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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
4
A fragment from Seeeees Magazine quotes a late bishop and a mother named Mrs Jackson debating a child’s name and race. The dialogue moves to a joke about a white man marrying a black woman during cornet practice and questions the motive behind the marriage.
A reader from Brookfield cites relief from menopauses related weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy for female disorders including inflammation ulceration irregularities and backache and invites confidential letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for cleansing, purifying, and improving the skin scalp and hands. It claims relief from itching irritation and inflammation and promotes beauty of skin and hair with worldwide sales and a free Cuticura Book. Also includes a short humor piece and a domestic anecdote.
A Wisconsin mother describes relief from headaches and nervous irritability after switching from coffee to Postum. She cites improved health for herself husband and daughter and urges others to quit coffee for sunshine and happiness at home. The note mentions reading The Road to Wellville and two reasons.
Longstanding Easter customs are explored from hats and ribbons to eggs and rabbits. The piece traces traditions across Sussex, Russia, Germany, England and the United States noting colored eggs as sacred symbols, rolling games, and the moon-linked hare in Easter lore.
A collection of brief items on Easter customs and historic curiosities. Pigeons of St. Mark’s fed for Palm and Easter Sundays, a traditional practice continuing in Venice. A Cape? ring bell in Cincinnati’s St. Francis de Sales steeple is highlighted as the world’s largest. The history of the cross is traced back to legends and earlier days in the Holy Land.
A Kentucky woman from Circle credits Cardus, a tonic claimed to aid weak women, with restoring her health after years of illness and bed rest. The ad asserts Cardus is plant based, free of coal tar, and imported ingredients, promoting a Ladies Advisory Dept and a home treatment booklet.
A prospective tenant reports several inches of cellar water. landlord insists there is no leak and claims the water has not escaped in two months. The exchange highlights a dispute over basement moisture and tenant concerns.
Mrs R Crouse of Manchester Iowa reports two years of back weakness and rheumatic pains diminished after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She notes improved kidney function and urges readers to remember the brand sold everywhere for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Fighting Disease in Greece notes Greek physicians combating malaria and tuberculosis with drains, petroleum, and public lectures. A tuberculosis congress will be held in Athens next year inviting physicians and mayors.
An article touts a simple syrup mixture with syrup of sarsaparilla compound and torts compound plus whiskey as a remedy for rheumatism. It promises noticeable benefits within a day and claims many cures, with druggists able to supply ingredients. It also references other patterner claims and medical quack adverts.
The piece presents Mammy Collier recounting eight daughters and a peaceful home. She describes setting firm rules to prevent conflict and asserts she and her husband never quarreled. If trouble arose a lamp or other object was used to restore silence, teaching daughters to live peacefully as their husbands do.
An advertisement promises a free home recipe to cure weak kidneys and urinary troubles for $3.50, claiming quick relief from bladder and back pain and inviting readers to request by mail from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit. It mixes medical claims with light anecdotes and Valentine Day humor.
Public warning about ointments for catarrh containing mercury. Mercury may destroy senses and ruin the entire system. The note stresses the value of each moment and life as quoted by Goethe.
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