Local Dispatch Reports Returns and Travel Updates
Oxford report notes Hon. W. Gray returning from Atlanta after a brief business trip. FP. Douglass, in Atlanta since Saturday, is expected home tonight. Mixe Florida Pingon will depart Pri Gay for New Orleans to attend Mardi Grow festivities and visit friends.
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Oxford
Gray
Atlanta
FP. Douglass
Mixe
Florida
Pingon
Pri Gay
New Orleans
Vis. W
At Co. Clo thing Sale Continues At 1HAD M. GWIN & COMPANY
Miss Pearle Setliff of Annaton visits her aunt Mrs W A McBurnett in the city. Miss Nettie Ifiggine of Clanton departs for Pell City after a week with Mrs Mlem Higgins. Miss Higgins notes Mrs Chandler once of Manton has fully recovered from a fall injury. Houston Davis arrives from Birmingham on a short visit to his parents. W P Knighton reported not well. Humphries Odd Fellows encampment to meet tonight. If weather allows, entertainment for Christian church at Mrs C W Cooper’s residence Friday night. John D Wright improving after illness. Reception for Mesdames S B Gonnell, Livzie Morgan and J C Geo x at Mrs J Henry Yow’s home attended by about 40. Miss Sallie Mae Eichelberger recited. Miss Erma Yee and Miss Joyce Camp sang. Refreshments served. hostesses praised.
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Nettie Ifiggine
Clanton
Mlem Higgins
Enet
Pell City
Miss Higgins
Mra. Chandler
Jessie Allen
Manton
Oxford
B. Gonnell
Livzie Morgan
J. C. Geox
J. Henry Yow
Erma Yee
Bloyce Camp
Mrs. You
The
Aid Society
Land tract near Oxford with two-horse crop suitability
Land tract described as good for a two horse crop, located within one mile of Oxford. W C Warnock of Oxford, Alabama is the contact. The notice appears as a small classified offer from a local seller during January.
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Oxford
W. C. Warnock
Ala
For Sale In Oxford Alabama Property Listing
For sale in Oxford Alabama a residence and large lot and three houses and lot on South Church Street two storehouses and lots and a large vacant lot suitable for warehouses on Spring Street. Apply to Ja4 Imo A Humphries.
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Oxford
Ala
South Church Street
Spring Street
Card of Thanks and city council notes
Card of thanks thanks friends for sympathy and ministrations during illness and after death of husband and father. Names listed. Also update on Tillman Turner recovering, Mise Maud Smith returning from visit. City council referred Fifth Street opening to street committee and water rent rate to continue. Annexation report to await general municipal bill.
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Mewdames
L. T. Allen
William Snow
G. W. Bonner
Richard Draper
John Craig
Sue Hudson
Mise Maud Smith
Goodwater
Fifth Street
Harry
Church Streets
The Best Physic For Stomach and Liver Tablets
When you want a physic that is mild and gentle easy to take and pleasant in effect take Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents Every box warranted Get a free sample at J. L. Wikle's drug store and try them.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
The Potato's Spread From Andes To Europe
The common potato originated in the Andes and spread via Quito to Spain around 1580 where it was named papa. It reached Italy and Mons in Belgium, was described in 1601 as Papas perusaerum, and later disseminated across Germany and France despite a period of persecution driven by beliefs it caused leprosy and fever.
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America
Chile
Andes
New Granada
Quito
Spain
Philippe de Livry
Mons
de 1. Keluse
University of Leyden
Germany
France
Caspar Bauhin
Franche Comte
Vosges
Burguedy
Smith to Succeed Alger In US Senate Seat
Michigan lawmakers reconvened after a two week recess observing Senator Alger’s memory. The first order is to elect an interim senator to serve the unexpired Alger term ending March 4, 1907, with William Alden Smith the likely choice already elected for the full term starting March 4.
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Star
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Alger
United States
William Alden Smith
Sailors Describe Their Side Lines and Trades
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat piece a sailor explains side lines aboard ship. A photographer aboard snaps whales, icebergs, wrecks for magazines and mates for pay. A man weaves wool into shawls turning five dollars into fifty. An ivory chunk becomes ships in miniature. Others mend, shave, and tailor. The narrator runs a lottery.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Seamstress’s Rant On Color And Plaid Shades
The seamstress describes love for sewing bright colors while condemning black and red. She warns black and white shepherd’s plaid strains the eyes and makes vision terrible, with black and white patterns dancing after a short look. Polka dots also seem to dance to her.
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New York Press
Fol inspires laughter as a child disrupts aria
A famed basso Signor Fol entertained a concert crowd when a childish voice echoed from the stairs and tried to join in a duet. The performer and pianist returned twice, but the scene ended with laughter and the act abandoned mid song.
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Signor Fol
Mean solar and apparent solar days compared
The article explains mean solar day as the average of all apparent solar days in a year and defines apparent solar time via a sun dial. It notes the equation of time can reach sixteen minutes and twenty one seconds, and contrasts astronomical noon start with civil midnight start. It also states sidereal and mean solar days are invariable and a mean solar day equals one day plus 3 minutes 50.055 seconds of the astronomical day.
English and French Husbands
A reflection contrasts English and French husbands. The English husband remains bored during his wife's hysterics and seeks a doctor or club, while the Frenchman shows intense emotion blending love hate and passion, yet never remains indifferent or superior.
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Pol de Leon
London
The Old Way to Lace Boots Described
The article recalls shoelace evolution from calfskin laces in old times to modern fabric ties. It details a craftsman method for trimming and shaping leather disks, rolling the lace between shoe and floor, and greasing with tallow to produce durable laces. Round fabric laces now wear shiny and quickly deteriorate.
Consumption Cured by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
Mrs Henke of Milwaukee claims long illness with consumption cured after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. She details six years of lung troubles, visits with four doctors, then one bottle led to steady improvement over two years, enabling her to work and care for five children. April 12 1906.
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Henke
Milwaukee
Duffy
Anna Henke
Anna Henri
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Sold as Medicine
Prompts readers to use Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a health tonic and warns against other drugs. Claims it strengthens heart action, purifies the system, and contains no fusel oil. Recommends buying only from sealed bottles with the Old Chemist trademark. Price $1.00. Rochester based firm offers free medical booklet.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Newlywed Couple Challenged at Inn Over Rice Charge
At a local inn a newly married pair sought two bowls of polled rice and milk priced at 15 cents per portion. The groom produced a small bundle of rice from his clothes, claimed they gathered it after their wedding rain, and protested any deduction for bringing own rice. He left in anger, vowing to dine at home. The proprietor noted the groom’s standing as a prominent farm owner in town.
An Awful Cough Cured by Chamberlain Remedy
Mrs Ora Bussard of Brubaker Illinois credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with stopping her child’s severe whooping cough like cough. She reports the medicine made the girl well and stout, and notes it is sold by J L Wikle.
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Ora Bussard
Brubaker
J. L. Wikle
Lowell and the halberdier in Madrid diplomacy
John W. Foster recounts an anecdote about James Russell Lowell as US minister in Madrid. At a royal reception a Central American minister in jeweled sword was saluted with a heavy whack from a halberdier. Lowell, uninscribed, declared his status and threatened payment if not saluted, prompting further whacks.
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John W. Foster
James Russell Lowell
Madrid
Lowell
Central America
Sam
United States of America
This Date in History Highlights and Dates Recap
A compact calendar of notable events from 1783 Calabria earthquake to 1901 Kentucky Governor Goebel assassination case. Entries include 1807 Paoli death, 1811 Prince of Wales regent appointment, 1852 Holmfirth reservoir disaster, 1874 Ashanti War Coomassie advance, 1891 reciprocity with Brazil, 1894 Vaillant guillotine, 1900 Hay Pauncefote treaty, and 1901 Youtsey life sentence.
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Prince of Wales
George
England
Holmfirth
Harrison
Brazil
Vaillant
Paris
Henry E. Youtsey
Goebel
Kentucky
Endorsed By the Country Is Otsego Journal Endorsement
Wm. M. Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbertsville N Y touts Dr Kings New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs and colds. He claims it cures lung and throat diseases and keeps a bottle at home. Guaranteed never to disappoint with prices 50 cents to 1 dollar and a trial bottle free by Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
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Otsego County
Wm. M. Dietz
Otsego
Gilbertsville
N. Y
Dr. King
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Itching Piles Relief Offered by Chamberlain's Salve
A public notice endorses Chamberlain's Salve for itching piles with instant relief. It also claims cure for sore nipples tetter and salt rheum. Price is 25 cents and sold by J. L. Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Coal or Drugs Phone 72 BR 0 Watson
A terse notice lists a contact line for coal or drugs referrals with the number 72 and a reference to BR 0 Watson. The fragment implies a public guidance line or alert connected to substance issues, preserving the readable names and numbers from the source.
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Phone
Watson
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News OF the
A. J. Adair
Oxford Dept
Co.t
M. Gwin & Company
Pearle Setliff
Anniaton
City
W. A. McBurnett
Mims & Co
Houston
Davia
Birmingham
Mrs. J. ©. Davis
W. P. Knighton
C.W. Cooper
Christian Church
John D. Wright
McPherson Avenue
A. M. Humphries
Tillman A. Turner
TION
E.G. Walker & CO
Duffy’s Pure
Tre A
Calabria
Ie Paoli
Ole Bell
Ashantee
Coomassie
Robinson
Incram & CO
Anniston
Theatori
UM Company
Noble Street
A. S. Pendle’s
Annis
A.S. Pendle
Fountain Market
Tenth and
Market Streets
Opera House
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