Oxford Notes Skim Local Happenings And Calls For Housing
Sam W Aderholt tours Coldwater and nearby areas for Thad M Gwin Co. Mrs A Allen and Otto visit Hefn for a few days. D A R papers approved invite meeting at Mrs Draper's home. Pumpkin weighs 68 pounds as rains cripple crop. Free will offering aids church lights. Life insurance origins noted with Pascal reference.
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Oxford
Sam W. Aderholt
Coldwater
Bumn
Thad M. Gwin & Co
W. D. Smith
T. A. Turner
Presbyterian Church
City Hardware Promises Honest Prices and Courteous Service
The City Hardware boasts three core counts genuine goods and fair prices and courteous service with an established reputation. They stock bolts screws ranges wagons and harness and pride themselves on showing goods and giving prices. J J Sparks and William Orr oversee the Oxford branch and invite patrons seeking quality to visit.
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Messrs
J. J. Sparks
William Orr
Oxford
Rain in Ireland and the nation’s sunny mood
A lyrical sketch contrasts Irish weather with other lands, noting softer rain and capricious charm. It depicts damp mornings turning to bright days, with sheep pastures, larks in flight, peat smoke, and majestic mountains. The piece ends with an invitation to admire Ireland and its people.
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Ireland
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Benefits From Ailing Soldier
L. B. Napier of Ruggles Kentucky says a ten year pile affliction vanished after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He notes a box per man cured him and that the salve heals wounds burns and sores like magic. Available for 25 cents at West East Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser druggists.
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Bucklen
Napier
Ruggles
West East Drug Co
Elam Ordway & Houser
Pabst Beer Promoted as Unmatched Clean Processing
The piece extols Pabst beer as a food product produced in a sterilized, closed system from eight day malt to pure water. It claims millions spent on a perfected process from boiling instruments to pasteurization, claiming no human hands touch the beer and that the method guarantees consistency and healthful quality.
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Monster Pabst
Milwaukee
Pabst
Mary Had a Little Lamb Authorial Note
The familiar nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb was written by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale. This attribution notes Hale as the author of the well known verse.
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Mary
Sarah J. Hale
Nose Jewelry and the Spectacles Myth
A Pall Mall Gazette opines against ornate nose jewelry and the overuse of gold mounted glass, arguing spectacles do not imply defective vision and predicting social penalties for non wearers in five years. The piece suggests vanity drives cosmetic adornment and notes that attractive people are not free of eyesight issues.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Natural varnishes in the Philippines from tree oils
The article notes several wood oils used as varnishes in the Philippines. Oil of supa yields a pale yellow liquid that darkens and hardens when exposed to air and can burn in a lamp. Ba luo or oil of apitong is white fresh but darkens, producing a very tough varnish. Oil of panao is weaker in drying. Analyses show all three are sesquiterpene hydrocarbons.
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Philippines
Panao Ia
Cure for Sick Headache Promised by Stomach Tablets
Advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for sick headache caused by stomach disturbance and indigestion. Claims taking tablets at first signs wards off the attack and offers a free sample. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
The Star Reports News The Day It Happens
The Star delivers immediate coverage of breaking events with quick facts and timely updates from its newsroom. Readers get concise, on scene reporting and essential details as events unfold.
Bishop and Father Contend Over Picture
An unnamed elder warns a seated gentleman to sit down as debate erupts about a drawing. The Father of His Country responds loudly, blushing the elder who resolves to avoid further meddling with art. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Turtles Placed in Paris Suburbs Gardens To Ward Off Insects
Peddlers with carts selling cherries and small fruits supply villas near Paris and carry turtles for sale. Inhabitants place the reptiles in their gardens to act as gardeners aides, believed to deter insects and garden pests. Youth's Companion.
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Paris
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription For Uterine Disease
Doctors misdiagnose common female distress, treating separate symptoms instead of the uterine cause. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is marketed as a safe, tonic medicine made from native roots, aiding nervous exhaustion, insomnia, and general female weakness while improving appetite and digestion with Pleasant Pills.
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Pierce
Peacock feathers blamed for luck in Arabian lore
Palgrave cites Mohammedan tradition from central and east Arabia claiming the peacock opened paradise to admit the devil and suffered a harsh share of the devil’s punishment, explaining its rumored luck-bringing power.
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Palgrave
Central and
East Arabia
Paradise
Noisy Birthday Gift Mends Old Story Bonds
Willie presents his Uncle Dick with glue as a humorous birthday gesture. Dick laughs and asks what the gift is for, and Willie explains he heard their father say the stories never stick together. The moment mixes warmth and family banter in a small scene.
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Willie
Uncle Dick
Papa
What He Meant and the Curious Case
London Punch notes a baffling case as Dr. Price cannot interpret it while a wife questions meaning. The speaker admits profit from the affair, exposing a sharp social satire on financial opportunism in marriage.
Wit in Brief: The Worst Liar Compliment
A St. Louis Post Dispatch quip notes a speaker asking what was said after confessing he was the worst liar. The reply: he had been flattered before, a dry line illustrating sharp banter in a newspaper dialogue.
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Quote on breeding and wealth by Steele
A man of great perfection without breeding is like one with pockets full of gold but always needing change for ordinary needs.
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Steele
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Wm. A. Davis
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Randolph Smith
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Anniston
Oried
E L. Turner & CO
Thomas’ Drug Store
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City Water
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Kitchem
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