Oxford News Notes From College Hill Gatherings
Local society items from Oxford report visits by Mrs A J Adair and Tom Jackson party from Talladega, Miss Bowen from Atlanta leaving soon, Maline Howle back from Biwardaville, Inez Robison home after Heflin visit, Laura Rowe to Choccoloces, Adair in Lineville, Robert McKibbon to San Antonio, Carl Pace from Auburn and graduation plans for Hrnge Pace and sister Mary, police court fines for vagrancy and trash disposal, Lula Dodd hosting Eva McClellan party.
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Carl Pace
Auburn
Hrnge Pace
Miss Mary
When the King Traversed Scotland and the Turnpike Tale
During George IVs visit to Scotland the tollkeeper joked that kings never pay turnpikes. Moore related the anecdote to Sir Walter Scott who noted Scots would do anything for the king except pay the toll. The tale illustrates Scottish enthusiasm for royal visits and the humor of the era.
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George IV
Moore
Abbotsford
Sir Walter
Scott
Tailor Service Promises Perfect Fit and Modern Essentials
Haynes Hinson and Cox advertise Universal Tailoring Co services with measure taking and guaranteed satisfaction. They offer lightweight underwear socks low cut shoes and negligee shirts as essentials now.
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Universal Tailoring CO
Meyers to Speak on Excuses at local church event
Tonight at 7 45 at the Christian church Ray T M Meyers will discuss excuses with digressions leading to the main point. Rev L W Goodson pastor of the Hobson City colored Methodist church died Monday after a short illness.
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Christian Charch Ray
T. M. Meyers
Mr. Meyers
L. W. Goodson
Colored Methodist Church
Hobson City
Goodson
Verse on Names and Attire Through Quirky Phrases
A playful list of odd clothing lines tied to various roles and groups. It pairs footwear and fabrics with occupations from clergy to tourists and explorers, featuring archaic descriptors and a final stray fragment that hints at Bohemian.
Unrest and Observation in a Ball Game Reference
The excerpt notes general public unease and a perceptive woman remarks that if a man cannot find other troubles he vents at a ball game, reflecting social tensions and the era’s spectator culture.
Fragmentary OCR notes on a republican advocacy debate
Disjointed lines reference Vie dure and jov oneace of a republic with garbled names. Mentions Daltimere Ameren and advocacy of a republican sort. Readable content is limited and obscured.
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Coles
Daltimere Ameren
Undefined Fragment Clarifies Interruption Note
Fragmentary OCR notes an intended interruption recorded by clerks and reporters in a Des Moines Republic system. The readable words reference interruption handling and a clerk named Der Moines with a garbled phrase about not wasting today.
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der Moines
Family Matrimonial Settlement Inquiry Answers Itself
The exchange reveals the old man settled upon his daughter's marriage, asserting he settled himself as part of the arrangement. The quip underscores a personal stake and permanence in the union.
Story of Helen Hunt and purse found is told
A church tale recalls Helen Hunt the Ramona author finding a purse of money after service. The pastor said, you keep it and announced at evening service that the purse was found, inviting the owner to claim it.
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Helen Hunt
Ramona
Weeping and Wit in a Riley Poem and a Brixton postcard
A Riley verse laments bereavement and absence of a child while a Brixton postcard gag unfolds. A wife teasingly reports their family’s false Paris sojourn, later insisting they remain in Brixton, turning letters into a humorous domestic anecdote.
The First Offense. A Father and Daughter Dialogue
Tommy asks if his mother was whipped as a child and if her mother was whipped too. The mother confirms each generation received punishment. The dialogue ends with Tommy attributing the practice to Lippincott's.
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Tommy
Lippincott’s
Humorous English Dialect and Dinner Commentary
An American traveler recalls two anecdotes about mispronounced English. A farmer disputes his son over ham pronunciation while the farmer’s wife explains the mistaken dialect. The second anecdote portrays Joseph Chamberlain dining with a mayor during a formal city event and a quip about delaying his speech.
Jack London as a Musician
The article recalls Jack London meeting a musician who learns London once saved his life through music. London explains his talent helped him survive a flood when his horse carried his father to safety, and notes that he accompanied a pianist named Kite on the piano.
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Jack London
Musiciain
London
Kite
The Soys And Limpy A Prose Ledger
A fragment from a local scene shows children arguing over selling a paper. They discuss a person named Linger and a block where he operates, and a plan among kids to let him run the spot. The dialogue hints at neighborhood dynamics and authority.
Neighborly Grift and a Lame Man’s Day
A tale recalls a lame man kept under guard by a circle of workers who pledge to thrash the first harrier on his beat. The narrator notes the group’s “brotherhood” and hints at the broader question of whether merchants would forgo sales to aid a weak vendor for a chance in the field.
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Seilin
Madden’s Business College
Polite Cowboys Practice Courtesy in Train Station Scene
Two ladies delayed by a Southern Pacific accident were seated after two cowboys rose and bowed. One lady asked to be served first, and a cowboy replied with a curt refusal, emphasizing politeness in the moment.
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Collier's Weekly
Southern Pacific Road
Misdirected Mourning at Washington Tomb Ice House Mistake
A mature woman mourning near the tomb of the Father of his Country confuses the site with the tomb of Washington. A gentleman offers help and reveals the edifice is actually an ice house, not the tomb. The lighthearted exchange highlights a humorous misidentification on the grounds.
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Washington
Boy learns swearing from sparrows in Boston tale
A Boston boy reproved for swearing asks who told him. His father asks, and the boy blames sparrows outside the window. Then he declares with a sly grin that it was one of those damned sparrows. The anecdote ends with the boy’s mischievous victory.
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Boston
Humorous Vignettes and Oddities From a Newspaper Page
A collage of short anecdotes features Oliver Wendell Holmes strolling on a beach with a girl and telling her to tell her mother they walked with him. A Louisiana storekeeper learns a joke when his wife reads “Bill inside” on a box. A professor misremembers bedtime and the cot child turns out to be a neighbor. A church notice promises sermon volleys next week and a botched paraphrase of salvation. An Iberia plantation visit ends with an amused mammy inviting them inside.
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Brixton
John
Dover
Paris
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mr. Holmes
Mary Susanna Brown
Bill
Bill Jones
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
Johnny Green
Ladies’ Home Journal
New Iberia
Joseph Jefferson
Cleveland
Picture in the bare room Stirs Uncertain Identity
In a sparse interior a lone Albanian style photo of Cleveland hangs. Jefferson asks whose image it is and a unsure reply suggests John de Baptis without certainty.
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Cleveland
Jefferson
Dean
John de Baptis
Ironing Lace To Preserve Delicate Design
Guidelines for ironing lace to preserve full width and clear pattern. Stretch lace to width, iron along and across edges, and press points with the iron toe. Use felt or folded blanket under the sheet for raised patterns and iron fine lace through muslin, avoiding bare metal.
Household Notes for Cleaning and Cooking Tips
A brush dipped in salt water can clean bamboo furniture and brushes. White paint cleans with warm water and whiting. Potatoes bake faster when boiled in salted water for ten minutes before finishing in the oven. Jam scrapings heated with hot water and lemon juice make sauce for boiled pudding. Cutting old potatoes into balls and soaking then boiling in cold salted water with cream sauce yields a substitute for new potatoes.
Tale Of A Fish A Folktale In The New York Sun
A short fable recounted by MecLandburgh Wilson in the New York Sun. A man entertains friends with a tale of a colossal fish that grows longer as it repeats, until one reckless night he stretches it so far it snaps and disappears.
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MecLandburgh Wilson
New York
Sound Reasoning Exchange in a Philadelphia Press Item
A comic exchange features Mrs Dashaway-Why and Colonel Dbkey as he quips he won’t marry a woman who would marry him. The Philadelphia Press records the humorous dialogue highlighting social banter.
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Mrs. Dashaway
George
Philadelphia Press
Courtroom Confusion Over Witness Age in Indiana Trial
A witness in an Indiana court provoked laughter by balking at revealing her age. The judge pressed for truth, asking for her age with growing impatience. The exchange devolved into comic misstatements as the witness struggled to answer before the courtroom.
The Right Place for Him Miss Brightone
Miss Brightone asks about post abroad plans and Gayladde replies the Governor thinks him a fool and he intends to enter society instead of business.
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Miss Brightone
Gayladde
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Atlanta
Mins Maline Howle
Mrs. Reid
Biwardaville
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Heflin
Laura Rowe
Choccolaces
Misses Bordera
Mechanic Street
Alexander J. Adair
Lineville
Robert McKibbon
San Antonio
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Nancy McKibbon
Merc. W. WW. Griffin
Lula Dodd
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Oxford Drug Company
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Oxford Lodge of
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Eacn
John D. Staples
G. M. Tubb
Fa Voss
E. A. Walkers CO
James Whitcomb Riley
Providence
Clinton
Household Notes
Tale OF
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Indiana
Madan
Berry
New York Times
Wigley & Moore
Incram & Coo
Robinson's Book Store
Anniston
Cincinnati
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