Oxford Notes Highlight Local Events And Weddings
Rev W F Mc Cain returns from England and several Oxford residents travel for visits and duties. Miss Wilson and Mr Bullard prepare for a Talladega wedding. A Fortress club concert at Odd Fellows hall promises a strong program with local performers.
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Oxford
Bullard Wilson
Talladega
Miss Wilson
Mr. Bullard
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lillie Williams
Taschings
Schwank
Miss Pitts
Gowan Roberta
Morrison
FB. W. Bullard
Neidlinger
Reuben McCraw
Messrs.ullard
Bullard
Orr and Miller
Pleased Oxford Residents Report Births Visits and Travels
John Alexander welcomes a healthy 8 pound boy yesterday afternoon for a joyful family moment. Capt. W T Dodd returns from Gordon monument visit in Atlanta with updates on Confederate reunions. J M Dodd family guests of Capt and Mrs Dodd in South Oxford for a few days. Reverend W A Hall from Wytheville visits relatives. Miss Mabel Reid visits Miss Jessie Reeves on Fourth Street. Dr O A Brown leaves for Texarkana after visiting the Aderholds. he preached in Anniston, weather interfered with Oxford appearance. Mrs S K Borders and daughter improve. Turnipseed prepares summer ranch trip despite illness. Mrs Thomas TH Barry suffers a scalded hand but improves.
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J. M. Dodd and
Gadsden
Capt
W. T. Dodd
South Oxford
Mabel Reid
Anniston
Jessie Reeves
Fourth Street
O. A. Brown
Texarkana
Tex
Joseph FB. Aderhold
the Oaks
Dr. Brown
First Presbyterian Church
Oxford
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted as National Cure
An advertisement extols Burdock Blood Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia. It claims the tonic strengthens stomach membranes, boosts digestive juice flow, purifies the blood, and builds up health.
Rats as Ivory Experts Revealed by Monitored Rats
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report notes an ivory dealer employing rats to test tusks. The dealer claims rats gnawing furrows reveal animal glue content, asserting rats identify high quality ivory and justify higher prices.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Vacancy and a Poet Dreaming of Inscription
A poet laments lack of posthumous recognition while a friend jokes that his tombstone will read Rooms to Let. Tablets marking the lives of great writers are mentioned, underscoring the theme of lasting memory and reward after death.
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Dpearson
The Right One in Baltimore Sun Notice
A brief humorous snippet from the Baltimore Sun shows a dialogue about obtaining a daughter's hand with the man offering the one kept in his pocket, implying a cheeky bargain or streetwise banter.
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Balthmore Sun
Mark Twain Cigar Crisis at Tartford Club
In a tale from Mark Twain's Autobiography, a pale valet named George brings out old long nines cigars at a Tartford club meeting. The guests, led by Clemens, realize the cigars are rotten and two pastors and others slip away on feigned duties, leaving only George and Clemens with the guilty truth.
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Tartford
George
Mr. Clemens
Mississippi
Hartford
Dr. Parker
Dr. Burton
Parker
Mr. Twighell
Boston
Mark Twain
North American Review
Armor of medieval knights too small for modern men
Hamilton Smith notes two Englishmen of average size could not fit any armor in Sir Samuel Meyrick's collection. He cites swords and doors as evidence that six feet was a standard for full grown men, suggesting average stature has not diminished.
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Hamilton Smith
Samuel Meyrick
Homer
Aristotle
Vitruvius
London Hospital
Friendship as a vase ruined by heat or violence
A contemplative reflection on fragile friendships likened to a vase that cracks beyond repair after heat violence or accident. Strong, ornamental bonds shatter more clearly revealing the impossibility of full restoration.
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Landor
Famous Anagrams Across Crime and Literature
A historic piece notes a Frenchman Andre Pujom who makes Pendua Riom from his name and is hanged in Auvergne. It also cites bibliographer William Oldis and Ludovicus Bartelmi whose names yield clever anagrams. Saint Pierre de St Louis becomes Carmelose Gevoret and Sylvester honors James Stuart as a just master.
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Andre Pujom
Pendua Riom
Auvergin
Auvergne
Pierre
de St. Louis
Ludovicus Bartelemi
Sylvester
James Stuart
Minneapolis
Trapping an Elephant Revealed in Primitive Tactics
A keeper explains how elephant hunters trap a chosen animal by luring it to a pit, surrounding it with a fence and swing gate, and chase it into the hole. The trapped elephant is starved, shocked, and dazed with noise, then broken and submissive in a few days.
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Easiy
His Great Failing
A wry London Telegraph quip about friendship noting a companion who listens to troubles yet also expects to hear others share their burdens. The exchange underscores mutual listening as a defining flaw in the speaker’s view of friendship.
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London Telegraph
Laughers and Smile Ironies from Great Masters
James Douglas in M. A. P. distinguishes giants of laughter. He labels Shakespeare and Rabelais as the true laughers. Cervantes and Sterne are called smilers and not full roars. Sterne is a diluted Rabelais in his view.
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Shakespeare
Rabelais
Cervantes and
Sterne
James Douglas
Rug Sale Sparks Suspicions in Philadelphia
In the Philadelphia Press a humorous exchange features Mrs Schoppen and a salesman about a suspiciously cheap antique rug. The woman hints at a humpe as she jokes about “snug as a bug in a rug” and wary bargains.
Her Troubles and a Lesson in Patience from Job
A classroom exchange uses the tale of Job to probe patience. A student questions endurance while a teacher and others reflect on fault, brotherhood, and the cost of seeking perfection.
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Hile
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Wicks
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Co. C. Crow
Rielmond
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W. O. Turnipseed
Pulpit Rock Mountain
Thomas TH. Barry
Milton
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Special Agents
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HI LO
Continental Baking Powder Co
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Cater Grocery Co
Anniston Oak
W. M. Schroeder
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