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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
4
The article discusses motherhood as a demanding trial for women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic for preparing for and recovering from childbirth. It mentions a marketing note from the Pinkham Company and also reports Minnesota state lands selling 2200 acres in 1912 at prices from five to twenty one dollars per acre.
Fragmentary dialogue features a traveler asking for vacation advice and a response touting Shorerike TM as a destination. The text references travel planning and a casual exchange about enjoying a trip with a companion. No clear event, date, or person names are established.
A vintage advertisement touts a prescription labeled No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX for malaria or chills and fever. It claims five or six doses break the illness and that using it as a tonic prevents recurrence, priced at 25 cents.
Norfolk peasants carry flints and stone arrowheads as charms to prevent being struck by lightning. They regard pointed Mints as thunderbolts and often claim they picked them up red hot.
Tony travels from the old country to America and works as a section band member. The foreman refuses a vacation, fearing Tony will spend money and return broke. Tony insists he wants a vacation to marry and stay in the country.
A dinner anecdote recalls Alexander Graham Bell discovering the telephone while teaching the deaf. Professor Pell notes value in unlikely lessons. A Persian poet answers a king that wisdom comes from the blind who test the ground before stepping forward.
Mrs. Minzle Slentz testifies in divorce that real kissing fades after early marriage. She notes couples kiss longer to fool themselves, with monotony starting in year two and stopping before year eight, per a Steubenville Dispatch report via Philadelphia Inquirer.
A recipe set offering strawberry flavored dishes. Includes method for boiled rice with strawberry sauce, strawberry sauce, strawberry trifle, strawberry jelly, and strawberry mousse. Provides step by step cooking and assembly using rice, butter, sugar, milk, and gelatine with fresh strawberries.
Salmi of Beef to one cup of brown sauce add one cup of cold roast or boiled beef sliced thin. Heat thoroughly in an agate saucepan, stir with a fork, avoid stirring with a spoon. Beef Kidney Stew includes small pieces of beef or liver simmered with onion and seasoning until tender, sometimes with macaroni.
A simple dessert using fresh or canned pieplant. Stew a half pint, mix with cornstarch, two egg yolks, sugar, and butter, fill a prepared crust, top with meringue of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar, bake until browned, and serve cold.
Recipe lists ingredients Yolks of two eggs sugar butter molasses flour cinnamon cloves nutmeg soda whites of two eggs raisins walnuts and bake in small tins. Frost with boiled frosting. Yields eighteen cakes and keeps well in an earthen jar.
A simple Milanese toast uses dry black olives, anchovies, and milk bread. Olives are pitted and simmered in olive oil into a paste, anchovies are cleaned, bread is toasted with sweet butter, then layered with olive paste and anchovy pieces. Parsley decorates and it is served cold or hot for luncheon.
Cook medium sized potatoes in skins until tender then cool briefly. Peel and place in baking tin. Chop an onion finely, add savory herbs and pepper, sprinkle over potatoes. Lay salt pork slices on top and pour in one cup warm water. Bake to a brown.
Recipe for frosting uses one cup sugar and one cup water heated to a soft ball in cold water. Remove from heat, sift four over the top, beat until creamy, then spread on cake quickly. Cocoa optional for chocolate flavor.
Using colored cotton instead of white for basting fabric helps follow seams on the sewing machine more accurately. The colored stitches are easier to see and remove promptly after sewing.
A historic cookie recipe lists ingredients including butter sugar sour milk vanilla soda flour and chopped nuts. The method mentions shaping dough and sprinkling with sugar prior to baking.
A preacher reflects on the first apostolic miracle after Pentecost, arguing that Jesus heals both body and soul. The sermon asks if Christ is the same today and urges personal faith to receive healing and forgiveness through the Great Physician.
The passage extols faith and love as core blossoms of Christian life. It argues walking by divine guidance, not self-prompting, elevates life from barren to heavenward. It cites Holmes Macdonald Seneca Emerson to support duty, virtue, friendship, and unseen service.
Guidelines warn that glassware treated with caution lasts generations. Use tepid water and pure soap, rinse and boxwood sawdust dry to absorb moisture, and wipe with a soft cloth. Avoid sudden heat cold shifts and wearing from warm cabinets to cold air to prevent cracks.
A household tip suggests removing carpet stains with a hot paste of fullers earth and boiling water. Equal parts magnesia and fuller's earth with boiling water are recommended for grease spots. For dirty carpets, wash with two gallons boiling water one ounce yellow soap and a dash of soda using a Sansel, then rinse and dry. Ammonia-dipped cloths are advised to improve color after cleaning.
Recipe steps for a fig loaf dessert using pulled figs and a gelatin mixture. Includes soaking, simmering gelatin, mixing with breadcrumbs, pouring into a buttered mold, chilling, and serving with whipped cream. Mentions optional preserved figs and notes on texture and cooling.
Boil asparagus until tender then layer in a baking dish with cream sauce and seasoned bread crumbs buttered at the crumbs. Brown in oven. A variation adds grated cheese to the cream sauce. Save the boiling water to make a milk soup thickened with butter and roux, served with croutons and tip pieces.
Cut beefsteak into two third inch slices from a fillet. Dip in melted butter and broil over hot coals. Season with pepper and salt near completion. Mix chopped parsley with softened butter to a cream and place on each steak. Spoon lemon juice on the dish and serve.
A recipe combines two tablespoons gelatine with a large cup orange juice one peeled thinly sliced orange juice from one lemon two cups sugar and one pint boiling water. Let cool then strain and fold in beaten whites of two eggs for a pretty frosty jelly.
Instructions describe dipping flowers in melted paraffin while hot but fluid. Dip one by one, hold by the stem, move briefly to release air bubbles. Use fresh flowers without moisture for best preservation specimens.
For a tiny bedroom this advises using a properly sized board placed on a dresser drawer to create a table without clearing the dresser. A heavy board or an extension table leaf can be used and hidden in the closet when not in use.
The article advises rinsing used mil glasses in cold water before washing in hot water. This prevents milk from sticking to the glass and avoids cloudy appearance, ensuring clearer tumblers after cleaning.
A brief note describes a dish mixing codfish with mashed potatoes and beets formed into balls. The preparation includes browning in salt pork and finishing with fried pork chips as garnish.
British chemists reveal a method to convert sawdust into sugar using a closed retort and weak sulphurous acid at 9 to 1 psi. About eighty percent of the sugar is fermentable, yielding saccharese as the product.
In Lewisburg Kentucky W H Williams reports severe eczema spreading over his body for four years starting with a dry rush and scales. After trying many medicines he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus Resolvent, then remained clear for eleven years. Sample offers and order details follow the Skin Book.
A fragment from a dinner scene shows a man puzzled by seating between two women who nearly talk him into a joke about tongue sandwiches. The brief exchange hints at social humor and dining etiquette.
Quip recalls a man talking with a speaker who claimed to be an umbrella dealer as a man explains the humor of someone who took many showers. The line plays on the pun that an umbrella seller would be nearby during a rain or shower.
The town of Egbert reportedly removed several railroad crossings about a year ago, a move linked to changes in local traffic patterns and population concerns. Officials cited safety and efficiency, though residents debate the impact on travel options.
A fragment notes a remark about Swiss cheese imports reaching about 2.872 million dollars in the previous year and ongoing concerns about credibility in a talk between two speakers, likely humorous or satirical in tone. The snippet hints at commentary on trade values and public perception.
A decipherable chat excerpt shows a man remarking on improvement while asking if his work is being hung on the line. The reply indicates not yet, but mentions his wife is involved, suggesting domestic labor or moral commentary within the piece.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Chicago confesses to having once worked as an usher in a theater. The note quotes Reverend J Stoughton praising independent thought and Hunley urging peace and self-respect, with Shuttleworth and others offering moral reflections.
Daniel Frohman testified in William Harcourt's suit to obtain royalties from George Broadhurst for helping place his play The Man From Home. The exchange defined a Broadway production as a first class Broadway theater show. The line was struck from the record and Frohman was allowed to depart.
An advertisement from Hessig-Eis Drug Co Memphis Tenn promotes Q-Ban hair color restorer. It claims natural coloring matter in hair surface returns after use, even for grey or thin hair. Three bottles advised, with a money back guarantee of 1.50 if results fail. request details if local druggist lacks stock.
A tale describes the Kukubuhus a shy ferocious New Guinea tribe bartering with neighboring groups by leaving goods at a marked spot and trading via exchanged items. A Servia premier misplaces his watch during official calls, then learns a minister retrieved it claiming the thief did not know he took it.
Miss Irene Gillbuddy of Millville Miss asks if she should hint romance to her gentleman friend who treats her as a friend. The response says if a young man needs mistletoe to be encouraged there is no hope for him.
The ad touts Rub-My-Tism as a universal cure for rheumatism and various pains including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts sores burns and old sores priced at 25 cents. It ends with a joke about men being smarter than women and women never getting the upper hand.
A playful exchange has Jack admiring Alice’s teeth as the finest in town. Ethel remarks the dentist guarantees their exceptional quality. The dialogue closes with a Saadi quote about benevolence and its spreading branches.
A gray afternoon finds Walter William trudging to Sunday school unhappy with parental coercion and mourning the loss of one of his two pennies reserved for sweets. A later anecdote recalls the dalai lama reacting to a phonograph, concluding he could not live with that voice without a soul.
Walter S. Morton recalls a dinner remark about Chickamauga as a veteran explains how time has changed his head’s appearance. The tale shows lasting memories across generations and the humor of a boy’s sharp observation.
The text advises that bright electric lights can harm a patient’s eyes and notes not all rooms have adjustable bulbs. It suggests making a small green silk bag to place over the incandescent bulb to produce a subdued, harmless glow.
Quote notes dogs as loyal companions offering immediate comfort and understanding without inquiry. It emphasizes their readiness to provide solace in any moment.
Thirty years ago a middle aged woman recalls how demure girls sat with crossed silk gloved wrists in public transport. Today she notes a change to crossing silk stocked ankles, reflecting evolving public behavior.
A little girl overhears a serious discussion about the postal service. She asks why the post office funds itself if it cannot profit, concluding that if it does not pay, it cannot have money, yet postal banks are still advertised.
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