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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
4
A social moral urges happiness in work through intelligent effort and pride. The author argues that loving one’s job comes from doing it with integrity and skill, while shirking leads to discontent and poor performance.
A historical remedy instructs mixing half a pint of whiskey with two ounces of glycerine and a half ounce of Concentrated pine compound. Shake well and dose every four hours from a tea spoonful to a tablespoonful. It notes druggists supply ingredients or obtain them from wholesalers and highlights the pine product in half ounce airtight bottles.
Playful dialogue where Miss Smiff-Oh compliments a doctor who downplays his appearance while claiming to be off duty and unbothered by praise. The exchange hints at flirtation and social banter in a light, old fashioned tone.
An analysis estimates cure costs for tuberculosis and the societal losses if untreated poor consumptives go unserved. The figures suggest potential savings of over a billion dollars if patients were segregated into institutions until cure or death. A London police anecdote follows about locating a missing heiress after a detective discovers she has married.
An Indiana woman describes overcoming coffee addiction through Postum after years of dyspepsia. She notes coffee worsened her health and that switching to Postum cured breakfast stomach troubles and digestive spells, citing a healthier routine and a reference to The Road to Wellville.
A Washington Star opinion urges safer mine practices calling for asbestos fire curtains emergency telephone stations electric lighting water supplies escape shafts with iron ladders and regular inspections. The writer argues these devices could cut losses, be supervised by engineers, and remain operable after explosions or collapses, asking how widely such appliances are used.
The piece contrasts two views of Christ entering a home. He moves from guest to host, demanding personal surrender and moral action. True fellowship requires obedience, sacrifice, and a life transformed by Christ living within, not mere devotional curiosity.
During a visit to Marylebone to distribute rifle club medals Lord Roberts learned a juvenile competitor from a poor family stole money for clothes after feeling his attire was unfit. Detected and brought before the Marylebone magistrate he was punished under the first offenders act. The field marshal spoke to him privately and stressed character over clothing, and the boy retained his medal.
Homer 5. Taylor, president of the National Archery association, spoke at an archers dinner in Chicago about discipline and calm skill for success. He cited a humorous anecdote involving Mrs. Poarck of Michigan avenue and her husband to illustrate managing competing choices.
A Washington clerk and an Easton Pa man named Isaac B Thatcher share numerous coincidences from war service to wives and children named Mary Hannah White and Charles. Despite five generations of ancestry research they find no relation. A Virginia train meeting linked cousins spans twelve years. A New York man notes his daughter loves her mother more, saying the father is only related by marriage.
A moral exhortation on living for others through sacrifice and service. It urges root in society, rejecting self first thinking, and promotes love, kindness, and bearing one another’s burdens as paths to fuller life. The piece elevates selfless service as universal life’s aim.
The article notes that several provincial French universities rank among Germanys top ten, with Louvain as a leading Catholic university in Belgium. Turin in Italy is said to stand above Freiburg in numbers, and a brief quote from the Poet’s Mall discusses letters and remittance expectations.
A devotional meditation on living day by day, urging to use foresight without anxious worry. The essay warns that fearing the future drains energy and serenity, and compares care of today to tending a harvest. It cites biblical and religious reflections on God’s provision and Jesus’s teachings.
Mr Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri recounts severe bladder inflammation with back pain and scanty painful secretions. After using Doane Kidney Pills she was cured in a few boxes and remains well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A collage of extracts from Washington Times and Success and Yonkers Statesman recounts a Confederate tale with humor, a businessman boast about back and shirt, and a stage manager joking about local ads. The passages mix jokes, anecdotes, and caricatures from various papers.
A clipped advert and squib from Pearson's Weekly mocks self harm and smoking while promoting Hal's Fandy Pils and urging caution. The text features odd endorsements, drugstore notices, and a boast about universal heart trouble linked to smoking.
An OCR fragment combines old advertising lines for Castoria and Hicks Capuchine with stray dialogue about terms and a dinner sample. It references infants and children, a long use signature, and generic drugstore captions, showing a collage of period-era ad copy and unrelated chatter.
In a late night encounter a crazed man blocked a path and threatened to kill the baritone. The singer used a bottle of carbolic acid to deter the attacker and left the scene, revealing he carried the chemical to dye his hair.
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas reports a year of severe itching and eczema unrelieved by a skin hospital. After two to three applications of Cuticura Ointment and continued use with Cuticura Soap and Pills he says he was completely cured. October 10 1907. Power Dreg Clim Corp Sole Prope Boston.
The piece recalls a sad scene centered on an old chair in a home, where a chair’s frayed back and worn rocker trigger memories of a riotous past and bitter anguish. A milkman and tangled furniture add to the melancholy, with a comic aside about a sub editor and a jug of licker.
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