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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
A historical medical piece explains thinness as linked to stomach catarrh and fat digestion. It notes fats digested mainly by pancreatic juice and bile, and describes a dietary remedy using Porina to reduce fermentation and restore digestion, leading to weight gain.
A devotional meditation describes heaven as a pure, peaceful, worshipful city. It portrays diverse nations before the throne, white robes, palm symbols, and continual service to God, with treasure and beauty as eternal rewards. Also noted is the ideal of daily sacred life replacing secular in heaven. It closes with a humorous remark about art and a bullock carving image.
A Paris paper argues no journalist has yet been laid to rest in the Pantheon and lists prospective representatives of the craft such as Chateaubriand Constant Courrier Carrel de Girardin and Veulliot as candidates for inclusion.
London food inspectors report detecting boracic acid up to 154 grains in a single pound of meat imported from America raising safety concerns about contaminated meat and import controls.
Soja bean milk called vegetable milk is used in Japan. The liquid resembles cow milk in appearance and taste. Beans are soaked boiled with water then sweetened with sugar and potassium phosphate and boiled to condensed milk consistency. Cheerfulness shines as life’s sunshine.
Uncle Dick, a kindly inventor, builds a giant skyrocket for Jimmy Broderick on the Fourth of July. The venture uses 800 pounds of powder, a 30 foot pasteboard cylinder, and a dead pine tree. thousands watch as the rocket shoots into the northern sky and vanishes beyond Canada. A hunter later reports a tree uprooted in the barren north, prompting curiosity about the strange marvel.
One of the essentials for happy homes is reliable information on world class products. The piece promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, physician approved family laxative. It urges buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
The minister praises Willie for patience during a sermon as a child nervously reveals his father would spank him if woken. The scene captures a humorous exchange about behavior and expectations in a church setting.
A testimonial from 1907 asserts Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent cured a year of eczema in a boy, ending sleepless nights and disfigurement fears. The note credits a leading physician and dates the recovery to six weeks of treatment. The text also notes Podunk as a symbol of rural obscurity and discusses geographic naming by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Mrs. Wilson teaches truthfulness to a Japanese servant who promises to confess broken dishes. A visit reveals the boy’s comic misread of discipline as virtue, ending with a humorous exchange about family and work as the peddler quits in frustration.
A reader letter extols Grape-Nuts with milk and cream as a balanced food for all ages. The writer claims improved nerve and brain power, better memory, and steady appetite from infancy to old age, noting family members also use the product. The ad ends with the slogan There’s a Reason and brand lines from Postum Co.
Matthias Campbell of Blair Nebraska and his wife praise Dean's Kidney Pills after doctors diagnosed advanced kidney troubles. They report complete personal cures and note the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. The Paris municipal elections feature M Laloe's defeat and a domestic servant's first candidacy with strong support from the liveried class.
A jumble of medical pitches and quotes promotes catarrh cures and deafness remedies, urging constitutional treatment and mentioning Dr Cheney products. It also touts Allen’s Foot-Ease and Hunt’s Lightning Oil with testimonials about relief for aches, cuts, burns and insect stings.
A humorous exchange shows a visitor prompting household finance talk and a young wife claiming her husband eats far less since they stopped employing a cook. The light remark highlights household savings and frugal living themes.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and odd anecdotes. Claims promote LITTELL'S LIQUID SULPHUR for itching and eczema with a 10 cent sample offer from Rhuma-Sulphur Company of St. Louis. Other lines tout Cheatham's Chill Tonic, Hunt's Cure, and Winslow's Soothing Syrup amid scattered farm notes and lottery musings.
A New Jersey legislator recalls a sharp exchange with the governor over proposed bills. A colleague describes the moment as a “discussing slap” that irritated the governor as much as “mosquito bills.”
In use for over 30 years Castoria bears the signature and is promoted as a safe remedy for infants and children. The ad touts a money back guarantee if not curing chills, and promotes other products such as Marine Eye Remedy with claims of soothing eye pain and a 48 page book per package.
A quaint ad style notice compares a boy starting to smoke with a girl beginning to flirt. Mentions Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot, sweating, calloused feet. Sold by all druggists.
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