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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm with a money back guarantee if not cured. It claims safety, botanical ingredients, and relief for weak kidneys and stomachs, offering $1 per bottle and free medical advice via mail from the Blood Balm Co. Atlanta.
A man who observed an experiment notes the device may not travel as far as others yet claims it is safer. The inventor responds that safety outweighs speed, defending the machine's prudent design as a priority over reckless motion.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to cure painful swollen feet and friction from new shoes. The text claims relief for sore toes with a free offer and lists a vague address.
Witty exchange between spouses about truth leaking out, illustrating marital foibles. The quip pairs a habitual excuse maker with a skeptical partner, reflecting lighthearted domestic satire from a Chicago Daily News style. Public notice style brevity with a dated testimonial closes with a patent remedy reference.
The item notes a provocative remark about Japanese and Russians in a wartime context, citing a Western newspaper comment on military actions. It reflects a rough, international tone and mentions Japan and Russia within a strategic frame.
A comical incident at University Hospital arises when a patient answering questions about illness reveals he has "a very bad chill" and coughs, then innocently confesses "only a few chickens" being raised. The exchange illustrates doctors and patients misinterpreting medical terms in a free dispensary setting.
Poultney Bigelow, who has accepted a era relations post at Boston University, spoke before the Twentieth Century Club of Chicago. A young man congratulated him awkwardly, and Bigelow retorted with a quip about a New Hampshire wedding remark.
In St John Kansas a boy recovering from malignant scarletina and hearing loss worsened after a traveling doctor claimed a quick cure. After stopping Dodd's Sidney Pills at the insistence of Dr. Jesse L. Simes the child improved rapidly and epileptic spells ceased within a week. Separate Gazette notes mockingly about the Korean emperor and scab dealers.
A Sears Roebuck & Co. offer promises a free, attractive sewing machine catalog by return mail with prices on Minnesota, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Standard and New Home machines. The notice urges readers to cut out and return the special offer to receive the latest book and prices, citing Puck’s quip about appealing attraction.
The article recalls the 1901 Mally arsenate campaign against boll weevils, noting widespread spray failures and farmer disappointment. It contrasts expert observations with field results, cites early and late spraying timings, and provides a formula for a protective spray. It also touches on Merino sheep and a farmer's successful Shropshire flock.
A farmer shares experience keeping a small Merino flock with dairy use. He notes shelter during storms, high lambing success, six ewes yielding 11 lambs weighing 1050 pounds sold at $57.50 and wool from ewes bringing $8.33. He recalls Merino origins and past sales of the flock.
A historic tip on selecting effective sales agents for farm and fruit growers associations. It recalls a Texas case where buyers failed to visit wagons, prompting a shrewd agent to wire orders and keep cars moving to northern markets. It warns of price manipulation attempts from buyers and officers.
E. W. Jones advises mule colt care from October weaning through early winter. Start with green corn, oats, clover hay, and allow shelter with daily ground feed, then shift to pasture if weather allows. Gentle handling and steady training are essential to develop reliable, agreeable young donkeys.
Various tips on livestock care and crop preparation including feeding oats to brood sows, quality turkeys geese and ducks, vetches and oats for milk cows, and advice on optimizing dairy income. Also mentions tempering a knife blade with rosin soap and quotes Secretary Wilson on crops. Concludes with community action through farmers institutes and cantaloupe picking guidance.
Mrs May Haute of Edgerton Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with dramatic relief from uterine troubles and back pains after two months use. She states she feels she is a new woman and has gained weight. A forfeit statement claims authenticity of the letter.
A Southern planter on shares halved the enslaved worker’s cotton proceeds from 1600 to 800 then to 400 dollars, claiming any negro would be ruined by that wealth. He offered the freed amount to the negro and brother, who asked if the money was all theirs and proposed dividing it into two piles for each to take his share.
Mrs ayupp warns against inviting Highupp girls as their father has disgraced himself. Miss Wayupp defends him as a known scientist and college president, while Mrs Wayupp notes the vulgar fellow has studied the trade winds and the story is in all the papers.
In a playful Tidbits item a tale recalls Biddy Malone arriving in America with a lost character certificate. Tim Mulligan volunteers a tongue in cheek recommendation stating she had good character before leaving Ireland but lost it aboard ship.
Friend teases Smartchap about a handsome rival who is rich and popular with women. Smartchap remains fearless, noting the rival once guessed a woman's age and set her two years younger than she actually is.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer caption captures a domestic exchange about a new girl and her stay. The dialogue jokingly probes duration while teasing a dinner scene ending with dessert.
Dialog about a hotel janitor restricting dolls due to concerns neighbors’ children’s toys reflecting on the hotel. Brief exchange in a Boston Transcript style. The line hints at social humor and a moral lesson about consequences.
A Civil War veteran wields his Medal of Honor as proof that Postum improved his digestion after coffee worsened his condition. He states a Minie ball cost him his jaws from the 1866 siege of Vicksburg, and credits Postum with stable stomach and sleep, urging Army use. He offers his name for publication.
The piece offers home cleaning advice including kerosene floor cleaning with open windows for odor, paste made from flour and alum to fill cracks, linseed oil and ammonia on metal, feather pillow washing in hot suds, cedar chest moth protection, and copper and brass cleaning with salt and vinegar followed by coal oil polish.
A column of practical household hints covers food reuse for milky puddings and preserving linens, bric a brac care including brass and copper disinfection, whitening silk with ammonia and bluing, shade drying and pressing, a wire salad basket for crisping greens, oiling lettuce, soap soap solution with ammonia and alum for silver cleaning, and careful polishing with chamois leather. Washington Star.
An anecdote from the St Louis Republic relates a husband dutifully cleaning the yard for two hours while his wife reveals Mr Brown wished him to visit for a smoke and chat but delayed the news. A separate note promotes a home remedy for facial neuralgia using flour ginger and alcohol bandage.
A simple cookie style batter uses one egg one cup sugar one cup sour cream one level teaspoon soda one level teaspoon baking powder one teaspoon vanilla one teaspoon salt and enough flour to roll. Cut thin bake in a hot oven as described in the Boston Globe.
An old Boston Budget note advises mixing two ounces of olive oil with camphor and a drachm of oil, rubbing the preparation gently on the sprained area before the fire. Use sparingly and rub well with a little oil first.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip notes a factory whistle as a prank to provoke those who do not need to start work early. The joke implies an engineer seeks to even the schedule by waking others before dawn.
An ad style endorsement warns surgery was avoided by Peruna therapy. Women including Eva Bartho of New York and Muriel Armitage of Detroit praise Peruna for treating uterine issues, headaches, and fatigue. The piece invites readers to write Dr. Hartman for free treatment instructions from Columbus Ohio.
Dan Daly, the actor, known for frequent Salvation Army attendance in idle moments in New York, is recalled for a story from the New York Tribune. Daly and a commercial traveler entered the Fifth Avenue hotel late, and the captain asked the traveler if he was saved, prompting the crowd to hear, Hallelujah, a commercial traveler saved.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip recalls a prince balancing a feather duster on his nose to entertain a chorus girl. A New York Presa line jokes that a woman’s eyes melt with tenderness while she gnashes her teeth.
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