Oxford News highlights and social notes from local travelers
Local items report W W Wilkerson of KFP 1D No 5 transacted with Oxford merchants and planning tomato canning. Mina Kate Cooper departs for Baltimore then Eastern markets. Ruth Burton hosts a rose party for Miss Copeland of Dadeville. Evening lake program praised with Ludlow Allen and Ben Sawyer performances.
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Oxford
W. W. Wilkerson
K. FP. 1
Ruth Burton
Miss Copeland
Dadevillea
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Mrs. M FE Wilson of Jenifer shopped in the city this morning. Mrs. H W Glover of Piedmont visits for a few weeks with Mr and Mrs Worth Whiteside on Church Street. W Aderholl paints his College Street home brightening Oxford.
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Gwin & CO
Aderholl
College
Oxford
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James M. Stephenson Jr., a Georgia and Alabama educated educator and writer, died in Commerce, Georgia, on June 21 and was buried in Athens on June 23. He was born in DeKalb County, Georgia, and had strong ties to Oxford, Alabama, Georgia and Chicago. Friends extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
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James M. Stephenson Jr
J. M. Stephenson
Oxford
DeKalb County
Ala
University of Georgia
University of Chicago
Technologies School
Atlanta
Commerce
Athens
TIT FOR TAT Two half hose for one half
The article notes a local event inviting Oxford residents to Bethlehem for an all day singing on the sec ond Sunday in July with a call to bring sacred harps and baskets. It also reports brief community updates and a death in the Ragan family in Iron City.
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Gwin & CO
Oxford
Bethlehem
The Long Wait and the Old Prancing Steed
A young man named Bill Nye planned a Sunday drive with a lady friend. At the livery only a tired old horse remained. Nye rode it to her home, she refused to go after a long wait, calling the horse aged. Nye retorted that it had been a prancing young steed when he arrived.
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Biil Nye
Mr. Nye
Humorous Confederate Motto Quip From St Louis Republican
A southern congressman famed for securing favors is pressed by a reporter for recent appointments. He replies nothing today and likens his experience to a Tennessee Confederate veteran who went into war with mottos and came out with the reverse.
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Congress
Taagher
Statesman
Tennessee
St. Louis
Cooper Kidney Cure Promises Lasting Back Pain Relief
A testimonial lauds Cooper New Discovery and Quick Relief for kidney pain and backache. The letter from P. Leonard of Allegheny, Pa describes weeks of improved digestion and renewed strength after using the medicines, claiming the soreness vanished as kidney health improved.
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Bright
Cooper
Mr. P. Leonard
School St
Allegheny, Pa
Cooper Preparations Praised by Our Customers
We have heard a number of favorable comments on the Cooper preparations from people who have purchased them from us. The positive feedback highlights quality and reliability from buyers who use the products regularly.
Squirrel Ways charm a fence watcher in woodland antics
A writer in PFor est and Stream describes a gray squirrel’s fencing promenade. The creature zigzags along rails surveying its world, pausing to inspect ground clues and fake composure before slipping toward the woods.
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Pforest
Stream
Diplomatic plan backfires in suburban household
Mrs. Baker, a wealthy suburban resident, tries to keep her loyal maid Maggie by offering a wage increase from five to six dollars. Maggie reveals the other maids with higher wages do the washing while she does not, exposing the failed tactic and Maggie’s quiet refusal of extra duties.
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Dorothy
Maggie
Maggie Alrily
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Endorsed by Local Merchant
LeRaysville merchant Woolever says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. The salve claims to heal sores wounds burns and abrasions. Sold for 25 cents at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough drug stores.
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Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
Elam
Ordway & Houser’s
Scarbrough’ Drug Cos
Explosion of Gasoline Explained by Pressure Rules
A Scientific American explainer notes gasoline tanks rarely explode. Explosion requires a proper air gasoline mix which is rarely present. Even with heat the gas would burn, not detonate, unless a large amount vents and mixes with air to fuel a blast.
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Scientific American
Humor of London Cabbies and Their Witty Remarks
London cabbies display a range of humor when fares offer scant tips. Examples include sly quips about spare shillings and bus color choices, affectionate reproach about the tip, and a tearful actor cabby lamenting the tax man. A suburb anecdote shows a fare slipping away quietly to avoid waking the wife.
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London
Nor
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold at Local Drug Stores
A promotional notice claims a dangerous deadlock of liver and bowel functions can be ended quickly with Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co stores.
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Dr. King
Elam
Ordway & Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
The Servant Problem In Cuba
The Cuban household relies on a cook who controls the kitchen and market. Cooks are paid monthly and decide the marketing budget, often skimming 15 to 20 cents daily. A half grown boy serves the table while male cooks appear in some families, with the master paying more when meals do not suit him.
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Cuba
Ports mouth NH Seaport Town and Author
The Porteswouth seacoast town in New Hampshire, founded in 1623, boasts a long history. It notes Thomas Bailey Aldrich, born November 11, 1837, in a quaint house there, who wrote An Old Town by the Sea and Story of a Bad Boy recounting his boyhood.
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Porteswouth
New Hampshire
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Portsmouth
New Hampshire Seaport
St. Nicholas
A Bit of Superstition in a Devon Church
In Lutcombe, north Devon, a parish church tale shows belief endures. A woman with epilepsy sat in the porch as thirty married men, invited by her, passed and dropped a penny each. The thirtieth man gave a half crown to be made into a ring to wear. The same ritual nineteen years earlier reportedly spared another woman from further fits.
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England
London
Lutcombe
Devon
Parable of a Dollar Lend in Harper's Weekly Cartoon
Cartoon dialogue shows a humorous exchange where a beggar asks for a dollar for a day or two and the lender replies the dollar is currently out and will return with several names attached. The panel mocks lending delays and social connection.
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Harper's Weekly
Night Vigil Sees Woman Chase Shadowy Stranger
Miss Skeery recounted seeing a man skulking in the shadow while returning home. She exclaimed she ran from the scene in alarm as her brother Innocently asked if she could catch him.
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Miss Skeery
Cleveland
The Drawback. Mile. Victorine’s Will Promise
Victorine tells the janitor's wife that her feeble mistress will remember her in a will if she cares for her until death. The janitor's wife doubts but notes that better care means a longer wait for the legacy.
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Mile
Victorine
Peris Journal
Head and the Psalm: Vicar recalls crowded first service
The Rev. C. N. Wright of Wardie relates a busy first morning in his third living. Parishioners curious about the new vicar notice his bald head and the Psalms read aloud rather than sung. He recalls saying My sins are more in number than the hairs of my head.
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C. N. Wright
Wardie
Rochdale
London Graphic
Ambuscade Scales Mentioned In Comedic Exchange
A humorous exchange finds a customer asking for ambuscade scales, with the clerk asking for definition. The customer specifies the scales lie in weight, prompting a pun on ambuscade meaning hidden weight.
Anniston Steam Laundry Promises spotless laundered linen
Gratification and satisfaction shown on the face of the man whose linen is laundered at The Anniston Steam Laundry. No saw edges torn button holes or streaked linen leaves our laundry. Everything laundered to the demands of fastidious ladies and men.
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Anniston Steam Laundry
Anniston
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