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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
4
The Chicago Journal reports on a reporter noting how some steal ideas and claim original invention. A pearly anecdote about Mrs Harrington’s cat stealing a pork chop and a minister recalling Elijah the raven links to notions of providence and rightful claims.
Conversation suggests a dispute about whether Tommy told Ste about his age and when he began revealing such details. The exchange hints at a personal conflict tied to past disclosures.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports nearly 3,000,000 people attended tuberculosis exhibitions in the year ending August 31 across the country. In addition to three traveling exhibits, 24 regional displays operate nationwide, up from three displays four years ago. A Louisville Courier-Journal note calls this effort a classic in Kentucky while humorous dialogue follows about perspiration and horses in a separate anecdote.
A mix of clippings notes about social duties and domestic scenes. It references Kitty Cameron seeking to concentrate on six pursuits, a wife appealing to her husband John William over salmon, and humorous blasts from periodicals including Stray Stories and Harvard Lampoon.
A Boston mother touts Grape Nuts for children in an amusing piece. She says sons Rob Jack and Dick, aged 6 4 and 2, thrived on Grape Nuts and half meals when others wanted candy, noting improved health strength and mental activity as proof. She and her husband also use it daily, claiming their three boys are among the finest. Look for the book The Road to Wellville.
A 19th century note discusses the repentance and restoration of Manasses, its biblical basis in 2 Chronicles and the Apocrypha, and the uncertain dating. It surveys the origin of the prayer, its manuscript history, and its transmission in Latin, Greek, and Lutheran sources.
A sermonette centers on the penitent prayer from the List Psalm attributed to David. It recalls exile, sackcloth by Babylon’s rivers, and asks God for mercy and cleansing, renewal of a right spirit, and joy in salvation. The passage links confession to worship and Zion’s restoration.
The biblical king Manasseh endures Sennacherib’s chains in Babylon. He questions his past worship of foreign gods, recalls his sin of sacrificing to Moloch, and wrestles with guilt while seeking meaning beyond royal power. He longs for a scepter not fetters.
A devotional reflection ties Hebrews twenty to the idea of looking unto Jesus as the key to prize winning in the race of faith. The Greek term for looking conveys surprise and rapture, a gaze that captivates the heart and distracts from witnesses weights and temptations.
The captive Manasses endures inner torment then forgives himself through a fervent prayer to God. He pleads for mercy, recalling Abraham Isaac and Jacob, and expresses repentance. A messenger announces his kingly release as he prepares to return to Jerusalem.
The article reflects on Jesus withdrawing to solitary places to pray, urging readers to seek a personal "closet" for private prayer despite busyness. It emphasizes Jesus’ deliberate choice of quiet spaces and suggests every person can find their own space where God awaits and answers in secret.
The text describes faith arising from knowing God’s character rooted in love. It portrays faith as heart faith built on God is love, trusting that God will act according to love and toward us with pity, sympathy, and help, prompting return trust and a worry-free stance regardless of circumstances.
John Ruskin argues that life’s nobility rests on steady purpose and quiet constant effort. Doubt, hesitation, and constant revision corrupt both character and happiness.
A compact reflection on keeping focus on the goal and prize in the Christian life. The phrase looking unto Jesus is highlighted as the guiding stance for devotion and perseverance.
The article notes that those who reach eminence pursue an ideal character marked by virtue and excellence. It emphasizes constant striving to embody high moral qualities as a central aim in life.
In Samoa’s Savaii island a new volcano began in 1905, with lava flows bursting through the sea coast. The eruption builds a ten mile front, pours a nightly glow from Apia, and casts steam pillars while obliterating villages, with 200,000 tons of lava erupting each minute and a moving molten lake advancing at four miles per hour.
A pair of mocking birds has arrived in Duxbury, Massachusetts, for the season. Neighbors watched the birds sing and move from a southern home to a swamp near an apple orchard. two local nature students observed the birds and noted their nesting likely in the swamp thicket while avoiding disturbance. The birds expanded their repertoire by imitating northern species, according to the Boston Globe.
Edwin Markham argues city life harms the nervous system and favors a countryside ideal. He envisions a future with less crowding and more balance, valuing country peace yet needing urban contact for business.
Juror Mike McGinnis testified he had not formed an opinion on guilt or innocence and stated no scruples against capital punishment in this case. The judge questioned his neutrality as the trial proceeded.
Witty exchanges joke about buying a seat at the stock exchange for forty thousand dollars and a sharp punchline about wealth. A humorous dialogue contrasts poverty and riches.
A London Saturday Review writer recalls a friend in Northern Brazil collecting poisonous snakes. One night a jar containing a deadly viper fell as the man slept near a lamp, waking to a crash. He leaped for safety, incurred a bite in the heel, and a servant rushed in to witness the tense escape and unfolding events.
Miss Patty Shepard visits a country farm on Memorial Day with friends. An old nanny goat noses a peach basket hat trimmed with artificial roses and seems to think they are real, prompting amusement as the hat remains unshaken. The party learns goats may not be strict vegetarians.
National Lead Company offers a complete painting guide free of charge. Request Houseowners' Painting Outfit No. 49 from 1902 Trinity Building New York City and receive color schemes, specifications, and an adulteration detector for paint materials.
A brief humor piece features the Widower declaring he has loved only one woman, addressing the Widow who reacts with disbelief. The exchange hinges on his quip that all others were merely girls.
David Price of Corydon Iowa describes severe kidney trouble and back pain that left him weak and run down. One week after starting Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved enough to walk without a cane and his health gradually recovered. Seven years later he remains well and endorses the product. Sold by dealers 50c a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Farmer Corntessel complains of trouble with summer guests after a lecture by a "good lookin’ young woman" about spilling color schemes by using paris green on vegetables. The exchange highlights tensions at the farm and the unintended effects of pest control in the garden.
A New Jersey justice of the peace advertised to marry couples at any time for five dollars with one dollar down and the rest in weekly installments of one dollar. A couple arrived by car shortly after midnight and the official honored the installment plan, marrying them as promised.
The article notes a Cephalic index linking skull volume to brain size in ancient Athenians, estimated by filling skulls with peas. It claims Athenians had slightly larger brain volume than modern humans, contrasting Greek history with later human conflicts.
An old advertorial fragment shows a Castoria bottle with a warning to examine for the signature In Use For Over Years. A dialogue follows where a woman questions marriage for money and a man replies he would not marry for all the money in the world, prompting her exclamation of horror.
A Methodist bishop visiting a friend with two daughters joins a trout outing. An old fisherman calls out a joke about bait and the bishop replies he is a fisher of men. The exchange shows light humor amid a rugged outdoor scene.
A mother laments her six year old son Johnny is excluded from his grandfather's will and mocks family prayers, recounting the boy peering through blinds during a prayer and quipping at the table. She questions how to explain the situation and hopes for pension relief for mental agony.
A collage of short humorous items from early 20th century columns. Edward misreads dinner versus luncheon leading to a quip about meals. Jokes cover election day bargains, a lawyer’s courtroom quip, kissing myths, a girl in a drug store, and a wife’s sly remark about her mother-in-law.
A clippings-style page with snippets and quips. Jests about a home for the feeble minded, patient amusement of a crying baby, aeroplane flights for lovers, headaches remedies, and a joke about inheriting wealth through marriage to a lawyer’s daughter.
An early 1900s style ad touts Liquid Extects as immediate relief for feverish colds and headaches. It mentions prices at a local drug store chain and adds a playful exchange about airplane fares being sky high.
A fragmented item survey touches on female timing and social manners during courtship. It contrasts plans about absence, fashion, and preparedness with a quip about disarmament, reflecting early 20th century gender norms and public humor.
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