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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
4
Letters from Sisters of Charity in Detroit and from Congressman Meekison praise Peruna for catarrh and throat symptoms. Dr. Hartman, founder of The Hartman Sanitarium, invites inquiries and offers free advice.
A collage of light remarks and quips from Punch Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press and other papers. Bits include school jokes about headstands and walls witty retorts on cigars fashion and spelling and playful exchanges about weddings and grooms with a dash of sly humor throughout.
Mrs R A Anderson of Jacksonville Florida endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising its quick benefits for women and urging others to use it, claiming cures for various female troubles and urging readers to mention seeing the advertisement in the paper.
A Farmer's Home Journal excerpt describes the first killing frost and approaching winter. It notes livestock routines and garden losses, winter chores, and family scenes. It urges reliance on farm journals to inform southern farmers about machinery, breeding, and market opportunities.
Southern Agriculturist advises gentle handling from birth and especially during the first calving. Start with light rations after calving to reduce udder swelling, then gradually increase. Milking should be done in a stall with a halter, gentle restraint, warm udder baths, and vaseline on teats. Maintain consistent kindness and full rations for six months to shape lifelong dairy potential.
The commissioner of agriculture urges goats to reclaim weed infested brush and convert rough lands into productive pasturage. Angoras thrive on arid sagebrush and drought, offering higher fleece value, hardy endurance, and broader profit compared with sheep, with reports from Iowa and Massachusetts supporting land improvement and profitability.
The article urges farmers to move toward their ambitions, learn from others, attend institutes, and experiment on their own farms. It stresses avoiding pride, valuing first hand experience, and using winter institutes to gain practical knowledge for better judgment and timely action.
Ground oats corn and bran make a top winter ration for dairy cows. A well fed cow yields more milk when calm. stirring cream before churning aids ripening. Intelligent breeding and feeding, plus regular stall cleaning, shape a productive dairy cow. Sowing rye in fall supports spring pasture. feeding timing affects milk flow.
An old tale from Japan tells how a woodcutter and his wife find a radiant baby on a bamboo branch. The moon child grows bright at night and captivates the emperor who loves her, but she must return to Mother Moon in three days. Tears become fireflies in the emperor’s memory.
The advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as the genuine remedy for kidney and bladder disorders. It cites conditions like Brights disease, inflammation, and neuralgic pains, claims cures with numerous testimonials and offers mail order availability from Foster Milling Co. Buffalo New York. It also includes a testimonial from jeweler W H Neramona of Wytheville Virginia describing relief from back pain after two boxes.
Portland resident H B McCarver credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with curing months of backache and kidney trouble after a cold settled in his kidneys and says there has been no recurrence. Elmira housewife Mrs Wallace testifies she was cured of kidney and bladder trouble in 1897 after an operationWas advised by her physician to operate and suffered nightly pain before four boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills stopped the illness and she has had no relapse in nearly seven years.
In November a huge school of blackfish arrived near Cape Cod shore driving villagers to action. Boats formed a circle as tide ebbed, driving fish ashore on flats where winded by boards and noise, nearly 90 percent stranded in two hours. The catch totalled about $25,000 with some fish weighing two tons. A Milan trolley link to North Italian lakes is planned for 1305.
Kekomo Indiana November 23. Mrs Anna M Willis 74 a well known resident of this place writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills claiming long kidney trouble heart and back pain vanished after several boxes. She says she feels twenty years younger and can work on her farm. Address R R No 6 Kokomo.
A Capital report recalls Secretary Shaw claiming secrecy on a major treasury refunding of 20 million dollars. He admits one letter was written to the president but forgot to instruct him to withhold details. The piece contrasts press curiosity with official caution and cites other breezy snippets from period humor and ads.
Walter Camp, Yale athletic adviser, entertains undergraduates with anecdotes from his experiences. He recalls a dinner where a charming woman tries to engage a deaf man, shouting to be heard, and ends with a quip about preferring the old-fashioned nightshirt once the banana question is finally asked.
Mr Dennis struggles to describe his wife's cough to the doctor. The doctor asks for specifics and he deflects, noting the cough may be hollow yet the sound has substance. The exchange reads as a quiet, humorous moment from a periodical.
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