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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
4
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women's change of life symptoms and nervous debility. It includes testimonials about relief from displacement pain, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue and cites a testimonial from Berra Euston Hed praising the product.
Mrs Ellen White of Gastonia declares Cardui relieved years of womanly troubles and sleeplessness. She praises Cardus and Cardui as natural vegetable tonics with no organ effects, urging other women to try them. The ad invites readers to request a free Home Treatment booklet from the Ladies Advisers Dept. at the Chattanooga Medicine Co. ad.
Practical home tips for handling rugs and carpets. Advice covers shaking avoidance, creases remedies, wetting and tacking, and overnight flattening. Methods include cornmeal and ammonia for cleaning, buckwheat flour and salt for spots, and careful rolling and disposal of dusty coverings to reduce airborne dust.
A Chinese china merchant notes how to protect rare tea sets from hairline cracks. Place the china in cold water and gradually heat to temper it, allowing it to remain until cold. This method prevents cracks from sudden heat and prolongs life.
This recipe describes making sugar syrup with maple sirup and boiling water then cooling to hard crack stage. It instructs beating whites stiff and folding in the hot syrup slowly, adding chopped walnut meats, heating to a creamy white, and spreading on a buttered dish before cutting into squares.
Cream three quarters cup butter with one and a half cups sugar until light. Beat yolks of three eggs with one half cup milk. Stir in two and a quarter cups flour one quarter teaspoon salt one teaspoon cream of tartar one half teaspoon soda. Beat two egg whites stiff and fold in last. Bake in a moderate oven. Add half cup chopped walnuts for nutty cupcakes. Very nice.
Mix one pound sugar with a pint water and pour over the hot syrup. Add grated rind of half orange and half lemon, two cups orange juice, grated pineapple and half cup lemon juice. Pour one cup boiling water on one teaspoon strong tea. Combine when cool, strain and freeze.
Instructions advise covering paint stains with butter or oil and applying turpentine. Old stains may respond to chloroform. Lemon juice milk and ripe tomato juice remove ink stains from white materials. Grease stains from drips can be treated with cologne.
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water then add sugar orange juice and yolks. Heat well, fold in whipped cream, then pour into a wet mold and turn out when firm. Serves as a vintage dessert preparation with simple ingredient steps.
Cut crusts from white and brown bread to equal sizes. Slice three one half inch pieces from each. Spread with devilled ham and peanut butter. Press six slices together alternating white and brown. Slice thin to create a layered sandwich effect.
Chop six hard boiled eggs very fine then mix with one pint white sauce season with salt pepper and nutmeg. Boil five minutes after adding eggs toast bread spread with butter layer the egg mix add grated cheese bake five minutes then serve.
The article argues that God has sent prophets and reformers from Luther to Moody, urging Christians to seek a personal holy life and deliver a clear divine message. It warns against worldly expedients, stresses prayer and deepening faith, and uses a dream parable about going deeper to illustrate spiritual renewal and enduring impact.
After a period of sickness the speaker reports back and kidney pain subsides after using Swamp Root. The testimonial claims blood improved, kidneys cured, and praises the remedy. Includes boilerplate for Dr Kilmer and Co and sample bottle offer. A second unrelated comic snippet follows about a mistaken job interview.
In a sermon, Pastor Goodsole reveals he rented a small room in a stylish neighborhood to open a Sunday school next Sunday in May. He questions where children will come from, but says the program will run all summer and could be seen as opportunity or reproach. The service ends with a closing hymn.
An advertisement urges relief from bilious ness constipation headaches and dizziness with Bond's Liver Pills. It claims small nightly doses are effective and mild though not a cure all and invites readers to request a free sample from Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock.
A collection of old advertisements and quips runs from hardware and roofing goods to dental antiseptics and infant soothing syrup. Includes Paxtine Antiseptic, Kill the Flies Now fly killer, Garteld Tea sales, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and various notes on fencing, roofing, and garden supplies.
A Philadelphia hospital conducts wart removal experiments and advertises for one hundred volunteers. The campaign attracts a crowd of wart sufferers, transforming the facility into a bustling attraction rather than a medical setting.
An advertisement touts Try Marice Eye Remedy for weak watery eyes claiming no smarting and rapid effect. It mentions sealed aseptic tubes and patented components, with promotional lineups and chaotic brand names implying medical use.
A collection of wry anecdotes and reflections includes the Marquis of Queensberry claiming lifelong security after a taxi driver confuses a peer for a Commons member, a Christmas Eve joke about old maids and stockings, and a quip on the impossibility of forming an impartial opinion of oneself.
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