Oxford Social Roundup Tonight in Delta Visits and Events
Oxford residents report visitors from Munford Bastaboga and Delta with trips to Birmingham for the state fair. Local clubs meet next with Mrs B D Williams hosting a lesson led by Prof T L Grogan. Knights of Pythias delegate Davis Cooper attends New Orleans convention. Mrs William H Cooper named alternate to Selma federation of women’s clubs.
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T. Willingham
Birmingham
Delta
Oxford Friends
Sunday School Teachers’ Association
B. D. Williams
T. L. Grogan
Davis
Cooper
New Orleans
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias
Grand
Alabama
William H. Cooper
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Selma
A. F. Bullard
Bullard
Self Culture Club
City Hardware Promises Good Goods and Courteous Service
The City Hardware upholds three standards honesty prices courteous and goods represented. The Oxford branch is led by J J Sparks and William Orr who invite customers to inspect stock from bolts to steel ranges wagons and harness and to request prices.
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Messrs
J. J. Sparks
William Orr
Oxford
olf-St
Short visit and health notes from Birmingham
A brief note reports Mrs. L T Grogan visiting her sister Mrs. John H Wilson of Jenifer whose condition is unimproved. Ab Eichelberger is well enough to be out after several days with a badly sprained ankle from football. T A Ritch of Rockland offered good cotton to local buyers today.
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Ross Davenport
Birmingham
L.T. Grogan
John H. Wilson
Jenifer
Ab Eichelberger
T. A. Ritch
Rockland
FURS! FURS! FURS! Shoppers hear Captain Dodd on farmers’ unit work
Captain William T. Dodd plans a trip tonight or tomorrow to Weavers and Middleton to speak for the Farmers’ unit. The Mobile Register notes Oxford self culture club’s lively English history calendar and social teacup discussions. A meeting will be held November 1 with Mrs. William H. Cooper hosting a Halloween program.
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William T. Dodd
Weavers and Middleton
Farmers’ Unit
Self Culture Club
Mobile Register
Self Culture Club of
Oxford
William H. Cooper
Interesting talk on life amid the Chinese at club
Mrs. Joseph Whiteside gave an instructive talk on life amid the Chinese. She proved a lucid speaker and a fascinating personality. The club also welcomed Mrs. Z. Allen and Misses Annie Howle and Mary Snow as they attended.
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Joseph Whiteside
Z. Allen
Annie Howle
Mary Snow
Glowworm Cavern of Tasmania Described As Wonder
The glowworm cavern near Southport Tasmania is a limestone cave system with multiple separate caverns. An underground river flows through the main chamber with about a foot and a half of water across the floor. The ceilings and walls shine from the glow worms that inhabit the formations.
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Southport
Tasmania
Ida Bay
Nose drinking spreads in Christiania slums
The Orebladet reports a fast acting intoxication method where individuals sniff strong corn brandy from the palm, bypassing the stomach. Affected drinkers become nearly unconscious for minutes, then feel deep fatigue like after opium use, with a paralyzed nervous system.
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Christiania
Not an Arrest but a Rescue Quote in Courtroom Drama
A Washington Star quote recounts a man on trial denying an arrest for striking his wife. He claims officers intervened when she reached for the stove lid, saying the officers’ action was a rescue, not an arrest.
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Washington Star
Touch and go meaning for fast professional borrowers
Willie-Pa explains to his son that touch and go means extreme speed. He says it describes professional borrowers who perform a touch and go so fast you seldom see them again.
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Willie
Papa
Son
Mrs Alexander of Cary Finds Life Pills Best Remedy
Mrs Alexander of Cary Maine says Dr Kings New Life Pills are the best remedy she has tried for keeping the stomach liver and bowels in perfect order. The purifiers are painless and claim to infuse new life. Guaranteed by West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway Houser druggists. Price 25 cents.
May I ask if I am in the market for a bid for affection
A youth speaks in business terms asking if he is in the market for affection. The broker's daughter replies that she must be approached properly before considering his offer. The exchange reads like a light social vignette from a Baltimore American column.
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Baltimore American
The Martyr and Mrs Highmere’s Tea in Silence
Polly-So Mrs Highmere’s husband drinks heavily. Dolly-Oh, Mrs Highmere invited us to an afternoon tea so she could reveal her suffering in silence.
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Polly
Mrs. Highmere
Dolly
Fragments from a Conversational Scene
A dialog excerpt shows a puzzled visitor asking the professor about his headache. The professor asks his wife Amelia whether the pain is causing him distress, reflecting intimate, domestic testing of suffering and awareness.
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Amelia
Dates of historical births, deaths, and events listed
A chronology of notable dates from 1610 to 1904 and scattered health claims about Burdock Blood Bitters, noting royal, literary, military and scientific figures, a temple destruction, music hall panic, and public notices of panaceas.
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Nauvoo
Surrey Gardens Music Hall
London
Thomas Wildey
The
A Sige of Prosperity in Wartime Wit
A wry exchange between Crawford and Crabshaw shows old friends faring well despite hardship. Crabshaw notes friends avoid visiting, while the tone remains light and ironic as Watson's Magazine presents a snapshot of social life.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Watson's Magazine
Autumn Arbor Day Observed Across Pennsylvania
Autumn arbor day was observed in Pennsylvania with special exercises in public schools as the main feature of the day.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Democrats Target Ninth District in Virginia Race
Virginia Democrats deploy their strongest effort in the Ninth district the sole Republican seat in the state. Colonel Slemp the incumbent won by 4200 votes two years ago over his Democratic challenger as campaigning intensifies.
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the Star
Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
Slemp
Fuel for Grates Sold at 4.50 Per Ton in Anniston
Anniston Electric and Gas Co offers the cleanest and cheapest fuel for grates and base heaters at 4.50 per ton delivered. Telephone 109 is listed for orders.
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Anniston Electric & Gas CO
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