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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
4
A Mississippi county saw farmer damage claims against a railroad after trains killed many boys. A mixed commission heard witnesses including an elderly man who described a hog’s death as the train tooted and then took him.
Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of Valley City credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing chronic dizziness and aiding her sciatica after a previous bilious attack. She also used Diamond Dinner Pills for the bilious episode and reports rapid improvement. The remedies are noted as popular in Barnes County for sciatic, rheumatic, and kidney troubles.
A Philadelphia Press item quotes a speaker describing praise for a singer and noting a casual switch to a discussion about owls and their habits. The excerpt captures a light moment tying singing to natural world topics through casual dialogue.
A Paris dog cemetery on an island in the Seine beyond Clichy and Asnieres attracts the sentimental elite. Admission costs 50 centimes, with elaborate monuments and strict rules forbidding human style ceremonies. Graves are leased for five to thirty years, and inscriptions celebrate beloved pets with strong sentiment.
In a Cincinnati setting the housekeeper is to marry a financier blamed for a harsh settlement. The daughter quips the old dragon will leave the house as the countess sighs over undigested securities in the marriage terms.
Practical cleaning and ironing tips from a past household guide. Use old stockings for polishing and cloths, treat stains with gasoline and magnesia, wipe grease with cold water, salt removes soot, iron care with beeswax, drying fabrics in pillows, asbestos interlining for irons, damp cloth with ammonia for cleaning, and simple lessons in cooking for boys. Includes bride’s trousseau standards and laundry routines.
Hints cover handling table linen when washing and ironing to avoid stretching. Fold selvages evenly, pin corners first, keep edges taut, and iron lengthways from a corner for best results. Also includes a pumpkin preserve recipe and a note on rust prevention with turpentine varnish.
A farmer advises planning and adherence to nature’s laws for success in 1903 and 1904. He critiques shallow wet plowing, excessive fertilizer, and poor stands, notes frost damage to cotton, and praises cow peas for soil nitrogen when used on poor land with balanced potash and phosphate.
Dr Charles Herty under the U S Bureau of Forestry developed a cup and gutter method that increases yield by over 36 percent compared with old boxing. Adoption surges from 20 000 cups to an estimated 3 000 000 this year with many operators abandoning boxing as earthen cups can sustain trees and save forests. The forestry bureau offers Dr Herty’s personal assistance to those installing the new system.
Professor Voorhees demonstrates that cow peas fix atmospheric nitrogen, increasing soil nitrogen without added fertilizer. Using pots and soil analyses before and after harvest, the crop appears to enrich the soil, challenging the idea nitrogen cannot be captured.
The writer argues three daily feedings raise egg output comparable to high quality stock. Early marketing of surplus poultry increases profit, with ducks and young chicks offering strong returns. By securing a steady buyer and ensuring freshness, eggs fetch above market price, while daily gathering and cool storage ensure perfect freshness.
The piece warns practical beekeepers to study the trade, noting imitators think bees yield swift wealth from a few colonies. It contrasts genuine care with shortcut schemes and advises selling to experts or learning the business. It also reflects on injurious insects and pest control.
A rural periodical discusses hog confinement risks and stiffening, hog shipments from Arkansas to Kansas City fetching high prices, soil prep for Irish potatoes, the Yorkshire bacon breed in England, stable manure value, bird sitting behavior, cotton seed meal in poultry rations, goose grazing and fattening needs, blackbirds controlling boll weevils, winter feed adjustments, and using labor saving implements to offset farm labor shortages.
Admiral Schley, famed naval hero, endorses Peruna the national catarrh remedy. He believes the product’s merit is proven by its use in his family and by public endorsements from respected figures. Peruna claims to cure catarrh anywhere in the body and cites widespread support as proof. Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio for literature.
Secretary Shaw recalls an Iowa gentleman seeking a confidential clerkship in the treasury department. Though busy, Shaw listened, but declined. A bold claim follows about a liar editor in Manila, whose Thundering Dawn boasts of universal circulation and cosmic subscribers.
In a Stray Stories snippet Miss Passay reveals a proposal and a scene with Mr. Huggins caught in her arms. Miss Speitz connects the moment to Miss Passay’s father remarking that Mr. Huggins has an old head on young shoulders as gossip circulates.
A Leavenworth woman expresses gratitude in a card of thanks to those who cared for her husband in his fatal sickness and to Mr. Fairlock, the accident insurance agent who claimed congestion of the stomach falls under accidents.
The notice touts sleeping in cars as causing colds that can harm the lungs and endorses Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein as a timely cure. Available at druggists for 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar. Also included is a short humorous exchange about a fisherman nearly falling in.
A collection of period ads extols remedies like Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for coughs and colds priced at 25 cents and Putnam Fadeless Dyes at 10 cents a package. The page also features literary quips from Steele and Mary Ki Wilkine, plus a noted slogan about fashionable collars and servitude.
A New Yorker recalls two odd pastor prayers that amused guests at a club. The first asks God to water a spark of grace in hearts, while the second ends with a pacifist image of dove and eagle bearing a banner inscribed “E pluribus im cum.”
A shoe dealer and head salesman discuss bending honesty to fit customers with smaller shoes using a stretcher. A tourist asks what’s inside a morgue, and the guide replies remains to be seen as they enter.
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