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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
4
A chauffeur slows after striking a rooster with his car on a public highway at about forty mph. His wife teases his tender heart but he says turning back could have caused more harm, delaying an appointment despite the accident.
In a dialect rich exchange Mr Acker asks why protection is needed while Mr Rastus fears authorities may muzzle people. The dialogue hints at guarding valuable interests and potential overhead in coal handling costs.
Fragmented snippets show light humorous vignettes and quips. A Boston physician hand readings joke references a teen studying medicine. Other lines joke about excuses by Mia Jibbetta, a boy's chores, and social morals.
Practical advice on restoring worn floors with ground stain and varnish, then refreshing furniture with stains and oils. Emphasizes careful room planning, balanced picture arrangements, and avoiding overcrowding to improve rooms.
In this era of haste, slow steady cooking yields the best texture and flavor. Slow methods soften connective tissue in meats, enhance taste, and improve consistency. Milk baked long in a slow oven is highly nutritious, and barley puddings served at lunch should be cooked after breakfast cleanup.
Plushes that imitate coalskin astrakhan Persian lamb breadfail chinchilla and moleskin are sold as desirable substitutes. Patterns for neckpieces and muff beds are available at department stores and ready to cover. A seamstress can make a set, using cotton wadding for interlining and farmers satin for lining.
Instructions describe trimming 1 percent pounds lean pork chops. Dredge chops in flour then beaten eggs, then cracker meal with salt. Fry in hot fat or pork fat until browned and cooked through for a crisp outside.
The passage notes caraway seed abundance in Holland and Groningen, with Amsterdam in the north Holland area. It states these two provinces hold more than half the country’s caraway acreage, and references acreage figures for 1511. The line ends with a numeric figure 20237.
One and one fourth cups steamed and strained squash mix with one quarter cup sugar salt and spices. Ginger cinnamon and nutmeg or lemon extract. One egg seven eighths cup milk. Miz sugar. Salt and spice or extract. Beat egg lightly and fold in milk. Bake in one crust.
A simple loaf method combines Hamburg steak one pound with three crackers salt pepper poultry dressing and milk. Mix well and bake in a small loaf tin for one hour then spread butter on top before returning to the oven.
Heat a pint of milk and whisk yolks from three eggs with three tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour hot milk over, mix, then fold into double boiler until thick and smooth. Cool and flavor with vanilla. Serves well with gelatine puddings.
True salad in the French sense is lettuce dressed with oil and vinegar and seasonings. In a French home the salad is served on the plate with the meat after a course that consists of a single vegetable.
A historical recipe fragment lists ingredients for a dessert sauce: one-quarter cup batter, one cup powdered sugar, one-quarter cup cream, four tablespoonfuls of wine, one quarter cake chocolate, and one-half. The text ends abruptly without complete instructions.
The article notes marital strain as the husband stops taking his wife everywhere they go, signaling tensions in their relationship. It mentions theatrical stars and rockets in passing, with unclear details about other figures and events.
In Lippincott's Magazine a caller asks Mae about her husband’s taste in clothing. Mae replies he likes gowns that cling to her, for about three years, adding a witty note on romance and fashion.
A playful exchange recalls a seaside swain who has acted as Romeo for two decades. The rejected lover laments an enduring name in the heart, while the fair young person taunts with a quirky metaphor about a local directory.
A citizen gives a solicited coin to a tramp and asks for assurance it will not go to unworthy or unnecessary purposes. The tramp reacts with indignation, implying the money should be spent on basic provisions.
A humorous monologue recalls a frosty November on an Indiana farm when a plump turkey inspired Ade to believe in metempsychosis. He imagines the bird declaring the narrator’s soul will transfer into a famed humorist after its imminent demise.
A humorous classified quip contrasts a woman seeking a good home with a request for a good husband asking if such a match can be furnished. The exchange implies a marketplace view of marriage as a arrangeable asset.
A young Cole woman describes years of illness from indigestion and inflammatory rheumatism improving after starting Grape-Nuts with cream. She gained 10 pounds in five weeks and says rheumatism and digestion issues vanished. The ad touts Grape-Nuts as neutral, not too sweet, and “There’s a reason” linked to healthful digestion and red blood cell buildup.
A sermon discusses the Second Coming of Christ as a personal visible event, referencing Acts 1 1 and 1 Thessalonians 4, arguing it hinges on watchfulness and impacts every Christian virtue. It cites Bonar and the crown of righteousness for those who love Christ's appearing, urging daily obedience and Bible study guided by the Spirit.
Quoted meditation from Alexander Maclaren on keeping near to God to calm fear and endure turmoil. It urges steadfast trust in the Lord as the key to a tranquil heart amid life’s fogs.
A Congregationalist minister from New York City argues retirement from business risks selfish ease and warns it may abandon preparation for death as a major life event. He frames retirement as a moral test and urges mindful living.
A note on amusements unfit for sober Christian life, urging removal from the program for the Rev. Mitchell at the Methodist church in Mitchell.
A landlord recalls a minor fracas in the Torpidville tavern dining room where Maxine and Sylphie argued over etiquette and their suitors, ending with ketchup and glass cleaned from their hair. The scuffle is dismissed as typical of ladies, with no firing. A London dinner anecdote and a classroom joke on gender follow.
Dialogue excerpts show two numbered vignettes. The first features two anglers debating a fish and a broken hook in the fish’s mouth. The second pairs a tired clerk and a customer resolving to leave, with a witty exchange about marriage.
Fragmentary lines reveal playful exchanges about mud heads and art. A sculptor jokes about salaries foretelling a hard winter while a letters man quips that unwritten letters go unread in court, hinting at broader social humor.
The Chicago Tribune reports Senator Samuel A Ettelson recounts a sermon urging simple living as the sole path to salvation while a disruptive interruption cites a sheriff’s warrant for stealing chickens from Massa Martins coop last Friday night.
A reader from Lewisburg Kentucky recounts years of severe eczema then credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with restoring health after use of four cakes and one bottle, noting eleven years of good health. The piece also urges sale of Red Cross Christmas seals to fight tuberculosis with proceeds staying local.
A compact slice of a historic page offers a playful mix of humor and moral anecdotes. It features a toast to church fundraisers with a southern preacher’s quip, a classroom moment where a student reads a sentence about tight shoes, and a child’s thanks for a turkey dinner and no school with a nod to family.
A collage of snippets includes a farmer admiring a water cart, a Castoria advertising line claiming safety for infants, a quip about Fletcher's Castoria, a line about political and civic interest, and a note on a surprise party. The tone mirrors urban social commentary and varied news-y bits.
William Verne appeared in a Detroit police station wearing a dress coat and underwear after betting and losing his trousers in a poker game. He left his cash, watch, and diamonds in the pot as the “bank” before quitting the game and being arrested.
A jumble of humorous vignettes and ad snippets from Harper's Weekly style text. The readable bits include a couple discussing toothpowder, a doctor pregnancy guess gag, and assorted quips about doctors pipes and proverbial lines.
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