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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
Testimonies from Kentucky Ontario and others claim kidney and related ailments improved after using Peruna and Maillin. Letters describe long standing discomfort easing after starting Peruna, with praise for the remedy and its effect on kidney function.
Fragmented OCR style note mentions a Berlin exposition, liquid air as a potential competitor to steam and electricity, and a misread claim about Leonard’s Eye Latien eye cure. It references a ticket remark exchange and a prospect of a power plant at Niagara Falls valued at 46 million per year.
The Lexington combination institute aims to boost agricultural study in public schools and empower teachers and clubs in countywide demonstration work. A Philadelphia veteran reunion drew hundreds with speeches by A. M. Byrd and others, as Gen. J. Th. Sharp is noted for his Civil War leadership. Caterpillars devastate Hollendale area, stripping walnut and pecan trees. Mississippi appoints Capt. John T. McLean to army medical training in Washington. State cotton sales planned by penitentiary trustees to cover expenses. Dek FM hosts 15th Mississippi Regiment reunion and monument unveiling. Armour Packing Co plans a large Hattiesburg warehouse and cold storage plant. Hay crops look good this season. Vicksburg jail escape via improvised knife saw. Deaths of Gen. Henry Williamson and other notable figures. Socialist party ballot access referred to courts. A. B. McKay resigns to start Jackson nursery. Bishop Galloway returns from conferences in good health. State Board of Health to meet Oct 5-6 in Jackson for medical license exams. Mississippi Baptists push prohibition. church membership reaches 140,000. Starkville College opens with 1,000 students, record enrollment.
A Propriety Association report reviews two years ending June 20 1907 on deaths from medicines. Only 3 percent were traced to patent remedies. most fatalities stemmed from consumption errors or accidents.
The tale links Scotland's thistle emblem to a Danish raid in Scotland when a Danish warrior stepped on a thistle, waking guards and causing heavy losses. It notes the motto Nemo me impune lacessit meaning no one provokes me with impunity and ties it to this legend.
A hotel guest recalls a porter finding a coat over a berth on a moving train. The porter explains the garment belonged to a woman who slept in the berth the previous night. He jokes that many ladies wear night attire in cabs for safety in a wreck.
The notable line shows Alice Kate reacting to an Englishman’s query about a weekly allowance for a married couple. She corrects herself that the figure meant 10 shillings, revealing a miscommunication and shifting the emotional tone of the exchange. Key West reports note a salt water fire and sanitary flushing system.
Mrs. J. D. Johnson of Columbia Missouri details two years of swelling water retention and heart gurgling before using Deans Kidney Pills. After two boxes her trouble did not reappear and she calls it wonderful relief. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Clarence Darrow commented on the Haywood trial noting some evidence was false. He recalled a prior Alabama case where a witness appeared repeatedly ignorant. The judge asked if the man knew the value of an oath and the witness replied that the opposing lawyer paid him six dollars to swear.
The notice recounts a testimonial by Edward Wovell of the 30th U. S. Infantry at Fort Crook Nebraska. He credits Cuticura products with curing years of eczema after six days of use. The second item explains the Arabic term kismet meaning fate and predestination in Islam.
A former college long distance runner recounts enhanced endurance after two daily meals of Grape-Nuts. He says two weeks of use restored digestion, steadied nerves, increased weight and energy, aiding mile and half mile events and daily jogs, with improved study pace. He notes brain and nerve benefits from wheat and barley components and urges others to try the product.
A dialogue on dusting and a bribe offer unfolds in a parlor car scene. Catarrh advertising notes claim a constitutional cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and promise a $100 reward if cure fails. Literary line from Lord Lytton closes the fragment.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a boarding house proprietor asking Mr Slimm about Bedouin Arabs. The man replies he read in papers that Bedouin Arabs can stay all day with few dates soaked in melted butter, and he jokes about hiring them as boarders.
A testimonial filled feature promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for tumor growths and other female ailments. Letters from women in Boston South Bend Vandergrift and Mt Pleasant praise relief and full recovery after using the compound and Blood Purifier under medical doubt and failure.
A quack remedy touted as a cure for sick women claims it has helped over a million users and is said to relieve pains with time. Advertisements praise Willow Shoots and other preparations while warnings about medical misrepresentation appear alongside a life saving device invented by Belgian engineer R Lavache in Chapultepec Mexico, not patented for humanitarian reasons.
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