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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
4
Euphemia Ohio woman recounts decades of relief from monthly pains and sickness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the product with stabilizing her health through the Change of Life and aiding her work as a maternity nurse.
South Africa reports General Smuts, as defense minister, organizing protection for Port Norfold and Ookiep copper mines from a possible German Southwest Africa raid. He had led a Boer war raid into Ookiep. Colonel Skelton defended the town. a relief force lifted the siege. Smuts joined Port Nolloth negotiations for peace.
Fragmentary note references a daughter with fever and chill and care by a mother or caregiver. Mentions names Cyrus Heima and St. N. E. Waabingiee D.C. appears, but details are obscured and not a coherent report.
A Chicago health bulletin urges parents to allow boys outdoor play after school to gain strenuous exercise in the open air. The piece promotes outdoor habit as beneficial before schooling, contrasting it with indoor routines. It also notes a man fracturing his skull by a fall from a tree of knowledge amid the doorway scene, hinting at danger in pursuit of knowledge.
Samuel Wilson of London left a trust fund to provide loans of 500 to 1500 dollars to young men starting in business. Loans require one year in business and cannot exceed three years. The policy aims to weed out the unfit and aid capable entrepreneurs, addressing the credit gap that stifles new ventures. The Indianapolis News notes the philanthropist model as a practical solution.
The small city of Gorno lost its title for the heaviest tax in the kingdom as Stuhm records 1914 rates. A $100 monthly earner in Gorno paid $15.75 in income tax, excluding other levies. Stuhm now imposes 11.7 percent on the same income, with progressive scales reaching $275.19 on 2000 yearly income and $412.20 on 4000 yearly income. Twenty West Prussian towns levy municipal income taxes at or above the state tax, Berlin’s suburbs reaching up to 110 percent.
At the Academy of Medicine in Parla M Barthe de Sanafort describes promising rheumatism cures using paraffins ambrine and similar agents Maintaining a temperature above 40 C for 34 hours in treated cases these substances also aid gout arthritis lumbago and sciatica The author notes wounds ulcers and burns heal under a protective sterilizing shell formed by heating ambrine to 80 C or more
Article notes Lettuce plants open flowers wider at rain approach. It claims plants can feel distant objects, with ferns sending roots toward water and a fig near sundew tentacles reacting to nearby items. Includes odd references to Jewish soldiers and other dated curiosities.
The article recalls Arras history from Caesar to 15th century conflicts and the 1435 peace, notes its 25 000 population and shift from art center to 20th century commercial town. It highlights Vauban architecture, Flemish houses, and the city’s wartime role amid modern armies. It also mentions Arras tapestry ties and Robespierre’s Arras roots.
A department store manager praises a job seeker for looks while an assistant doubts her intelligence. The manager notes she can barely read or write and has no literature knowledge, yet suggests hiring her as a saleswoman in the book department.
Gelett Burgess admires Samoan diction in Burgess Un abridged and wonders if English could be as subtle. He cites words like A-party-s approaching and Sulia as examples of tactful, vivid terms absent in English.
A Scotch collie owned by A. A. Smith of Sterling reached American Falls Idaho by foot after a 975 mile trip in under two months. The dog had been shipped from Idaho to Denver and escaped, wandering back to its former home where the owners notified Smith by telegram.
A Table Talk correspondent profiles Miss Lathrop of Massachusetts who turned a personal hobby into a thriving fur and laboratory animal breeding business. Beginning with two dancing mice, she built a market for rats mice and guinea pigs for medical and research use and now employs several men to operate her farm while she manages the kennels and feeds.
A Dallas News snippet contrasts drop forgings and a question about their meaning The piece then pivots to a witty editorial line about a smart young man and tame liberality and a remark on laziness and hop generation
A nurse from Pennsylvania shares her experience with Postum as a coffee substitute. She states headaches and indigestion eased after two weeks, notes benefits for mothers with milk flow, and mentions using Postum with patients. Describes Regular and Instant Postum, preparation tips, and pricing.
A clipped essay explores the role of censorship during wartime and as a professional habit of editors. It muses on persistence of censorship, the presence of women censors, and whether censorship will fade as wars and knowledge evolve. The piece also clips anecdotes about a hall rental for a fraternal society and swift notes on mining, rubber trees, and engineering ants.
A New York Times summary notes U S diplomatic and consular staff have provided valuable data on foreign educational movements. Ambassador Willard shared Spain university instruction details, while consuls in Erfurt Nuremberg Frankfurt and Cologne sent reports on industrial education and crafts training.
Mrs Phillpotts hurries to a temperance society gathering while Addie fetches her blue rosette. Friends smile and stifle laughter as the scene unfolds, with the gold ribbon declaring a First Prize Bantam at the Bournemouth Poultry Show.
Mrs Lens Lee of Duke North Carolina describes severe ear and cheek irritation in her two week old baby that worsened to raw sores. After using Cuticura Soap three to four times daily and Cuticura Ointment, the skin cleared in ten days with no remaining eczema. Card from Cuticura Dept Boston sold worldwide.
The Fifth Annual Tuberculosis Day Movement will enlist thousands of churches schools and lodges nationwide during the week of November 29. The campaign offers free sermon and lecture outlines and literature for distribution, with contact to local tuberculosis societies or the national association at 105 East Twenty second Street New York City.
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It emphasizes decades of use and urges mothers to rely on Castoria for minor ailments and upset stomachs.
An admiring friend remarks at the hangar that the aeroplane is a peach with no files on it. The gloomy amateur aviator responds that the lack of files is precisely the problem.
A fragmented excerpt notes that one step and one tempo prove insufficient, causing dances to shrink and die from lack of exercise as the World enters a new era. The passage reflects a period mood about cultural stagnation and changing tempos.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation frames a conversation on marriage amid war. A woman questions an engagement and the reply cites the war as the reason. The lines hint at shifting heart’s motives under wartime strain.
The piece notes demand for rattlesnake oil sold by F B Armstrong of Brownsville Texas at eight dollars an ounce with claimed rheumatism cures. It also includes a Natural History quip about a teacher and pupil and a joke about marriage and a can opener, ending with a reflective line on men.
A brief dialogue scene centers on a woman and her fiancé as she fears parting from her father when they marry. The man reassures, asking if her father will depart, highlighting family ties and the wedding decision.
A brief, clipped exchange shows a wife complaining of nagging and the reply that the man works from nine to five to earn a living. The dialogue highlights domestic friction and economic routine.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless remedy for calomel side effects and digestive issues. The copy urges readers to buy a 50 cent bottle and try a spoonful tonight with a bold guarantee. Bob Burman anecdote appears as a vignette about car buying tastes from Everybody's Magazine.
James A Patten, a wheat operator, tells reporters in New York that fashion forecasts from Edward Bok and other dress critics may be wrong. On the Finland trip home from the war zone he notes a provocative question from a Baltimore woman asking if Paris had released fall fashions before the war.
In a light exchange from the Ladies' Home Journal, Tommy asks if it is correct to water the horse when thirsty. His mother affirms, then Tommy jokes by picking up a saucer and declaring he will milk the cat, underscoring household humor.
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