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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
4
A Cheege woman recounts a lifelong bronchial cough and severe throat distress. After trying various products she credits Perum cough medicine with curing her chronic throat ailment and restoring her appetite.
Fragmentary dialogue between a physician and patient. The garbled text hints at a fashionably styled medical exchange, but no clear event, outcome, or named facts are readable for a full summary.
Fragmentary text mentions Rev a Saymanowees Mephen's Cvare Perth Amber N J Baten and references Washington DC. It appears to be a damaged or garbled scene with no clear event, date, or outcome to summarize.
A fragment notes a domestic scene about a new maid and a wife. It mentions scratched door keyholes and a saying that contentment is better than riches, while observing that many take chances for wealth. The text blends domestic detail with a reflective adage.
Readable fragments describe people and places with scattered notes about events, dates, and objects. Names and specifics are unclear but imply a community page with local references and partial captions.
A humorous collage sketches a stout Irish woman in a New England town store weighing herself and joking about scales. Other bits mock performers, theater boxes, a failed currency of praise, and a boastful car that can climb a tree, all delivered in a breezy magazine tone.
A brief reflective vignette cites a bank scene where a wife learns her husband has stopped alimony payments. The passage then pivots to a-philosophical note on duty, faithfulness, and character shaping men into better, stronger, and more useful people.
A guide to cooking sausages without frying, using simmered water to render fat, then finishing in a hot pan. It covers sour coating, paper bag bake methods for cakes, and a savory mix with sage and spices. Includes home sausage tips and substitutions for lean meat.
A house cleaning tip suggests kerosene as a valuable cleansing agent. A spoonful added to a clothes roller can whiten fabrics with no odor. A sliced lemon in a boiler is said to have the same effect, aiding the removal of heavy grease from children's clothes and auto-oiled street grime.
A historic kitchen guide describes mixing Indian meal with sour milk sweet milk and molasses, adding soda just before steaming. It suggests a five pound dish placed on a block in a kettle of boiling water, covered and kept steaming for three hours, warning not to peek during the cook. Water may substitute sweet milk.
Dried fruit tastes good when stewed in the oven with boiling water and sugar. Wash the fruit and soak in a covered dish, then bake gently. The method keeps fruit whole, avoids burning, and lets heat finish the cooking. Prunes are especially delicious prepared this way.
Practical tips on cooking spinach in a cheesecloth bag for easy lifting and draining. Advice on using one side of a cloth bag for white garments and the other for colored fabrics. Suggests adding glycerin to rinse water to refresh woolen blankets.
A simple cranberry sauce method uses one pint sugar and two thirds pint water, add one quart cranberries after clarification, boil ten minutes without stirring, then cool in the dish. Also notes a lime deposit removal method and a drain cleaner using copperas with caution.
The fragment shows Professor Twiggs lecturing the Soc Ex Tu Um club about a creature of habit. Old Conger comments on Canute J, the nephew, who returns home along the same lane each evening after drinking cider.
Mrs Narcissa Wageoner of Carterville Illinois details years of backacheheadache nervousness and tiredness from kidney trouble. After three doctors failed she used Deans Kidney Pills and claims a permanent cure becoming stronger than in years. Remembers to buy DOAN'S from all storers Foster Murbern Co Buffalo NY.
An assortment of quirky quotes explores temper, reputation, and gender roles, concluding with a Norman style vignette. A boy tries to curry favor by adopting a cranky image while an ethnologist notes leap year beliefs in Papua. A mother-child moment at a depot ends with a child comforting herself by imagining her mother’s kiss.
Andrew Carnegie advised a Hockeyfeller Bible class member on marriage saying the right man in the right place at the right time is a husband. He spoke of choosing early marriages and shared a winter scene of reading beside a radiator with his wife.
A young woman named Marcy avoids selecting a suitable husband, fearing abandonment. The plot centers on her hesitation, social pressures, and the consequences of delaying marriage decisions.
A Chicago woman testifies that five years without doctors followed starting Grape-Nuts food. She says prior illness included indigestion headaches and nervous strain, but after using the product she could do housework and felt better. Her husband also notes improved energy from through night work meals. The ad references Postum Co. Battie Creek Michigan and invites reading The Road to Wellville.
A sermon emphasizes prayer as essential air for believers, defining it as offering desires to God and admitting sins, while also a dialogue and revelation through Christ. It argues prayer hinges on understanding God as Father, notes divine sovereignty, and asserts God can do more through prayer than worldly laws allow.
A reflection argues that large crowds cannot govern themselves and that even the American system is run by a few officials chosen by the people. The piece favors trusting God’s promise over human governance.
Rev W F Biederwolt of Presbyterian in Winona Minnesota laments a demon of hate stalking a church where brotherly love should prevail. He warns that hatred pierces the church’s vitals and bleeds it to death, while noting that a little honest praise would spoil those who overvalue criticism.
A Camden woman extols Cardus as the best medicine for female weakness after a long struggle with health. The piece also cites a National Association study noting tuberculosis deaths among church members and urges ministers to address tuberculosis during TB Awareness Week.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative with tonic benefits for stomach liver and bowels. It’s sold in 4s and 1 bottles with samples offered at no charge to Monticello Michigan residents. The piece also features a quotation about happiness and a stray line about an actress and divorce.
A dialogue features Amelie Wees questioning intuition and a boy admitting confusion during a brief stay. The Teacher expresses disgust while a Judge and Strike Breaker Power are referenced in a clipped exchange about wealth and happiness.
A humorous tale in which Mr. Bright debates boatmen on Shanon fishing pay. Mr. Peabody funds seven shillings sixpence to ten shillings, prompting remarks that yield the nickname Paytody. A milkman quips that riches do not guarantee wealth.
A. C. Brandes, attorney at law, Greenville, Ohio, testifies in 1911 that eczema on his face, dating from 1882, cleared after using Cath Cura remedies. He notes four to five years of worsening symptoms and possible fatal concerns before recovery over twenty years. He endorses Cath Cura Soap and Ointment and offers free samples by mail from Cath Cura Dept. Boston.
The piece notes Democritus proposing the atomic basis of the visible universe with Mr. Gompers needing approval. It includes satirical lines about self-made men and a seemingly adlike aside for Hunt's Lightsing Of very Selene and medical ads for Linimest and Castoria.
Fragmentary notice praises an herbal kidney and bladder remedy Dr Kilmer Swamps Root as a safe mineral free product. It touts near magical influence and includes a promo excerpt about a campaign bottle and a cryptic quote from Fliegende Blaetter.
Wealth may not bring happiness it surrounds a man with a multitude of would be friends. The comment notes social effects of wealth and the danger of hollow associations.
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