Local Oxford Notes Include Cotton Market and Weddings
Wyatt Neal, Randolph county farmer, delivered cotton to Oxford market as 40 bales arrived at Oxford warehouse and 70 at Alliance. The town sees visiting guests, church meetings, and planned nuptials in November. J. Fitzgerald will take over Oxford mail delivery November 1, with Rains transferred to Anniston. Protracted Methodist services begin tonight and Oxford chapter D A R plans final organizing actions. Four-room cottage begun on South Noble street with six cottages planned near Mack Whiteside residence. Hints of wedding bells in November and a Jacksonville wedding October 24 with Miss Susan Frances Sanders and J H W Walker.
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John Pitzgerald
Oxford
Rains
An. Biston
Fitzgerald
Arcus Humphries
Noble Street
Mack Whiteside
J.C. Wright
Susan Frances Sanders
J. H W. Walker
Pell City
Jacksonville
The Words on a Cigar Box Explain Its Descriptions
The lid lists the cigar name while front describes shape and size with terms like conchas and reina. Back shows quality such as fina or superior and color on the side with claro to oscuro indicators.
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Edgar
Colorado Claro
Colorado
Colorado Maduro
Maduro
Oscuro
Negro
Romandine Delicacies Among Romans Rich and Rare
The text describes extravagant Roman banquets featuring costly dishes and exotic birds. It notes peacocks with diamond dust, parrots tongues with talkative value, and the pheneceptrix likely the ptarmigan. Speeds describe preparation of tongues brains and use of these birds as status symbols.
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Nero
Pheneceptrix
Ptarmigan
Scotland
Norway
Inquest Juror Balks at Civic Duty
A Pennsylvania inquest hears a juror claiming exemption due to being a general manager. The coroner references Jervis to note exemptions apply only to idiots imbeciles and lunatics, prompting a turn of phrase about service. The exchange underscores the tension between public duties and private obligations.
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Aennsylvania
Morgan
Jervis
Walnuts in Rural France Feed Diet and Oil Trade
In parts of France walnuts form a staple, eaten with garlic rubbed bread. They replace meat for hygiene benefits and supply oil similar to olive oil, used to adulterate it. Prisoners in some prisons crack walnuts and press kernels into oll.
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France
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised for Wounds and Sores
L. S Napier of Ruggles Kentucky says a terrine pile condition improved after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, claiming a cure in less than a box. The product supposedly heals wounds burns and sores like magic offered by West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Bucklen
L. S Napier
Ruggles
West End Drug Co
Elam Ordway & Houser
Portrait commission and reply in a flower painter tale
William Hunt, famed for flower and figure subjects, was hired to paint a kneeling portrait holding an open scroll bearing a marriage proposal. The lady responded with a chalk self-portrait clutching a sheet that read a brief “den” or similar word.
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William Hunt
Sick Headache Cured by Stomach and Liver Tablets
The ad claims sick headache results from stomach and digestion issues and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure. It suggests taking the tablets at the first signs to ward off the attack and offers a free sample with sale via J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
The World’s Debt to Flowers
A thoughtful reflection praising flowers for moral uplift. The author credits pansies violets roses and lilies with aiding mankind’s better nature and cites the Christian World’s endorsement of flowers as a universal good. The piece reads as an earnest opinion on beauty and virtue through flora.
Dog Exercise After Meals Caution Advises Restraint
The guidance warns against letting a dog run or play immediately after meals. If exercise is strenuous the food may stay undigested for hours. Do not encourage rambunctious activity after dinner, even if the dog seems ready.
An Ascending Scale in London Sketch Verse
A verse exchange from London Sketch comparing a curate and a vicar about hens laying eggs and a bishop noting a foundation stone laid by his father. The playful dialogue contrasts small outcomes with grand actions linked to church figures.
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Vicar
Bishop
London
Age and beauty debate in Bremen Zeitung
An artist and an author debate the most fascinating life period for a woman. The artist argues women are best before forty, excluding 25 to 40 in transition. The author contends the peak is between 30 and 40. The question remains unsettled.
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Bremen Zeitung
Adversity Teaches Many Sides of the World
A Seneca quotation notes that those untested by hardship know only one side of life and miss half the wonders of nature.
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Seneca
Sea snakes of the south Pacific and New Zealand coast
Sea snakes are plentiful in the south Pacific and widely distributed. Stray individuals have been secured on the coast of New Zealand. They resemble ordinary snakes when near the surface, with heads below water. At night they come ashore among rocks and feed on fish. Their small double fangs appear harmless but are very venomous.
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South Pacific
New Zealand
Grocer Wife Warned Over Borrowed Scales
A butcher tells his wife not to visit the neighbor grocer who borrowed an old pair of scales yesterday, warning of potential trouble.
End of the Honeymoon Quip Headlines Houston Post
A witty exchange about the meaning of honeymoon surfaces in a Houston Post feature. The joke pivots on whether the wife has started cooking, reflecting light humor in domestic life. The piece frames a playful look at newlyweds.
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Houston Post
Folly Beyond Bounds Cited in Quotation
A fragment attributes a wry quote to Ben Jom son noting folly often exceeds limits while confidence remains boundless.
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Folly
Mpidence
Ben Jomson
Clean Young Men Call to Public Service
The Kunoxtille Journal and Tribune urges bright young men to enter public affairs and participate in politics. It argues younger generations can renew state and national leadership and should be welcomed and encouraged by any party.
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Kunoxtille Journal and Tribune
A Tale of Horror Marked By Blood in Kentucky Home
A Bae Kentucky merchant J W Williams recalls severe lung hemorrhages twenty years ago and credits Dr King s New Discovery with his cure. The product claims to cure hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds bronchitis and weak lungs with a guarantee and trial bottles offered by local drug firms.
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Marke
J. W. Williams
Bae
Dr. King
West End Drug Co
Sam, Ordway & Houser Drug Co
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Wyatt Neal
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H. H. Holman
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Alliance Warehouse
John Clark
Buckhorn
William Gray
Barr's
Anniston
W. A. Long
Silver Run
Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ruth Snow
Savannah
Union Sunday School Teachers’ Association
Methodist Church
B. D. Williams
D. A. Rye
James K. Draper
J. W. Johnson
Talladega
J. J. Crow
J. B. Privett
W. R. Norton
Turnipseed
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Ives
W. H. McKleroy
Wm. A. Davis
Vice Press
Lam
D. Woodruff
Randolph Smith
Baskins
Aneer Bf
Anniston National Bank
United States
WWE
Devil's Island
Mothesr’s
Ricate
Ries
Ss. Held
West ‘Tenthst
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