Oxford News Highlights Local Socials and Death
Oxford notes guests of Mrs. Reed and Miss Fleming, visits by Mr. Cunningham and others, and trips of Eben Hall and R. A. Hingson. The death of Howard W. Sexton in Anniston casts gloom. Capt. and Mrs. Barry visit Lincoln. Ice cream supper planned for Calhoun Rifle Company and nightly vaudeville show at Odd Fellows hall spark local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Will Cunningham
Atlanta
Oxford Friends
Bighes Valley
Miss
James M. Stewart
J. H. Moore
Roseville
M. BE. Reed
North Main Street
Moore
Mary McCraw
Calhoun Rifle
Armory
Company 1
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Moorefield
Clay and Adams Kiss Joke From Ghent Peace Talks
In 1814 at Ghent peace negotiations Adams and Clay shared apartments with Gallatin Bayard and Russell. Clay teased Adams about his tearful eyes after a pretty room girl refused a kiss. The anecdote highlights their contrasting temperaments and courtly manners during the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Ghent
Albert Gallatin
James A. Bayard
Jonathan Russell
Great Britain
Mr. Clay
Mr. Adams
Peace Commissioners
Malaria Remedy Promoted By Doctor and Patient Testimony
A sickly man visits a physician seeking relief from malaria and is given a mixed tonic with advice to shake and follow directions. The doctor notes warm days and damp nights breed malaria and warns it invites serious diseases. He endorses Prickly Ash Bitters as a bowel and liver regulator and system tonic to fortify health during the sickly season. An endorsement from W H McWilliams of Pickering La praises its broad use at home. Sold by druggists at $1.00 with listed agents handling distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. MceWilliams
Pickering, la
Sleeper Kids Find Free Seats at Theater
A dumpy woman arrives with two small boys and asks for the best seats for a quarter. The clerk allows entry, but during the show an usher returns a quarter saying a child woke up and requested the coin. Harper's Weekly recounts the incident with a puzzled ending.
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Harper's Weekly
Widow in White Plays Cupid in Pasquale Studio
In a Parisian styled art scene, Le Breton dazzles over a widow in white, as Compton from Delaware disrupts his pursuit. A violet gift from Le Breton lands in her lap, prompting a duel of hearts and a tea invitation from Mrs. Germaine, ending with a vow to win through social tact.
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Pasquale
Pasquale Biel
Jules Lereton
Boulevard Des Anges
le Breton
Amiens
Compton
Delaware
Pasquale’s
Little Compton
Mme
Germaine—La Belle Germaine
the Lombard
Jules
Seine
Atelier
Tient
Parma
Bayard
Panama
Vasquale
Harvard
Henry B. Germaine
Local Alabama man praises Chamberlain's Remedy
Mr C L Carter of Skirum Alabama credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life during a severe attack. He reports repeated relief after using a half bottle of the twenty five cent size and says he feels like a new man. The remedy is sold by J L Wikle.
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Chamberlain
C. L. Carter
Skirum
Ala
J. L. Wikle
Beautiful flowered and striped wallpapers by Cohen and Kirgus
A Reno shop offers many floral papers for bedrooms with stripes and dignified plain colors suited for parlor hall or dining room. Cohen and Kirgus at 921 Noble Street can be reached by phone 550 for samples and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen & Kirgus
Noble St
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Oxford News
A. J. Adair
Oxford Department
Hannie Warnock
Rachel Warnock
White Plains
Trixie Humphries
Edwardsville
Bond
Coal Creek
Howard W. Sexton
Anniston
Thomas Hf. Barry
Robert Burns
Lincoln
Luther Jenking
Bueghorn
Messrs
Eben Hall
R. A. Hingson
Jamestown
Baltimore
Washington
New York
East
Carrie Fleming
Mobile
Grace McClellan
McKibbon Street
Miss Fieming
Willie Ward
Thad M. Gwin & Co
DeArmanville
Pelham McKibbon
Fabion McClellan
Birmingham
Mr. McKibbon
Montevallo
W. L. Jones
Cave Springs
Tom Leo Bagley
Annie Borders
W. Whiteside
W. ©. Gray
F.C. Moorefield
T. M. Draper
W. R. Norton
W. W. Whiteside
1. B. Miller
A. M. Humphries
O. McCraw
B. D. Williams
Turner
Kowa Bebill
Mississippi
Variety
Richmond
Clay
Adams
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Copyright
OCHL
Sutcliffe
Scarbrough Drug Co
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
A. J. Goodwin
Incram
State Normal School
Jacksonville
Asa
Alabama
W. Daugette
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