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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
4
An 19th century advert touts Syrup of Figs and Senna as a gentle effective remedy. It claims the California Vinegar? Co provides the genuine product and urges purchase through trusted druggists at fifty cents.
A con man inserts a whistle into the gullet of geese to sell them as rare whistling birds. He bribes the proprietor to buy a dozen birds, each with a whistle, before the scam is revealed.
A jumbled OCR of quotes and ad snippets shows scattered phrases from political talk and medicine ads. It includes remarks by a senator and a scientist about entitlement and legal talent, followed by disjointed product names and a call to notice the good in the world.
The Laurel Chronicle urges Mississippi to push agricultural development with education, fairs, and reforms. It cites union efforts, fertilizer contracts, and legislative measures to aid fruit growers and corn production, aiming to keep talent at home and boost statewide prosperity.
A dated ethnological column suggests Chinese and American Indians share ancestry. It notes Indian file tracing to the Columbia Valley and claims today’s Indians are insignificant. It contrasts silent Chinese marching single file with talkative Italians, asserting racial separation and concludes with a Homeric line about resilience.
An OCR fragment promotes a cure for catarrh claiming to act on the bloodstream and mucous surfaces. The ad asserts a money reward for a cured reader and lists dubious endorsements and a 15 cent price for the remedy.
A Brooklyn mistress uses persuasion to curb her servant Nora’s deceitfulness, until Nora, with a cheerful Irish smile, delivers the quip that exposes the power of deception. The piece contrasts a child’s clear moral observations and a humorous letter of recommendation for a Baltimore worker.
Salter's seed offer touts Dakota grown Macaroni wheat and mockery of black rust with promises of high per acre yields from multiple states and arid lands. It urges sending the notice to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin to receive seed checks free samples of farm seeds including Macaroni Wheat and others.
A fragment quotes a speaker rebuking another for refusing abstinence after promising to quit smoking, apologizing for trying to change the habit and noting the hurt feelings from the broken promise.
A Philadelphia physician recalls a humorous talk between two Irish domestic workers on the Atlantic City boardwalk. They debate new liver disease ads and ask how slugs could enter the liver, delivering a playful exchange about health and medicine.
A lady writer touts Grape-Nuts as essential for morning appetite and sustaining brain power for writing. She says the cereal improved breast milk, energy, and mood during nursing, with rapid gains in strength and clarity of thought.
An unknown hostess unveiled a method for iced chocolate at a recent card party. The process uses cooking chocolate dissolved in boiling water, then sugar, vanilla, and cooling before mixing two tablespoons crushed ice with whipped cream milk and carbonated water for a refreshing drink.
An experienced housewife outlines careful prep for lamb and mutton including cleaning the roast fat washing in salted water with bicarbonate, scraping skin, salting, then rewrapping with dried fat and roasting. A chocolate coconut custard dessert recipe follows with step wise double boiler technique and mold chilling before serving with cream.
The Delineator urges codfish as a versatile breakfast aid. Use creamed codfish with baked potatoes to fill potato shells, or scoop into small dishes with mashed potato and bake. Codfish croquettes made from hot fish and potato, bound with egg, fried to crisp fritter-like bites.
The text outlines an emergency box for homes with linen, flannel, lint, plaster, needles, thread, and basic tools, alongside a medicine chest of simple home remedies. It also describes a French family dish: Spanish mackerel with leeks boiled in salted water, butter flavored with a parsley and lemon cream sauce.
Do not insist on serving boiled ham after it is eaten to scraps. Chop the scraps and form croquettes or mix with creamed eggs baked in a pudding dish. Offer ham sandwiches with mayonnaise, chopped lettuce, and sweet pickles for lunch.
Instructions describe mixing with lemon and two tablespoons of cinnamon, forming dough into rings, placing on a pan, sprinkling with sugar, and baking in a hot oven. The text outlines rolling dough pieces lightly, joining ends to create rings, then baking.
When baking apples baste them often with their own juices. This technique is essential for achieving moist, flavorful fruit similar to basting a roast.
A small girl named Mary loses a neighbor boy to a streetcar accident that shatters a town. In grief she utters a childlike hope to die from a disease rather than a terrible injury, as parents mourn the loss.
A Tipton Iowa man, Hale Bordwell, aged 55, describes relief from a severe lifelong eczema after eight months using Cuthura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills. He says the condition caused red and white boils and great pain but he is now cured, with endorsement from Nelson R. Burnett.
Cloverport Kentucky police judge J H Wills endorses Dean's Kidney Pills and invites inquiries from sufferers promising to answer questions. The ad notes price and availability from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and claims the remedy aids kidney disorders backache and related ailments.
A simple cold treatment combines two ounces glycerine with half a pint of whiskey and half an ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Dayton Ohio. Sold in half ounce vials in tin screw top cases. Used in teaspoon to tablespoon doses four times daily with shaking before each use.
A market poultryman and friend joke about a St Patrick rooster. The exchange twists on the bird lacking lungs and fungs with a wry line about judgment by association, ending with a proverb about choosing company.
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