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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
4
A brief Town Topics vignette follows Chub and Betty as Chub visits after a hasty marriage. Betty probes the truth of his bride Harriet while revealing her own heartbreak and Chub's stubborn pride before departing with a final mix of irony and rueful emotion.
Britain debates curbing barmaids as temperance forces gain momentum with Glasgow launching a campaign to oust barmaids from inns and pubs. Supporters argue the drive could spread to England, where about 120000 barmaids work including 7000 in London, while innkeepers value barmaids as profitable draw.
Rev. John L. Scudder of the First Congregational Church, a noted athlete, calls for coeducation with athletic programs for girls. He argues early sports cultivate gentleness in boys and courage in girls, praising the girl who can climb a fence row a boat and handle a fish without aid and who prefers hearty meals to pastry.
A London Globe note recounts a butcher describing a man who had just left his shop as a thorough gentleman. The joke hinges on the idea that the man does not go up to London every day, highlighting a sly urbanity.
In a Philadelphia hotel corridor William Pruette and other married men discuss servants. He recounts Maggie who cared for him and Mrs. Pruette in New York years ago leaving after a telegram said the mother was dying. A week later a letter says Maggie will return when possible.
Isabel laments self doubt after a modest ascent in her art career as older peers tire and quit, while Clara encourages her in the Detroit Free Press excerpt.
Atchison Globe suggests a humorous training program that acknowledges everyday objects like the dish pan and wood box as part of a practical physical fitness routine. The light tone emphasizes practical humor in daily chores.
Eugenie Buffet, once a grand opera contralto and Yvette Gilbert rival, returns to charity singing to raise funds for a home for street Arabs of both sexes. Her street performances draw heavy crowds and high receipts, nearly 6000 francs in a single day, with coins ringing from windows as carriages stop to applaud.
The piece cites Pearson's Weekly on how pork leads to pessimism, beef builds strength and audacity, mutton causes melancholia, veal reduces energy, eggs and milk improve health in women, butter induces laziness, apples aid brain work, and potatoes dull the mind when overused. Mustard is praised for memory preservation with age.
In the Revue Scientifique essay by M. Frantz Glenard, the corset is defended on esthetic grounds arguing that clothing serves adornment as much as modesty. He claims esthetics and hygiene can align in corsetry and that corsets may aid certain maladies, contrasting male rigidity with female suppleness and fascination.
A New York Sun report describes a Parisian method to whiten hair quickly using a bath of washing blue diluted with water. Repeating the treatment as needed reportedly removes yellow tones, turning hair quite white in a short period.
Kaiser Wilhelm’s sister Sophia, wife of Constantine of Greece, is described as English-German royalty with strong literary ambitions. She admires Queen Olga, shares in royal triumphs, and is reportedly writing a book, hoping to join the ranks of studious queens as Sophia the literary.
Hiccoughs of three years were stopped at Bellevue hospital New York City by tying a cord around the waist. Miss Sarah Blockson a young Russian girl paused the spasms after ten minutes the cord was removed and she was declared cured. The cure proved convincing to onlookers.
The piece argues farmers overcropping and underpreparing waste effort. It cites continued soil restoration, warns against selling or burning wheat straw, and favors thorough fall plowing, proper timing, and keeping fields small with improved implements. It underscores profit from smaller, better managed plots and higher soil fertility through rotation.
The text argues a farmer should keep enough livestock to consume meadow hay and fodder, keep pasture acreage for pasturage, and notes wheat crops often fail due to seed bed and seed costs. It recommends returning phosphoric acid and potash to the soil when selling wheat, using clover to replace nitrogen, and suggests feeding bran to balance nutrients.
A poultry section describes pit game hens defending chicks against cats dogs and hawks, praising their courage and motherhood. It also advises hog producers sowing barley and rye for extended hog pasture, with barley as a high quality feed and timing for weaning and pasturing through seasons.
A series of observations on livestock care and farming practice. It discusses testing dairy cows for profitability, grass height comparisons in England, humane horse treatment, and fodder strategies. It also covers farm labor costs in the south, feed crops like sorghum and cow-peas, and the heat tolerance of hogs and other livestock.
A humorous dialogue mocks early car culture. A pedestrian asks about the automobile, debate centers on its deadly potential, chauffeur as driver, police action, and fines. The snappy exchange notes speeds around 50 mph and the wealth of the chauffeur.
A London News quip about a professor better at Greek than golf spurs an old Atchison item. A local woman’s gold embossed initials N S B on stationery are explained as meaning No Spare Bedroces, a joke circulated among friends and noted by the Atchison Globe.
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- Ease. A certain cure for swollen, aching feet. Trial package free. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York. Druggists sell this remedy with no substitute.
A Chicago Journal caption notes a child named Johnnie denying laughter as his face slips during a moment with a teacher. The playful scene captures a parent's concern and a classroom mishap.
A compendium of quoted lines highlights medical remedies and social quips. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents are cited with a pun about Folly being feminine in a Indianapolis News remark. Piso's Cure pitched by N W Samuel from Ocean Grove, and a Chicago Tribune quip on a dirty greenback end with Havergal’s note.
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