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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
4
An old manuscript-like notice reports on wireless telegraph experiments across the ocean drawing public attention. It also promotes patent remedies for stomach, liver, and bowel issues and advertises various elixirs and tonics with claims of health benefits.
The text presents a fragmented Baltimore scene with stray dialogue about a pretty maid and ping pong references. The garbled lines mix playful banter and incomplete actions, mentioning a net, ball, and bells in a stray poetic tone.
A public testimonial from George H. Hodge praises Vogeler's Compound for curing indigestion and related stomach issues. The note urges others to try the remedy, claiming it transformed his health and noting availability through medicine dealers with free samples at a listed address in Baltimore.
One hundred fifty residents of the Confederate Home left Austin this morning on a special car for the Dallas reunion. The group, accompanied by Gov. Sayers and the local Confederate Veterans camp delegation, cheered like schoolboys on a picnic at the departure.
A group of eighty leading businessmen educators and philanthropists will tour Southern colleges and schools over two weeks visiting Virginia Georgia Tennessee Alabama and South Carolina. A four day Southern Educational Conference meeting will be held in Athens Georgia at the State University Normal College Lucy Cobb Institute and related institutions. Noted participants include William H Balktwin Jr George Foster Peabody Morris K Jessup John K Crosby Brown A S Frissell and St Clair McKelway with Robert C Ogden among the party members.
Washington April 21 friends of the omnibus territorial bill holding for the admission of Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma met with Speaker Henderson. They were encouraged that time would be given the measure next week and if not action may be sought by petitions to influence the committee on Rules or the House.
Anthony Broughton testified that while with the mountain army on January 25 Caleb Powers discussed who could shoot Goebel. His brother said Frank Cecil or Zack Steele or Sheriff Henry Broughton could be involved. Cross examination supported the claim. Charleston memorial meeting honors Wade Hampton with leaders urging a monument in his birthplace.
Report from Charlotte notes Henry E. Freis of Winston-Salem seeks options on more than twenty cotton mills in North Carolina and South Carolina to form a New Jersey chartered company. The plan calls for 60 percent of cumulative preferred stock 49 percent of bonds and 20 percent in U S bonds to finance properties with $7 000 000 in cumulative preferred stock and common stock to be issued. Stockholders of large yarn mills are asked to meet May 7 to vote on the sale.
The American Publishers Association expands to thirty eight firms, including nearly all major publishing houses in the United States. A note on literary figures mentions John Burroughs, Ernest Ingersoll, and Ernest Thompson Seton, with remarks on Aldrich and a late Dr. Hammond library auction highlighting a Boccaccio edition that sold for seventy dollars.
An Adirondack guide cites Racquette Lake hunter B C Robinson who recounts a bear attack during a swamp survey. With no weapons, Robinson and a helper climbed trees as the bear pursued, then return home to kill the bear and cubs, asserting bears will chase humans.
The Catholic bishop of Armidale Australia Dr Terregianni head of the Capuchin monastery at Peckham Rye rises as a weighty figure in church circles. He is said to weigh 21 stone and once survived a lunatic's firing shot while officiating at his cathedral.
A collection of endorsements for Peruna from Anna B Fleharty and other readers notes dramatic health improvements for female ailments. The piece cites Dr Hartman and his treatment of pelvic catarrh as a key cause of female disease, claiming Peruna cures by removing the underlying condition.
A vintage seed catalog snippet from Sulzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts Millet as an abundant forage, suggesting ample hay production and advertising price terms. The fragment emphasizes prolific millet yields and immediate sourcing through the Sulzer company.
A traveler notes the desert oasis as the camel remains invaluable in these barren wastes, describing practicality and endurance in stark, olden terms. The fragment hints at travel hardship and the utility of camels as sustenance and transport.
Fragmentary text cites a sales pitch for feet care and shoes with term lens and oxides plus a cold cure claim. Mentions a druggist refund policy if the remedy fails. No clear event or named entities verifyable.
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