will refund money if Paro Ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14 days and lists a 50e price.
Speed the Plow's Mrs Grundy and Market Talk
The excerpt features Dame Grundy and Mrs Grundy as neighbors in Morton's Speed the Plow. Farmer Ashfield and his wife discuss market news with jokes about wheat prices butter gossip and Mrs Grundy’s famous warning. The dialogue highlights social reputation and household life.
Cure a Cold In One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and notes signature by KE W. Grove on each box.
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KE. W. Grove
Eaca
Queen Helena Among Europe’s Royal Litérateurs
Italy boasts of Queen Helena’s poetic achievements and lists other royal literary figures including Dowager Queen Margaret and Carmen Sylva. It notes Ferdinand of Bulgaria as a composer and mentions kings of Sweden and Germany as literary contributors. A Paris contest of chansonniers featured a walk from Cabaret des Quatz to Suresne with a song about Gorns, won by De La Fouchardiere.
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Italy
Helena
Europe
Cestigne
Montenegro
Margaret
Paris
Cabaret Des Quatz
Montmartre
Suresne
Gorns
de la Fouchardiere
New King’s Discovery Scrutinized for Coughs and Colds
Startling evidence and a sample testimonial from T J McFarland of Beaterville Va claim Dr King’s New Discovery cures bronchitis and lung illnesses. The ad promotes cures for consumption, pneumonia and grip with trial bottles free and regular sizes at 50 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
T. J. McFarland
Beaterville
West End Drug Co
Miller Drug Co
Sleeping Sickness Strikes Congo Immigrants in Paris
Three Congo men brought to Paris for treatment display varied symptoms of the sleeping sickness. One in early stage eats and sleeps normally, another alternates between alertness and torpor, and a 12 to 14 year old boy shows the disease neutralizing cocaine. Dr Wurtz suspects a trypanosoma parasite, not a microbe, as the cause.
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Paris
Wurtz
How To Prevent Croup
The article advises mothers that croup is preventable. Early sign is hoarseness followed by a rough cough. It recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at onset or after cough appears, claiming it dispels symptoms and avoids danger. Sold by J L Wikle druggist.
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J.L. Wikle
We Send You Good Coal the Kind You Need Now
A compact slogan promotes supplying quality coal suited for current demand. The message emphasizes dependable fuel and prompt delivery to meet household and industrial needs during a cold period.
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Old Hoss Sale
Southern Railway Freight
Anniston
Ala
Southern Car & Fdy Co
A. G
Southern Car & Fdy. Co
Southern
M. A. Smith
Bartlett & Son
Sasaparilia
John Wilson
Iroas Rose
M. Shiretzski
J. A. Olive
J. A. McGurie
R.R
Noble Street Theatre
Hortense Nielson
Chas Reade
Peg Woffington
Wilson Barrett
Boy Chatterton
New York
Miss Nielson
Gras Reade
Sey Chatterton
Agency For
Fastman’s Kodaks
Lowney
W. E. Lloyd
M. F. Doering
The
Leapine Jeweler
News of Oxford
A. J. Davis
Dempney
John Hollingsworth
Lincols
Wa. M. Orr
J. M. Whiteside
Holiday Presents
Moorefield, the Jeweler
Dame Grundy
Mrs. Grundy
Congo
Colahr
Pat Allen
West Tenth Street
Seaboard Air Line
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Carolin Virginia
Washington
D. C
W. BE. Christian
Atlanta, Ga
Wm. B. Clements
Chas. Nonnenmacher
Corner Lith
Gurnee Ave
Coal and Wood
R. O. Watson
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