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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1915
Page
4
A Philadelphia North American dispatch describes residents improvising warm water and cooking methods using crevices and earth heated by fire districts. A woman bakes potatoes in a backyard crevice and a Cam sad street man heats water by burying lead pipe in warm soil to supply his home even in zero weather.
A card club incident ends with a witty exchange about a woman’s past job. After two failed attempts to add a score, the third woman asks if the other was a bookkeeper or a teacher before marriage. The reply is that she was “merely educated.”
Advertisement claims Cascarets relieve biliousness headache and foul breath by cleansing the liver and bowels overnight. It promises a clear head and sweet stomach by morning with a simple morning regimen.
An article reviews German wartime devices such as invisible antennae in aircraft for signaling and an airgun to eject bombs, along with wireless gear and exhaust puff signaling. It notes the Krupp ruminating projectile with magnesium bodies and parachutes illuminating the ground briefly.
The speaker argues that moral codes were created by flawed humans not to guide to heaven but to govern others. He notes wide gaps in knowledge yet little variance in goodness or rascality among people, implying universal moral potential and flaw.
Mr. Y is praised as thrifty in a town note. After two family members fell ill and recovered, he returned unused medicine to the doctor and asked for credit, arguing the doctor could reuse it while he could not. The anecdote highlights frugal behavior and thrift in local life.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line notes that money cannot repair past neighborly bonds. The speaker recalls Mrs Stiggins, once a next door neighbor, and remarks that money cannot erase the early days of their shared history.
Consul Hunter Sharp reports Ireland's 1914 wheat output totaling 754,154 hundredweight of grain and 19,081,961 hundredweight of barley. The record contains a garbled final figure likely meant for barley or oats, indicating handling or transcription errors in the source.
An old advertisement touts Resinol soap and Resinol ointment as doctors recommended for years. It promises rapid relief from raw itchy scaly skin and claims nationwide druggists sell both products at the listed prices.
Gladys Lenoir of Magnolia drank carbolic acid beside her mother's grave after being rebuked by her father over attention from a suitor. Despondency driven by perceived coldness from her father preceded the tragedy, shocking the community and ending a young woman's life.
Senatobia premiums for 1914 yields awarded by Superintendent of Education G R Allen. Richard Blewiss of Senatobia High School won first prize of 25 dollars with 96.3 bushels per acre. S C Liles of Loozahboma School earned second prize 15 dollars, with 58. bushels per acre. Frank Porter of Singleton Springs School took third prize 10 dollars with 93.75 bushels per acre.
Mrs. Levitan a Houston Miss immigrant from New York died from injuries after she slipped from the front gallery of her husband E Levitan’s store and fell about 20 feet to the steps below. Eyewitnesses were absent and the husband found her unconscious moments later.
A rear fire at H. B. Jacobs & Co. on Grenada's public square nearly destroyed the stock. The Jacobs family, upstairs, escaped as Mrs. Jacobs jumped to a lower roof and then to the ground. FiremenContainment and loss pegged at about 12000 with 7000 insurance discussed by Meridian board of trade directors.
A brief notice reports that the cotton crop of 1914 is nearly all seid. It notes harvest progress and implications for market supply, with emphasis on regional conditions and anticipated yields.
A special order built in New York arrives in caricad lots near Rosedale for transfer to Hillhouse to start levee construction. The machine and physician are involved. Dr. F. P. Love refuses to discuss the Morgan City Mississippi murder case of J. S. Carmichael as he appears here.
A factory dyeing chief recounts a near fatal accident in a silk boiling vat. Stranded on a bale of silk as the water rose, he urged coworkers to cut the feed pipe and drain the vat. They arrived just in time to release him, and he fainted when the silk settled at the bottom.
The article recalls the first ceremonial cremations in the United States. Dr. Julius Le Moyne led the first cremation in 1888 in Washington Pennsylvania of Baron de Palm. The spring following saw Mrs. Benjamin Pitman cremated in Cincinnati.
A humorous note about the appointment of the Russian emperor as colonel in chief of the Scots Greys, recalled by an officer who served in the Crimea. An enlisted man asked if the emperor would be able to keep salary positions, reflecting the light tone of the anecdote.
A popular beverage among Russia's poor is quass. made by soaking rye or barley meal in warm water to ferment into a very sour liquor.
New York state stood out in the economy drive as it adopted by-product ovens that save gaz tar and ammonia. Although not in coal country, New York pioneered these techniques, showing regional innovation in industrial efficiency.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy for liver and bowels, contrasting it with calomel's mercury content and harmful effects. It promises quick relief from sluggish liver, constipated waste, and sour bile, claiming it will keep a family well for months and is child friendly.
A mother recalls weathering post Civil War hard times by thrift. She mentions using salt bags to make undergarments for five daughters, sewing skirts from own dresses, and boys in cheap suits. Calico dresses and shared hardship kept spirits up as they endured high prices from European conflict.
An old advertisement claims a glass of Jad Salts and increased water intake will cleanse kidneys, relieve backache, and stop bladder irritation. It describes the product as a lithia-based effervescent from grape and lemon acids and urges daily use before breakfast for several days.
Fragmentary text notes a woman clinging to old customs as she keeps making a collection of pictures. The passage hints at nostalgia and domestic habits without clear events or dates.
An advertisement warns that falling hair signals neglected scalp and dandruff. It argues dandruff harms hair roots and urges buying Knowlton's Danderine, claiming 25 cent bottles restore luster, add wave and gloss, and reveal new fine hair after weeks of use.
Brunei, a Venice like capital in Borneo, rises on slender Nibong piles over the Limbang. The city features skilled brass workers and Brunei women weaving cloth with some rice cultivation nearby. In the early 1800s Brunei hosted Borneo pirates and served as a slave trade market.
A fragmentary prophecy cites Ese Kiel passages describing a basest kingdom humbled by divine will. The text contrasts ancient Egypt as once mighty and wealthy with a future decline and fear cast over lands, mentioning England and nations in turmoil.
A clergyman preaching in a country church finds the congregation attentive and tells the verger after service. The verger replies that they were waiting for him to disappear because the pulpit is rotten and has not been preached in this temper year or more.
A Boston Evening Transcript note records a local dispute over a neighbor’s dog. Mrs Naybor Tour insists her house is off limits and warns the dog will not be allowed inside again, as a caller names Marcy in the quarrel.
A young rebel resists school as Grandma tries to soften him. He declares he cannot read write draw or sing and questions the value of attending, highlighting his stubborn stance and desire for independence.
A collection of notes on LaGrippe cures with 2i price in ads, then a Tudor feast description with pastries hiding children, and a London Chronicle anecdote about Louis XVIII and spy payments. The tale includes Duc de Blacas supplying reports and a joke about shared earnings for spies.
The line suggests that when a participant acts cheerfully after a setback, it often indicates the goal to recover and try again. The behavior is interpreted as a strategic move toward regaining status or position.
A 19th or early 20th century item notes Michigan’s antiprofanity law labeling it a misdemeanor to swear in the presence of a woman while allowing a man to sneer at their presentation, reflecting period legal language and social norms.
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