News of Oxford Conducted by Miss Florida Pinson
In Oxford on March 23 special reports recount a William T L Forney Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy presenting a Robert E Lee picture to the school. Rev W O Stephen opened events, Mrs O M Reynolds made the presentation, and Prof M Williams accepted for the faculty. Mrs Cason read a Lee life poem, with others speaking on Children of the Confederacy work in Anniston. Members of the Oxford group and educators attended.
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Oxford
William TL. Forney
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert KB. Lee
W. 0. Stephen
O. M. Reynolds
Lee
M. Williams
K. G. Roberts
A. O. Humphries
Poster Mellon
Judge Yeatman Funeral in Lebanon Church burying ground
Remains of Judge W A Yeatman who died Wednesday afternoon laid to rest at one o'clock in the family burying ground at Lebanon Church. Funeral services were led by Rev C N James with pallbearers J D Staples Thad M Gwin J C Cox John D Wright T M Draper and L Miller. Junior Christian Endeavor Society event follows.
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W. A. Yeatman
Lebanon Shurch
C. N. James
J. D. Staples
Thad M. Gwin
J. C. Cox
John D. Wright
T. M. Draper
L. #. Miller
Presbyterian church to host farewell for Inez Garrick
The society of the Presbyterian church will entertain tomorrow afternoon at the home of president Harry Prater. The affair will be a farewell party for Mins Inez Garrick, who will leave Saturday for her home in Georgia.
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Eiety
The
Presbyterian Church
Harry Prater
Mins Inez Garrick
Georgia
Local Residents Report Holiday Movements in Birmingham Area
Misa Mattie Makefield visits Birmingham for a few days while Mrs. Lydia Stewart winters there and returns from Gadsden to stay with Mrs. R. W. Singleton. Mina Inez Garrick plans to leave Saturday for Senoia Georgia. Hawkins Hanna to return to Montgomery today. Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Birmingham visit Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Whiteside. Dick Williams of Hicks arrives as a business visitor. Dr. and Mrs. Reed of Alpine will relocate to Oxford to practice medicine. Seo Morgan of White Plains is here with relatives. Read the want ads for profit, use them for results.
Baby Eyes Need Careful Attention Early Life
The article warns mothers to protect infants from sun glare to prevent eye injury that can lead to serious lifelong disease. It cites an eminent oculist on the link between infancy care and later blindness and urges delaying intensive study until age seven.
Hurry, Worry and Flurry End in Sudden Death
The Chicago Post recounts a man who lived in constant haste, rushing through meals, work, courtship, and daily tasks until his illness culminated in death. Friends and mourners hurried to mourn, then quickly forgot his life as they moved on to the undertaker and burial.
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Little God's Acre
Chicago Post
Glor y and riches fade at death, soul seeks true medal
A Baltimore Sun poem questions worldly wealth and status. It contrasts medals of earth with a wholesome life, insisting that glory and fortune vanish at the grave while the true measure is the unadorned soul.
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Prince and
Baltimore Sun
Rushing to Save Ill Toddler as Car Racees to Marietta
In Marietta Georgia on March 23 R M McNeel speeds from Madison to reach the bedside of his 18 month old son George McNeel in a race with death The frantic drive seeks to be at the child's side before life ends in the hospital room
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Marietta, Ga
R. M. McNeel
Madison
George McNeel
Train preacher helps man settle biblical bet
A large man aboard asks if a preacher on the train can settle a dispute. A minister offers help, explaining he is a gospel minister. The wager concerns whether Lot's wife caused Joseph trouble, and the man hopes to prove the other passenger wrong with a Bible.
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Lot
Joseph
Chicago Record-Herald
It Did Not Pay
A farmer calls to his son from the trapdoor of the egg and ham armoire. The college boy resists rising, joking that the early bird chain of events proves there is no point in getting up early. The quip mocks breakfast time wisdom with a circular chase.
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Chicago News
Deserving Poem Sparks Mixed Feelings in Maymie
A brief Washington Star exchange shows Maymie noting a poem from young Mr. Guilsum. She calls it not a good poem, yet remarks it was as much effort as if written by Shakespeare, highlighting mixed feelings about creative effort.
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Mr. Guilsum
Maymie
Washington Star
Wind and manners in brief comic exchanges
A schoolroom tale asks what wind is with a child’s witty reply that wind is air in a hurry. Then a disagreeable pupil is labeled impolite for correcting elders, followed by quips about meals and water safety. A pipe smoking anecdote closes the snippet with a playful lie.
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Robert
Why Are You Cutting Your Pie with a Knife
A wry exchange notes a missing can opener as a mishap. The joke contrasts Richard’s calm reason for using a knife with a quip about Venus and her arms. The brief humor reflects lighthearted newspaper banter and playful wordplay.
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Richard
Cleveland
Houston Post
Just as Good. She-Cheerful One comic cuts promise break
In a light comic page a wife chides George for breaking a promise while The Cheerful One promises to make it right. The scene showcases a playful domestic mishap in a humorous panel.
Where Pepys Won Fame
Dialogue sketches Pepys as the diarist famed for keeping a diary for over a year. A photographer teases a young man about posing, prompting a dad to joke his son should place a hand in his pocket rather than on his shoulder.
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Pepys
That Man Misreads Constitution Batting Averages Joke
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt mocks a man who cannot interpret the Constitution while noting his distant placement on batting averages. A quip suggests he will become a good American when naturalized. A playful exchange about poetry and editors follows, ending with light satire on editors and slang.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Multi millionaire Inte Frank Work dies at 93 in New York
The New York financier and famed horseman Inte Frank Work died at his home aged 93. Born in Chillicothe Ohio, he rose from river boats to New York finance, amassing an estimated estate of 20 million dollars. He started in a China shop, then pursued business, later turning to Wall Street amid early success and legendary speedway appearances.
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Inte
Frank Work
New York
Work
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Wall Street
Supporting Students Through Labor Reform in Colleges
A critique argues that former student labor traditions faded as colleges grew wealthier. It cites engineering students alternating two weeks in class and two in shops as a model, and advocates university extension to bring higher education to working people, counteracting the leisure class trend.
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Cis
University of Cincinnati
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