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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
4
An aged-looking ad promotes Dan's Reliev Pills claiming kidney health and overall well being for women suffering back pain headaches and fatigue. The garbled text mentions a Groesbeck resident Mea W. Davis and a Buffalo New York seller while noting a damages threat and a vague legal dispute.
The article argues nervous headaches stem from malnutrition and presents Dr Williams Pink Pills as an effective remedy. Mrs Addie Merrill of Auburn Maine testifies that headaches ceased after using the pills, noting improved appetite and weight, with sales via druggists or mail order from Schenectady New York.
The piece recalls Yale President Hadley recounting a prank where students changed a professor’s notice, then the professor himself altered it. It also notes warnings about imitations of Allcock's Plasters and ends with a Swedish scientist's metargon theory about a universal atmosphere around planets and the sun.
The Department of the Interior reports 41 689 new homesteaders in the Canadian northwest in the last five fiscal years. They include 12 455 Americans 12 370 Canadians 5 897 English 2 193 Austrians 1 657 Scots 1 104 Germans and 543 Irish. In the first four months of the current fiscal year United States immigrants total 17 507, up from 12 664 in the same period of 1905.
A Woman's Charitable Association drafts and edits resolutions mourning Ebenezer Squeer. Sisters debate wording about realms of bliss versus fields of labor, strike phrases, and ultimately pass a resolution of regret and sympathy to Sophy Squeer, with an engrossed copy to be sent.
The passage notes that honesty pays in business and outlines two ways a woman can get even with a man, either by marrying him or choosing not to. It also mentions tannic acid as a skin treatment, suggesting 20 grains per ounce of glycerine applied with a camel hair brush to reduce puffiness.
Annie Peck, famed mountain climber, fails to reach the summit of the Andes due to unreliable guides and porters. She returns to New York convinced the expedition was hampered by desertion, alcohol, fear, and mismanagement, reaching about 18 000 feet on the first try. She plans to retry with Swiss guides.
Michael Steinman of 7 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn writes that after years of ineffective treatments his child’s eczema cleared following Cuticura treatment. He recalls the red spot appearing in infancy, doctors unsuccessfully treating four areas, and night burning and itching fading after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent.
The 1905 figures show births in Germany 40 000 fewer than 1904 while deaths rose by 20 009. The birth rate has declined steadily with 1901 249 per 1000 then dropping to 4 last year, signaling a sharp demographic shift.
A dusky rug seller demonstrates a coal flame test on a cream rug, leaving only a small singe that vanishes as the rug recovers. The tale shifts to politics, shows and social anecdotes, and ends with a note on overcrowding and death rates per district.
Railway construction in Canada expanded last year with 3 314 miles of new track and 62 million dollars invested in construction and equipment across nine provinces.
Lafcadio Hearn notes sake intoxication is quick yet brief with pleasant, luminous effects. Japanese banquets encourage light exhilaration and careful drinking, using tiny cups and empty stomachs to allow more. He recalls a captain offering a pint and the need to pace oneself.
A Kansas woman describes severe health problems tied to coffee and says switching to Postum Food Coffee improved digestion sleep heart action and rheumatism. She credits quitting coffee and using Postum for her renewed health and strength.
The readable text mixes fragmented phrases about comedy, marriage, cold remedies, and poverty. It presents a collage of aphorisms and garbled sentences without a clear single event or cohesive narrative.
A garbled ad page promotes laxatives and health cures with exaggerated claims. It touts Lac Fos as non gripe causing and promises relief from colds and rheumatism, then shifts to a cynical line about break ins and personal improvement. The price is shown as 3 cents per item.
A fragmented newspaper page shows royal insignia details with long crimson horse tails, a U S Army recruitment notice seeking 21 to 35 year old US citizens of good character, and various market and health snippets. The text also promotes Carter’s constitutional remedies and a self-analysis tip by Bengel.
A Portland man, F. S Moris, stayed at the Imperial in San Francisco amid a heavy downpour. He quips that rain in his country falls so hard rivers rise two feet above their banks, prompting amused local remarks.
A Ben Jonson quote on counsel and wisdom warns that no man is infallible if he relies only on his own judgment and ignores others advice. It emphasizes humility and openness to external insight.
A fragmented column-like note discusses hair growth claims and marriage vows with quips about duties and mortality. It mixes playful lines about scent and productivity with a grim line about attending one’s own funeral. The piece closes with a pairing metaphor about beads and kissing.
A fragment notes the baggy condition beneath the eyes described as an eye strain issue. It mentions lack of clarity and the strain effect on appearance, without additional context or details.
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