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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
4
A collage of unclear quotes and garbled text from multiple papers includes lines about marriage after death, rest, music questions, and stray references to Houston Post New York Sun and Wall Street. The legible fragments offer little coherent news content.
The kitchen floor requires regular scrubbing as soap and water soften wood and cause splinters. Clean and smooth the surface, fill cracks on close grained wood, apply a crude oil or special floor prep, then let it harden to resist grease. Do not wax or varnish kitchens or baths as water will ruin the finish. Maintain floors by keeping them in good condition.
A collection of practical hints covers fabric care and cleaning methods. It advises using cologne to remove candle creases, ironing tips for stock prep, covering nursery screens with loved prints, and quick cold-water rinses to prevent stains. It also includes a linoleum dressing recipe using linseed oil and vinegar and a method to freeze ice cream faster with water and salt.
Instructions describe making dainty savories with crisp crackers and butter baked to brown. Stale bread becomes bread sticks and croutons for soup. Cut slices half an inch, cube croutons, three inch sticks, butter and toast golden. A sour cream fruit salad dressing blends sour cream with melted butter, serving with fruit and crackers.
A traditional boiled dressing recipe mixing salt mustard and sugar with flour egg vinegar and milk. Heat vinegar, beat eggs and milk, combine, cook to boil, then stir in dry ingredients and butter. Preserve by boiling briefly. great for salads and meat dishes.
How to remove mildew from white fabric using chloride of lime and washing soda, boil and soak steps, plus cautions about scum. Also a homemade sausage meat method with beef salt herbs and egg wash, and a peanut soup recipe with peanut butter flour water milk and seasonings.
Readable lines describe a traditional recipe for sweet potatoes and corn balls. Ingredients include potatoes, butter, sugar, salt, pepper, nutmeg, batter, eggs, malted butter, white sugar, and raw egg. Directions cover dicing, mixing, shaping into balls, and frying. notes mention preventing cake cracking with cream, as part of a 60 year old Haus recipe.
John H. Kimble of Port Deposit, secretary of the Farmers' National Congress, cites unions and combinations as easing farm work. He notes the group includes about 3,000,000 farmers and endorses an eight hour day with additional harvest season overtime.
A 1912 testimonial from Frank Vastine describes relief from persistent eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad claims complete cure within three months after eight cakes of soap and five boxes of ointment. The notice urges readers to request a free sample and Skin Book from Cuticura in Boston.
A terse exchange shows a gardener reporting the doctor is very poorly with influenza and lacking a locum tenens. The humor hinges on bureaucratic phrasing and wordplay as the gardener responds to the query about the doctor's replacement.
A vintage prescription line promises a malaria and chills remedy noting five or six doves will break any case and that taken as a tonic the fever will return. The dialogue contrasts Sensational Sues inquiry about a woman entering life with Practical Pete’s answer about a lady pickpocket.
A dental list style ad promotes Freys Vermifage for children with symptoms said to indicate worms. Directions are given and results urged to be watched. The piece cites dealer availability at 25 cents. In a separate vignette George Ade at the Chicago athletic club imitates a youth praising love with a witty exchange about married life and courtship.
The Sleepy Sixteenth floor of a New York hotel is set aside for night workers with inverted hours, its own restaurant, lift and phone service, and meals shifted to fit daytime sleeping. Cleaning and bedmaking occur after nightfall, with breakfast in the afternoon.
A speaker argues that gifts for church leadership are divine, not earned by schools. He cites varied paths from pastors and evangelists to teachers and nurses, noting many Christians train in Bible study and return to secular work, still serving daily. The body of Christ relies on every member, from joints to fingers, contributing in unity.
Controversy erupts as a parish priest damages valuable frescoes in the church of Benouville Calvedos. The ruin comes from zeal inspired by the painter’s depiction of the Day of Judgment and an old French parable, the London Globe reports.
Miss Forrest E. Lance of Palmer, Oklahoma writes thatCardus the woman’s tonic has greatly benefited her after three years of back and bearing down pains. She reports relief after four bottles and urges other women to try it, noting Cardus has a long history of success and helps nervous worn-out patients.
Patchwork of product ads and quips from a historic page. It includes a cure-all promise for rheumatism and pains, short dialogue about a broken engagement, a patronizing tip about CASTORLA for infants, social quips about sorrow and mourning, and assorted witticisms on manners and human foibles.
A Washington Post item humorously notes Senator Tillman’s joke about fried chicken becoming a lost Washington art. He receives parcels of fried chicken from anxious residents, admits conversion to praise, and remains bemused by ongoing mail and odd anecdotes from the capital.
The double red cross emblem for the International Anti Tuberculosis Association originated in Berlin in 1902 proposed by Dr. G Seriron of Paris. It is used worldwide by about 1 200 associations 650 sanatoria and hospitals 400 dispensaries and 200 open air schools. The symbol stands for war against tuberculosis and appears in many countries. A tale shows a young man unable to marry on 10 000 year income and a fishing boat case note to a judge about continuing the case for Izaak Walton.
President Wilson, noted for ambassadorial appointments and literary taste, urged a young poet to avoid following the crowd. He emphasized originality during an al fresco lunch in Cornish last month, advising never follow the crowd if you want the crowd to follow you.
A jumble of jokes and literary snippets flows from a Cincinnati Enquirer page with wry quips about doctors, curates, love, and social scenes. The text also cites advertising blurbs and scattered dialogue reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century tone.
A fragmented passage shows fragmented dialogue about dancing hips and a group for children. It references Mrs Wission and a Goething grup, improver bacon and a neighbor with a cornet. The text reads like a humorous local snippet with garbled names and stray questions.
A collage of odds and ends covers a Memphis firm ad for roofing materials and a jokey remark about a grapho phone, followed by a Louisville Courier Journal quote about a cheating illusion and a Washington Star quip on a kiss inquiry. Turkish crops optimism and a safe key mishap wrap the page.
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