Robison to spend Sunday with family in Oxford
J R Robison is expected home from Birmingham tonight to visit his family for the weekend. Miss Mae Grogan leaves for Troy to pursue studies for the coming year and will be missed by friends. Mrs Dave Hanks and children plan to return home from Coldwater after an extended stay, having been on the sick list.
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Birmingham
Mae Grogan
Troy
Dave Hanks
Coldwater
Hanks
J. R. Perkins
Oxford Life Notes and Local Happenings Remain Quiet
In Oxford friends note a lingering illness and near recovery for a local resident. Rev Cushrell and Mrs Cushrell prepare to return from South Carolina. Mrs McKibbom delays travel due to weather. A lake gathering honored Miss Brooksie Macon. A chicken thief was deterred by a vigilant farmer. The Oxford Dramatic Club may reform for the season. City council to discuss hog ordinance repeal and other matters. Local visitors J B Self and W G Taylor arrive. News of John McLeod's death in Chatehie brings sorrow. Church services vary with weather. lectures and theater tickets arranged for locals.
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Treacle’s Odd Path From Antidote to Sweet Syrup
A word with a strange history evolving from an antidote against viper bites possibly made from viper flesh to the soothing sense of theriakon and eventually to mean soothing remedies and various syrups. Chaucer references Christ as treacle of all harm.
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Chaucer
Christ
The Tickling of Human Vanity
A reflective piece on how society rewards vanity and the booming market for lavish folios. The author recalls a remote farm anecdote and a vast volume of portraits and biographies, noting the cost to the seller and the broader cultural impact.
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Rusticus Horrittuis Umsaeti
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Success Magazine
A Tree of Many Powers In Folklore
The ash tree carries rich superstition across ages and regions. Ancient peoples linked it to love potions and future husbands while Icelanders fear ash as fuel for hearths. European belief painted the tree as a bringer of ill will to those near its flame. Even today some seek luck by invoking ash in old verses.
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Radfield Regulator CO
Allania
Gas
Iceland
Europe
Laxative Chamberlain Tablets Offer Gentle Relief
The Chamberlain stomach and liver tablets provide a natural laxative effect and help indigestion and biliousness. Price 25 cents. Samples free at J L Wikle's drug store.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Umbrella Quip on Food Names Opens Laughs
A brief quip from the American Spectator suggests humor about food naming not counting on an umbrella. The exchange features a man and another speaker highlighting a playful point in a compact joke.
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American Spectator
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Female Ailments
The text promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's ailments, claiming long cures and strong endorsements. It argues the medicine strengthens and regulates the female system and pelvic organs, avoids alcohol, and may prevent surgery. It invites women to write to Dr Pierce in Buffalo for confidential consultations.
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Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
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