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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
4
A 1903 reader from Concmurs City Iowa reports backache urinary trouble and frequent night trips eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. Grand Rapids Michigan testimonials claim pain relief enabling work and overall health improvement.
A slender woman faces a bur glar with a deadly revolver and refuses to reveal her husband’s hoard. The robber curses and threatens as she remains resolute, and within minutes he bags the money and flees into the night.
Advertisement notes free medical advice strictly confidential. Mentions post office public approval and Buffalo New York area with a peculiar caution about burning mail and cutting out a portion.
Senator Depew recounted an anecdote during a Washington Post report about his boyhood reading of world rivers. He described touring El Paso and the Rio Grande, learning from an aged man that he had already crossed the river twice, concluding the rivers of New Mexico have their bottoms on top.
A young woman in a New York bank stalls at the cashier's question about her mother's maiden name. The clerk explains it is the girl's name before marriage, prompting the customer to protest the implied intrusiveness and insult. The exchange highlights snappy social tension in early banking rituals.
A humorous diptych of short poems and quips. The narrator laments graveyard toil and perpetual questioning while a goat joke about writer's cramp and a quip about excluding evil through entertainment appear in a clustered literary item from 20th century newspapers.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap as cures for skin and blood humours from pimples to scrofula. It claims relief from itching burning and inflamed skin and cites many cures, with pricing and international depots for the products.
Freeland Kansas March reports Mr N H Mead a once ill farmer who moved from Clarence New York thirty four years ago and prospered. He harvested over one hundred forty acres of wheat last year but suffered kidney and bladder trouble. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he recovered, with Mead stating the remedy gave immediate relief and ultimately cured him.
Collage of dated lines and ad snippets from 1900 including Samuel of Ocean Grove Newfoundland cure claims Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents and Putnam Fadeless dye notes. Also quotes from Puck and Philadelphia Record feature brief humorous exchanges about conscience and typewriters.
A broad urging working women to write to Mrs. Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts for free health advice. A New York City woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending painful menstruation and restoring energy after a doctor advised stopping work. The testimonial notes back pain poor appetite sleeplessness and heavy periods improving after use.
A farmers’ guide explains that crop needs hinge on three key nutrients nitrogen potash and phosphoric acid. It shows how crop analysis reveals required proportions per acre and notes that clover fixes nitrogen, altering fertilizer composition.
A. J. Legg urges farmers to plan profitable winter tasks such as sheltering stock, warming stables, spreading manure, turning sod, and productive indoor projects. He emphasizes reading, study, and advance planning to improve next year’s crop management and overall farm profitability.
A note urges farmers to abandon cotton and diversify crops due to rising plantings and slim cotton profits. It argues hogs, cattle, fruits, vegetables, and grains offer better returns, warns debt from cotton, and cites soil, fertilizer, and market factors. It also stresses orchard health and proper soil nutrients for long keeping fruit.
Farmers shift to crop rotation and clover seeding to restore soil fertility and boost yields with less labor. Galled shoulders in spring work are common. proper harness fit and cleaning, plus washing with soft water, helps prevent sores.
The text urges feeding wheat bran daily to colts and training a heifer calf from birth to become a dairy cow. It warns dairy farmers often study this feature superficially and stresses preparing seedbeds for planting in February and March. It argues cotton acreage grows faster than world consumption, lowering prices, advising the south not to overplant cotton.
The article discusses Dr. Hartman’s Peruna as a supposed permanent catarrh cure, noting widespread testimonials from patients like Rev. E. Stubenvoll and J. W. Fuller. It invites readers to request pamphlets of letters and to write for gratis advice from Dr. Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
A Chicago Daily News quip frames the street naming distinction as a joke about rent. The exchange cites a rough $30 monthly rent gap, implying urban planning and real estate differences behind common terms.
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