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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1895
Page
4
A collage of joke lines and brief quips from various papers shows light humor on marriage, workmanship, politics, and daily life. Dialog-style bits touch on love, furniture, and shop chatter, reflecting a cross-section of contemporary witty bites.
A scribal reminiscence of a tavern poker game with colorful locals. Broadwater accuses Knight of cheating while Whitehead apologizes for confusing a stranger. Stakes include seven dollars and a pot of kings and an ace as players boast of drawing high cards.
A Bombay Gazette correspondent describes burglars in upper India as highly cautious and inventive. They lay exit routes with broken bottles to deter pursuit and use sand to blind pursuers. A highwayman in a cited case kept a blanket and used a turban to entangle a pursuer, illustrating their meticulous precautions.
The article describes the management of Emperor William’s uniforms and costumes. An official called the obergardero bier oversees two valets and a large wardrobe system. The national uniforms are kept by a former German navy officer.
An aged veteran Levi McIntortt, who served in the Mexican War and Civil War, suffered years of infirmity before using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Within days his color returned, strength rose, and he could again perform daily tasks, chopping wood and walking distances. He endorses the pills and offers to testify to their effect.
Wasmisoton stands six feet two inches. W W Prine of Durham to earn a 50 000 salary as chief attorney for American Tobacco in New York. He is son of Judge T C Fuller and has awarded Prof. Charles W Walcott a medal for geology and paleontology services. Anna Grance Gocip’s sister is engaged to Count Castellane for the fourth time. Duartes A Cottier, 47, heads the Cotton Exposition in Atlanta and has Piermont expo experience. Da [eves Wensten, of Wellesley, earned the doctorate in philosophy and studied in Germany. Jawis Strowe of Cleveland, noted forensic expert, led Newbury insane asylum and testified at Guiteau trial.
A farmer Barwoxp A. Ksient of Columbia County sues for divorce over a domestic tiff and a betrothed diamond ring worth three hundred dollars. A Chicago lawyer jokes about marriage vows in a probate tone as courts handle a saloon license debt and a calf case worth eighteen dollars. Ingham County Michigan hears two days of sheep and calf disputes, with minor differences of fifty cents.
A Philadelphia artist offers a 5000 prize for the best American painting. The largest bronze statue is Peter the Great in St Petersburg at 1100 tons. Stockton on Tees plans a statue to chemist John Walker who died in 1557 for lucifer matches invention. Bayeux tapestry shows decay signs despite protection. Washington trip features Corcoran gallery landscape by Bayard. Abby travels Europe for data. Howard Pyle dwelling in Delaware with Ambassador Bayard’s historic mansion.
A fragment from Jornelta M Nicholl presents a lyrical meditation on loss and longing. The speaker envisions a mother and child, contrasting earthly sorrow with a hoped heavenly reunion, as guiding verses touch on fate, faith, and transcendence.
Mrs Mackus, a parish seamstress and widow, lives next to a shop owner named Throberty. He is observed as a respectable neighbor with a modest background, and their budding affection leads to a house exchange where his repair shop remains and Eleanor, the daughter, receives education. Their wedding unites business and home life in the parish area, celebrated with Father Ronan.
A rough navy column notes the Brenous top weight issue delaying seaworthiness and reports plans to shift the vessel to the Saint Georges area off French Guiana rather than New Caledonia as crews work to adjust escape systems.
A French army surgeon recounts two striking scenes at Frischwiller during the Franco German war. He describes a lone French shepherd boy sending a farewell letter as German troops advance, and later miners abandoning picks to improvise muskets against the invaders as retreating lines collapse.
Fragmented OCR style collage shows a mix of quotations and ads including a hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure and testimonials. The text mixes humorous lines, product pitches, and a few partial phrases about a missing husband and funeral costs.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as boosting blood health and bodily energy to fight consumption and-related ailments. It claims the remedy can cure many early cases of consumption and invites readers to request a medical treatise pamphlet by mailing six cents and their address.
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