Oxford News and Local Notices From October Item
Oxford items report visiting Morrisville family at Miller home on Sat in Street. Farmer T A Gannoway spoke for Silver Run. Crops hurt by rain. cotton price 104 4 cents top. Seed boll sprouting. sunshine needed. Ruby Bentley illness delays return. Calhoun Rifles old picture missing. pleas for whereabouts. Prof and Mrs Christopher move to Pearce place. Gravelys to occupy former home. Dr J W Collins in unchanged condition.
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Christopher
Galliher
Me. Kibbon Street
Pearce Place
Frank Gravely
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Calhoun Rifles Inspection and Local Notices in Oxford
Calhoun Rifles Company I A N G will be inspected by Colonel W H McKleroy of Anniston next Tuesday night and deemed in excellent condition. A lecture on China by Rev Joseph White for the Oxford library will occur when weather allows. Miss Mattie Sparks shows improvement at Sparksville. Rev T K Roberts appeals for coast town relief funds via J M Mims or at the Methodist church. Miss Lois Brown visits Anniston with her sister Mrs Hen Davis. Mrs Joseph B E Aderholt hosts the self culture club next Thursday afternoon. The next self culture meeting is October 18 with a program on fortitude and England in the fifteenth century. Mr and Mrs Sam Vaughn will stay with Mr and Mrs Leander Champion through year’s start.
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China
Joseph White
Oxford
Joseph Be, Aderholt
Self Culture Club
A. F. Bullard
Henry IV
England
Florida Pinson
Utopia
Thomas More
Remembered Night of Marriage Proposal Confession
Mrs Jones recalls a June night when Henry proposed. He retorts that he never proposed and accuses her of never giving him another chance, amid a tense exchange about their marriage.
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Mrs. Jones
Henry
Mr. Jones
Unhappy Medium Joke About a Tramp Labour Joke
A dialogue frames a tramp claiming to be an unhappy medium, saying he is too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work. A housekeeper teases him, asking why he does not go to work and what he means by the term. The scene plays on the actor’s predicament and social mobility.
Diogenes Declares Himself Original Investigating Committee
A bystander questions Diogenes about his lantern and smile as he proclaims he is the original investigating committee in a Washington Star excerpt.
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Diogenes
Washington Star
Morning Sermon and Sunday School Rally at Beat 2
Preaching scheduled for the morning with a dinner, inviting all Beat 2 Sunday schools. Program includes Welcome song Praise Him Jesus Saves Prayer opening address by pastor W. B. Griffin solo A Sunbeam Margaret Mitchell recitation The Inquiry Lizzie Embry The Glory Song The Model Superintendent by C A J Hollingsworth recitation Christ in the Tempest Essie Lanford song King’s Business address by C J Woods song I’ll Go Anywhere You Want Me To recitation The Reward Nannie Lou Whisenant song Blest Be the Tie.
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Beat 2
W. 8. Griffin
A Sunbeam
Margaret Mitch
C. J. Woods
Dean's Ointment Heals Eczema Quickly Says Ad
An old advertisement claims Dean's Ointment stops eczema from spreading in a burning area, relieves itching instantly and cures it permanently with purchase at any drug store. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and a lasting cure.
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Dean
Herbert Spencers Painted Carpet
A Herschel era tale from Harper's Magazine describes Herbert Spencer’s fading blue floral carpet. To revive brightness he designed a tray with ink wells to stamp each flower red, worked by a stout swamstress for over a week on a 25 to 30 foot long carpet.
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Herbert Spencer
Harper's Magazine
What Ails You Biliousness and Indigestion Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for biliousness torpid liver and dyspepsia. It claims liver invigoration stomach toning and nerve strengthening via a glycerine-based fluid extract from Golden Seal Stone Root Black Cherry Bloodroot and other roots. It lists medical authorities and offers a free booklet by postal card to Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
R. Bartholow
Jefferson Med. College
Phila
Univ. of
Fawn M Hale
Hahnemann
Erearn
John Ring
Jno
Erence Johnson
Dept. Univ. of
Golden Medical
Com. de Ree
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