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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
4
A Northwestern Christian Advocate piece argues cigarette swearing harms language and home life, urging restraint and prayer as paths to better conduct. It quotes religious maxims from Paul and George Herbert, contrasting planning with action and noting marriage is not a lottery.
In a humorous travel anecdote told by Frank Daniels during a trip of The Belle of Brittany a doctor the narrator meets cannot operate without instruments so Daniels volunteers to perform the surgery by telling the patient a side splitting story After the operation the patient laughs so hard he twists he cannot be sewn up gracefully The bishop Dr Ingram also comments on marriage and family life offering witty observations about holidays and fatherhood The piece blends comic reminiscence with social quips from the era.
A Paint Lick Kentucky woman praises Cardal claiming relief from severe female troubles after using three bottles. She endorses the medicine as safe, effective, and free of bad after-effects, urging others to try it. The piece mentions a Ladies Advisers department and a home remedy theme. It also notes National Tuberculosis Sunday observance and church support.
Typhoid outbreak pushes a family to flee to Quebec then toward Montreal. They reach Quebec in the morning heat and plan to proceed to Montreal that evening but sightseeing tiring them, they return to the dock as the tide has fallen 18 feet and smoke stacks loom over the water. A child asks if God drank all the water and a parent vows to tell the truth.
A reader testimonial notes that nervousness after meals was blamed on a troubled stomach until coffee was removed and Postum used instead. The speaker claims coffee withdrawal relieved symptoms and praises Postum as appetizing and invigorating, while recounting a friend who disliked its taste.
William Faversham recalls flattery’s influence on women in a New York rehearsal anecdote. He reflects on childhood schooling and a playful classroom exchange about Solomon, noting a humorous misremembered answer compared to the book.
John Leason of Atchison Kansas details a seven week old baby’s severe eczema lasting a year and a half. After three doctors failed, a Cuticura remedy cured the child and left the skin clear. He adds a plea that others try Cuticura before wasting time and money. October 18 1909. Landlord joke about steak price ends text.
Second Lt. Sterling recounts nine months in Baltimore and Omaha hospitals with severe kidney pain and alarming urine, until taking Dean’s Kidney Pills produced a complete cure after one box. The ad urges Dean’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. The passage then shifts to proverbs and chotchkies about speech and装 urban musings.
The article explains why the Quaker Oats Company exports hundreds of thousands of cases of Quaker Scotch Oats to Great Britain and Europe. It notes that English and Scottish consumption of oatmeal is tradition and high, while Americans push manufacturing improvements to win foreign trade.
An infant in a Pullman car disrupted sleep as a railroad official recalls a passenger who helped quiet the child. The caretaker says he calmed the baby by gently cradling it on his knees, but others in the car questioned the act while the baby finally slept, and the mother remained uncredited.
A fragment from a humorous or satirical page references divorce, a man named William Windle, encounter at sea with friend Jackson, and commentary on remedies and advertisers. It mentions Nature's Remedy and products for rheumatism and liver pills, with casual remarks by townsfolk and readers. The piece echoes period satire and magazine blurbs with fleeting dialogue and comic asides.
An old newspaper snippet advertises Capudine for colds and gripe with dramatic claims and broken phrases. It mentions Murine eye remedies and a census aside about Waterman pens. Sid ney Lanier quote appears, reflecting the period style.
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