Oxford Scene Notes From June Local Page
Oxford community items include Calhoun County Farmers Union attendance and theater at Oxford Lake Park with two daily shows except Saturday. Social notes mention Mrs Bentley’s trip to Alexander City, Frances Cooper seventh birthday, Turnipseed family arrival, Presbyterian Aid serving at Mr Orr lawn, and matinee at Orford Lake Park. Also entries on Maud Juttrell’s Talladega visit, Ada Aderhold’s Oxford business, Hill and Ola Till visiting, Girls Band meeting for picnic, and Dr Thomas Electric Oil umbrella product claims.
Man and hunter settle after dog killed by car
A car strikes a sick old dog on a country road. A man, armed, admits ownership of the dog and offers $5 to the farmer who killed it by request. The other man explains he was going to shoot the dog in the woods.
Clever jackdaw steals dinner in Herefordshire tale
In a Herefordshire cottage a witty jackdaw swaps a frog into a stew pot with beef. At dinner the bird claims each meat piece as not his until the frog is revealed. The jackdaw triumphs while guests are left hungry, shocked by the ruse.
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Herefordshire
London An- Tere
Sheridan's Double Marriage at Gretna Green
The article notes the 1957 illegality of Gretna Green marriages and highlights the two marriages of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to Miss Grant. They wed on a Sunday in Gretna Green and again on a weekday in Gretna Green after discovery that Sunday contracts are not binding, leaving a perplexing dual record.
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Sheridan
Gretna Green
Ilegal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Miss Grant
Vulcan
Edinburgh
St. James
The Buzzard as a Living Aeroplane
The New York Times notes the buzzard flies with power, speeds across wind, and can soar near the wind while on calm days it struggles. It roosts in trees or climbs to an upper current to navigate with minimal effort, contrasting winged mastery with still air.
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New York Times
Bones and Their Places at the North Side Butcher Shop
A North Side butcher shop hosts a playful exchange with a little woman who jokes about bones in meat. The butcher replies with polite irony noting bones come with animals and markets. The woman quips about finding a large bone in sausage, testing the butcher's response.
Big Jumps by Rabbits
Based on J G Millais a hare strides about four feet and a rabbit about two feet. In fear a hare may leap ten to twelve feet and can jump ditches up to twenty five feet wide. A hare can rise five feet. Rabbits jump six or seven feet horizontally and cannot rise more than three feet. Rabbits can swim as well as dogs.
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J. G. Millais
Philadelphia
A Bright Bird Pun At Dinner
A quip about Bird's nest pudding shows a hostess replying that the cook made it. The joke hinges on the guest asking what bird produced the nest used in the dish.
Not Always Remembering Pennies and Shillings
Uncle James tells Bobby to mind the pennies so the shillings will follow. Bobby answers that he does guard pennies but pa spends them as soon as they become shillings. A brief, humorous exchange from London Tit-Bits.
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Uncle James
Bobby
See
London
New Wallpaper Patterns At Cohen and Kircus
AHEAD IN WALLPAPER offers fresh designs never in the rear with old patterns. Choice selections are priced at 10, 15 and 20 cents per roll and suitable for any room in the house.
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Cohen & Kircus
Anniston Steam Laundry Promise Clean Linen
The Anniston Steam Laundry proclaims satisfaction shown on the face of the laundered man. No saw edges or torn button holes. linens are streak free. Every item is laundered to meet fastidious standards for ladies shirts and men’s linen colored shirts collars and cuffs.
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Anniston Steam Laundry
Anniston
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Oxford News
A. J. Adair
Oxford Department
Oxford
M. Heck
DeArmanville
Calhoun County Farmers Union
Oxford Lake Park Theater
Bentley
Alexander City
Mises Frances Cooper
W. H. Cooper
Wm. O. Turnipseed
Mr. Turnipseed
Mra
Lon Orr
Main Street
Young Indies
Presbyterian Aid Society
Orford Lake Park Theatre
KK. A. Aderhold of
Meading
M. Hill
Silver Run
Ola Till
Brundige
South Alabama
Baby
Willie
Mama
Grandma
Thomas
Fed. Walker & CO
Pines
The
Baptist Church
Alexander Miller
West Mechanic Street
Katie Mae Ritch
Carlton Urquhart
Kittie Rhodes
Munford
T. M. Draper
Oxford Lake Park Theatre
Ab Williams
Tallapoosa
Margaret Toland
Nel Pinson
Mary Tom Norton
Myrtle Williamson
A. F. Bullard
Fred
Moorefield
L. G. Curtis
Mobile
T. A. Best
Jamestown
Bay of Humphries & Co
J. Berman
Noble Street
Buster Brownco
Chicago
Indianapolis News
RAI
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
A. J. Goodwin
Elam, Ordway & Houser
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