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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
4
Ruth Clark recalls a playful social scene involving romance and a staged sketch. The verses mention Ole Miss, a kiss causing a stir at an event, and references to medical items like Vicks and an emergency hospital.
A collection of playful verses and quips notes in a historical paper. Authors Vester Mattox M E Ramey and V V V contribute lines about leap year flirtations and a cheeky complaint to professors on exams. The tone is light and humorous reflecting period social mores.
A fragment quotes Onie Pebles remarking that anger lingers after death and that knowledge can starve while lawyers prosper. It cites a non spilling pitcher and a generic critique of legal greed, framed as a wry moral about wills.
A poem excerpt notes Lester visiting Grace and pressing her, leading Grace to slap him on the face in a brief, light verse with a playful tone.
A verse by Eva May Hoggatt mocks hygiene with playful lines about phagocytosis metamorphosis and freshman mischief, preferring to distance from cleanliness and the school’s Rites and routines.
A fragmentary verse references a man named Jones who visited Stella and discovers bones in a cellar, attributed to W. V.
A collection of playful limericks and rhymes with names Creekmore and Maude. The verses sketch humorous scenes about medical students and a bald freshman in a moonlit setting.
A fragment suggests a figure who visited more often, avoided publicity, and departed on off nights, leaving a lingering sense of intrigue about his identity and pattern. The lines hint at a final appearance by an elusive individual identified by initials M. O. P.
A brief reflective line urging authenticity and self adherence. The text emphasizes being true to one’s beliefs without pretense. It centers on personal integrity and steadfastness to inner values.
A reflective monologue urges steadfast integrity and self discipline. It condemns deceit, exploitation, and gossip while praising frugality, courage, and kindness. The speaker aspires to honest poverty, temperate living, and personal responsibility toward family and future dignity.
For sick headache backache heart burn nervous weakness and constipation Prickly Ash Bitters is the remedy men use. It purifies the bowels tones the stomach clears the brain sweetens the breath restores energy and cheerfulness. Price 1.25 per bottle. R R Chilton Co Special Agents.
A friend shares a compact meditation urging simple truths. It asks to align daily life with honesty and fairness, seeking a clear conscience and humane conduct toward others while earning one’s livelihood.
Advertisement for Herbine claiming quick relief for biliousness and constipation. Mentions price 60 cents and seller A. H. Kendel.
A short meditation on boasting of having no enemies and the value of foes in duty. The unnamed poem argues that resisting wrong calls forth opposition, and that worthy struggles create enemies who testify to steadfast faith and principle.
The YWCA of the USA postpones its spring 1918 national convention to April 13 20 in Cleveland to reduce expense and travel during the war. About 2000 delegates are expected from all departments with sessions in churches and city venues. Key issues include student membership basis and charter membership for the Chicago YWCA.
Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr chairs the National Educational Campaign Committee for the 1920 World Service Program of the Y W C A. The drive seeks 35000000 to fund work in 1920 across the United States Europe Asia and the Americas with the World Service Program aiming at 4500000 total and 1500000 already raised. The campaign runs February 22 to 29 known as Y W C A Week with the Federal Council of Churches to designate a Sunday for ministers to speak on women's conditions.
Miss Mabel Head of the National Y W C A outlines worldwide plans to expand service for women. Citizenship forums will be organized in small communities and national reading courses made available. Thirty nine Y W C A secretaries travel county to county assisting girls with social, educational and religious activities and coordinating with Department of Agriculture home economics work.
Fifty two U S Y W C A town secretaries lead recreation work for girls and the community in small towns. They use one room or more, with a recreation room, kitchen, reading and writing rooms, and may use a dedicated building as a community center for women’s organizations.
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