Oxford News MBE A J Adair and Local Delegates
News from Oxford notes Reverend and Mrs Alexander Miller departed for Dothan with delegates to the Hapital state convention. Hon PD Coopes and J T Wheeler plan to leave the following day for the same destination. Miss Daisy Dunlap visits from Straven with Miss John Wilhelm. A wedding reports the marriage of Ed Lima and Willie Ward at DeArmanville, both well known in Oxford with many friends extending congratulations. A son of Mr and Mrs Frank Jobson is mentioned.
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Oxford
Alexander Miller
Montgomery
Dothan
Coopes
J. T. Wheeler
DeArmanville
Ed Lima
Willie Ward
D. P. Haynes
Eldyce Camp
John Stewart
College Bill
Frank
Oxford News Roundup Natives, Visitors Share Local Happenings
Local column reports injuries from a mule accident near town and a concussion recovery. It notes guests from Anniston, Gadaden, and Montgomery visiting Oxford, with travel for Jamestown and Rome trips, plus marriages, illnesses, and a sunbeam society event at the Baptist church.
Prickly Ash Bitters Offered as Constipation Remedy
A local advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a bowel tonic and regulator. It claims relief from constipation gas and indigestion by strengthening bowel movements and promoting daily evacuations. Testimonial from D M Blackwelder corroborates its kidney stomach and bowel benefits. Available from several agents at $1.00.
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Hyer
D. M. Blackwelder
Litchfield
Litchfield News
Humor He Starts the Ball Rolling at the Burnt Cork Show
Perrine Lambert in Judge recounts a vaudeville vignette about Mr. Bones and Mr. Tambo amid stage banter. The dialogue centers on a humorous misunderstanding about pennies and candy sticks, ending with a cue for a song by Mr. Croakley.
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Mr. Croakley
Perrine Lambert
Noted English Judge Corrects Klepto Mania Claim
Lord Bramwell, famed English judge, encounters a defense claim that a shoplifter suffered from klepto mania. He quips that his role is to cure that disease, highlighting the case with dry humor.
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Lord Bramwell
Lord Bramwell Blantly
A Long Felt Want in a Bookstore Scene
A sharp exchange ends with a book agent urging a woman to buy grammar and etiquette books. He departs through a gate declaring the need for two volumes as she protests. The brief vignette captures a clash over literacy and propriety.
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Lippincott’s
Fire crew opposes working with color line in heat of fight
A fireman from the truck company rejects teaming with a colored firefighter, claiming no prejudice but preferring to avoid a man whose face remains spotless after a long blaze while others end up smudged. The Judge remarks on racial tension in the department.
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Tambo
Dean's Regulats cures constipation priced at 25 cents
An old advertisement claims Dean's Regulats gently cure constipation. The copy lists symptoms such as headache nausea dizziness and languor and urges readers to ask their druggist for the remedy priced at 25 cents.
Locust Eating in Indian Territory Sparks Curious Reading
A Joplin News-Herald piece recounts a reporter joining Native Americans to gather locusts at night. The insects are salted and baked after being crushed on clean ground, described as tasting like dried herring and salted peanuts. The article also notes popular ideas on character reading, especially via the eyes.
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Indian Territory
Joplin
News-Herald
Woman in a Million Writes Eight Page Letters
A witty New York Press quip notes a woman who writes eight page letters without underscoring a single word. The exchange features two men debating her remarkable trait with light humor.
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Avith Conviction
New York Press
A Cruel Deception Reveals Stocks Inheritance Gag
A Baltimore American quip centers on a man fooled by a fiancée who claimed her father was a stock dealer. The punchline: the supposed dealer sells small ladies collars, not stocks, turning deception into farce.
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Baltimore
Nothing to Wear Is Cause for Welcome at Home
The item notes Benham’s generosity causing the family to be short of clothing. Mrs. Benham explains the wife bears the burden of this largesse, while Benham invites each boy to eat. The dialogue reflects humorous domestic consequences in Brooklyn Life.
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Benham
Imagined Wealth Sparks Farce in Brief Exchange
A playful dialogue snippet contrasts wealth and marriage as a hypothetical. A boy’s mother teases Jackie about dirty hands, the boy replying that he is just washing his face. The exchange captures light, comic street conversation in a publishable vignette.
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Jackie
SPECIAL RATES TO THE WEST AND OTHER EXCURSIONS
Rail line announces special round trip rates to Texas Norfolk Chautauqua Lake Camp Ground Louisville and Talladega Springs with sale dates on specific Tuesdays Sundays and seasonal tickets. For details contact H P Salter J K Lanning C L Stone in Anniston and Louisville.
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Texas
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
Campground
Miss
Epworth League Assembly and Seashore Camp Meeting
Louisville
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Talladega Springs
Ala
H. P. Salter
G. A
J. K. Lanning
Phone
Anniston
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ey
State Normal School Entrants 581 for 1907 session
Enrollment last session reached 581 with 409 teachers from 55 counties of Alabama. School prepares for state examination and offers low expenses with tuition free. Board ranges from 10 to 12 dollars monthly. High healthful location. Graduates in demand. Twenty-fifth annual session begins September 25, 1907. Catalog requests to Co. W. Daugett, President.
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Alabama
W. Daugette
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Oxford News
A. J. Adair
Oxford Department
Daisy Dunlap
Straven
John Williema
Frank Jobson
Misses’ and Children’s
Ladies
Saeedys
Oxfords
E. A. Walker
Iie
Jobson
Winnie Roberts
Oxford Friends
Jamestown
John D. Staples
Silver Run
Frank P. Gwin
Cook's Springs
Flora Powell
Gadsden
Rome
Daisy Brown
W. R. Brown
Eugenia Formsby
Piedmont
W. Whiteside
Church Street
Will H. Cooper
Frances
The
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
W. K. Brown
McKibbon Street
P. C. Adams
Antioch
Emma Singleton
Rev. W. F. McCain
Chesley Adams
Roxie Parnell
Salt Creek Ehurch
R. R. Brasher
Sunbeam Society
Baptist Church
Ernest Humphries
Hicks
Messrs
Gus Miller
Jim Griffin
Chattanooga
Nashville, Tenn
Robert Hingson
Eben Hall
the Star
Washington, D. C
the Evening Star
Pat
Batiste
Tratoga
Doom
iPali
the End Man
New York Mail
Continental Baking Power Company
Nashville
Teno
Via
Drang
Norfolk
State Normal School
Jacksonville, Asa
Incram
Stafford
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