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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune recounts a prank where a young man, gum in his mouth, dials a number and pretends to speak to Miss Snubbem. After a litany of miscommunications the caller is told to remove the gum and hangs up with a sly grin.
Upper Cross Roads Maryland June 15. Residents testify to Dodd's Kidney Pills curing severe ailments from Rheumatism and Lumbago to Backache Female Trouble Nervous Disorders Dropsy Diabetes and Bright's Disease. Mrs John Cooney lauds the remedy as the best for kidney trouble and weak back, among many supporters praising its wonder working power.
A vivid memory of Eliza Ann McCleave who ran a museum on Nantucket. She would lecture visitors and, pointing to two small figures, ask which was Caesar and which Brutus noting one was slowed. The anecdote from Youth’s Companion preserves her rapidfire quips.
The snippet recalls the Trade Mark “The Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind” promoting stoves that cook without smoke or heat. It includes quips about memory, noting Chanley’s sharp recall and Griggs joking that he reuses old stories after twenty or thirty repetitions.
An OCR fragment shows vintage ads for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents and quoted quips about lending a mower to cover costs. It also includes a testimonial praising Piso's Cure for Consumption and a light exchange about marriage and a best man from Chelsea Gazette.
Lace remains the staple of dainty gowns and blouses as fashion trends grow more intricate. The article notes that simplicity in style is misleading as designers push refined details and evolving odes to couture.
A fashion column outlines summer trends with Louis XV revival elements. It notes bold color choices for muslins and linens, emphasized lace, embossed linens, new holland embroidery, taffeta silk popularity, and Parisian influence. It highlights black gowns with lace trims, influx of Venetian point and guipures, and updated blouses with mousseline desoie. The piece praises French sailor hats and delicate headpieces.
In a feature on the phagocyte the text explains Metschnikow's view of the phagocyte as the body's police. It describes phagocytes as eating cells that consume bacteria and toxic matter while noting a disputed claim about their fate in adulthood.
A Philadelphia Press note describes a woman who, in a moment of indiscretion, throws herself at a man and ends up at his feet, illustrating a moralizing scene about impropriety and ensuing social consequence.
A fragment from the Boston Glebe quotes a domestic quarrel with a wife insisting on obedience and a husband urging relief from fear as vows of love, honor, and obedience are invoked at an earlier altar.
A playful verse from Catholic Standard and Times notes a girl who smiles all day and laughs at anything because she has a dimple, inviting readers to not misjudge her simple demeanor.
Practical guidance on hog husbandry including grooming, pen setup, farrowing practice, and sun exposure. Adds notes on hemp farming profitability, land use, yield expectations, and labor inputs. Includes brief corresp notes from Cor. Epitomist on organizing farm papers.
The article argues that owners of small farms can be comparably wealthy with less labor and cost, emphasizing time for study and specialty work. It suggests choosing local crops for quick returns, notes broomcorn like tobacco cultivation, and provides rough economics: 300 to 800 pounds per acre first year, 600 to 1,200 second year, with per pound prices six to twelve cents and per acre returns from $18 to $144.
The article argues that farmers should maintain accounts of their farming operations. It claims accounting builds interest in the business, reveals profits or losses, identifies the most profitable departments, and promotes business principles. It encourages using a proper account book for greater profits and satisfaction.
Farmers should unite for three years to eradicate weeds and reduce costs. Avoid over-fat breeding stock and promote fat stock prizes. Start early with insect and parasite control. Prosperity comes from integrating pork beef and wool into farming.
F D Coburn of the Kansas state board of agriculture extols hogs as a self-regulating machine that converts corn into fat, reducing freight, increasing value. He notes seven pounds of corn yields one pound of fat and that a fattened hog can export value far beyond the corn used.
The Midland Farmer notes rapid early growth yields best profits across cattle swine sheep and poultry. Farmers should push stock from birth to market with steady daily weight gains, avoiding overfeeding while ensuring adequate rations to prevent injury and achieve strong end results.
Red clover is praised for pasture yield and as high quality stock food. Rich in lime and nitrogen, with substantial starch, it balances nutrition, promotes milk flow in cows, provides excellent hog pasturage, and serves as a valued fertilizer for farmers.
The excerpt urges sunlit hog farming in the southwest and warns against mistreating animals. It cites dairying cues, brood mares profitability, and market dangers like low strawberry prices from improper distribution. It also notes tomato production near Lexington and calls for linking practical farm work with collective farmer experience.
The secretary of state documents reveal the Wilgera Oil and Gas Co with 50000 capital stock. Colored men hold all stock and occupy leadership roles. Incorporators include George A. Myers Cleveland Senator Manna aide James McHenry Jones Ralph W. Tyler Wilbur F. Jones and George A. Weaver Columbus. It is the first such company incorporated by colored men in the region.
Muriel Armitage of Detroit writes as district organizer for the Royal Templars of Temperance that after five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria she found relief with Peruna. She says six months and fifteen bottles restored her health and happiness.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a permanent cure for pelvic catarrh and related nervous symptoms in women. It stresses that catarrh progresses to affect the whole body, claims quick results, and offers free advice from Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
Mayor Schmitz narrates a tale of an eager applicant seeking city work. In a suburb, the contender uses a cane as a seat, then twists and slips toward a knot hole in the boardwalk. The mayor prescribes the opening as the proper path to city service and mentions the board of public works if needed.
A sharp line contrasts a man’s harsh behavior toward his wife with his public restraint at a restaurant. He claims he can only serve roast beef in his own home, a quip noted by the New York Press.
Close relations and farming prospects are cited in wartime style notices about the M K T Ry line with address details in St. Louis. The item quotes Mrs O Reafferty and Mrs McNutty in a telephone style exchange. Various ads promise cures for opium and liquor habits and boast generic quotes from B M Woolley and Ram’s orn.
The police magistrate fined a brutal husband 200 plinks and costs, calling wife beating an expensive pastime. The man protested that he acted as a duty, not for leisure.
The Burlington issues bold travel ads promising remarkably cheap daily tourist rates after June 1 and half price round trips to Minnesota California and Colorado with specific July August windows. L. W. Wakevey outlines routes while Four-Track News touts travel education and reader curiosity. The Santa Fe pamphlets promote Pecos Valley New Mexico fruit growing and Panhandle Texas farming prospects.
An aged advertisement extols the Cuticura line for infant skin disorders, recommending Cuticora Soap to cleanse, Cuticura Ointment to soothe irritation, and Cuticura Resolvent to cool blood in severe cases. It cites global usage and lists product forms and prices, with addresses in London Boston and other cities.
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