Oxford News Notes Busy with Local Events and Sales
Oxford citizens hear of a barbershop transfer to James Howell, a family visit from Florida, a reception for Miss Rova Pell, and Calhoun Rifles ice cream supper plans. The town schedules a Cove Creek picnic, a clothing clearance sale, railcar preparations for 400 passengers, and a Huntville encampment march by the Calhoun Rifles.
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Oxford
Cove Creek
Lagarde
Brotherhood
Lodge
Anniston
Two Eggs One On Each Side Gaffe in London Eatery
A sad faced American in a London restaurant orders two eggs "one fried on one side and one on the other." The waiter mishears repeatedly, prompting comic corrections. After several misunderstood responses, the waiter begs for help from the cook as patrons snicker.
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Jourisl
London
Horder
Kaid
Gage
Unclaimed Letters List Overdue at Local Post Office
A large roster of unclaimed letters appears, including names such as Atison W F Bogue Grady Burgess Camp Candler Daney Edmondson Edward Ellis Fisher Hobbs Hammett Humphrey Jennings Joseph Jane Fed Jarrett Jaynes Johnson EB Jackson Dade Kelley King Lewin Lewis Linder Leis Lamb Morris Moore Myatt Patrick Powell Roberts Riley Swain Taylor Thomas Griffin Winkler Wallace Ward Wiles Jno Wharton Sanders and a separate Ladies List featuring Mrs and Misses Arnall Bridget Butler Curry Elrod Flowers Garner Green Glass Gordon Hill Jim Higgins Lucile Jackson Carrie Kirkpatrick Little Mary Lowery Nellie Mitchell Minnie North Pitts Janie Pierson Reynolds Rogers Nancy White Basill Webb. A public notice indicates these items are awaiting pickup.
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Attison
W. F. Bogue
Grady
Burgess
BE. J. Camp
H. G. Candler
A. Daney
Edmondson
A. Edward
T. W. Ellis
J. B. Fisher
Wim. Food
Robert
Glenn
H. B. Hammett
Chas
Humphrey
C. G Jennings
Joseph
J. P. Jane
Fed
Jarrett
A. L. Jaynes
T. J, Johnson
Jackson
Dade
Kelley
King
Willie
Lewin
G. W. Lewis
A. Linder
Thos
Leis
J. W. Lamb
D. 0. Morris
H. Z. Moore
W. A. Myatt
J. A. Patrick
H. Powell
N. L, Roberts
Jas, Riley
J. J. Swain
Major. Taylor
Thomas
Griffin
Winkler
Ed Wallace
Geo
Ward
W. L Wiles
Jno
F. Wharton
Sanders
Ladies
Arnall
W. T. Bridget
Nancy. Butler
Margaret. Curry
Beatris
Elrod
Emma
Flowers
Lala. _ Garner
A. E. Green
J. C. Glass
Dora
Gordon
Hill
Jim. Higgins
Lucile. Jackson
Carrie. Kirkpatrick
W. C. Little
Mary. Lowery
Nellie. Mitchell
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed for Skin Ailments
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine recommends Bucklen's Arnica Salve to prevent chilblains and reports success on salt rheum. The product is guaranteed for fever sores ulcers piles burns wounds frost bites and skin diseases and is sold for 25 cents at local druggists Elam Ordway and Houser Scarbrough Drug Co.
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John Kemp
East Otisfield
Bucklen
Elam
Ordway and Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
The Roman Candle Maker and His Solitary Craft
Rene Bache shares a profile in Technien World Magazine of the isolated Roman Candle maker. The hermitlike worker lives in a tiny wooden hut miles from any neighbor, earning pay for dangerous explosive work while creating magazine like devices that launch fire projectiles.
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Rene Bache
Technien World Magazine
Ile
Eich
She Knew Him
An exchange recounts Mrs K hiring a middle aged Black woman for cleaning who recalls a visiting one eyed man named White who offered window washing but did poor work. The helper reveals she is married to him, adding a local rumor angle about the man’s character and reputation.
Piano seizure report in Philadelphia record
A brief Philadelphia Record item notes a city collector visiting a home to seize a piano during a backpay or installment dispute as part of debt collection activity. The exchange shows polite refusals and a direct request for the instrument.
Merriment in Daily Life Cartoon Snippets
A collection of brief comic panels and captions. Jokes span family life advertising and fortune telling with punchlines about habits bills corsets and prediction twists. The humor centers on mistaken assumptions and practical quips from housewives nurses and shopkeepers.
Sealed Proposals Sought for Farmers' Union Warehouse
Sealed proposals invited until July 21 1907 for construction of the new Farmers Union warehouse in Anniston Alabama. Plans and specifications available on application to W L Jones secretary board of directors Anniston Ala.
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Farmers’ Union
Anniston
W. L. Jones
Ala
First Commuter Exchange in Early Evening Dialogue
A brief cartoon caption shows a veteran asking what the other does at night. The second commuter replies he takes the 5 08 train from the city. The exchange, styled as a Witty Puck caption, captures city life humor.
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Puck
State Normal School Jacksonville 1907 session opens
State Normal School Jacksonville Alabama announces its twenty fifth annual session beginning September 25 1907. It serves as a training school for teachers drawing 581 from 55 counties including 409 teachers. Tuition is free and board ranges from 10 to 12 dollars per month. Graduates are in demand and the school offers low expenses and a healthful location. For catalogue address Co W Daugette.
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Jacksonville
Ala
Alabama
W. Daugette
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Oxford Department
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James Howell
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The
Sydney Jackson
Eastaboga
M. G. Christian
Boiling Springs
E. A. Walker & CO
Turner
Rova Pell
Pontotoc
Calhoun Rifles
Armory
J. H. You
Willie Epp Bowling
Denson
Miss Bowling
San Angelo
Tex
Lincoln
Jyo St
Young Ladies’ Aid Society
Ed Wright
FB. A. Walker & CO
Harvey Preston
John Whitley
Delta
City
J. T. Smith
Dempsey
Luther and Rod Brown
Fishhead
T. K. Roberts
A. al. Humphries
L. C. Jenkins
Buckhorn
Lawrence Grogan
Coldwater
Jessie Bentley
Blue Spring
Newton County
Tripoli
Missouri
Seneca Tripoli
Gentlemen's
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Him
Bryan Walker
Mr. Flick
Johnny
Slick
Der
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
A. J. Goodwin
M. F. Doering
State Normal School
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