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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
4
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures stomach and kidney issues with a money back guarantee if not cured. It promotes a one dollar bottle, emphasizes safety and long testing, and invites readers to request a free sample and personalized medical advice from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
In Philadelphia two messenger boys meet by Broad and Chestnut streets. One speeds along Broad Street, while the other walks from the Western Union office reading a dime novel. The slow boy exclaims, What’s the matter, Ain't yer workin? in astonishment.
In Washington Post style quotes, a North South exchange recalls the South being solid. A bishop tweaks the northern observer by likening frozen lakes to solid South, while a transit remark about a passenger with a flat wheel adds humor. The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily News also provide punchlines about Paul Revere and a flat wheel.
A customer testifies to recovering from lifelong digestive trouble after switching to Grape-Nuts and cream. The speaker credits improved health, weight gain, and sustained energy to this easily digested cereal, noting daily use for years. The advertisement ends by naming Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Waldo, manager of a sugar beet factory, is charmed by Myra Cole a 19 year old "kindergarten" weed worker. He discovers she wrote a Times piece about the field trip under an alias. Myra confesses she hid her identity to help her friend Laura Hayden.
A speaker recalls a hapless romantic episode exposed in court as letters were read aloud. Laughter broke out as a woman won three thousand in the legal dispute, her ribbons blue securing victory while the writer could not contest the outcome. The note warns Prince L Envol to beware of such public scrutiny and its consequences.
Salt Lake City's weekly birth report broke records with 49 births in seven days, averaging seven per day over three consecutive weeks. Clerk M. L. Brothers notes the city has the largest birth rate of any US city, citing Pueblo, California, where a month produced 50 births. The week included 25 boys and 24 girls.
A tiny brown ant, found by botanist O F Cook in Guatemala, is hailed as a powerful ally against the boll weevil. The insect hunts in five-member patrols, uses venom to paralyze the pest, and is expected to safeguard cotton crops without eating fiber. The discovery, showcased at the World’s Fair, positions this ant as a potentially world changing ally for southern cotton farmers.
The text describes ants detecting boil weevils and organizing a one ant to one weevil combat. An ant signals others and the squad engages swiftly. The ant clamps the weevil with mandibles and targets the thorax abdomen joint to expose the flesh. The narrative extols tactical precision.
A concise farming note stresses daily careful feeding and attentive hog care from birth to market. It argues that consistent daily effort, warm winter housing, cool summer conditions, and vigilant disease prevention maximize profits, and that intelligent planning outperforms mere hard labor.
The Cor. Epitomist argues that a farmer's careful yearly plan rivals invention in importance. With a complex economy, success hinges on high level intelligence of the masses, and education in business and agriculture, not just schools, broadens the mind for mature growth.
Dr. Speight urges a cotton seed oil mill per thousand bales. Cassava yields starch for hogs cattle and starch factories. Learn your own and neighbor’s business to profit. Pigs need clean water year round. Illinois farmer shreds a crop at low cost. fodder yield estimated at three tons per acre. Proper poultry care matters for pure breeds. Stable feeding maximizes dairy cow output. Farming can be pleasant and profitable with intelligent methods and updated tools. Roost designs vary by bird size for comfort.
The article cites Kaiser portraits and posed stamps, the late Count von Waldersee’s order sale for veterans, a joke about the Kaiser’s painter, flag etiquette at a royal birthday, a bronze cannon crown for King Peter of Servia, Ex-Queen Isabella’s decline after Cuba, and Grassi Rovelli on houseflies spreading tapeworm larvae to chickens.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered severe kidney disease and fatigue before reading of Dodd's Kidney Pills in a newspaper. After taking two boxes he recovered enough to work full days, claiming he could not walk before using the remedy and praising the treatment as a remarkable Chippewa County case.
A dialogue notes children well educated in swimming cycling tennis bookkeeping shorthand typing and moderate drinking. A question asks if they are boys or girls. The excerpt references new campaigns for Russia and Japan and recalls Boer War parlor strategists crossing Tugela. It ends with a Confederate display at Nashville and a medical note on kissing germs from the New York Medical Journal.
Allen's Foot-Ease is a remedy for sore feet including sore sweaty feet callus and swelling. Sold by all druggists price 25c trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept any substitute.
The ad touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claiming permanent relief after one day of use and offers a free two trial battle and treatise from Dr. Kline at 931 Arch St Philo Pa. It includes multiple stray quotes and references to various papers and opinions.
Illustrator Masfield Parrish recalls a lonely Vermont farm with a barren landscape he stayed at while visiting New York. A quiet exchange with the farmer reveals mutual isolation, as Parrish notes newspapers scarcely reach the remote area and locals hear little from New York.
A provocative letter from Campton Coneier mocks the city’s so called Four Hondred, accusing them of lowering social standards and urging a return to level headedness and better taste. The writer vows to scorch their lines and wake them from arrogance.
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