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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
4
Karol Kowetes a Pesth shoemaker showed intuitive carving skill and crafted the first meerschaum pipe from a porous whitish clay gifted to Count Andrassy. The pipe absorbed nicotine and was kept as a museum piece in Pesth, linking Kowates to the Brooklyn Battle era.
Characters Cholly and Fweddy joke about consulting a spwirk medium to reach common ancestors. The snippet reflects humorous dialogue about ancestry and recognition.
A husband reads a letter from his pocket then hides it, prompting his wife to secretly take the letter. She discovers the bill for her gown with critical notes about extravagance. She questions how to respond while keeping his trick hidden, as others judge him harshly.
Staunton Avk Aug 31 News from Duff Searcy Co that Justice of the Peace T K Reeves recommends Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. Local J P B Cox agrees, recounting his own recovery after three boxes and giving the remaining three to friends who praise the remedy. No one disputes the verdict.
A local artist recounts visiting an insane asylum inmate in this state and notes a clock discrepancy at the stair foot. He compares his watch with the clock and asks the Irish doorkeeper if the clock is right, who retorts that it could hardly be correct there.
The article advises careful handling of silk garments to preserve texture and color. It recommends washing white silk in cold water with soap lather, adding borax for soil, slight blueing in final rinse, and using warm water for whites but never hot. A gum solution strengthens and glosses, with careful drying and ironing practices to avoid shine or damage.
The piece argues synthetic alcohol from acetylene is not cheaper than grain. It notes a two year loss of about a billion dollars in value across ten large corporations. Benzine locomotives and 25 ton freight trucks are reshaping German Belgian Austrian mining. Ohio oil and gas drilling raises coal mining safety concerns. Electrolytic caustic soda and chlorine production boosts bleaching industry worldwide.
A dialogue notes unusual crops with seven acres of oysters thriving despite flood conditions. Local resident asserts ample water and successful harvest while the stranger suggests ruin, reflecting a coastal farming anecdote from the Baltimore American.
A London Tit-Bits quip depicts a deck hand condescending to a nervous female passenger asking about the weather. He dismisses concerns with a salty joke implying weather improves with women aboard.
A Va udra of Oklahoma station findings extol Kaffir corn for drought resistance and fodder quality. It yields substantial grain and provides finer fodder than corn, with various harvest methods and varieties noted. Ground seed makes flour for pan cakes.Feeders profit from stock and crop integration.
Census figures show cotton grown by 1 418 584 farmers on 24 278 101 acres yielding 4 717 172 446 pounds with value 13 34 per acre and seed at 1 93 per acre Hemp grown by 964 farmers on 16 042 acres yields 733 pounds per acre and 24 per acre Sugar beets on 110 170 acres by 14 035 farmers yield 7 2 tons and 4 19 per ton Tobacco grown on 1 101 483 acres with yield 788 and 7 cents per pound Labor costs on farms in 1899 total 365 305 921 averaging 64 per farm Expenditures vary by farm type Fertilizer averages by crop include 62 for sugar 27 for tobacco 11 for cotton 5 for hemp Precedent for government aid in roads compares levee funding 1 000 000 annually benefiting 1 500 000 people to road construction aiding 60 000 000 Pennsylvania appropriates 5 750 000 over five years with cost sharing one half by counties and townships Maintenance fund 10 of appropriation Then national aid the Brownlow bill could boost road building.
Farmers seek fair profits amid cheap product prices. They hasten to dump unsold stock, arguing a better plan is needed to convert surplus into value and sustain farming livelihoods.
The article urges starting calf training to gentleness, arguing a calm cow yields better, easier management and milk. It notes early handling prevents revert to skittish behavior, and even first-lactation training is possible. It adds on cow peas with corn, saying peas act as a moisture sink yet shade soil and may conserve moisture and fertility.
The author questions why farmers would not adopt turning under wheat and oat stubble to plant cow peas. They note the method yields excellent pea hay and seed, plus potential income from selling excess seed and seed for next year. The plan improves soil while producing a profitable crop and should become a regular system.
A selection of agricultural notes advises farmers to adopt new practices, protect fowls, calve cows with care, provide dry coop bedding, and use pasture crops like rape. It warns against overfat hogs and notes silk worm feed trials failed, urging practical, profitable farming in the Southwest.
The New York Times quotes a department store superintendent noting shoplifters stay active in hot weather. He explains staffing shifts, the use of female staff as detectives, and how summer promotions recruit from within. 50 to 40 women detectives work during peak times, with attrition from marriages and job changes reducing the force each year.
A New York World item recounts a bizarre dream in which an African explorer is robbed by a red comical ostrich after his gun runs empty, then imagines a papal nuncio Leo converting a street worker with humor about francs and hunting. The piece mixes travel yarns with a Pope Leo anecdote about gentleness in Vatican gardens.
A humorous dialogue shows a suitor asking a father for permission to marry his daughter. The father teases that the prior suitor proposed first and secured consent, prompting further light banter about readiness and approval.
Isidor Kitsee reports that adding fine sulphur to dissolved cellulose and heating, ideally under pressure, more than doubles its electrical insulation resistance. The sulphur percentage affects flexibility while improving acid and moisture resistance.
In England 672 of 1000 marriages occur in Anglican churches 128 in nonconformist churches 154 in registrars offices 40 in Catholic churches and 6 in synagogues. A Chicago Tribune quote notes agents call us smart men yet use a whole dictionary. Ram's Horn adds trial plus toil equals triumph.
Whitelaw of New York discusses social evils at Worster College in a satirical dialogue. A narrator notes a figure of 154000 per seave provoking reactions, with imputations of 2725, 681 and 97 as daily rates and a playful debate on marital relations amid a 70 million population.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, irate heirs visit a life insurance office seeking the $10,000 policy proceeds for their deceased relative, Benjamin Franklin Londerschlegel, who died three months ago. The president explains delays hinge on the difficulty of the name, noting simpler names would have sped settlement.
A dialogue unfolds where a suitor questions a woman's rejection. She denies money or aristocratic status as motives and finally confesses the real reason she cannot bear his sight. The exchange reflects social pressures and personal aversion in a concise stray story vignette.
A Troy Daily Times note suggests a Bible student imagined the journey from Dan to Bersheba could be done in under three hours with the Empire State Express. The writer links Ezekiel’s prophecy to the modern New York Central train service, praising its speed and knowledge value.
The Rochester Post-Express reports Miss Carrie George has had her limb amputated for the third time. She is in the hospital and is getting along nicely. The note appears in the Ashtabu la Record-Herald editorial page as a prominent item.
A light exchange on ancestry from London Tit-Bits features Mrs Upperton asking about pride in lineage and Mrs Newridhe noting a genealogist’s claim that their forebears are the “latest thing.” The playful dialogue reflects fashionable talk on fads in genealogy.
An advertising notice promises a free three month trial on a large 500 pound steel range via Sears Roebuck and Co. Readers may request a picture of the range and other stoves by mail. The text quotes mixed into a stray dialogue about autos and travel from unrelated sources.
A fragment from early 20th century ads and quips including Patent medicine claims for Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine and a 25 cent note, plus miscellaneous remarks from Cincinnati, Washington Iowa, Minneapolis, Chicago and others. The brief items mix advice, morals, and wheeled wisdom without a single cohesive event.
A Kansas City user claims Peruna cured a severe bladder catarrh after eleven weeks restoring strength. A Sheridan Indiana man credits Peruna with two months of use ending lifelong health gains. The ad asserts Peruna cures catarrh of kidneys liver and pelvic organs by treating the underlying catarrh.
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