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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
5
A Philadelphia society debate asks when a girl becomes an old maid. Women set the rule at age forty, counting forty years as the span of youth and noting early gray hair as a sign of nearing spinsterhood.
Visitors at a colored Alabama church laughed as the preacher mixed biblical references with playful jab at John one eye and John two eyes. The moment grew tense as the choir sought a tune for Puree Me with Hyssop, prompting a chorister to suggest an odd herb. The item also notes The London Economist on British capitalists earning from foreign investments and cites unrelated Baltimore American banter about war paint and dress.
The article discusses persistent dyspepsia in women not relieved by standard treatments and presents Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a stomach and female tonic. It highlights a testimonial from Mrs. Maggie Wright of Brooklyn claiming complete cure after other remedies failed.
A reflective meditation on death linked to Moses and Enoch, portraying death as transition to God's realm. It contrasts Moses and Enoch with biblical scenes on mountains and the resurrection hope, citing Paul on the defeat of death through Christ. The piece emphasizes faith over fear and celebrates heavenly life after earthly end.
The crowd in Moab learns Moses must die and Joshua will succeed him as leader toward the Promised Land. Moses blesses the tribes, reads his recorded words, and departs to Mount Nebo where God calls him away, leaving Israel to mourn for twenty days.
Gypsy Smith the British evangelist has started a six months tour in the United States under the Congregational Association's evangelistic committee. Brooklyn is among the cities slated for a series of meetings. Some readers question whether the Lord can distinguish true faith from others.
The Martyrs Memorial committee has given $7,000 to the Shanghai YMCA for a new auditorium named Martyrs Hall to host interdenominational religious conventions. It notes humor about ambition and envy among the remarks.
Maryland U S senator William Pinckney Whyte recently celebrated his 82nd birthday. The longtime public figure is noted for never entering a saloon, never smoking, and never riding in a cab.
Exports reached 214,195,943 pounds valued at 29,294,996 dollars with the United Kingdom receiving 166,604,000 pounds Canada 15,019,000 pounds Russia 9,991,000 pounds Australia 7,746 pounds Turkey and Asia 3,464 pounds United States 2,155,000 pounds Persia 1,091,000 pounds and other nations 1,084,000 pounds All nations except US and Persia showed higher import totals than 1905 while US purchases fell 9.7 percent and Persia fell 65.5 percent.
The snowdrop stands as the earliest reliable spring flower for northern gardens. Its pendulous white blooms emerge before snow melts, with green heart shaped tips noted in Rossetti’s verses. It thrives in partial shade, even in narrow passages between houses, blooming best with some March sun.
A Tennessee mother touts Cuticura Remedies as a household standby after her daughter’s obstinate eczema covered feet and limbs. She says six weeks of Cuticura Soap ointment and pills brought complete recovery, avoiding a physician twelve miles away. October 13, 1906.
A monkey migrates from Genoa to Heidelberg in a burlesque journey. It is passed through customs, transformed into a cat at one point, then becomes a bag and later a dog after various payments. The creature ends its voyage at Heidelberg, described as a humorous stray story.
A man explains persistent nervousness and indigestion from poor diet. After using Grape-Nuts he gains weight, regains appetite, loses morning heaviness, and ends his discomfort, noting he no longer drinks coffee and feels well.
A terse epigram notes the invisibility of a lover’s bright hair and the brief, painful instant of grief amid a life’s missteps. The quote reflects Beaconsfield’s wry meditation on passion and folly.
Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the tenement-house committee of the Charity Organization Society, cites a canvass showing 357000 rooms in New York tenements with no windows. A call for able bodied unmarried men for U. S. Army recruitment notes missing details and misprinted text in several locations.
A mix of quoted aphorisms and garbled lines appears alongside jumbled fragments about actions, rewards, and odd phrases. It references Mrs. Wissiee and ambiguous names with nonsensical wording and stray statements about women who kiss.
The earl of Elein names his son Lord Bruce as private secretary in a move mirroring the late William E. Glatstone’s 1880s precedent. Glatstone appointed Herbert Gladstone at age 20 when he became prime minister, signaling a family lineage approach to staffing.
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