Oxford News Briefs Include Visits, Crime, and College Opening
Mrs W W Whiteside and daughter Helen depart for East Tennessee visiting Knoxville Tate Springs and other points for about a month. Rosa Lee Land and Annabelle Vandiver are guests of Miss Alice Bullard. J Davis returns from Alexandria Valley noting good corn and hay but short cotton due to little rain. The fall term of Oxford College opens Monday with Prof J R Bell as president and tuition set at one dollar monthly for grades one to six and two dollars for seven to nine. The Southern Bell Telephone Co plans two thousand dollars in system changes moving the exchange to Dr B D Williams’s brick building. Miss Sarah Warnock hosted a social gathering last evening with guests grateful for her hospitality.
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OxFord
W. W. Whiteside
Helen
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Tate Springs
Oxford College
J. R. Bell
Southern Bell Telephone Company
B. D. Williams
His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
B L Byer a well known cooper of this town says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life last summer after a month of bilious dysentery resisted by doctors. He found relief immediately after using it. For sale by J L W Ikle druggist.
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Chamberlain
B. L. Byer
Bb. E Little
Hancock, Md
J LW Ikle
Cheap Lands Along Cotton Belt Route Offer Homeseekers Opportunity
The cotton belt region across Southeast Missouri Arkansas Northwest Louisiana and Texas presents buyers with mild climate good water cheap building materials abundant fuel and soil that can pay for the land in one season. Prices range from 2.59 to 15 per acre depending on type with colonies offered at 4 to 10 per acre and fruit and truck lands in East Texas at 10 to 20 per acre. Write E W Labaule Go P a7 A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo for information on cheap rates excursion dates and descriptive literature.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
East
Grea
E. W. Labaume
St. Louis
Large Ferns on Exhibition at 19th Street Greenhouse
Notice offers very large ferns on display at the greenhouse corner of 19th Street and Blue Mountain Avenue. Limited stock marked down for quick sale. First come, first served. F. J. Ullbricht signs the notice.
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19Th Street
Blue Mountain Avenue
F. J. Ullbricht
Remarkable Record For Chamberlain Croup Remedy
Chamberlain's Croup Remedy has a long record of use over thirty years with millions of bottles sold. It is praised as a standard in croup treatment and claims a cure in every reported case when given at early signs. The preparation is described as pleasant, non opium containing, and suitable for babies as well as adults, available from J L Wikle druggist.
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J. L. Wikle
Leisure at Meals
Advice from the Cooking Club on meal leisure. Eat one hearty leisure meal daily after work, with the other two meals lighter. Take time to prepare and arrive calmly to improve enjoyment and digestion.
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Cooking Club
Familiar Subject Wife After Church Sermon
A wife recounts a sermon from Ezekiel describing fine linen and silk, challenging her husband who jokes about remembering the text. The exchange highlights their humorous banter after Sunday service.
Richest Country Nourishes Noble Happy Beings Quote
A Ruskin quotation defining wealth as nourishing the greatest number of noble and happy beings. It states that true riches come from perfecting one life and extending helpful influence through personal actions and possessions.
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John Ruskin
Selfishness as Root Cause of World Suffering
A reflection on how selfishness underpins much unhappiness and misery. The author suggests tracing global suffering to its first causes would reveal selfishness as the driving factor behind it.
Quote on virtue and wages angles from a friend
A lady advises that one cannot expect all virtues for a price while a friend notes paying more for service. A related maxim claims that diplomats gain more from listening than speaking, even when they speak well.
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Hanotaux
Record of the Past Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills Cure Claim
A Ashland Kentucky shoe dealer testifies to long use of Dean's Kidney Pills since 1896 with backache relief and renewed cure after a cold. He reports recommending the remedy widely with universal endorsement and notes the product is sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as sole U.S. agents. The price is 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute.
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G. M. Myers
Winchester Avenue
1Ith Street
Ashland
Dean
Ventura Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S
The Mosquito Travels the World and Bites Everywhere
The mosquito wanders across continents from tropical regions to Lapland and remains a severe pest. In parts of South America vast swarms drive locals to sleep buried under sand several inches deep with only the head exposed, covered by a handkerchief. Even thick clothing offers limited protection as the proboscis can pierce it.
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Tropics
Lapland
South America
Cupid's Affliction and Blind Love
A humorous exchange shows a wife urging gifts for her pleased husband who replies that love is blind. The cartoon panel presents a shop window scene where affection and consumerism collide as the husband feigns indifference despite apparent desire to please his wife.
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Cupid
The Ruins of Thebes in Egypt Yet Stand Vast
Thebes Egypt presents ruins twenty seven miles in circumference with remnants of columns and arches of gigantic size. Modern machinery cannot easily dismantle or relocate these structures in their current positions.
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Thebes
Egypt
The Agent Worries About House Charge
A dialogue shows Cassidy questioning agent fees for a house while Casey notes a sixteen dollar charge. Cassidy argues the price is high and the agents claim the fault lies in arranging the deal.
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Cassidy
Casey
Philadelphia Press
No Temptation in Farm Trouble Shifts Hands
A fragmentary note recalls a farm dispute with a wary partner named Pucek and a reply about resisting temptation and work. The quirky exchange hints at humor or tension in rural life without clear resolution.
Happiness Is Contentment Not Wealth or Power
A brief editorial note from the Atchison Globe reflects that happiness stems from contentment rather than riches pie or shining love and power, emphasizing inner peace as the true measure.
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Atchison Globe
Blood Balm Said to Cure Cancer and Skin Diseases
An Alabama testimony claims Botanic Blood Balm healed an eating cancer on Mrs. M L Adams nose and face after doctors gave up. The ad lists other cures including eczema bone pains ulcers and blood poisons and offers samples and medical advice by mail from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
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M. L. Adams
Fredonia
Ala
B. M Guerney
Warrior Stand
Blood Balm Co
Alanta
Abbott's East India Corn Paint Cure
An advertised corn and wart remedy claims to remove corns with no pain and to cure warts and burrs, touted as a wonderful corn cure.
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Abbott
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Talladega
Alice Bullard
Mr. J. ©. Davis
Alexandria Valley
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A. J. Moon
Howard College
Lula Stallings
Birmingsham
Sallie Bynum
Bynum
Ida Turner
Red Cunningham
Oolto
W. O. Turnipseed
Alliance Workhouse
Cunningham
Sarah Warnock
Miss Warnock
Homeseekers
Pucek
Kohn Bros
Pat Allen
Noble ST. Theater
New York
Huyler
Gilmore’s Cafe
Eleventh Street
Adit
Big Jolly
Priges
Chas. Loo Yum & Co
Tenth Street
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