Epworth Y P U to Meet in Oxford Sunday Evening
Oxford church notes announce a joint Epworth League and B Y P U session at 6 p m Sunday with songs prayers scripture reading talks and a panel discussion led by Rev L F Parrish. Also mentions a wedding of Miss Alice Garrett to Arthur Brown and local business notes with J H Hall in Jacksonville on business.
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Oxford
Jan
Epworth Tongue
Hugh Singleton
Flin Wall
Erma Yoo
Alice Garrett
M. J. Garrett
the Pines
Arthur Grown
Atlanta
J. D. Simpson
Anniston
Misa Garrett
Oxford College
Brown
Hall's Catarrh Cure Beecher Co. pledge reward in 1886
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. firm offers one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason seals oath dated December 6 1886. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials requested. price 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Chenrey & CO
Family buys gift with small coins in Brooklyn Eagle
In a playful Brooklyn Eagle snippet, Bobby asks Mamma to contribute four dollars and ninety cents while he adds ten cents for a gift to Papa, turning a home bargain into a small family moment.
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Bobby
Mamma
Brooklyn Eagle
A Glutton for Work In the British Civil Service
The story recounts Arthur W. A'Becket’s first day in the war office from his Recollections of a Humorist. A chief jokes that he is “fond of indexing” as the young man dutifully files hundreds of circulars. After three days the chief admits the index may not be needed though it could prove useful someday.
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Arthur W. A‘ Becket
War Office
Times
Developing a Star in Cyrano Plays Out Turbulent Rehearsals
Richard Mansfield drives intense rehearsals for Cyrano while the cast suffers resignations and replacements. Margaret Anglin wins Roxane after a tense exchange about beauty and ugliness, with Mansfield insisting only suffering can forge the needed temperament.
Multiplicity of Fathers in a School Singing Moment
In a Delineator excerpt Ardyce teaches Brother Wayne to sing America at school. Their father overhears Wayne mispronounce the line Land where my papa died. Ardyce corrects it with Land where our fathers died prompting Wayne to ask in a deadpan surprised tone If two of them.
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Ardyce
America
Brother Wayne
Wayne
A Way Men Have
Uncle Eben reflects on how discussions of Iack reveal notions of luck and credit when a man prospers and takes the credit for his own smartness as seen in Washington rar.
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Iack
Eben
Washington
They Were Strangers Howell Rowell and Powell
A nitty glimpse notes Howell Rowell rarely at home and Powell nearly absent, needing introduction to his wife as described in New York circles.
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Howell—Rowell
Powell
New York
Painting the Town Red as Dante Dramatizes Sins
A London News correspondent notes the phrase painting the town red as a dubious invention and traces a Dante inspired tale to a cavern of vice. Two misty figures Francesca and Paolo confess they are those who have painted the world red with their sins.
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Rpfer
Dante
Virgil
Francesca
Paolo
London News
Civil Service Test Fails to Impress Philadelphia Butler Applicant
A Philadelphia Record story shows a colored job seeker for a Philadelphia suburb butler post boasting civil service exam success. The employer, unmoved, notes civil service mainly helps with guests, prompting the applicant to insist on the value of the credential.
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Philadelphia Record
John
Butler
Philadelphia
Williams
Mogul Hero Babar and the Ferghana Quest
A London Spectator vignette traces Babar rising to power in Ferghana at a young age He inherits a throne after his father dies in an escape to secure his realm He loses and regains Ferghana across years guided by Mongol soldiers and treachery His last days feature Humayun gravely ill and a dramatic self sacrifice by Babar ending his life.
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Babar
Ferghana
Samarkand
Humayun
The Dogskin Diploma Trick In Hungary
A Hungarian farmer’s son forged a law diploma after failing exams. The father notes there are more barristers than dogs, so kutya-ber parchment is scarce. The anecdote highlights clever deception in a country swamped with lawyers.
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Hungary
Budapest
London
Gam's Dry Humor in Agincourt Tale
Welsh captain David Gam, sent by Henry V to reconnoiter before Agincourt, reported there were enough to be killed enough to be taken and enough to run away. His quip reflected the odds and his bravery as he died saving the king during the battle.
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David Gam
Henry V
Agincourt
Gam
London Standard
Distilled Water and Its Role on Ships and Health
Distilled water after air exposure is said to be salubrious and helps dyspepsia and bodily functions. Steamers carry water distilling apparatus to make sea water fresh, while earlier warships and passenger vessels used primitive distilling devices.
Postal Deficit Quip Reflects Postal Card Gaps
A Detroit Free Press humor item jokes about a postal deficit and attributes it to the things a mother forgets to put on a postal card. The quip suggests domestic oversights influence mail delays or costs.
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Detroit Free Press
Wedding Cross Decoration Baffles Passengers
A wedding floral display in roses shaped as a cross drew laughs and puzzled looks from passengers. a man asked who was dead, realizing it was for a wedding. Henry Miller tells of Collis Huntington refusing rare volumes after a sales pitch.
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New York Times
Henry Miller
New York
Collis P. Huntington
Miner
Margaret Wilson of Westminster Demands Snuff Funeral Procession
The London Globe reports Margaret Wilson of Westminster instructed a funeral plan centered on snuff. She asked six bearers and six maidens, all noted snuff takers, to wear snuff colored hats and carry snuff boxes, with snuff scattered along the cortege and the clergyman paid by snuff consumption.
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Margaret Wilson
Westminster
St. James
London Globe
What the Peruvians Believed
The article explains a mythic afterlife for ancient Peruvians where the disembodied soul chooses between two rocks. Rest on the left rock grants oblivion or Nirvana like fate, while the right rock leads to a purgatorial hell where fiends gnaw the flesh for over 10,000 years before the soul returns for another attempt.
First Australian production of The Recruiting Officer in 1789
The London Standard notes the first recorded Australian play in June 1789 titled The Recruiting Officer. Proceeds from the first pay night, about £20, were donated to a drowned man’s family. A rough playhouse opened in January 1796 with a shilling admission, paid in kind as wheat flour or rum.
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Australia
London Standard
Disappearing Home Life
Fortnightly Review notes the flat dweller should not keep a dog or cat and has no garden or space for memories or babies. It argues homes lose their spirit without pets, children, flowers, memories, or cupboards.
Books of Reference for Readers and Editors
Editors answer readers questions by using reference books almanac grammar and small dictionary. These key volumes should be in every home library though often dusty or out of reach. Keep an almanac dictionary and atlas handy to relate daily news to earlier history and stay connected with the world. Get the habit.
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New York Mail
A Sporting Parson and the Hunt in Devon
A correspondent recalls Rev Jack Russell the west country sporting parson famed for hunting. He appeared before Exeter bishop over neglect of duties and keeping hounds. charges found unfounded, yet he continued sport until his death in 1883 at eighty eight. He supported wrestlers and cider culture while using pulpit to reform conduct.
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Jack Russell
Bishop of
Exeter
Russell
Devonshire
Simple Remedies for Whooping Cough Used by Mother
A mother shares home remedies for whooping cough including lemon water gargles to ease paroxysms. She says laxatives aided relief, and keeping children outdoors with sun baths and barefoot play helped, noting two boys improved by summer outdoors.
Generous remark on money orders in new country
Norah, newly arrived in the United States, calls the country generous. She recounts asking at a post office about sending money to her mother and learns a money order for $10 costs only 10 cents, highlighting perceived generosity.
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Bridget
Norah
United States
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Jacksonville
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Piison
Mark Williams
Texas
Frank McIntyre
Gordon Memorial Camp No
U. S. Wyhin
Oxford Council Chamber
Gwin’s
JH. S. Russell
Clay County
Mattie Ware
Gwin's
J. B. Privett
Mrs. Russell
Birmingham
Mrs. Parrish
Gwin
Mamie Garrett
Gadsden
Carrie Fleming
Mobile
Grace McClellan
Robert Weaver
Mrs. Alexander
Mrs
Lon Williams
the Star
How Mansfield
Margaret Angiin
Roxane
Richard Mansfield
Mr. Palmer
Cable
Margaret Anglin
Mansfield
Cyrano
Paul Wilstach
Scribner's
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
H. A. Young
Mr. Huntington
Mr. Miller
Railroad King
Millonaire
Harper’s Weekly
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