Oxford News and Local Notes Roundup
Mrs John Woolwingworth and children welcomed back from Birmingham as Miss Dora Cox visits from Ashland. Humphries encampment of Odd Fellows meets tonight with full attendance urged. Qua Orr sick and worsening. Lillie Williams ill with grip. James Warnock seriously ill. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Earle Roberts. Lydia’s a bright sister. Charles Whiteside of Ocala, Fla., visiting Oxford. W Pate, farmer from Abel neighborhood, transacts business. J J Sparks dies at Sparkeville after heart pain. funeral held with Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows present at Union Grove. F C Moorefield party to Waco, returns late next week.
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J. J. Sparks
Sparkeville
Mr. Sparks
Golden Springs
Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows
Mr. Sig Strauss Opens Spring Suit Display in City
Chicago dealer Mr. Sig Strauss comes to town on Thursday March 24 to take orders for spring suits. He will display fabrics including blacks serges grays and plaids and invites customers to view his samples.
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Sig. Strauss
Chicago
Local Oxford notices highlight library and cemetery drives
The piece urges Oxford residents to join the public library and cemetery groups with memberships of 50 cents and 2 dollars. It notes an upcoming library officers election, invites a Presbyterian parlor musicale at Miss Ida Turner’s home with a 25 cent admission, and lists a long program of student and community performers. Also mentioned is Miss Clyde Brown visiting from Birmingham.
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Oxford
the Presbyterian Church
Ida Turner
W. BR. Nortos
Sallie May Wichelberger
Annie Howles
Wallace Bullard
Ruth Miller
Gus Miller
Gowan Roberts
Bessie Jones
W. Br, Norton
Jennie Aderholt
Florida Pinson
Lilian Stewart
Almost a Miracle Curate Refuses to Keep Beggar Gift
A kindly curate, always trusting in miracles and short of cash, meets a begging woman. He finds a five shilling piece in his pocket, declares it God given, and tells the woman to take it and go in peace. Later he asks his vicar for thanks to God, then wonders if the money came from his own breeches.
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Taying
Making Ducks and Drakes The Source Of A Money Saying
The origin is linked to a game using a stone or oyster shell to skip on water. The rhyme counts throws and outcomes with phrases like duck and drake and halfpenny cake, reflecting heedless money use as a metaphor. The game matches what boys still play by ponds, though the phrase’s connection is metaphorical.
Electric Bitters touted for Panama Canal work
An ad promoting Electric Bitters claims high Panama Canal wages tempt artisans to join canal construction but fear of fevers and malaria holds them back. It asserts the tonic guards against malaria and cures blood poison, biliousness, weakness, and stomach liver and kidney troubles, with guaranteed backing by local drug firms.
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Panama Canal
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Good Results In Lung Trouble Mrs Beaucaire Praises Duffy’s
Mrs Victor A Beaucaire a Chicago club woman says a severe cold led to serious lung trouble and Drs claimed the left lung was nearly gone. She credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with restoring color and energy and notes she would not be without it. May 4 1906 Chicago Illinois.
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Victor A. Beaucaire
Chicago
Hull House Women’s Club
DUFFY
Ogden Ave
Ill
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted As Health Tonic
Advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe medicinal tonic for heart strength and overall health. It warns against drugs, claims fifty years of purity, and instructs buyers to seek genuine bottles sealed with the Old Chemist trademark at $0.60, Rochester New York.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
The Dobbins and Friends At The Music Room
A humorous scene unfolds with Mr Dobbins and Helen as a piano is tuned The conversation covers social standings and anecdotes about poets and fame The dialogue shifts to a comical misunderstanding over a window blind and a child asking about angels and moustaches with a wry punchline
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News OF the
A. J. Adair
Oxford Dept
John Wo
Wingeworth
Birmingham
Dora Cox
Ashland
Eest
Humphries
Qua Orr
Lillie Williams
James Warnock
Earle Roberts
Lydia
Charles Whiteside
Ocala, Mia
W. Pate
Abel Neighborhood
Mra
F. C. Moorefield
Waco
Lone Star State
Haynes, Hingson & Cox
Grace McClellan
Thad M. Gwin & Co
Miss Cooper
Ambinethk. A. Walker & CO
Miss Clyde Brown
Mrs
B. H. Brown
Humphries&Co
Canal Zone
Thad M. Gwin
Ala
Victor A
Beaucaire
Duffy’s Pure
URE
Dobbins
Helen
Mrs. Dobbins
Grace
Algy Smythe
Polly
Daisy
Willie
Pop
Mrs. Newrocks
Mr. Newrocks
George O. Baker
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