Oxford News Roundup featuring visits and jail updates
Oxford notices report Professor Brock of Opelika visiting to join his wife in town and Miss Pearle Jones recovering from illness. Mrs. Alfred M. Yee returns to Piedmont after visiting Oxford friends. Steel jail cages arrive for sanitation and confinement. Miss Katherine Orr and Maxie Snow depart for Piedmont Springs for the heated term. Jenkins of Texas visits kinsman Luther Jenkins in Silver Run after 35 years. Farmers Merra, Harvey Willingham, and Andrew Trooks bring cotton to market. Local business with J Carter of Dempsey and others.
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Oxford
Professor Brock
Opelika
Tuscalooga
Annie Farmer
Luther Jenkins
Silver Run
Mr. Jenkins
Merra
Harvey Willingham
Andrew Trooks
Delta
Haynes and Cunningham Lead Young Party to Ingram Wells
Haynes and Katie Cunningham composed a merry party of young folks who left this morning to speed the day at Ingram Wells.
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Haynes
Katie Cunningham
Ingram Wells
Bargains at GWIN'S Invite Quick Visit This Week
Letters from Mrs Elia Hilton now in Milton Oregon praise the country and report she and her party are well Friends here note the pleasant news Miss Caroline Wood Draper returns from Virginia with social honors in Lynchburg and Roanoke The Misses Prison honor their Texas cousin Miss Ida Pinson with a country party A B Pinson and family guests of R T Pinson at Athertville for a few days For sale two good fresh milk cows by Geo W Kiehlberger Oxford Ala
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Geo. W
Texas
R.T. Pinson and
Athertville
Bargains at GWNS Oxford Friends Celebrate Escape
Oxford friends congratulate W J Britt and Miss Mae Britt after a serious accident while returning from Delta. Their mule and buggy were washed into Kichamadogy Creek, lodged against a wire fence, and they were rescued after two hours in water up to their chins. Mr Britt returned home while his sister remained ill in Delta.
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Oxford
W. J, Britt
Miss Mae Britt
Delta
Mr. Britt
Mule injured by wire fence to recover steady pace
Miss Jessie Bently travels across the state visiting friends and is due home early next week. Miss Bessie Morgan departed yesterday for a visit to White Plains, staying with relatives and friends along the way.
Black Men In Persia Race in Ancient Inscriptions
Old inscriptions and carvings suggest a race of black skinned men in ancient Persia with African features. The origin of these people and their disappearance prompt ethnologists to puzzle whether prehistoric southern Asia housed a primitive black race, leaving only vestiges as Babylonia and Assyria rose.
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Persia
Asia
Babylonia
Assyria
Not In Tune: critic and poet spar over rhythm
A critic and a poet clash over short and sport rhymes. The critic argues a short sport is out of tune with everything, while the poet brushes off the suggestion, treating criticism as a mild irritant.
Chamberlain's Salve For Old Chronic Sores
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Salve as effective for old chronic sores and sore nipples, claiming it keeps sores in good condition and noting J. L. Wikle sells the product.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Senator Hoar Displays English Ancestral Staircase
Senator Hoar and his wife watched two wagons unload five large boxes on their Worcester porch. He explained the boxes held an ancestral staircase from England bought during his last visit. His wife asked how he would use it, and he answered with dignity that it was merely a woman's question.
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H Loar
Worcester
Mrs. Hoar
Hoar
England
Honest Boy Learns Sharing From Honest Find
A boy finds a coin near a stall and returns it to a farmer. The farmer thanks him and offers cherries, but the boy declines. He asks for the farmer to give the cherries himself because the farmer has the bigger hand. The farmer obliges and gives a handful.
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London Express
The Modesty of Women and Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription
A promotional note extols Favorite Prescription as safer for women than exams, claiming cures for debility irregularity and weakness. Endorsements from professionals, free pamphlets and medical advice are offered, with details on composition and inclusion of Dr. Pierces Medical Adviser.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
He. . Pierce
Hotel Guests Fed Rough on Rats
Meridian Mississippi July 25 Anna Nolan a Negro hotel worker at the Lau derdale Springs hotel 400 miles above this place was arrested on a charge of attempting wholesale poisoning of the proprietor attaches and guests. It is claimed she put rough on rats in the coffee served to guests at supper last night in retaliation for a grievance. She had been accused of stealing articles from the hotel and some were found in her home. Two guests are reported very low from the poison.
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Meridian
Miss
Anna Nolan
Lauderdale Springs
Bowel Disorder Remedy for Children Advised
Summer bowel troubles in children require prompt attention at first looseness. Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended for quick control of abnormal bowel looseness. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Curran Trick Wins Dublin Tailors Banquet Honor
Curran, famed for wit and sharp jokes, attended a Dublin Merchant Tailors banquet as guest of honor. He kept the eighteen entertainers amused and, at departure, bowed and declared good night to both of them, escaping before the tailors realized the jest.
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Curran
Merchant Tailors’ Guild of
Dublin
Hemade
Don’t Be Backward About Free Sample Pills
An advertisement urges readers to request a free sample of Chamberlain’s stomach and liver tablets from J. L. Wie, claiming many have been cured of biliousness constipation and stomach disorders by their use.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wie
Origin of "Grass" Widow Phrase Probed by Professor
A New York Press article notes a professor explaining the term grass widow as originating from the French grace widow meaning a widow by courtesy. He argues the phrase is ancient and proper, not slang, and suitable for self reference.
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Grace
New York Press
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