Local notes from Oxford Theatrical visitor and library interest
DBerry Lumpkin of Alexandria, a fruit canning entrepreneur, visited Oxford to showcase profitable peach canning. Miss Mary Pearce of Shreveport travels to Auburn to care for a relative, then visits Oxford. Dr J C Wright shows Blair’s Sermons printed in London in 1792 and discusses his library of about 400 volumes on theology philosophy history and literature.
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Oxford
Dberry Lumpkin
Alexandria
Mary Pearce
Shreveport
Auburn
J. C. Wright
Oxford Notes Speak Of Local Events And Guests
Judge Glover hosts Fellows meeting with grand lodge officers election planned. Mrs. McKibbon improves. A boiling spring appears on Snow Street after earth subsidence. curiosity grows. Local residents Strickland Mitchell visit Oxford. Dr. Coggins tours Anniston. Mae Grogan heads to Troy. D Smythe spots a buzzard mistaken for a branch. Self culture club features Aderhold as hostess with Chaucer and England talks. Barrys visit Lincoln.
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Kelly Place
Snow Street
Joseph EB. Aderhold
Self Culture Club
A. F. Bullard
Edward III
Richard 1
England
W. H. Cooper
Chaucer
Milton Smith
Mrs. Alexander Praises Dr King's New Life Pills
Cary Me resident Mrs Alexander endorses Dr King's New Life Pills as the best remedy for stomach liver and bowels. Painless purifiers guaranteed by West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway and Houser druggists. Price 25e.
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Mrs. Alexander
Cary, Me
Dr. King
West End Drug Co
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Lincoln’s wit disarms learned opponent in Century anecdote
A Century magazine anecdote recalls Abraham Lincoln disarming a learned lawyer who peppered the debate with Latin maxims. Lincoln, not a formal scholar, valued true knowledge and answered dryly that if something is Latin the lawyer should call another witness. The jurors likely cheered the frank, self described ignorance.
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Lincoln
Frank Young
This Date In History Highlights Major Events
History notes list key events with dates including Bible English edition 1536, Germantown 1777 battle, Ogdensburg attack 1812, Hayes born 1822, York death 1830, Corinth 1832 Confederate defeat, Bartholdi death 1904, and Statue of Liberty designer birth 1834.
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Victor Amadeus of
Savoy
Germantown
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Hans David Ludwig
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Safe Chamberlain Cough Remedy for Children
Mothers may give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to infants with confidence as it is safe and effective for coughs colds and croup. It has a world wide reputation for cures and is available from J. L. Winie.
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Chamberlain
J. Li. Winie
Anatomy of an Oyster Heart Revealed by Mantle Removal
The article explains oyster anatomy from mantle removal to expose the heart shaped like a crescent. It notes two heart parts, a nearby liver, stomach, and a chain of intestines, with the mouth located near the shell hinge and connected to a canal leading to the digestive tract.
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Santa Fe
Wasp Colony In a Dark Studio Room
A studio dark room housed a nest of wasps set last summer. The room user initially avoided them but later studied the insects. A stranger frightened them, and wasps attacked, yet the narrator remained unscathed by the colony.
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Tie
Outing Magazine
Fifteen Campaigns Prompt Swift Promotion by Napoleon
Napoleon rode past a veteran captain who loudly saluted and claimed “Fifteen campaigns.” The emperor, without pausing, replied “Colonel, brigadier, baron” and rode on, instantly resolving the officer’s grievance with a timely promotion.
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Napoleon
A Wise Father and a Young Lawyer at Boston
A young lawyer Sherman Hoar starts practice in Boston under his famed judge father. His first client, an Irishman, seeks a quick opinion on a boundary case asking to see the father. Hoar delays, inviting a whispered request to meet that night. The feature ends with an ad for Smith's Sure Kidney Cure at 50 cents via Scarbrough Drug Co.
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Sherman Hoar
Law
Boston
Iour
C Ase
Boston Herald
Smith
Scarbrough Drug Co
The Lobster Birth Name Revealed in Market Tale
A fish dealer argues lobsters bear names on their bodies. Inspecting a lobster named Joe, the seller notes a pale streak on the under thigh forming letters J O E. He adds other examples like Jim Jack John and a clearly read Julia.
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Joe
Ens
Jim
Jack
John
Julia
Moliere Scott and Homer on Jealousy and Realism
Andrew Lang notes that Moliere avoids jealous women and Scott shuns a wicked young beauty. He suggests Scott could have remade Ulvien into a realistic tale of England after the conquest but chose a lighter Thyestean horror in the background. Both authors respect human things and fear to evoke extreme evil.
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Moliere
Scott
Andrew Lang
Ulvien
England
Phoenix
Homer
Humorous dinner tale from Spencer about Huxley Lewes
Herbert Spencer tells how Huxley mocked writers who revise, while George Lewes declares he starts writing immediately and boils at a low temperature. Huxley adds that boiling at a low temperature implies a vacuum in the upper region, provoking laughter.
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Herbert Spencer
Huxley
George Lewes
Mr. Huxley
Lewes
Training a Dog Says to Use Clear Boundaries
The piece insists a dog understands yes and no and follows simple rules. It urges plain consistent teaching and stern discipline for jumping on people, recommending a light, steady touch or stepping on the hind foot as a clear method.
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Outing Magazine
Art Above Nature and the Human Craft
Dr. Emil Reich argues art as a major human phenomenon distinct from nature. he says nature lacks art and is grotesque, while art embodies human meaning. He calls art a system of philosophy as rich as sculpture, poetry, or living skills.
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Emil Reich
Ragged No. 72 Drag Call Cited in Classified Note
A fragment instructs to reach RB Watson by phone at number 72 for a drag request. The partial line offers little context beyond the contact direction and the individual name.
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RB O. Watson
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