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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
The feature length ad urges Gerb and Pepto Mangan as red blood builders for all ages. It extols blood nourishment, two forms of the medicine, and stress on insisting on genuine Gude's to ensure authenticity.
On May 7 the David Reese Chapter DAR met with Mrs. Charles DeGaris to mark the 29th anniversary. Chapter Regent Mrs. Calvin S. Brown presided and opened the retrospective program detailing the chapter's work for members and guests.
Vermifuge claims certain destruction of intestinal worms and harmless to children and adults. Price 35 cents. Sold by A. H. Kendel in Oxford Mississippi.
The Oxford community reports a Church of Christ event where four attendees wore fashionable outfits from New York Chicago and Memphis. Invitations urged latest styles as Miss Addie Lott and Miss Ivy Hicks feature among guests with updates on local officials and district meetings.
A. C. Graham of Cleveland was a business visitor in Abbeville. Dr. B. G. Lowrey of Blue Mountain Female College spoke at the Baptist church to large crowds. Local residents and visitors, including Almonds from Shaw and J. A. Duncan's guests, were noted. An electrical storm caused minor property loss and livestock deaths. Prickly Ash Bitters advertises as a liver remedy priced at $1.25.
Mrs J H Fox of Clinton visited her son, J H Fox Jr., at the campus Sunday, sharing a family outing in the community listings.
Sunday School Day was observed at the Methodist Church with wide participation from cradle to adults. A cradle roll display supervised by Mrs Stinebeck impressed all, featuring three babies dressed as cupids.
A wedding at the Brummett home unites Dale Brummett and Nathaniel Garrow May Hall of Liberty Mississippi in a simple candlelit ceremony with Rev. W S Hargis officiating. Rosa Hargis played piano before the vows while Doyle Brummett served as maid of honor and Charles Adams of Liberty as best man. The bride wore a traveling suit of midnight blue tricotine with coordinating accessories.
A 19th century advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a cure for biliousness affecting the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to drive out bile and impurities and to restore vigor and cheer. Priced at $1.25 per bottle and sold by R. R. Chilton & Co. Adv.
A reflective poem fragment traces enduring love and fading April hues. The speaker laments a vanished beloved, noting cloudy skies and red roses as symbols of changed fortune. Three weeks apart weigh heavy, with memories mocking and the heart growing weak without love.
A quirky verse echoes with an eager tiny electron lamenting the vast atom and fate. A separate advert promotes Liquid Borozone by A H Kendel of Oxford Mississippi with prices 30c 60c and 1 20.
A poem excerpt by Berton Braley portrays a scientist peering through a powerful lens at the enormous scale of the universe. He cannot glimpse electrons or atoms, highlighting the moral that limits of understanding persist despite great effort and tools.
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