Oxford in full swing as college holiday spirit grows
Oxferde rejoices as college students return for holidays and social events. Misses Haynes Burton Cooper Stewart and Howie travel from Jadson bringing back the color of campus life. The article notes social gatherings, lawn fairs, and discussions about Auburn Howard and Montevallo activities with local residents and families.
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Oxford
Montevallo
Thella Bagley
Jean Williame
Auburn
Messrs
Pace
Howle
Wilson
Howard
Dred Haynes, Jr
Gussie Bagley
Hamilton
Window display ad highlights bargain fabrics
Readable promo notes great values for 15¢ per yard with customer choice advertised in a shop window display.
Oxford social notes praise local colleges and residents
Life on College Hill features Miss Annie Smith extolling Planternville College with Prof. John L. Dodson and Miss Caroline Wood Draper, Bessie Perkins’ tour of Gallaway College, and a toast to colleges and teachers. Notices include deaths, visits, a lost gold chain, and forthcoming church events.
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Annie Smith
Planternville College
John L. Dodson
Caroline Wood Draper
Southern Seminary
Bessie Perkins
Gallaway College
Rip
Commuter Frustration Over Encyclopedias On Train
A hurried passenger on a New York area train vents at a neighbor over a two year old encyclopedia he cannot use. He rushes to read about tanning, hoping to impress a prospective client. He protests the indexing and insists the word tanning appears under T.
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New York
Tin City
Bob
Lecrouds
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
Tonight take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for a pleasant laxative effect. They clear the head and cleanse the stomach. Price 25 cents with free samples at J L Wikle's drug store.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Measurements of Illumination From Candle Standards
The text discusses measuring illumination using a candle as the standard light source. It explains how surface illumination varies with distance following inverse square law and defines the foot candle as a unit of illumination. Two foot candles describe illumination from two candles at one foot distance.
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Cnd
Nedesry
Notable events on this date across history
This date lists deaths births and events including Joseph Radison in 1719, Sir William Crookes in 1832, Strong Vincent at Gettysburg in 1863, the 1856 Republican convention nominating Fremont and Dayton, the 1887 Champlain steamer disaster, Mary Anderson's 1890 marriage, the 1895 Harlem Ship Canal opening, and the 1900 capture of Taku forts by allied forces.
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Joseph Radison
William Crookes
Strong Vincent
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
John C. Fremont
California
William L. Dayton
New Jersey
Lake Michigan
Mary Anderson
Antonia Navarro
Harlem Ship Canal
New York City
Taku Forts
China
Woman Seeks Higher Damages After Rail Disaster
A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts a widow who accepted $5,000 after her husband died in a railroad crash. Reading that a man received $7,500 for losing a leg, she confronted the railway claims office. The adjuster explains the difference by noting money helps buy a new leg versus a new husband.
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Kansas City Star
London Theaters Delight American Tourists With Clear Elocution
Travel Magazine praises London productions for lavish stalls clean ushers and well drilled actors. The piece notes perfect stage settings, rapid plot clarity from curtain rise and a tuneful delivery likened to a silver bell. An American company is questioned for lacking similar discipline.
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London
Travel
A Curious Widow's Cap of the Australian Aborigine
The article describes widows near the Murray River placing clay over shaved heads after mourning the departed lord. The clay forms a thick skull cap that weighs several pounds and weighs heavily on the wearer, despite grease added to aid removal.
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Great Island
Murray River
Why Age Improves Wines
A reader asks why wines age well. An expert explains that aging is a marriage of components like alcohol sugar and acids blending into a single fragrant compound. Young wines taste harsh until these elements harmonize with time.
Weather Vanes and Balancing for Smooth Turning
The article explains how the best weather vanes balance weight on each side of the socket to turn easily with minimal wear. It notes that vane asymmetry does not prevent rotation if the weights are properly matched and friction is minimized.
Disappointed Hopes in Baltimore American Quip
A Baltimore American item records a cheeky exchange about a political candidate. A speaker asserts the candidate is “in love with a mated woman,” then names the wife as the person in question, reflecting a sharp, gossipy political aside.
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Baltimore
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