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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
4
A collage of trade ads for roofing materials and garden supplies sits beside quips and short anecdotes. The piece includes mentions of Pidgeon-Thomas Irones in Emphis Tennessee and various light moral tales about malaria prevention and social manners.
A surgeon describes prolonged insomnia indigestion and nervousness caused by coffee and caffeine. He claims quitting coffee restored his health and steadiness, promoting Postum as a convenient alternative available in instant form and sold by grocers.
A vintage recipe collection features Prune and Pecan Nut Salad with olive oil and lemon, Apple and Date Salad with dates and oil, Pineapple Salad with celery and Brazil nuts, Oranges on watercress with French dressing, and Tomato and Nut Salad with walnuts. Each directs preparation steps, serving suggestions, and garnish ideas for luncheons or roasts.
Slice meat to an inch thick and dredge both sides with seasoned flour. Pound into the meat with a plate edge, then let rest an hour. When ready, simmer in water for two hours in a covered kettle. Serve for a melt in your mouth result with a thick floury gravy.
A sermon outlines the Communion as a historical act, a personal faith event, and a prophetic pledge. It links Jesus death to remission of sins, recalls memory through the memorial table, and urges longing for Christ's second coming with comforting verses and personal reflection.
Cut one inch beef cubes from roast and simmer in water with half an onion for an hour. Thicken gravy with flour and cold water, season. Parboil quarter inch potato slices, then layer in buttered dish with crust. Bake hot, vent crust deeply. A practical use for scraps.
A reader from Modern Priscilla describes to crochet torefoot stockings by joining foot and leg with a short stitch using slicky cotton. The method lets edges meet with a loose fit to avoid seams and ankle discomfort. The technique prevents ripping sewing and cracking threads during wear. The cracker stretches with the stocking.
A mold is layered with water ice then vanilla ice cream to a thick base. Add a pint of frozen fruit such as peaches or apricots, fill with ice cream, seal, and chill two to three hours. To unmold, warm the exterior and invert onto a dish, dust with macaroon powder, and serve.
After repeated laundering flannels turn yellow. Soak 2 or 3 hours in a mix of soap borax and carbonate of ammonia. Dissolve ingredients in five gallons of soft water. Boil the soap in water until dissolved, then add the rest of the mixture to soak.
Simple home remedy suggests cleaning pillows with ree root a horsebrush and hot suds. Dampen rub soil spots with soap rub vigorously rinse and hang pillows to dry in the sun.
A simple maintenance tip advises placing a few drops of oil into the umbrella top notch about once a month. This prevents rib ends from rusting and doubles the umbrella’s life.
Roll cream cheese into small balls and insert an almond and a red pepper in each. Coat with olive oil and store until needed. The outer surface may be rubbed with onion to enhance flavor.
Recipe fragment lists seven eggs two cups flour two cups powdered sugar one half cup boiling water and grated lemon peel. Instructions mention beating white eggs separately and baking in a medium oven.
A compilation of aphorisms notes the value of patience kindness humility and everyday neighborly aid. It contrasts modest quiet conduct with public ambition and suggests appearances influence lending and borrowing dynamics.
A medieval style recipe explains preparing a truffled turkey with meat truffles, fat bacon, and force meat. It instructs stuffing a freshly killed hen turkey, letting it rest five days, basting with fat bacon and buttered paper, and serving without sauces or with bread sauce as an optional accompaniment.
Alcohol removes grass stains from cloth. A pinch of soda in apple sauce helps. Do not leave butter or milk uncovered in the fridge. Hang woolens to dry to avoid shrinking. Velvet hats stay conditioned by brushing then wiping with black stocking. Remove medicine stains from spoons with sulfuric acid and soapsuds. Cornstarch in desserts requires more sugar and salt. Turpentine removes fresh paint stains. soften old stains with butter then benzine. Turpentine can leave a mark.
Soak a small firm cabbage in cold water then salted water for 30 minutes. Core and hollow the center, chop removed portion with fried ham or salt pork, mix with bread crumbs, return to cabbage, bake in a pan with stock from boiled corned beef for an hour. Uncover, top with crumbs and butter, and brown.
Combine one pint flour one teaspoon sugar a saltspoon salt and baking powder. Stir in one egg beaten with one cup and a quarter milk. Fold in two cups cold boiled rice and heat until smooth. Cook on a greased hot griddle as large thin cakes until browned. Serve with maple sirup honey or thick fruit sirup.
A kitchen note describes making a white sauce with grated cheese, folding in canned corn, and combining with beaten egg yolks and stiff whites. The mixture is seasoned with salt and pepper and baked in a buttered dish in a moderate oven for about thirty minutes.
Parboil a chicken. cut into pieces and place in a deep dish. Top with one pint of oysters, two chopped hard boiled eggs, a tablespoon butter, some celery, salt, cayenne, and milk. Cover with a pastry and bake forty minutes in a moderate oven.
A historical note describes a simple omelet technique using one egg per person with one tablespoon milk and a pinch of salt. Yolks and whites are mixed at the last moment, cooking starts on the stove then finishes in the oven to medium doneness before folding.
Instructions describe Yorkshire pudding with eggs milk and flour baked then cut into dice to serve with roast. Mutton chops are simmered two hours in milk with onion pepper salt and a touch of flour to thicken.
Break half a pound of macaroni into pieces and boil until tender in salted water. Make a white sauce with butter flour milk, mix with macaroni and finely chopped cold boiled ham seasoned with mustard and red pepper. Beat an egg in, bake in a buttered dish, topped with bread crumbs and grated cheese for about half an hour until golden.
Dialogues reveal a student learning football signals at college while a parent questions secrecy. An ad warns Oxidine as a malaria remedy with years of experience and a medical chest guidance. A family member questions an informer in the household amid a baby’s squealing remark.
Fragmentary ad copy promises relief for new shoes with a powder named Aftiseptic. It references a sample offer and a free address in LeRoy New York, urging readers to try it to ease discomfort.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip defines a pessimist as a man who brings an umbrella to a ball game, using humor to contrast gloom with sports spectator life.
A Baltimore woman recalls a five month battle with blistering facial sores spreading to neck and back. After failed home remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment samples, then full treatment, reporting complete cure. Other items note a store sock request and a malaria claim for Oxidine.
Don Bernardo de Galvez seeks royal aid for Missouri settlers along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers asking for negro slaves on credit to cultivate flax and hemp. EB. B. Going of Osawagomie quips that a governor away would miss his chores and local improvements continue, as noted by the Kansasity Journal.
Lawrence editor J Bowersock recalls Ike the Dutchman story about Decoration Day. The Dutchman confused the tradition and asks if there is a grave to decorate, replying that graves not dead yet should not be decorated, reflecting a humorous take on the holiday.
Mrs Oldcastle questions Thucydides as Mrs Gottalotte admits they never had any. Josiah claims they’re only good fresh, grocer rarely has them, only canned varieties available.
A customer complains to a coal dealer about paying fifty cents for a load, double the prior quarter charge, while the clerk explains the price has risen because coal has risen in value. The exchange highlights cost pressures in a busy port trade.
Coyne quotes a line on character and love while musing on health and appetite. The fragment references marine, ultramarine, and the idea that the microbe of love is tested by suspicion, with a stray note urging daily apples for health.
The piece explains kidneys as blood filters removing waste daily and links partial filtration to poor health. It cites back pain restless nights headaches and fatigue as kidney symptoms and promotes "Dean's Kidney Pills" as a quick non addictive remedy without harmful aftereffects.
A collage of anecdotes and ads includes Doan's Kidney Pills sold by Foster Mibum Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents, plus humorous vignettes from Harper's Weekly and Judge about everyday misadventures including gas shortages, late trains, and a tale of a bean sprout growing from a head in San Bernardino.
Mr. Chas W. Miller of Washington D C testifies that Bebek partition helped recover from a bad fever and malaria. He urges others to try Bebek priced 50 cents through Stuggiste or Kloczewski & Co. in Washington D C.
A speaker jests about guiding a son to tell a lie or truth as a joke. The exchange questions whether the parent intends the child to emulate strong moral examples or historical figures.
The fragment mentions a drive aimed at a group called Sistas ta Ghee and an alien presence. Limited readable details suggest a local event or program naming. No dates or organizations are clearly identified in the surviving text.
A jumbled text fragment references a hunter who shoots and claims self defense. It mentions denial of error, travel back, and scattered phrases about danger in domestic life, malaria and train experiences. The passage remains unclear and disjointed.
In Indiana a farmer and his daughter discuss a personals item about Mrs Willie Morritts nee Black. The daughter explains nee means born and says the old editor will be told. The interchange shows local concerns over French terms in a country newspaper.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a slangy definition: a freethinker is any man who isn't married. The remark is attributed to a speaker named Tommy-Pop in a colloquial exchange.
A fragment advertising Cabtorla Castoria claims it is a safe remedy for infants and children and bears a long signatory claim. It includes dialog about age and judge remarks, plus a reference to Oxidine and druggists. The text comments on human nature and mentions a common complaint about pure cussedness.
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