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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
4
Shawnee Oklahoma is shown as a booming hub with plans for a meat packing house, cotton mill, and universities, plus jobs for 2500. It promotes the Shawnee Development Company and urges investment on the ground floor. Also includes a Booth Tarkington quote and a humorous anecdote about a bridge game.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney troubles with a testimonial from John L. Perry of Columbus Texas who credits the product with saving his life after Bright's disease and dropsy. The notice urges purchase at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
J C announces a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone criminally involved in the Jackson Mississippi derailment of Illinois Central train No 2. The board attributes the wreck to a disconnected joint in the rail caused by unscrewing bolts and removed angle bars. Investigators note suspicious men near the Jackson depot and fires in adjoining woods as supporting foul play.
In Erie Pennsylvania Robert Salamer recalls his son Chester who heard the sermon text Have no fear the Comforter will be with you while his mother misinterpreted Dont worry youll get the quilt The piece then notes the sixth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Washington with Dr William H Park presenting findings that bovine sources rarely cause pulmonary tuberculosis and that stomach and internal organ TB stems mainly from ingested infected matter
A misread caption during a trolley tour near the Twenty second Regiment armory prompts a guide to spell out "Deafendum" as a three part phrase. An aunt and niece debate the garbled sight line while the guide clarifies the inscription.
A dialogue on gift giving marks the trouble as excess presents spark mischief. The speaker quips that a wife receives a house and lot from her father as an example of costly generosity provoking commentary.
A Sunday School Times reflection argues that the phrase tapping wood reveals half heathen beliefs about luck. It contrasts pagan doubt with Christian trust, urging believers to accept blessings confidently, viewing them as gifts from a loving Heavenly Father rather than fleeting chances.
The real Christians of the present age are not half so much interested in establishing the universality of the deluge as they are in removing the present universal deluge of sin. Rev. C. C. Pierce Baptist Los Angeles Cal expresses a moral critique urging action over doctrine.
The item discusses softening new rope halters by boiling, hanging to dry, and treating horse legs with hot water to prevent lumps. It notes a spavin risk and mentions a new law mandating air shafts in apartment houses, plus a courtroom gag about a maid in a boudoir as a witness.
A church minister writes of a twelve year stomach ailment and claims free medicinal syrup can cure indigestion and dyspepsia. He notes Mrs. Alice Northrup of Quincy as a cured patient and urges readers to request a free trial bottle by mailing names to Caldwell Building, Monticello.
Ben T. Rice and Hymen Levy, longtime Piedmont county figures, are described as old Virginia characters. Ben kept the town inn while Hymen ran a store and was noted for profanity, drinking, gambling, and yarns. A football game on Main Street ends with Ben dying after overheated play and rapid cooling. Hymen is present at the bedside, and a final exchange reflects local humor and fatalism.
Miss Lillian Brown of Liberty Maine describes two years of intolerable itching burning and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as directed for six weeks the scalp improved though a minor relapse occurred, then full recovery followed with no further scalp trouble.
Simpson says Watson is pleasant in conversation but warns he should not be engaged on religion golf automobiles or politics in a discussion setting.
A blunt suitor asks to marry a daughter but cites financial strain. The father refuses stating he cannot provide support, and the suitor suggests pooling resources. An advertisement snippet touts a patent remedy, promising cures for rheumatism constipation and more with claims of kidney and blood benefits and free correspondence.
A playful prompt about clear materials, asking for a concrete example. The query hints at a student’s exercise using simple terms and familiar objects to illustrate transparency.
A colored woman appeared at registration in an equal suffrage state to vote on a school issue. Asked to declare party affiliation, she blushed and hesitated, saying she could not mention the party name. She declined to vote rather than reveal affiliation, noted as a remark from Ladies' Home Journal.
Bishop Stringer and a missionary companion traveled from Herschel Island in the Arctic Ocean to Dawson City. With scarce provisions they ate muckalucks and moccasins made from raw sealskins toasted over a fire. The bishop praised the mucka lucks as real good. A child’s remark about a mother and heaven and the north pole is quoted from Youth's Companion.
An advertisement fragment claims J. Comwir as a senior figure at F. J. Cumyvet & Co and promises one hundred dollars for proof of a cure. It references internal use of Hall’s Family Pills and Hall’s Catarrh Cure sold by F. J. Cheney & Co with a sworn witness statement dated December 10.
A collage of quotes and ad snippets from an early 20th century page. It includes a staged exchange between a critic and a clergyman, a CASTORLA baby remedy pitch, demographic crime data, a patent medicine claim, and a期 stray line about aging and sympathy.
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