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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
2
The Maxwell Motor Company urges owners to overhaul cars now and replace worn parts. They highlight vast parts stock, a $1.75 million investment, and quick 24 to 48 hour shipment from Newcastle to support 150 models from merged brands.
The notice directs residents east of the Alleghemiet to Maxwell Motor New York Co at 18th and Ead Ave in Island City and Newcastle, Ind for orders. West of the Rockies buyers are urged to contact Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation at 675 Golden Gate Ave.
A workman digging for money says he expects to strike it on Saturday. The curious passerby asks who will supply the fortune, and the digger calmly resumes his task, replying simply that the money will come Saturday.
Advertisements tout extensive roofs materials from painted and galvanized to steel and composition. Parold Rubber Roofing is promoted as the king of rubber roofing with a decade of service. Also noted is Yale president Arthur T. Hadley quoting on youth at a New Haven tea about humility and knowledge.
A quirky column blends social musings with humor on moving, music, and stern advice. A disapproving spouse jests about husbands and penny ante poker while a satirical pamphlet promotes Vermifuge with a mock dramatic warning.
Guidance on leading a person to Christ using Nathanael as example. Emphasizes sharing Jesus’s beauty, addressing objections, inviting to come and see, and praying with the inquirer to secure assurance of salvation.
The excerpt contrasts Mark Guy Pearse’s claim that God gives to each person both earthly sustenance and heavenly growth with a remark on popular novels. George Moore notes that popular works blend amusement with admonition, while the truly popular ones mix clowning and preaching.
A collage of anecdotes and advertisements shows Jack Podger famed for endless services from clock repair to wall papering. A baby’s pacification request sparks a humorous scene. The page also features product claims and witty quotes reflecting period life.
An odd ad column touts five or six doses of 666 as a cure for chills and fevers claiming strong liver action without sickness. It markets at 25 cents and mocks Calomel. Other snippets include cigar humor and a quip about agnostics in a rhyming verse.
A lawyer praises a heir's fortune while the youth resists debt payments to avoid vulgar display. The narrator notes the youth’s unchanged lifestyle despite wealth. In a separate vignette Tommy, new to the country, and Luke the hired man fish a creek but return empty handed with a feeble excuse about bites turning into flight rather than catches.
A New York attorney questions jury witnesses about a gun firing and a fatal shot to Pete Jackson, challenging presumed evidence. Frederic H. Robinson promotes The Guilty Man sociological play, arguing it is not pornographic and compares audience motives to a fat man seeking Davide Harum in a library.
A wife writes of breaking coffee dependence with Postum after warnings of caffeine effects. She brews a dark rich beverage, shares it with family, and her husband eventually joins, noting improved color and health. Advertises Regular and Instant Postum from Battle Creek Michigan with tagline There’s a Reason.
Mrs. Charles Anapaugh of Noble County Indiana writes Peruna saved her life and improved her health. She praises the tonic and notes recovery after starting treatment. The notice mentions Peruna Tablet availability for those who object to liquid medicines and promotes a free Peruna Lucky Day Almanac.
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pile cures back pain and rheumatism by removing the cause. It asserts immediate action in the kidneys and bladder, promising the pain and torment of kidney trouble will soon disappear after the first dose.
An attendant at the Morse show confronted a vivacious young woman about a barking dog. She denied disturbance and deftly hid the dog, noting the bark came from the tan bark rather than her pet, leaving officials puzzled.
A 1913 Baltimore notice recounts a family’s ringworm scalp infection and rapid hair regrowth after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It also includes a Pittsburgh dinner remark on new dances and a school cooking quip about students bleaching water at a cooking class.
Grandma used sage tea with sulphur to darken hair and stop dull faded strands. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold at drugstores for about 60 cents to restore natural color, fight dandruff and itchy scalp. An old-time testimonial notes natural, even darkening and glossy results.
A secretary recalls an umbrella with engraved initials changing hands among visitors and patients, ending with a man claiming it as his, while a separate note mentions frequent earthquakes and a laundry trick to waterproof fabrics using a sugar alum solution.
A lifeboat lowering system uses a capped lower block and a connecting rod to keep two blocks in sync, preventing rope twist during lowering. The innovation ensures the boat remains attached and usable, reducing loss in emergencies at sea. A separate anecdote notes a street scene around Fifth Avenue and Twenty eighth Street involving an X-ray alert and a pursed reaction about missing money.
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