University of Mississippi appeals for urgent funding needs
A 1920 legislative appeal outlines dire campus conditions at the University of Mississippi. It cites aging dormitories, cramped rooms, unsafe laboratories, and missing classrooms, calling for a substantial state support increase to fund dorms, a chemistry building, a gym, repair funds, and improved library and lab facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Mississippi
Lyceum
Peabody Education
University
School of Medicine
of Pharmacy
College of Liberal Arts
Law Library
United States
Department of Hygiene
Taylor
Ricks
Mississippi
Prickly Ash Bitters Sold For Kidney Remedies
An advertisement urges immediate use of Prickly Ash Bitters for back ache and kidney disease. It calls the product an effective kidney remedy and system regulator, priced at $1.25 per bottle, offered by R. R. Chilton & Co. Special Agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Chilton & Co
State University Aims for Equal standing with other states
The statement outlines the university’s current status and goals to develop Mississippi’s State University to a level equal to universities in other states. Chancellor J. N. Powers presents the university’s present conditions and ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
J. N. Powers
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and Reward Offer
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh across all states. It claims internal action through the blood or mucous surfaces, promises constitutional recovery, and offers 100 dollars to any case it cannot cure. Send testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. price 75 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Heil
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
al! Druggist
Cram! Cram! Cram Excerpt Memorandum
A student’s exam cram refrain echoes through a dated note Sept 22. The verse pleads for mental stamina against a sea of dates and works, seeking to remember only after the exams.
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Thomas Hood
Depths and Shallows
Poetic fragment notes griefs unveil quiet depths in hidden streams. It contrasts loud claims with silent waters and hints at unseen depths beneath calm surfaces.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Highlights Genuine Medicine
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. It mentions use for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism and notes handy tins of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
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Bayer
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L. E. Oldham
Rowland Drug Co
L. C. Hutton
Tate’s Store
Oxford
Miss
Geo. M. Knight
G. A. Fuller
Oxford, Miss
Harry M. Bryan
J. G. Woolverton
Justice OF the Peace
Court House
The
Eagle
P. B. Furr
J. T. Crawley
Univer
Sity
Doren
Wilson’s Cash Grocery
Herrick
Patton & Taylor
New Victor Records
Victor
Isle of Golden Dreams
Miami Shore
Selvin
Novelty Orchestra
All Star Trio
Jos. C. Smith
Jos
C. Smith
van Eps
Vieni Sul Mar
Over the Sea
Vernon Dalhart
John Steel
Billy Murry
Elizabeth Spencer-Chas. Hart
Chas. Hart
Elliott Shaw
Mennett
Caruso
Jascha Heifetz
Louise Homer
Edward Johnson
Hans Kindler
Fritz Kreisler
Schumann-Heink
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. Y
West Side Square
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