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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
4
A hostess fabricates a dessert ruse to hide a single pie from guests. Her husband feigns satiety to keep the trick hidden, but a hungry guest notices the pie remaining half finished. The scheme collapses as true hunger and mistrust surface.
The speaker says the physician's bill will be about 35 dollars and reflects on the worst outcome. Dr Wise Well replies with a cautious tone about expected charges.
The passage recalls a Michigan Irish justice of the peace who cut to one side of a case saying he did not want to hear both sides as it confuses the court. It also notes a legal custom of abbreviating words like trustees and executors and a quip about a solicitor’s misreadings and a preacher’s formal lessons.
A fragmentary dialogue features characters discussing appetite and honesty. Proade comments on male and female desires while a woman speaks of sharing troubles with a doctor and a man with a lawyer. The exchange ends with a remark on the stubborn nature of facts versus statistics.
Detailed guidance on calf rearing from birth to two years, stressing feed, weaning, and care. Emphasizes nursing with mother, gradual milk increases, proper stall conditions, exercise, and a balanced diet including grain and hay to maximize future butter yields and herd profitability.
An analysis of dairy calf fattening, milk intake, and feeding schedules in various regions. Calves receive up to thirty four pounds of milk daily during eight to ten weeks, with three to four feedings supported by milk, blood flour, and bone phosphate to build bone and muscle.
A Bow Street witness testified a man behaved violently and quarrelled with a cabman in Leicester Square on Tuesday evening. The constable described the accused as drunk and was taken into custody.
The item notes an effect on Tim similar to alcohol, as described in the Paulyall Gazette.
A fragment from Razors and Husbands features a grass widow lamenting lack of a husband to share tasks and dangers. She recalls her first husband’s fits when she used a razor for certain chores and muses on the humor and peril of razors in domestic life.
An anxious minister seeks honest feedback from a trusted confidant, Roger. Roger agrees to repeat last Sunday’s homegoing crowd remarks about the pastor and his sermons, noting the crowd wished for shorter sermons and firmer focus on practical religion. The pastor thanks him and ends the inquiry.
A quoted woman praises surgery who recalls the care and attention she received in a hospital during recovery. She says the operation brought lasting relief and notes how she felt waited on and cared for, highlighting the positive aspects of medical care.
Mrs Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville says ten years of backaches headaches nervous and dizzy spells resolved after using Deans Kidney Pills. Doctors diagnosed paralysis and offered no cure before she found relief. She urges readers to remember the name Deans and notes the product sells for 89 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
A city shopper seeking a child’s story discovers it among dolls houses in a department store. Three expensive miniature houses feature libraries with small books, including The Griffin and the Minor Canon, each book containing a full story.
A Philadelphia man recounts seven years of a painful leg abrasion that spread to the knee and disrupted sleep. After failed medical attempts, he used Cuticura Remedies including Resolvent Soap and Ointment, reporting complete clearance and six months of no recurrence.
A wealthy New Jersey family travels by wagonette when rain starts. The coachman removes his hat to avoid getting wet, explaining he is new to the country. Judge Nicholas Longworth is humorously linked to a grave mood and a neighbor’s owl nickname. A garden party is disrupted by the event.
The Minister declines cucumbers at tea as Little Tommie jokes about tummy aches. Boston Herald notes a brief household exchange about medical bills and poverty with an offhand artist comment on luck in tight circumstances.
Important to Mothera Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it bears the signature of In Use For Over 90 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought. Game The Creditor Will you pay this bill now or never The Debtor Mighty thce of you to give me my choice old scout I choose never Gallant She if I were a man I should nev er marry He If you were a man I should never marry 2 SS aeses iDy amrelon He is a good time saver that finds out the fittest opportunity for every action Thomas Fuller.
A witty exchange notes that a husband is kept in hot water by his wife through henpecking while a man contributes dresses hats and shoes for his wife. The joke highlights traditional domestic roles with a sharp one liner.
An anecdote from Harpers Magazine recounts President Johnson greeting Mrs. Knox, who knew him from earlier legislature days. He jokes that he had not seen Mr Knox lately, prompting laughter and a blunder about street sightings.
The famed Madame Sarah Bernhardt acted as a sculptor on stage modeling dust for the audience. Critics were electrified by the display but noted the performance revealed little of real sculpting artistry and the head remained plainly visible beneath damp clay.
Jerome McWale, a Duluth millionaire, spoke at a dinner about a summer backwoods village and its quaint residents. He recalls old Boucher, janitor of the village church, amusing with his quaint wars and a lunch where lobster came with a Magoonaise sauce that Boucher refused after a tasting.
A sharp-dressed caller asks an engraver for 10,000 engraved letter heads featuring a “catchy cut” of Patrick Henry in the upper left corner and his line Give me liberty or give me death in distinct letters. He explains he is a divorcee lawyer seeking a fitting personal branding element.
A physician telephones reassurance to a worried husband whose wife has lost her voice. The doctor jokes about remembering the holiday and acting accordingly, then chuckles while charging two cents for professional services, illustrating a humorous vignette from Harper’s Weekly.
The article reflects on commencement exercises featuring public leaders advising on career choices and graduates offering suggestions for how to run government.
A fragment mentions Gal Fron Corrugated and roofing needs paint, with stray lines about a Memphis address and a quip on Nicaraguans preferring fighting to eating, suggesting weak cooking as a jab.
National Association studies indicate about 15 percent of U S prison inmates carry tuberculosis. With 50 000 prisoners nationwide that means around 12 000 infected individuals. The article notes Pennsylvania Kansas and Ohio facilities as examples and urges demolition of old wards and construction of new ones as the sole remedy.
A sun soaked reader is urged to seek Coca-Cola at soda fountains to beat the heat and fatigue. The ad promises refreshment and wellness, inviting requests for a free booklet The Truth About Coca Cola from the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta Georgia. A tangential note mentions a 1919 baseball record and a Shakespeare birthplace print at a hotel in Stratford on Avon with a bemused onlooker.
Senator Beverifer quotes a minister caught plagiarizing and ridicules weak excuses. A bystander recalls a town stranger incident asking about a daughter, highlighting local social humor and curiosity.
A fragment from a Punch passage contrasts a child and mother with a moral about life. The text pivots on the idea that the secret of life is to do what one must, not simply what one likes, and ends with a pithy attribution.
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