Talking wine hive meets salesman in odd exchange
A street exchange features a salesman urging a talking wine hive while another character claims to have a talking hive. The odd dialogue turns on their claims and responses in a quirky scene.
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
4
A street exchange features a salesman urging a talking wine hive while another character claims to have a talking hive. The odd dialogue turns on their claims and responses in a quirky scene.
Mme Napoleon Dureppe of 41 Duluth Street Montreal writes that Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured her children’s eczema and skin eruptions after trying other remedies. She notes the daily wash and ointment cleared the condition by early/mid 1907. The clipping also includes a political quote about professionalism from the Philadelphia Press.
A temperance worker, Bessie Farrell of Bemkiva, presides over the Young Peoples Christian Temperance Association. She extols Peruna as a tonic to restore strength, aid worn women, and relieve ailments specific to women, citing personal experience and support from Dr. Haartman.
This instructional note offers practical tips for repairing torn lace and netting. It describes stitching methods using muslin, embroidery hoop, and white letter paper as temporary supports, plus machine and hand techniques to restore worn edges and maintain even tension.
A 19th century style recipe describes Parisian Charlotte using gelatin softened in cold water, thickened cream, and a mix of macaroon pieces coconut vanilla sherry and whipped cream. The dessert is molded and chilled then unmolded and garnished with pink cream and candied cherries.
This recipe describes preparing haddock about two and a half pounds. Remove skin, place in casserole, and cover with a prepared sauce. Heat milk with onion parsley mace lemon peel and seasonings, strain, thicken with butter and flour, then mix into fish. Bake covered, finish with lemon zest and parsley.
Instructions describe making a paper watermelon mold lined with paraffin to hold moisture for frozen pink lemonade and layered ice cream, with black currants as seeds and a future switch to genuine shells. Also notes tiny Dresden flower pots as elegant table decorations, small six to eight inch trees replacing older decorative ferme.
A parent describes using a favorite picture displayed outside the closet door to motivate a son to keep the door shut. The child resists at first but begins to learn the habit as the image remains visible. The hint comes from Good Housekeeping.
A vintage home remedy suggests treating slight bruises by soaking the area in warm water and applying a red hot poker near the surface while keeping it wet until the bruise vanishes. For a dent the method uses warm water, brown paper wetted and placed over the spot, then a flat iron pressed firmly until moisture evaporates, repeating until level.
Select crisp lettuce hearts and place two pieces on each plate. Top with several very thin pineapple slices and serve with French dressing.
The author explains a simple method to hem a veil. Waste an inch along both ends, baste paper under the hems, sew through the paper, then tear away the paper. Finish by pressing the veil with a warm iron and attending to the hems.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elicit of Senna as a trusted laxative for personal and family use. It claims cleansing and gentle internal relief without debility or adverse aftereffects, noting it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company and widely approved by physicians.
A mix of domestic anecdotes and agricultural advice appears, including a husband’s canvassing trips, a parrot mimicking home speech, and hog cholera concerns. It cites Dr Sloan’s remedies and an address in Boston for a free treatment book.
A Kansas City Star report describes Mrs Goodsole-My bar and a phone call to police headquarters requesting a patrol wagon for Ole Bill who was drunk and causing a scene at Fourth and Oak streets. The wagon arrived in a hurry but found no trouble on arrival.
An Illinois surgeon explains his tremors and insomnia from coffee eased after switching to Postum. He describes trying Postum, recommending it to a friend, and noting improved nervousness, circulation, and sleep. He asserts proper preparation matters and calls Postum a potential national drink.
The text argues the Bible is universal beyond Christian use, underpinning law, literature, art, music, and education. It credits Genesis creation, cites Shakespeare and Milton, and claims the Bible shaped universities, missions, and civil liberty, contrasting Christ with other religious founders.
A Yonkers Statesman quote references difficulty breathing in high altitude Switzerland and a remark about a bill presented that nearly took one’s breath away, illustrating political rhetoric and discomfort.
A collage of quips on headaches remedies, medicines, and patent tonics, plus jokes about travel, social manners, and manners of conversation. Listings mention Charfield Tea, Merk Laxative, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy, Jerome H. Remick music offers, Allen's Foot-Ease, and seed catalog promos from John A. Salzer Seed Co. across a page of miscellany.
At London's Mansion House spring fete Queen Alexandra paused to smile on a flower maid. The tiny girl raised her mouth for a kiss, prompting her mother Molly to gasp and scold after the royal visitor moved on. The tale reflects the event's lighthearted charm from the season.
An ad panel promotes a cold remedy using glycerine whiskey and pine oil and notes Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Dayton Ohio as producer. It also cites a Milwaukee grain merchant on rats causing about 100 million dollars yearly losses and ends with a mothers alert to examine Castoria for children.
A witty exchange unfolds as a playwright questions a friend who hissed during the performance after admitting he bought a ticket. The friend nonchalantly replies he would have left and sworn if he had purchased one. The piece also notes reader letters praising Hunt’s Lightning Oil and a humor strip about family banter.
Mrs Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York testifies to a kidney pill cure after five years of back pains discolored secretions weakness and lost flesh when Dean's Kidney Pills brought swift relief and recovery. Also a humorous note on Niagara Falls marriage plans and a testimonial praising Hunt's Lightning Oil for injuries and pains.
A tale of Edmund Clarence Stedman the poet banker who threw a book at a servant and lost a rare volume worth $50 only to later buy back his own copy for $40 in a second hand shop. The item drops a card bearing his name confirming ownership and a moral about temper. Also mentions Hunts Cure for itching skin as a remedy with a money back guarantee.
Bulger remarks that a man lacks musical ear and cannot distinguish the air of America from God Save the King. The conflict centers on a breach-of-promise suit where his love letters reveal the truth of his failed affection.
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