Oxford Notes and Local Happenings on Sept Seven
Rev W F Mc Cain returned from Talladega after a two day stay Pat Znner leaves for Birmingham on brief business visit Mrs John Jackson and Miss Clanie Jackson depart Athens Ga after visiting Oxford friends Lost small pearl knife with reward Mrs R T Pinson A left for Birmingham on short business trip Miss Bessie Perkins to Beavey Ark to head Galloway College department Oxford merchants see Dr A R Stevens Little Margaret Turner ill Grover Witt's funeral held in Oxford cemetery Renyo Carter calls on Delta business visitors Prof Chas Swann on Delta visit Sick list includes Sam Mims William Ivey and two Harris children Large crowd attended Oxford Lake Park show Last night Self Culture Club to meet Sept 20 program prepared Next meeting notes by Mrs Alexander Adair E A Walker S W Pace J M Mims return from Alexandria after Sunday school convention
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Female Cure
The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for numerous female ailments including backache irregular periods and nervousness. It claims the medicine has aided thousands and invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance and treatment.
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Seong
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Sound Waves Motion Through Air and Water
Sound speed in air rises with temperature from 1 090 feet per second at 32 F about one foot per second per degree above freezing. Damp air speeds slightly higher than dry air. warm dry air is slower than damp cold air. In water sound travels about 4 700 feet per second, roughly over four times faster than in air.
Stop It A Neglected Cough Could Lead To Serious Bronchial Trouble
A warning about neglecting coughs and colds and urging Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy. Elam Ordway & Houser promote the product as protection against serious bronchial outcomes.
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Foley
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Peasy Money Auction Ruse In New York Riverfront
A Philadelphia shipping man recalls an easy $100 bribe to skip bidding at a New York tug tag auction. A stranger offered the payoff to ensure the speaker stayed away, a tactic that ended with the observer taking the money and leaving.
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Philadelphia
New York
River Front
Philadelphia Record
This Date in History Highlights 16 Entries
A compact list marks events by year from Catherine Parr’s death to martial law in Tokyo after the Portsmouth treaty. It includes births and deaths of notable figures such as Herring and Lorimer, key battles in Turin and Montreal, California statehood, and locomotive history.
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Catherine Parr
Henry Viil
Turin
Montreal
George C. Lorimer
Tokio
Portsmouth
Essay on Husbands Drawn From Tribune Paraphrase
A nameless woman offers a humorous essay describing three kinds of husbands. She lists young husbands as jealousy provoking, middle aged husbands as heartbreakers for neglect and money or golf, and old husbands as resistant to younger partners, reflecting a Chicago Tribune fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Chicago
Ditterest Times Recital Ends After Fan Stirs Violinist
Sarasate nearly forgot memory during a recital. He realized a front row fan’s tapping disrupted his tempo. He halted briefly to address the audience and resumed, and the performance ended successfully.
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Sarasate
Vas
Remedy Cited For Severe Bowel Ailment In Child
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan testifies that Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her two year old son after a severe bowel attack. The ad claims the remedy can handle cholera infantum and promises a certain cure if directions are followed. Sold by J L Wikle.
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Chamberlain
Maggie Hickox
Midland
Mich
J. L. Wikle
How It Happens
A street railway official asks what causes grief to children. The logician replies that the company bullies the conductor who bullies the passenger whose anger reaches home and leads the mother to spanking the baby. The remark appears in the Washington Star.
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Thessenger Fee
Washington Star
Bucklen's Arnica Salve hailed as scientific wonder
The salve is praised for curing E. R. Mulford and a distressing case of piles. It is claimed to heal burns, sores, boils, ulcers, cuts, wounds, chilblains and salt rheum. Available at West End Drug Co. and Bian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
E. R. Mulford
Stomach Churn Metaphor in Patent Remedy Ad
A Victorian era ad compares the stomach to a churn and extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing bilious, dyspeptic symptoms. It promises to purify the digestive tract, remove foul taste and breath, and heal various skin and bodily humors, inviting readers to request a free booklet from Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Ate
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
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