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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
4
A column notes President Wilson as the first bare faced White House occupant since McKinley and calls whiskers fading among leaders and professionals. It riffs on barber trade, old vs young looks, a Scottish farmer anecdote, and poke at advertising while touching on punishment for crimes and college pranks.
A Cleveland exhibit showcases the pioneer arc lamp system by C. M. Brush. The first public demonstration occurred in Cleveland’s public square in the summer of 1876, drawing thousands who wore eye protection to shield themselves from the lamp’s bright rays said to rival those of the sun, as noted by the Electrical World.
An old advertisement touts Resinol ointment and resinol soap as a cure for itching and burning skin. It claims rapid relief, bathing patches with the soap and applying the ointment, and even features a joke about engagements.
A youthful slang term asks what a horazear is, answered as a man with an impediment of his intellect. The dialog hints at a quip about misunderstanding and labeled traits.
Rust stain removal is praised for using cream of tartar with a sun solution. A lighthearted money germ exchange questions germ transfer, and a congress member says constituents will argue their case before he chooses a side.
Two laborers discuss wisdom of generations. One claims progress over fathers and grandfathers, prompting the other to remark on what a rule their grandfather must have been. The exchange hinges on language and a pun about “was.”
John Reed recounts a harrowing flight with attackers pressing from the hacienda toward the mountains. A camera falls, riders chase, and Vallejo dashes ahead as the party scatters through chaparral and arroyo toward safety amid gunfire and fear.
During summer army maneuvers Blues tried to block Reds at Washington bridge linking Stratford and Milford. Placards claimed the bridge was destroyed yet Reds attempted crossing and fled after a witty reply exposing the breach of rules.
An Rome lecturer argues Nero and early Christians did not start the Imperial City fire. A full moon suggests accidental origin, countering the enduring tale of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. The tower myth is noted as posthumous.
In a Pinkham Laboratory file, women state they regained health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Some claim it saved them from surgery and credits the remedy for improving their conditions.
Jerome S McWade recalls winter life on the Riviera noting sleeveless gowns that reveal the back and gowns slashed to the knee at the Nice Country club dances and dansants. A western millionaire watching his daughters jokes about what will remain when summer arrives.
A Kansas City Journal snippet recalls a king in modern times knighting a man with an umbrella when lacking a sword, reflecting playful civic whimsy in a progate age.
A fragment from the Glasgow Herald shows a Scots conversation about drinks and abstinence with a humorous exchange over money and smoking. The brief dialogue hints at Irish or Scottish speech patterns and social norms of the era.
A woman credits Postum with curing stomach troubles and blotchy complexion after she swapped coffee for the beverage her mother-in-law used. She says indigestion vanished and her grandmother regained health after using Postum. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum with prices and brewing tips.
The article discusses the luminous efficiency of natural light from fireflies versus artificial beets and notes estimates by Ives Coblentz Langley and Very. It explains that firefly light may rival high efficiency yet sacrifices color accuracy, appearing yellow-green and reducing appeal for home use.
A young employee pleads to leave early with a polite, evasive reply string. He answers questions about dead relatives teeth sisters and marriage with Not any, sir, while explaining his wish to attend a ball game and avoid making excuses to a wary boss.
The king offers prizes across Brussels Antwerp Ghent and Liege for a pipe smoking contest. Winners are those who smoke the most pipes in a set time using tobacco of purely Belgian origin grown in Belgium or the Belgian Congo.
A Baltimore mother describes ringworm on her children from a house rat bite with scalp sores the size of silver dollars hair loss and intense itching. She reports sleepless nights and fear of permanent baldness before trying a treatment, amid a fragmentary dialogue about proposing and reply remarks.
A woman details a period of weakness with bed rest and calls for an operation. A friend advised Cardui, she took it for two months and regained full health able to work, noting nutrition and recovery from the illness.
The artist discusses a painting of a young Siri by a brook using a soap box as a model. The piece references Sly and his religion with a neighborly Sunday devotion and weekday discipline, noting unanimous re-election as treasurer and deacon in Kansas City.
A fragment describes a mistaken raid at a tango dance contest. It quotes street talk about fooling police by claiming a ball as a set of dips, with garbled phrases following. The passage hints at adversity versus prosperity quotes, but the exact details are unclear.
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