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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
4
A fragmented dialogue shows Milne Cayenne and others debating candid speech and unpleasantries while a pun on fatherhood and a joke about an optician hint at misprints. The piece hints at a double tragedy heading and unusual newspaper content.
Mrs. L. C. Dean of Benbrook Texas reports four years of illness from female complaints improved after four bottles of Cardul the woman’s tonic. The testimonial claims Cardul is purely vegetable harmless and effective for young girls and women, with a home treatment kit and advisory booklet offered by the Cardui Home Treatment for Women.
A bluntly advertised cure mixes two ounces glycerine a half ounce Virgin Olive Pine compound pure and eight ounces of whisky. The ad urges readers to buy the Virgin Olive Pine from Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati and prepare the dosage at home in a large bottle.
A collage of snippets includes Henry Dixey at a Ruttenhouse Square Thanksgiving ball where a guest requests champagne and is politely corrected, along with anecdotes about a cook and a grand family, a London archery contest drawing nerves-boosting interest for women, and small quips about marriage, waves, and grateful reflections.
Treasury Secretary Veagh presents 732 225 075 in estimates for the new fiscal year, shows a 370 007 deficit versus the current year. The Taft administration orders departmental officers to submit estimates on actual service needs, with broad cuts and only essential new work approved.
Washington reports the Southern Commercial Congress convened on Monday with aims to unite Southern interests and push for fair valuation of southern resources. It proclaims the gathering a milestone in national commerce and vows to align policy to boost southern opportunities and Panama Canal readiness.
A plump waiter girl at a lunch counter struggles to scratch a hard to reach spot. an elderly customer offers to help, invoking his grandchildren, but she rebukes him. The scene ends with lament on unappreciated kindness in an ungrateful world.
Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas endorses Deans Kidney Pills for back pain from kidney congestion and inflammation. He reports relief from sharp back twinges and irregular kidney secretions after using the product, sold 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The snippet ends with a humorous salary joke about Mr Shrimp.
A Southern movement aims to replace jute bags with cotton bags for Army use. Delegates from cotton mills and the Farmers Union will press Secretary of War for official recognition and to authorize the Quartermaster's Department to adopt cotton bags, promising wide profits for the cotton industry.
Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn faces an investigation into irregularities that may have reduced its surplus by at least 1,000,000. Superintendent Hotchkiss presented a statement to the district attorney for possible criminal action. Accusations include overdrawn salary by the president, improper Houbthus securities, and using company assets as collateral for personal speculative accounts. Directors also face censure.
In Mount Airy Georgia several armed posses scour the county with bloodhounds to capture Will Simpson a Black man who fatally injured William Cleveland a white man. Authorities also arrested Wen Caw thorn a Black man on charges of being an accomplice amid rising mob pressure.
Louisville scene reports a major clash between anti saloon league forces and temperance opponents over county law extensions. Twelve Kentucky counties are the target as lawmakers prepare for a January session and possible bans at future elections. Also Springfield notes Gov Dennen denies reinstate petition for Alexander county sheriff Frank A Davie after a Cairo mob lynching incident.
Secretary of War Dickinson asked Congress for more time beyond February 26 to complete marking Confederate dead who died in Northern prisons. General William G. Oates is the commissioner in charge, with the project continuing into next year as legislative authority nears expiration.
The American National Red Cross plans a wider Christmas stamp campaign this year with nearly fifty million stamps expected to be sold for one cent each. Proceeds fund local tuberculosis work, aiming to raise about 400 000 nationally.
A mother reports her two year old son suffered weeks of intense itching and a blistering rash that caused him to scratch until blood then found relief with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The cure occurred over two years ago with no symptoms since. Yokou Oklahoma August 28 and September 17, 1908.
At a Fevival meeting the preacher叫ed for husbands with troubles to stand. All men rose except one seated near the door who explained he could not get up because he was paralyzed. The crowd watched as the preacher identified him as a lone sitter and the moment froze the room.
A collection of anonymous gags and anecdotes from a newspaper page. It includes a boss seeking a fearless night watchman who can sleep with one eye open, a London bus driver misidentification of Cardinal Mannin, a dry foods clerk pressuring a mother about baby dresses, a verse citing Maud Muller, and a comic tale of Francis age 25 avoiding a seed-filled grape prank.
A Boston educator describes nervous exhaustion after forty years of teaching. She realigned her career two years ago and credits daily Grape-Nuts with improving digestion and bowels. She notes enhanced brain power and physical condition and hopes to help others.
A mixed slice of era content includes a weight loss nostrum claim with syrup of sarsaparilla and whiskey suggesting boosts before meals and at night. It also shows brief humorous vignettes about editors, writers, love, envy, and a quip about time and eternity, ending with a pun about a giggling girl.
An assortment of vintage ad snippets offers a reward for a catarrh cure by Cheney and Co and promotes various patent medicines and pills. The text weaves drug claims with brief anecdotes and quotes, reflecting early 20th century marketing and miscellany.
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