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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
4
A ragged collection of ads and notices shows the era’s appetite for medical tonics, wedding chatter, and odd buys. A Kilmer’s Swamp Root pitch promotes kidney relief while a Philadelphia widow seeks an index finger replacement, illustrating quirky commerce and personal appeals in a single page.
An advertisement urges mothers to choose Castoria with its three decade signature for infants and children. The text juxtaposes a fleeting remark on family portraits with a child Jean noting that children see themselves as their mothers see them, not as others do.
A young woman asks George what he would do if strapped to a chair as a candle on a keg of gunpowder burns closer to his head. George replies he would blow it out, while the lamp’s red glow fades and eerie shadows creep over the scene.
In a terse exchange the speaker indicates a wish to ascend to a balcony and then descend, culminating in a bold assertion that their goal is the Earth, framed as a direct, existential request.
In 1950 I began drinking coffee and soon suffered heart palpitations headaches kidney trouble and stomach distress. After quitting coffee and using Postum ten days brought improvement with steadier nerves clearer head and better kidney function, without drugs.
A vintage recipe card details Pond Lily Salad arrangements with lettuce and yolk mixture, plus Veal Croquettes using leftover meat and cream sauce, Stuffed Peppers with veal and rice filling, Madge's Cockles batter steps, and a Good Pie Crust recipe with flour and baking powder.
A sermon-like reflection questions morality in society, condemns rigid conventions, and urges the church to move beyond legalism. It argues conscience as inner law, urges prophets’ guidance, and seeks a personal, God-centered self toward true morality.
Kerosene softens and hydrates leather boots and shoes while heating tricks retain heat longer. Roiled starch becomes smooth with sperm salt or gum arabic. Olive oil or butter removes old paint stains, choloform aids dirt removal. Parsley lasts longer in a cool covered jar. Scald milk by steam from boiling water. Leather chairs renew shine with benzine and sweet oil. Oiled steel resists rust. long crochet needle clears bathroom pipes.
On a dry day gather sound green peas for bottling. Shell and blanch them quickly in mint infused water, then dry and pack into wide neck bottles with mint and salted water. Seal and process in a water bath, cook gently an hour, cool, dry, and store hermetically until needed.
Two minutes two cupfuls of cream and four tablespoons of sugar are combined with lemon bay leaves and cinnamon then thickened with ground rice and milk. After simmering and straining the mixture cools, adds vanilla, and freezes. Finally serve with shaved almonds on top.
A Swede arriving at Ellis Island recalls a New Testament gifted by a New York Bible Society worker twenty-eight years ago. He credits the Swedish language book with his conversion, and later calling to preach the Gospel in Colorado. The tale underlines progressive divine revelation and the enduring power of scripture.
Slice round steak into two inch squares. Dredge pieces in flour, season with salt and pepper, and brown in lard or butter. Bake or pan fry to roast, turning as needed. Add water, simmer one and a half to two hours, thicken gravy, and serve.
The instructions advise using bread 24 hours old for sandwiches and not spreading butter or filling before the bread is cut from the leaf and shaped. Cream the filling with a small wooden spoon, then spread on delicate bread without crumbling. For grape butter, boil grape pulp, strain, mix with half ambour, add sugar to per quart, and cook until thick and jelly-like.
An Oregon man invents a novel but elaborate egg separator using a concave plate and a revolving cup. The cup lowers to crack the egg, letting white flow onto the plate while the yolk remains in a socket, with a cleaning arm to purge the plate and direct contents to a cup or receptacle. The device aims to separate yolk and white without breaking the shell, though cooks may find it overengineered.
Readers can prepare cucumber cups by slicing firm cucumbers into four to form hollow bases. Fill with a tartar sauce thickened with olive oil and vinegar, seasoned with mustard salt sugar cayenne and pepper, then folded with capers pickles parsley olives and shallots for a crisp party bite.
A 19th century recipe outlines a pie crust using flour lard water and salt then a lemon custard filling with eggs and sugar cooked to thick. A top meringue is browned. It also covers slicing raw eggplant, frying on a greased broiler or hot griddle, and serving on toast with hot water.
Melt two ounces of chocolate with one tablespoon butter one quarter cup cream and half cup sugar over hot water then boil to a soft ball in ice water Stir in one half cup chopped nuts and vanilla Cool before using to sandwich cooled cakes.
A old recipe for nut balls blends cold veal almonds egg and tomato sauce baked twenty minutes. Also tips on removing tar stains with cot scap suds alcohol and lard use turpentine. A spiced salmon dish with butter lemon water cloves cayenne boils then serves on toast.
Peels eight potatoes and cooks them in salted water until tender. Drains and dries, then shapes each potato in a cloth. Bakes in buttered dish with stock and butter, seasoned with salt and pepper, until stock is absorbed and potatoes melt in the mouth.
A woman imagines her former lover keeping her photos as cherished mementos. His letter returns a cruel joke, claiming he cannot distinguish her from many other posed girls and offers to send a hundred or four more photos to choose from. The Royal Magazine quote captures a wry social snip.
Mrs Mary E Brely of Philadelphia describes ten months of painful cracked peeling hands with blisters and itching. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment she healed quickly and remained free of recurrence, praising the products. A free sample offer and 32 page book are available from Cuticura Dept. 6 K, Boston.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache dizziness headaches and urinary trouble claiming thousands cured. Mrs George Earl of Madison Nebraska describes relief from swelling fatigue and weight gain after use praising the product and urging readers to remember the name. Price listed and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N.Y. as distributors.
A temperamental New England farmer, after conversion, tells friends and relatives at Thanksgiving of his moral turnaround. He asks his wife to confirm his change, and she quietly reminds him of a past bite, eliciting a hush from the table.
An advertisement for Pittsburg Iron Works by Pidgeon-Thomas Iren Co lists welded fencing for cattle bogs poultry garden and lawn and galvanized iron roofings and rubber reefings priced from one dollar. The clipped text also includes fragmented humor about water use and a lazy man.
In a humorous dialogue, a wife complains about her husband's jab at her idle curiosity. He defends it as the most active trait, calling it idle yet essential. The playful remark highlights a clash of perception between the pair.
North Yakima story about prisoner Michael Short and two others escaping to tend a starving dog. Short returned to work claiming he left the dog tied at home and went to free it, avoiding harsher punishment. A separate tale covers a Dublin cabby encounter with a pretty Irish traveller in Dab le.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Bond's Pills as a genuine liver stimulant with promises to relieve headache biliousness and indigestion. The ad asks readers to state where they saw the offer and name a reliable dealer, Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock Ark. The piece also includes a humorous exchange about a conductor and a motorman.
Fragmentary text cites a paradoxical reason behind anti kissing campaigns and blends quotations from Sarah Grand and Oliver Lodge about value and being needed, with garbled phrases and brandlike fragments scattered through the lines.
Mrs Jones shows her husband a hat bought on approval after an all day search at the milliners. He urges immediate phone approval to ensure the item is not sold to another buyer, while she weighs choosing between this hat and a five dollar more expensive alternative.
An Irishman rushes into a Dublin pub and bets a gallon of beer can be drunk in one draught while keeping the mug on the bar. He drinks until the vessel nearly empties, the publican warning him to drink faster. Pat replies he thought he felt a bump as the jug fell. The piece ends with a quip about returning to nature and honesty.
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