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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
4
A mix of old advertisements and snippets discusses Castoria for infants noting a 30 year signature, while locals debate a new telephone line, skirt fashion talk, and malaria remedies including Eliatr Babe. The fragment mentions Middleton Four Mile Run and a postal offer from Washington DC.
In Ancasters city, two cottage owners clashed over crowing roosters. One boy’s pet bird woke neighbors from 2 a.m. daily, prompting a rival purchase. A morning crowing contest ended with both cottages sharing a chicken dinner as a peaceful conclusion.
A health campaign urges destruction of flies as a major step to reduce infant mortality. It calls for screens in babies rooms and beds, removal of breeding places, and thorough cleaning of stables and livery barns, citing carriers of infant paralysis and city efforts in Seattle and Indianapolis.
A girl recalls her mother’s nervous headaches and coffee habit and describes switching to Postum. Headaches disappeared after the change. The ad promotes Regular Postum and Instant Postum as boil-required and ready-to-make beverages with brewing tips and testimonials.
A collection of cheese centered dishes including Pimola and olive pimento salad, spiced cheese salad with egg yolk and olive oil, cheese balls fried in bread crumbs, cheese fritters with ham, cheese and rice bake, and cream toast with cheese. Also notes on a dense buttered cake dough and baking times.
A recipe snippet describes Lemon Jelly using lem on juice and grated peel, sugar, gelatine soaked in water, two glasses of wine, and boiling water. Mix sugar and lemon, add gelatine, rest, then stir in boiling water, strain, add wine, strain again, and pour into mould.
Instructions mix butter and sugar then cream add eggs and sifted baking powder with flour gradually add milk alternating with flour fold in chopped fruit and nuts dredged with flour bake until done yielding a rich pastry mix from early kitchen notes.
A recipe describes sealing a pint of milk with a sealdome then mixing one and a half teaspoonfuls grated chocolate and one teaspoonful of cigar with a desert spoon of cold milk. Cook in a double boiler until slightly thickened then stir in a well beaten egg remove from heat and stand over hot water. Flavor with vanilla.
Cut inch slices of bread, crusts removed, dip in pineapple fritter batter, cover evenly, and fry in deep fat. Drain on paper, dust with confectioners sugar, stack on a hot plate, and serve with preserved or cooked fruit.
A fragment describes a bake with two cages bread four two teaspoons butter one cup milk four teaspoons baking powder one quarter teaspoon salt and four oranges. Cut the oranges, mix with pineapple, sweeten, rest an hour, then combine with other ingredients.
The article offers do it yourself recipes such as mixing one half pound of potash with water and doses of beeswax to finish waxed surfaces, and using a teaspoon of ammonia in a cup of water to clean gold or silver jewelry. It notes applying cleaner to a diamond’s underside to brighten it quickly.
A sermon stressing that godliness yields present benefits beyond the future. It argues bodily discipline profits little without godliness and urges Timothy to pursue true piety, honesty, wisdom, and obedience to Christ as life prosperity follows from character.
A Confederate veteran asserts federal rules banning old battle flags from the Gettysburg reunion are wise. He recalls a Chattanooga fight where the color bearer fell saving the flag, and a dozen men risked death to retrieve it.
F L Woodruff named Superintendent of the Memphis Division for Cumberland Telephone Company after twenty years with Southern Bell in Alabama and other posts. He aims to develop the territory, improve offices, and maintain high efficiency while engaging the public. Born in Virginia, he is described as personable and businesslike.
A testimonial from Mrs Samantha Wratier of Athens Texas claims Pinkham's Vegetab le Compound relieved long standing diseases. The letter notes improvements and younger feeling after using the remedy and references three years of use among suffering women.
A tramp sits on a back door step eating breakfast while a hired maid glares curiously. The tramp asks about her interest and is teased about a drowned millionaire. An East End party tale follows with a college girl quip and a general remark that many women in love are really jealous.
A fragmented ad touts a tonic labeled Quinine and Sbow as the most effectual general tonic. It mentions Brom Quinine and urges readers to seek E W Grove signature or mark for authenticity.
A lively exchange unfolds as a woman questions a man about facial pits. He reveals the marks are from a beauty procedure to keep his face from skidding at a watermelon event. The discussion shifts to his work absence and pain timing.
A Baltimore reader recalls a skin disease that disfigured the face and spread to the neck and back, worsened by contact. Cure comes after using Cutaura products, then a courtroom scene shows a comic overspeeding fine dispute ending with a humorous exchange.
Mr McWade reflects on the lack of a perfect place as a domestic scene unfolds, highlighting a homespun tea time mood in the middle west.
Edgar Forbes writes a satirical piece blaming old John Burns as constable for failed gun enforcement during the Gettysburg era. He accuses a shoe-store owner linked with generals Hooker and Meade of triggering the battle while a brigade of oxen and other townsfolk undermine local ordinances on firearms.
A household word across the South Bond's Pills are praised for curing headaches biliousness constipation malaria and similar ills. The ad emphasizes merit over cheapness and reveals a humorous scene of a tow-headed boy being interviewed for a job who jokes about smoking after work hours.
A collage of sensational cure claims for Dr Pors antiseptic healing oil and malaria tonics mixes with slice-of-life jokes about politics, romance, and social foibles. The page blends comic dialogue about a Mobile engagement, barber politics, a failed novel, teething remedies, and marital digs, all presented in a bygone newspaper voice.
A chatty young person asks an actor about a latest play titled Second-Handed and Damaged Goods. An ad for Allen’s Foot-Ease follows, promising relief for sore feet. A joke about a wife’s dress buttons ends with a comic punchline about counting while buttoning.
A blue and white ceramic basket shaped dish with a water-filled bottom and an egg tray holds six cups, designed to keep eggs hot for a long time. Costing 150 dollars, it suits blue and white table settings and serves as a warming vessel for eggs.
The cucumber pickling vinegar should be saved for salad dressing as it preserves flavor not found elsewhere. The result is delicious and unique to this method.
A wry remark notes that Roman games always satisfied after the crowd acted as the umpire, implying public opinion shaped outcomes. The quote frames collective judging as the decisive factor in sports spectacle.
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