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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
4
A dealer recommends a cyclometer that records each ride accurately and avoids double registering. The dealer emphasizes reliability over faulty meters and asks a customer if they have ever used such inaccurate devices.
A jumble of quotes and vignettes on happiness unselfishness and courtesy. Essays on kindness, appearances, and daily manners mix with brief comic exchanges and misreads from a late era column. Notable lines mention unselfish living transforming life, and humorous asides about marriage and manners.
A Shakespeare club in New Orleans staged a chaotic amateur performance with a famed actor in a lord’s role. The queen swooned and the dense stage mispronunciations drew roaring laughter from the audience as the performer persisted amid chaos.
At a Atlanta meeting the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the National Bill Posters Association pledged 1.2 million dollars in publicity and 200 thousand dollars in printing to promote tuberculosis awareness across the United States and Canada. The effort will use 2500 billboards with large anti tuberculosis messages.
A New York broker extols capital as a prerequisite for action noting fortune cannot knock if a man has no house. The Cleveland Leader cites proverbs linking money, shelter, and prudence with humor and practical wit from various figures.
A dialogue scene questions why pursue medicine amid many new doctors and growing list of new ailments. The exchange highlights concerns about medical career appeal and evolving health challenges.
Fragmentary quote contrasts hunting news and obituaries in Life magazine. The passage pivots on the idea of searching for Howard's hunting trip in a sporting column versus finding it in obituaries. A reflection on trust in the world closes the excerpt.
The excerpt recalls wit and irony in classic figures. Sheridan charms with quick retorts while Burke and Porson are targets of sharp jests. A German luminous gas called Hue gas appears, promising cheap energy. An ancient oak on Arthur Hunnewell’s estate near Wellesley, Massachusetts, is noted for size and age. Gladys discusses Harry Morton’s petty actions and gift of face powder after a broken engagement.
Farmer Corntessel declares his son Josh will become a lawyer. The boy shows a keen interest in advising others, and the family toys with the notion of earning from it as a profession.
The Boston Globe notes athletic men have an average chest of 39 inches and waist 34 inches, while a shorter guiding man requires a 36-inch waist.
Mrs S D Ellison of Lemar Missouri testifies that Bass Down's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble after doctors failed. The ad urges readers to trust Dean's Kidney Pills, sold by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York, with a 50 cent price per box. Also promotes Capudine for colds and Hicks Capudine as a quick liquid cold remedy.
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief anecdotes. The snippets include a farmer remark on college hazing, a general and colonel discussing a risky attack, a philosophical note on reciprocity, a realist author’s quip, a cartoonish pun about poetry meter, and a grocer anecdote about pay and virtue.
Gertrude declares the man she marries must be a genius while Bertie responds with thanks for their meeting. The light exchange captures a playful moment in their courtship.
A reader reports quitting coffee for Postum after nervousness insomnia and vivid dreams. The letter claims Postum cured sleep issues and improved nerves and health. It recommends others switch from coffee and references a book pitch.
Joaquin Miller announces a Fruitvale California project to establish a colony of poets. He envisions lively debates over literary figures like Matthew Arnold Swinburne Tennyson and Keats, contrasting with bitter political or religious disputes. A humorous anecdote about three Maine divines ends with a waiter requesting spittoons for two.
Mr Hardup speaks of a long hesitation before finally asking Miss Anghtuma Alem for a loan in dollars. The dialogue style shows formal, awkward, comic courting language with a blunt financial request central to the scene.
The page presents a harrowing eczema testimonial describing full body sores and pain, followed by claims of relief from Cuticura remedies. Additional items include a joke about Shakespeare, an insecticide ad, a novelty cartoon line, and drugstore product pitches.
A woman and a man debate a superstition about dropped cutlery signaling visitors. The doorbell rings and a troupe of 13 men 27 women and about 55 children arrive after a fire leaves Hill Street families homeless. They request shelter and the couple grudgingly offers two children while the evening ends with silence. The scene shifts to quips and catalogued phrases from various ads and jokes.
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