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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
The ad extols Arbuckles Coffee as the top choice at breakfast, citing high use and rising demand. It promises rich flavor, a popular premium catalog, and enticing gifts via wrappers. A spoof dialog about a college play actress teases marketing chatter.
An item touts a soap and ointment as healing remedies for eczema and rashes with promises of relief and speedy healing. A brief humorous aside about Willie and Henry fleeing a bumblebees nest follows, then fragmented quips about Germans, football, and beauty sleep.
A fragment features Cobbleigh and Bilkina debating Henry James and Zola. They discuss taste in literature and the idea of traveling to Europe versus staying home for comfort and taste impressions.
A fragmented set of quotes runs through a column reflecting on wit and wisdom. The piece touches on appearances, wealth, speed, luck, virtue, and politics with aphorisms and cultural observations.
Senatobia reports Bob Manning shot and seriously wounded neighbor Senatobia Willie Scoggans after an alleged insult to Manning's wife. Scoggans, 32, was hospitalised in Memphis. Manning defense cites prior insult as motive. Nearby Fulton reports Ed Rogers killed in shotgun duel with Ramsey Prather after visiting Prather's home. Iuka notes two youths die when a Rock Island freight car is struck on a bridge, crushing them. Natchez plans big Fourth of July event with park games, races, and entertainment. Grenada hosts livestock care talks by Dr. E. M. Rance. West Point reports a shooting incident during a squirrel hunt. Prairie reports boll weevil concerns. Aberdeen notes a broken leg after a home run. Laurel opens a farmers rest and reading room. Okolona opens a Carnegie library. Clinton Summer Normal opens with strong turnout.
Clarksdale Julius Scheider, a plant employee living five miles south of the city, was in an accident June 7 when thrown from a buggy and neck broken. He was taken to Memphis and placed in a sanitarium where an operation was performed. His condition is extremely critical.
A Boston Globe note describes substituting strawberries for part of rhubarb in a pie. The recipe lists rhubarb strawberries sugar egg and butter with a half hour rest before baking in a crust.
A mixed page snippet includes a coffee quitting tale attributed to an Ohio woman who credits Postum with restoring energy and health after four years of heart and nervous issues. Also present are humorous lines about Tennyson and Dante, a brief quip about a painter's wife, a judge and plaintiff exchange, and a small ad for Postum products with price points and brewing notes.
A vintage advertisement warns against calomel causing sickness and salivation. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative that purports to cleanse the bowels, improve liver function, and keep families well with a 50 cent bottle, claiming it won’t upset stomachs or cause griping.
A Pennsylvania coal company and California smelter firm are turning waste into wealth by reclaiming culm piles and dust from smelters. Small anthracite particles and fine copper dust once deemed worthless are now targeted for profitable resale as inventors advance practical recovery methods.
Valiosta Georgia report notes Mrs Braswell treated for pellagra seeks to regain custody of her children. Dr Monroe forwards a treatment form urging strong certification from the treating physician. The piece emphasizes a cure for pellagra and urges prompt action.
A man asks a friend to tell his wife that fruit jars have risen to 15 dollars a dozen due to the war. He explains the plan to keep her from buying berries by spreading price fears about sugar and jars, in a jokey wartime ruse reported by the Providence Journal.
Fragmentary text appears with stray phrases and quoted lines lacking clear news context. No coherent article content or identifiable figures, places, or events emerge for a proper summary.
A New York Sun correspondent recalls the Rev. James Johnson of New Jersey tied to a chicken-theft ring near New Brunswick. The exchange shows Johnson denying ownership, claiming others supplied the birds, and admitting profits from sales while a witness condemns a different man as an unregenerate sinner.
A nursery scene from a Woman's Home Companion vignette ends with a timid girl spotting a dog and declaring its wild tail after her mother explains the dog belongs to the neighbor. The exchange underscores playful child observations in a domestic setting.
Resinol ointment and resinol soap, prescription from a Baltimore doctor, offer a safe, inexpensive treatment for ringworm, eczema, and burning skin eruptions. The products stop itching instantly and usually heal outbreaks rapidly, suitable even for babies. Readily available at drugstores nationwide. Great for sunburn.
The record describes an assault arrest, magistrate order for grand jury, indictment and conviction with appeal to be heard next fall. The accused has been released on habeas corpus and has established an unspecified position as the case progresses.
Mrs Youngwed-Well reports finding a flat with cars passing by the door. Mrs Youngwed-Won't the electrics disturb your rest. She replies the landlord promises noise will not matter after two nights and they can sleep the first two nights at mother's.
A fragment describes sounds of lumberjacks at work and a domestic exchange between Jimpson and Mrs. Jimpson as they read, implying a rural morning scene and the question of who is chopping kindling. The cryptic line hints at domestic life in a country setting.
The Osborne Farmer notes Bill Shiftiess visiting a local store for crepe tissue paper for his wife’s ornaments. He balks at paying two rolls at 10 cents each, buys chewing tobacco and cigars, then discusses plans to join a Kansas City jug house booze consignment while considering a San Francisco exposition trip.
The boys map future careers with grand schemes to own a candy store and churn a million gallons of ice cream daily. A bold third proposes half his sweets for season passes to see his champion team play baseball, hinting at power through association.
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