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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
4
A garbled tale blends a lover's farewell with a stern father’s interruption and a comic misquote about a soul going out. Interspersed are antique quips about Hanford products, a political aside from Gifford Pinchot, and a stray courtroom joke about a deacon's character and a chicken theft case.
John A. Hates, longtime Tenderloin pharmacist, comments on safe Fourth practices and his all-night operation. He notes a dull night with no alcohol sales as he worked through the holiday. The piece hints at malaria tonic advertisements and changing public attitudes toward celebration and safety.
Fragmentary ad style note claims a single Bromo Quinine remedy cures a cold in one day. It urges readers to call for full meme and to seek a genuine LAKA TIVE signaror for EWG Cures a Cold. The text is jumbled and lacks clear attribution or outcomes.
Two girls exchange remarks about affection and bets as they discuss love and a pending Brad Street report. The dialogue hints at social chatter and curiosity about romance amid a lighthearted setting.
An old ad claims Dr. Porter's Heskey CLPI cures and relieves pain while healing. The copy notes a price of 56c and 6.08, mentions widespread lack of birth medical attention, and references a girl admiring a flirtatious young man, with a stray line about a PEBAILINE trade name.
In a belated scene of the Revolution the day of evacuation, Mrs Day at Murray Street refused to lower the new Stars and Stripes as British provost marshal Cunningham seized the halyards. Her husband batted the officer with the broom and powder flew from the wig as the redcoat retreated, leaving the flag up.
A collage of quips and aphorisms on neighborly mowing habits, love influence, and a grim statistic about life insurance payouts totaling 6.4465 billion dollars in the United States and Canada, with a final line noting an asbestos curtain on the world being a stage.
A Wisconsin couple details relief from coffee induced sleeplessness and irritability after switching to Postum. They report clearer skin and steadier nerves as their taste and habit changed, noting friends also improved when Postum was prepared correctly. They cite Postum products Regular and Instant with prices and advise reading the package directions.
Bellevue East residents laugh at a church near Johannesburg where temperance sermons mask a hidden liquor cache under the pulpit. A Kafir boy reportedly stored dozens of bottles there, leaving the congregation stunned and the matter kept secret. In Salt Lake City, a prank by union members lured visitors to fish in the salty Great Salt Lake, with no life but shrimp and jokes on the anglers.
Leslie's Weekly notes wide gaps in dress spending across Chicago groups. Wealthy social leaders reportedly spend up to 75000 dollars, while 109 leaders see about 50000 each and 10000 others live on 5000. Modest suffragists and church workers dress alike, spending around 300, with workers like stenographers and factory girls spending 775, 250 and 200 respectively.
A famed lecturer on the land question faced persistent interruptions from a crowd member asking what the government has done for him. The speaker responded that a mental deficiency bill had been passed and that the man would be among its first beneficiaries. The scene ended with unexpected calm.
Captain Weeks of the British steam ship Isle of Man describes an iceberg near Newfoundland Banks near midnight June 16. He mistook an echo of a foghorn reply for another vessel, but after repeating signals he realized the danger and steered south to safety.
A Madrid exchange reports a broken engagement between Blanco vy Negre and Adela over financial fortune rumors. The dispute centers on perceptions of delicacy or indelicacy regarding inherited wealth.
Uncle Flopsole muses that dancing and poetry share a bond as both rely on guiding the feet. The remark follows a preceding remark quoted that similarly links movement and verse through rhythm and motion.
In a brisk exchange, Tones notes Brown’s failures while Smith counters that Brown’s once faltering ventures ultimately proved profitable as gold bricks, contrasting perception with outcome.
According to American Magazine, Jack Ring, a river lifeguard on the Missouri, has saved about 300 people from drowning and recovered around 150 bodies. He patrolled the river since 1873, knows the river’s moods and currents, and uses a mental map and calculations to locate bodies. He claims to predict suckholes and eddies, and emphasizes calm under pressure in swift waters.
The passage notes Monaco with 75 vardas, 75 carbineers, and 20 fremen, Luxembourg with 135 gendarmes, 170 volunteers and 30 musicians, and San Marino with nine companies totaling 950 men and 35 officers under a marshal. It adds that in peace, these forces remain a formal one and issue neutrality proclamations during hostilities.
Hartford Courant reports a Yale 1914 class reunion winner traveled from Java to claim the long distance cup. He jokes of a previous 1906 record traveled from heaven to earth and notes temperature changes mirroring the feat. A fellow alum recalls a honeymoon trip interruption by W to attend the reunion.
The report notes Smith College graduates nearly 250 women this year and cites 296760 marriages in France last year. It highlights France allowing sister-in-law marriages to enforce inheritance rules and praises Philadelphia as home to top American women swimmers. It warns of rising female self harm in Germany linked to feminism, with crisis reports up from 2 to 106 per 100000 and Berlin showing the highest rate.
An Atchison man tells a reporter about visitors arriving in a motor car with their chef driving. He insists the driver is the chef and corrects the reporter when asked to clarify, asserting a chef is the one who drives. The exchange highlights his pedantic definition.
A dialogue features Mrs Flatte and Mrs Flatte-Did you hear what he called his wife. A statement mentions a delicate little plant and notes that delicate little plants generally shut up during a storm.
A speaker asks for a recommendation to harmonize a diverse party. The reply points to a familiar figure described as the person who provides his slippers, suggesting a trusted and unobtrusive organizer.
A fortune hunter pressures Jack to marry Miss Rockingham. Observers note the motive is not her appearance but her father's wealth, highlighting the social satire of mercenary marriage.
Ad for Rub-No-More Co bakers offering Carbo Naptha Soup at five cents. The copy touts a cleaning solution marketed to households in Ft Wayne Indiana with claims to dissolve grime and clear sinks and toilets.
French physician Doctor Cartas notes Shakespeare’s drug references were not accurate. He cites examples from Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet showing that contemporary beliefs overstated poison lethality and effect. The article discusses historical rumors about King Francis I and Ambroise Paré.
A Northern Virginia Army officer recalls a youth of perhaps sixteen who held a horse’s reins as he died in a fierce engagement. The colonel, moved by the boy’s sacrifice, allowed him to brace the horse, then found him dead with the bridle still in his grasp.
The notice describes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as remedies for bowel regulation liver stimulation and blood purification. An advertisement tone mentions a person planning a town trip and shopping errands, illustrating a shopping scene amid medical claims.
A Brownwood Texas resident describes a harsh case of dry itchy scalp with blisters and dandruff. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the narrator reports almost instantaneous relief and continued use cleared irritation.
The wife, with empress like air, tears in her eyes, declares It is done after presenting the first pie she has made in her life. The husband groans, awaiting the worst as a dread pause ends with triumph.
An advertisement extols resinol ointment and resinol soap as fast relief for itching and skin troubles including eczema prickly heat poison ivy and poison oak. It says doctors prescribed resinol for 19 years and promotes availability through druggists and parcel post.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis plans a September census of thousands of churches as part of activities leading to Tuberculosis Day the week of November 23. Ministers will report deaths, living cases, total deaths, and memberships to guide an educational campaign with free literature.
An interior Indian village story recalls a self-originating trade network that grew from a small start. A man leaves with a horse, asking a boy to guard it, and returns to find the arrangement flourishing, underscoring local enterprise and timely aid.
A fragment notes opposition to diaphanous fashion and transparent styles as a person refuses financial support for an unspecified gown and wardrobe choice. The readable text lacks clear event or figures.
A brief dialogue shows Mrs Flatte asking if their hair sofa looks dirty and Mr Flatte agreeing to have the maid shampoo it. An advertisement for Hanford's Balsam is included and a line about timely payment follows in a terse exchange.
At an eastern military academy a night guard challenged a student roaming the halls. The student answered Moses, prompting the guard to order him to advance and present the Ten Commandments as a playful mock in defiance of military rules.
The text recalls heated Irish controversy linked to London Times coverage and public riots. It notes a Brooklyn janitor killed in a fall, a person choking on a chicken bone, and a riot averted by Cockerill’s timely proofs. A playful yet grim “Judge” game among boys is described and an ad for Hanford’s Balm.
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