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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
4
An advertisement touts a system regulator medicine purifying liver kidneys stomach and bowels with Prickly Ash Bitters praised for improving appetite sleep and spirits. Price 1.25 per bottle sold by Chilton and Co Oxford Mississippi. Also a brief editorial note on illegal liquor dumping and a joking jab at Japanese and Yap references.
The author describes Shanghai’s skyline and its international harbor scene. He notes a China-funded Baptist church with modern facilities, reflects on missions outreach, and draws parallels to biblical scenes with beggars, lepers, and carpentry shops in China. He recalls conversations on a Shanghai streetcar and laments the urban poor.
A Soochow missionary recounts Thanksgiving with Dr and Mrs McMillin and fellow missionaries. They climbed the nine story Great Pagoda, 250 feet tall, noting pagodas’ purpose as dragon warding structures rather than temples, built on high peaks to deter evil spirits.
A small open court feast honors a 70 year old Chinese host with about 50 guests and 33 courses. Two foreigners share central seats among locals as dogs roam the dirt floor and chopsticks lift bites from shared dishes. The narrator likens scenes to gospel incidents and questions hospitality.
A witness recalls a baby in quilted silk cradled at a feast. The child refuses to be held by a stranger, calling the onlooker a foreign devil. The speaker cites China’s 65 million school aged children and 60 million without schools, urging Christian education. A hymn stresses aiding the least of these.
The piece argues divorces undermine morality across civilized societies and mocks universal claims of superiority. It compares tribal union customs with Western quick marriages and suggests stricter consequences for divorce to stabilize homes, while noting some cases justify separation. It denounces bigotry and warns morality is at risk.
The editor argues that booze and tobacco are in flux while cars reshape churchgoing and public life. It laments neglect of disabled ex servicemen, questions business recovery, and notes shifting consumer tastes. The piece mocks Lansing Wilson exchange and ends with a practical joke about storing summer spuds for winter use.
A reflective note weighs options between a season of professional baseball or unprofessional grafting, signaling uncertainty about the upcoming sports or labor situation.
In Turkey they are talking of draft ing men for marriage, so serious is the matter of propagation in the Ot toman empire. We might spare the Turk a few of
An advertisement touts Liquid Borozone as a powerful healing treatment for flesh wounds sores burns and scars. It lists prices 30c 60c and 1.20 and credits A H Kendel of Oxford Mississippi as the seller.
Dr. Robinson conducted February and March medical exams for Lafayette County schools under the University Hygiene Bureau. Twenty schools examined, 1,549 children checked with 66 percent defective. Eyesight 17 percent, hearing 3.2, adenoids 9, enlarged tonsils 29, teeth 35, skin 2.1, underweight 7. Red Cross funded the exams. Miss Doney and others cooperated.
A residence on University Avenue Oxford Miss third house from the railroad bridge on the north side of the street known as the Whiteway property will sell cheap for cash or terms Address Mrs O S Poindexter 2070 Linden Ave Memphis Tenn If people who advocate war were required to do the actual fighting the world over there would be fewer advocates and no wars at all Self made men are not always able to cover their defects with tailor made clothes.
The report notes total expenditure of 1.3 billion dollars on cigars and cigarettes. It also mentions that when the women of the county cast the weed there will be a tidy sum to spend on face powders and hair dyes.
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