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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1921
Page
3
A poem recounts how the desert venerates the Great Lord Sun as supreme, death its servant, with caravans marching through a lifeless yellow sea. The desert remains silent while the ocean and winds seek answers, and a lone jackal witnesses the reverence without ever hearing a prayer.
A playful verse asks where a man could buy a knee cap or a key to the lock of hair and ponders which body parts function like tools or rooms. It playfully questions eyes as academies pupils, nails at toe ends, and other curious images.
Elijah Halford recalls a breezy Westerner who barged into the White House asking to see Ben about an office. The president was tied up with the foreign relations committee, prompting the man to bolt and exclaim that Harrison had foreign relations.
To cleanse the blood, strengthen the kidneys and regulate the stomach, liver and bowels the Prickly Ash Bitters is offered by Chilton & Co. in Oxford Mississippi. It promotes activity in body and brain. Price 1.25 dollars per bottle.
President C H Markham of the Illinois Central argues against rate cuts as a stimulant to traffic and warns that prewar rates were too low to fund rail improvements. He cites rising costs since 1917, asserts railroads must earn a fair return, and condemns socialist arguments to nationalize or pressure Congress via railway votes. Birmingham News notes.
Teachers' Club members are signing contracts for high school departments and principalships for the next session. The club participates actively in state education progress, joins the State Teachers Association in large numbers, and will send delegates to Meridian for the May meeting. Prof. Roswell W. Rogers notes many applicants but a shortage of standard college graduates to fill high school positions.
A terse remark urges self-reflection to inspire greater charity toward others, implying personal change precedes outward kindness. The statement stresses inner reform as a path to humane action in social conduct.
A saying notes that the person who tracks his wins and losses tends to have few failures to record. The idea emphasizes discipline and honest self-assessment as keys to improvement.
A lighthearted note on a complexion that seems to resist a blush in warm weather, describing the look as a stubborn effect of heat and cosmetics.
Executor W S Hargis advertises corn for sale on the Stanley Burt place southwest of Oxford and on the Mrs Salina Moore place near Delay. Sale overseen by H O Foust and George Brummett with price one dollar per bushel. Also an advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters claiming to purify blood and bowels priced at 1.26 per bottle sold in Oxford, Mississippi.
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