Oxford News Highlights From Septembers Car Works and Market
Oxford residents discuss the car works reopening and local employment as rain slows cotton receipts. Beans price jumps to ten cents per gallon with producer control. civic notes cover theater season plans, street improvements, immigrant interest, and a Baptist protracted meeting extending property appraisal timelines for the late R. N. Warnock.
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New York
Miller Bldg
Joe Marcus
Mgr
Oxford
Force of Habit in a Humorous Household Exchange
An insurance agent recalls a comical scene with Uncle Remus in town as he describes shaving without a mirror. His wife teases about beards and secrets while a shouted line echoes childhood memories. The exchange ends with a jab about stubbornness.
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New York Tribune
Remus
Charles
Blood Balm Claims Cancer Cure From Botanic Remedy
An Alabama woman reports cancer of the nose and face cured by Botanic Blood Balm after doctors gave up. The ad cites other cures and lists eczema scabs and blood diseases it supposedly treats, with price and a free sample offer from Blood Balm Co. Atlanta Ga.
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M. L. Adams
Fredonia
Ala
B. M Guerney
Warrior Stand
Autlanta
It Saved His Leg Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures ulcer wounds
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg but Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. It is advertised as the best salve for ulcers wounds and piles with a cure guaranteed at 25 cents sold by West End Drug Store and Miller Drug Co.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
West End
Miller Drug Co
Lippman
S. Lippman Brothers
Cupiwinhistk
Savannah
Bell-Weatherly Co
J L Wikle
Wood for cooking in heat ordered from R O Watson
In hot weather you still need wood for cooking. A order was placed with R O Watson, contact phone 72, to supply wood.
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R. O. Watson
You'll Miss It Unless You Read Page Seven
A brief item urges readers not to overlook information on page 7. The note implies key details or features await in that section, prompting careful newspaper navigation and reader engagement.
Bow Street Chief Magistrate Becomes Berks Justice of the Peace
London Tit-Bits claims the Bow Street chief magistrate was made a justice of the peace for Berks to sit at an occasional courthouse during Ascot races. Early race days saw assaults on royalty, prompting orders for a magistrate to attend and deter evil-doers. The official’s role reportedly covers six counties.
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Bow Street
Berks
Ascot
London
War dogs to switch to Scotch shepherd breed carriers
The German army will replace retriever messenger dogs with Scotch shepherd dogs. Retrievers have been diverted by game en route and proved less reliable as jetter carriers. The new breed is said to have greater endurance and conscientiousness for mission duties.
Denmark distinguishes thrifty and respectable poor in aid
Danish policy draws a line between thrifty paupers and the respectable poor. The former are treated like English paupers, while the latter never enter a workhouse. Destitute individuals may receive a pension of 3 to 17 pounds annually, or be placed in an old-age home if unable to care for themselves.
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Denmark
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Best Remedy for Run Down System
A local drug ad extols Electric Bitters as a cure for overwork insomnia nervous tension and organ disorders. It claims effectiveness for liver kidney disorders nervousness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria germs with a 50 cent price and guaranteed satisfaction from West End Drug Store and Miller Co Druggist.
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Miller Drug C.o
Fern display sale at 19th Street and Blue Mountain
Large ferns on exhibition at the greenhouse marked down for quick sale. Limited quantity, first come first served. Location noted as 19th Street and Blue Mountain Avenue. F J Ullbricht signs off with a call to advertise in The Star.
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19Th Street
Blue Mountain Avenue
F. J. Ullbricht
Adjustable tail tale from the Boers and a race-track moral
A New York Herald tale recalls a gecko with an adjustable tail seen near a kopje in Cape Colony. The reptile sheds its tail then grows a new one, a detail told amid a light exchange with a Sweet Young Thing. A restaurant tip ends with the moral that a tip in hand beats tips at the track.
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New York Herald
Hanover
Cape
Lizard
Deutschland
Getje
Cape Colony
Molly
Jupiter
N. Y. Herald
Remarkable Record Of Chamberlains Cough Remedy
The remedy has over thirty years of use with millions of bottles sold and no reported failures. It treats croup effectively when given at the first sign of hoarseness or a croupy cough. It is child friendly, contains no opium, and is sold by J. L. Wikle, druggist.
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J. L. Wikle
Abbott's East India Corn Paint Wonder Cure
An old note promotes Abbott's East India Corn Paint as a painless corn remover and wart cure. It claims universal effectiveness and notes its status as a celebrated corn remedy.
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Abbott
Bargain City and Farm Property Listings
A varied set of real estate offers including a two story brick store on Noble street for 2500 cash swap value. Forty acres with two wells and white silica sand, four tenant houses. 120 acres improved near Anniston four miles from the city with rich soil and rail access. 400 acres farming land on the Cosa river with boat landing, near Sea board Airline railway. Alexandria Valley acres, city residence exchange offers. Houses on Walnut avenue and 20th street with varying rooms and terms. Dwelling houses on McKleroy and 28rd streets, store-connected properties, and several parcels including two lots near Oxanna and near Furnaces and Pipe works. Good grocery business assets and Leighton avenue lots with east front. 7 room boarding house near union averaging 1750 asking price.
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Cosa River
Seaboard Airline Railway
McKleroy
Leighton Avenue
Union
Southeast to Hot Springs via Iron Mountain Route Sale Ongoing
One fare plus two dollars to Hot Springs Arkansas and return via the Iron Mountain Route. Tickets on sale every Wednesday and Saturday up to September 30 from all points in the Southeast. Final limit is 60 days from the date of sale. Write for books describing hotels and attractions.
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Memphis
L. Parrott
North Prior St
Atlanta, Ga
Hot Springs Ark
Iron Mountain
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