Oxford social notes drift with stage and town news
Oxford residents share local happenings from Dick Williams selling produce to Mrs. Draper and Mira Attalene heading to Birmingham. A. J. Adams dies at Buckhorn with funeral at Salt Creek. Discussions on rock throwing curb appeal and a pending library director board meeting. Grape crop promises a bumper season as coal wagons stay busy amid sultry weather.
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Oxford Library
J. W. Cunningham
Main Street
Prickly Ash Bitters Promoted for Kidney and Liver Health
An advertisement claims severe fatigue and weak digestion signal kidney and liver trouble and urges prompt treatment. It touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a four fold remedy that stimulates the liver restores the stomach strengthens the kidneys and cleanses the bowels with a $1.00 bottle price and front label warning.
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Bright
Father of Leprosy Gecko Described as Harmless Creature
The gecko, a thick tongued lizard found across tropical and subtropical Europe and Asia, was historically blamed for spreading leprosy due to its repulsive, tuberculous skin. Modern zoologists debunk this, showing the reptile is harmless while retaining the old label solely from its appearance.
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Europe
Asia
When Stevenson Died The Story From His Mother's Letter
The piece recounts Robert Louis Stevenson’s death in Samoa in 1894 from his mother’s viewpoint. It describes his sudden pain at dinner, his collapse, and death by 8 p.m. It notes fears and premonitions felt by his wife Fanny and Stevenson’s circle, including a possible vision and a final view of Vaea mountain.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Fanny
Lou
Stevenson
Lafaele
Louis
Vaea
Outwits the Surgeon in Leavenworth Woman Cure
Mrs Thomas Austin of Leavenworth Indiana avoided an operation after her husband delayed surgery and she used Electric Bitters. The tonic is touted as a cure for torpid liver kidney disease biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning priced at 50 cents at local drugstores West End Drug Co. and Miller Drug Co.
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Austin
Leavenworth
Ind
West End Drug Co
Miller Drug Co
Ugly Athenian Coins and the Glippus Bribe Tale
A discussion of Attic coins noting Athene and the owl motif on the reverse and a tale from Glippus bribing Sparta with money. The Spartans later hardened coinage with red hot quenching and vinegar. Solon's 600 BC death penalty for coin forgery is mentioned.
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Athene
Mintareh
Lysander
Glippus
Sparta
Ephors
Solon
B. C
Contagious Blood Poison and the S S S Remedy
A promotional feature extols Contagious Blood Poison as a universal, destructive disease. It claims S S S blood purifier cures the illness by cleansing the blood, contrasts it with Mercury and Potash, and cites testimonials from John Leslie and W R Newman praising the remedy.
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A. J. Adair
Oxford
E. A. Walker & Co
Dick Williams
Hillabee
Tom Draper
Mira Attalene
Birmingham
David Cooper, Jr
Oxford Drag Company
Hugh Singleton
A. J. Adams
Buckhorn
Sergei
Oscar Wilson
Ironaton
Lee Wilson
Jenifer
Luther Callahan
Wilsonville
Semmie
Montgomery
Francis
William H. Cooper
Societien
James R. Draper
Aileen Wilson
Miss Aileen
Nadine
National Toilet CO
Paris
Tenn
Wift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
John Leslie
Rockford
State St
W. R. Newman
Hamlet
N. C
Orino
ELAM
Ordway & Houser
Congress
Friends of
Wm. B. Craig
Dallas County
Fourth
Starade
Dr. Ray
Thomas’ Drug Store
Anniston, Ala
Iftit
Dover
Anniston Hardware CO
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