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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
4
An aged advertisement piece touts Foster-Milburn medicines and Dean’s Kidney Pills as cures for kidney pain and back ache. The misspelled items cite Swetinsboro Georgia merchants and a Chicago Tribune extract, reflecting a fragmented, period-style ad clippings page.
A fragmented note warns that every protest registration invites trouble for the organizers. It cautions against actions by groups who seek to avoid accountability as they push forward.
A Michigan farmer laments mail order traps and urges Lake County residents to buy locally. He cites costly mis buys, slow refunds, and a lack of local support from distant merchants, urging readers to keep money at home to benefit schools, roads, and community services.
The article notes Hoyle as the first whist writer, with a short treatise issued in 1742 as a manuscript sold for a guinea per copy and earning income from screens in whist at a guinea each. Cavendish Clay and Pole offer limited elucidation but warn that book learning alone cannot master the game.
The Country Gentleman notes cock partridges fall to organized fights with strong males taking over. Weaker birds either flee or are killed. A defeated bird shows no further defense and submits as rivals scalp them, revealing the craven nature of a beaten partridge.
French authorities seek provincial statistics on Turkish provinces. Pasha of Damascus responds with fatalistic notes on mortality and births, saying Allah wills death, water supply never causes thirst, and sanitation questions are for God.
The judge recalls a bizarre scene as Mrs. Dough and Mr. Hankfull discuss their finances. He describes tossing twenty dollar coins into a decorative lake while Mr. Bankfall smokes a cigarette rolled from a hundred dollar bill.
The Rev Jol H Metesi of Mars pursues astronomy between ministerial duties and discovers a new comet named Metcalf's comet. Astronomers worldwide closely observe the celestial find with excitement.
The saying compares whist to language where experience thickens into intuition. It suggests every card played forms an intelligible sentence, implying seasoned players translate play into understood meaning through practice and judgment.
A reflection on changing romantic dynamics as affection grows less irresistible and people drift into opposing camps, ready to clash rather than unite, signaling a shift in social behavior and gender interactions.
General discussion on per acre fertilizer profitability for oats wheat corn and cotton in Georgia with notes on yield responses and safe application ranges. Also brief report on Korean Ladies Club meeting proposing dress changes and emphasis on life insurance education for women.
A well known specialist claims kidney and bladder problems respond to a home made mix. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Kargen one ounce Compound Syrup Sartaparuila three ounces. Dose is a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. Ingredients available at pharmacies and shaken together in a bottle.
A Boston area buyer spent $5.00 on a bulldog while others pay $2000 for a cow in Massachusetts. A man named Walter Garvey refused cash over $4,000 for a bee. James Keene rejected $200,000 for Sysonby the racehorse. Ridiculous rosters list bloodstock at up to 800 each, with exotic asks for a lion at 290 and a tiger at 790. A salmon could reach 1000 in pond education.
A Philadelphia woman describes her eight year stomach trouble easing after adding Grape-Nuts to meals and notes her husband’s recovery from weak digestion. Their children also prefer it for breakfast, with a promotion for Postum Co claims and the Road to Wellville booklet.
Maurice Maeterlinck purchases Wandrinne abbey on the Seine between Haven and Caudebec for possible restoration. U.S. Army seeks able bodied unmarried men ages 18 to 33 for recruitment with offices listed in Memphis Tennessee and other cities. A New Brunswick belladonna garden struggles to stay profitable amid deadly nightshade cultivation noted in an American farm column.
An advertisement extols Brandreth's Pills as a first class laxative and blood purifier. Each pill supposedly contains solid extract of sarsaparilla and other ingredients and is said to relieve constipation with a single nightly dose. The copy notes the pills have been used for over a century and are sold widely in plain or sugar-coated form.
Judge Graham of the San Francisco supreme court questioned a hotel chef seeking naturalization. When asked the difference between a teal duck and a pheasant the chef replied, Forty cents, your honor, delivering a blunt, humorous verdict in court.
Ameslee growers John A Stier Seed Co promotes clover and grasses for bogs and livestock. They claim large acre operations and offer free mail order seeds and plants, listing a wide range of seeds including oats barley corn potatoes and farm seeds.
Separation by mutual consent grows more frequent as divorces remain rare in society. Composed by an observer, the piece notes incompatibility of temper and the habit of urging younger generations to wed before reaching discretion, a factor in marital strain.
The world's dairy industries justify international congresses to discuss dairy methods. The third congress is announced for The Hague in September next year. Dr. A J Swaying of The Hague is named general secretary of the congress. Reading furnishes knowledge but thinking creates understanding.
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