Oxford News Briefs From March Twenty-Eight
Oxford residents and guests are mentioned in a collection of short notes. Trof. Beeman Cooley of Boaz visits Oxford for a day or two. Jim Black, a guest of Gus Miller, departs for Opelika. Jack Adair comes to repair machinery at J. G. Adams saw mill. Mrs. Sallie Busbin of Anniston joins Thad M. Gwin Co. millinery staff. Mrs. Emmett Champion of White Plains visits. Jack Reese of White Plains visits Mrs. James Warnock. Miss Rosa Wilson hosts a supper in honor of Miss Brooksie Mac with guests including Miss Ida Turner and Miss Sallie Mae.
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Oxford
Beeman Cooley
Boaz
Sallie Busbin
Anniston
Thad M. Gwin & Co
Brooksie Macon
Rosa Wilson
Ida Turner
Sallie Mae
City Hardware Opening Promises Low Prices in Oxford
Announcement from C. W. Whiteside brother of Chancellor Whiteside and Dr Mo M Whiteside of Anniston states intent to operate City Hardware in Oxford. They vow cold blooded business, aggressive pricing to attract trade from Lineville and other towns and to build up Oxford while serving customers with low values.
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C. W. Whiteside
Whiteside
Oxford
MO. M. Whiteside
Anniston
City Hardware
Lineville
Easter Hat Promotion Push Urges Quick Purchase
A brief sales note urges readers to buy an Easter hat immediately with emphasis on shirts, collars, and ties. The concise message uses urgent language to prompt prompt action.
Oxford lodge Odd Fellows meets with full attendance urged
Local notices mention Eichelberger Brooksie Macon and others, with Mrs T W Ogletree returning home from a visit on Church street. Frank Horn of Abel transacted business with merchants. ice ads from Privett Co. promote prompt delivery. McClurkan expands pasture near Oxford lake offering cows and calves for 50 cents to $1 per head. Easter egg hunt planned by Baptist church young ladies aid society.
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Oxford Lake
J. B. McClurkin
Young Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Social and Local Notices From Main Street Gathering
The notice invites the public to a 4 p.m. Saturday event at main street hosted by Mr and Mrs L B Miller with admission five cents. Also reported are Mrs Arcus Mumphries ill and hoped for speedy recovery. Martha and others from local areas are referenced in brief societal items and travel notes.
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Ty Lawn
Weak Stomach Causes Sickness and Indigestion Remedies
A period ad argues that a weak stomach undermines overall health and that strengthening the stomach with Mi-O-Na tablets can improve heart, liver, and kidney function. It claims Mi-O-Na offers a stomach-specific cure for indigestion, sold in 50¢ boxes with a money-back guarantee by Scarbrough Drug Company.
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Scarbrough Drug Company
How Beetles Defend Themselves
Beetles rely on more than armor. Some expel nauseous liquids or even blood charged with noxious compounds when provoked. Blood odors vary by family. Coccinellidae blood smells strong and disagreeable, Timarchae blood is odorless but astringent, and venomous in Timarchae primenades. Meloidae blood contains cantharidine.
A Problem In Golf
Two young ladies try golf for the first time. One finds her ball stuck in a hole, and the other consults a book of instructions to decide how to proceed. The scene ends with a request for a dustpan and brush shaped club.
He Stuck to It. Her Husband and Wife Courtship Talk
A Chicago News snippet presents a quip style dialogue between a husband and wife. The husband warns about theft and regret while the wife recalls stealing kisses during courtship, framed as a light exchange in a newspaper brief.
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Chicago News
Prisoner Seeks Time to Reform on Judge’s Grant
A prisoner appeals for time to reform as the judge grants thirty days for consideration. The exchange between the prisoner and the judge reflects a cautious path toward potential parole or reform measures.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philosophy a Good Horse in the Stable
A proverb-like quotation notes that philosophy can be a solid asset when steady but falters as a mere ornament on a journey. It cautions against treating philosophical study as a mere trinket without practical use.
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Philosophy
Goldsmith
Three Worst Climates Named by Globe Trooper
A globe trotter lists the three harsh climates as the strait of Magellan with constant rain and hurricane winds, Sierra Leone with heat and marsh mifever and persistent mists, and Central Asia high tablelands where day heat and night freezing cold test human endurance.
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Globe
Strait of Magellan
Sierra Leone
Central Asia
Cincinnati Enquirer
Special Knowledge Required to Run a Wild Animals Hotel
An animal keeper explains the skill needed to feed and care for diverse guests. He cites specific daily rations for an elephant hippo giraffe and predators, notes farm sources like a mouse farm and a worm farm, and compares the hotel to others requiring expert provisioning.
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Wild Animals
Marie Antoinette’sLibrary and Music Collection
The text recounts Queen Marie Antoinette’s library of 4,712 volumes spanning plays romances and philosophy by authors such as Pascal Bossuet Fenelon Bourdaloue Massillon Boileau Corneille Moliere Voltaire. It notes eighty nine operas, red morocco bindings with royal arms, poor binding execution, decline of bookbinding craft post revolution, and later revival in France and England per the London Spectator.
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Marie Antoinette
Pascal
Bossuet
Fenelon
Bourdaloue
Massillon
Boileau
Cousseau
Corneille
Moliere
Voltaire
Blairot
Morocco
France
Austria
Padeloup
English
London Spectator
Cold Comfort Skating Jibe Sets Park Versus Rink Distinction
A humorous exchange uses a pun on ice to explain why skating in the park is acceptable while skating at rinks is not. The Chicago Tribune style quips play on prudent mother and daughter dialogue about ice and propriety.
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Gladys
Chicago Tribune
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Bering & Co
Imperial
Alabama
Loy
Oxford News
Jim Black
Gus Miller
Opelika
Mr. Black
J. G. Adams
California
Jack Adair
Alexander J. Adair
Emmett Champion
White Plains
Jack Reese
James Warnock
EF. al. Walker & CO
the City Hardware
Haynes, Hingson & Cox
T. W. Ogletree
Efastaboga
Earle Roberts
Church Street
Frank Horn
Abel
Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows
Mesers
8. W
R. A. Hingson
Cleburne County
W. W. Wilkeyson
Duck Nest Spring
City
Charles C. Morgan
Delta
Hle
Worth Whiteside
Piedmont
W. M. Downs
Meade & Baker's
Atlanta
Pur Food and Drugs Act
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