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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1904
Page
4
A collage of fashion remarks on fabrics and trims for winter wear, noting plaid silks and plush fabrics, new capes, ostrich feather adornments, and vine leaf trims for hats. Light social quips follow with jokes about family folly and witty banter, concluding with a note on brim sizes for gentlemen’s hats.
A Kansas City business reader recounts a Boston to New York night train robbery. Six $100 bills disappeared from a middle berth passenger while all aboard claimed innocence. A colored porter’s pockets yielded six hundred dollars in the same bills, proving the porter’s guilt despite a coincidental sum.
Bradford Texas reports claim Dodd's Kidney Pills cure many kidney related illnesses and other diseases. Testimonial from J A Davis details dramatic relief after taking several boxes. Cited ailments include nephritis dropsy rheumatism and diabetes with a note urging early kidney treatment. A Chicago Tribune quip about bones in the skull ends the piece, with contact in Minnesota.
Two women lunching at a Baltimore hotel discuss menus in a light hearted exchange. They dodge clam cocktails and crab while selecting salad and chicken, share preferences on drinks, ice cream, cake, and end with plans for a long talk about marriage.
Notes on needlework fabrics like taffeta mohair and sateen dominating dark under skirts. Silk batiste and mull in white or pale colors used for delicate corset covers. Beadings enhance ribbon accents, monograms and flowers appear in embroidery of exclusive lingerie. White ribbons favored, pink and blue next, lavender rare. large ribbon bows noted on some corset covers.
A white cake with light marshmallow filling cooked briefly after egg addition, spread between layers and iced with a soft veil and tiny marshmallows. The recipe uses sugar, butter, fresh milk, sifted flour, soda and cream of tartar, stiffly beaten egg whites, and optional almond vanilla or lemon flavoring. Also describes Pumpkin Fanchionettes and a Thanksgiving cake with lemon icing.
Dr Louis Robinson argues the Equiline nose is essential for full human development not mere ornament. A Philadelphia physician warns warts and moles can become malignant and urges early operation. Miss Murdoch of the London School of Medicine for Women cautions students against slovenly dress. A medical writer urges hygienic measures to reduce infant diarrhoea and urban waste.
A compact fragmentary essay contrasts life as a bitter dose with insights on poverty riches trust and laziness. It notes distrustful individuals undermine trust and warns that overpaid effort yields little future work. It closes with a cynical quip about love letters before marriage and spousal wisdom.
A health column warns that substances like whisky tobacco coffee and tea burden the body and hinder performance. It urges quitting addictions after the first warning whacks from Mother Nature and promotes Postum as a healthier substitute to restore vigor and success.
Long guide on using legume cover crops to build soil and organic matter before corn. Emphasizes nitrogen and potash needs, mineral fertilizers, and extensive autumn plowing, rye cover, and manure spread to improve moisture retention and future yields. Also discusses hog raising and southern farm mortgages.
The article notes farmers still keep scrubs or razorback hogs for foraging but this is no longer lucrative. It recalls a time when abundant forests fed hogs year round, contrasting with dense population and scarce wild food. It argues for breeding high standard hogs that respond to proper care and feeding.
A farmer's rise from college to modern methods. wrapping apples in paper boosts cold tolerance. bees thrive as freebooters. milk fever treatment via udder injections of sterilized air. keep poultry houses dry with ample fresh air. two year red clover and five to six year alfalfa conservation. market birds in good condition. five cents to produce a pound of poultry. dry warm littered poultry houses yield more eggs. Georgia water from Baxley deep well contains phosphoric acid, surface application equals 200 pounds fertilizer per acre.
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