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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
2
The article reflects on national politics and diplomacy, with references to Kishinev, Shafter, Bryan, Hay, and Cleveland. It critiques administration decisions, press coverage, and potential vice presidential considerations, noting Ohio’s political stance and the era’s public sentiment. It also touches on harvest labor demand and domestic service wages in a broad, opinionated tone.
An editorial argues lawlessness rises from official corruption and court failure. It cites judge indifference, jury inefficacy, and legal trickery as breeding chaos, urging courts from bottom to top to enforce prompt justice and hold officials accountable. It states voters share blame and eternal vigilance is the remedy.
The piece argues that perspective alters moral judgment across life stages. From childhood ignorance to old age, standpoints vary by experience and choices, influencing views on pleasure, wealth, duty, and self improvement. Ascend with wiser outlook to seek hope and betterment.
Cardinal Sarto was chosen pope on Tuesday morning and immediately took the name Pius X. The election received approval from foreign powers.
A town conversation centers on a grandmother who claims a simple, universal receipt for youth. A friend vows to try it, though doubts arise about maintaining virtue amid gossip and pressure to take shortcuts as they urge others to begin the regimen.
Jean P Wilkinson died July 3 1903 at Abbeville Mississippi after four years invalidism. He was born March 11 1842 in Poughkeepsie New York and married June 10 1874 to Marie Torrance at Abbeville. He leaves a wife and eight children eight survive. He faced illness with patience and is mourned by family and friends. Burial followed by the Masonic fraternity in Abbeville cemetery.
Mississippi has a negro poet, or parodist, one W. Olford of Shelby in Bolivar County. Read a sample of his verse as he riffs on cotton, gins, and work amid hardship and rural life.
Rev G W Strickland leads a largely attended Abbeville Methodist Church meeting with strong public interest. Shields Hussey is sick. Isaac McNeely returned from the Delta sick several days. Alex Houston visits old friends. Edna Barry of Liberty visits. Tankersley returns home sick. Xx Y Z.
Fayette Springs notes tightens up with a new belfry on the school building as a material improvement. Mrs. J N Slough returns home recovering from illness. Dr E P Sneed and wife join the community. Several visits and minor misfortune report, including Toccopola incident injuring T L Avent and a horse wreck after fleeing a buggy.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for colds with a money back guarantee if it fails. It notes LE. W. Groe’s signature on each box and lists a price of 5c.
A reflective note catalogues self‑imposed flaws that thwart success. It lists traits like indecision and perfectionism as causes of stagnation, concluding with the idea that success remains elusive when one cannot translate knowledge into practical power.
A DuPont Georgia resident recalls a long battle with lung infection and says Dr. King's New Discovery cured his cough cold and throat and lung troubles. The testimonial notes rapid recovery and offers bottles at A H Kenders drug Store with trial bottles free and two sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00.
A historical notice promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a mild remedy for malaria symptoms in a climate where jit and fatigue precede chills. It claims Herbine as a prior stimulant effect on the liver to expel malarial germs and purify the blood, with sales through Oxford Pharmacy and Chilton & Co.
An old allegory contrasts a girl fleeing a grasshopper and stepping on a snake with a man who spends vast sums on a cyclone cellar yet ignores his family’s safer health. The piece touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the prompt, reliable cure, sold by R. R. Chiton Co.
List of names of unclaimed mail left at the Oxford Mississippi Post Office for the week ending August 1 1903. Whitfield Hon H L Smith Mrs Jessie Morgan Miss Lelia Heigelberg Harvey B Whifere Miss Mandy Pearse Prof J E Porter T D Warren Miss May Owens Miss Maggie Knowle Miss Sus Kerr Rev G W. Call for No 6 letter and date advertised. Puercer P M.
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills end pain from various ailments including dizziness backache and constipation. It highlights a 25 cent price and a drug store guarantee while also praising Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy and Herbine by Dr G B Singley for bowel complaints.
W S Bailey of Texas reports his wife suffered paralysis in her arm for five years. He claims Ballard's Skoon Liniment cured her and helped with old sores frost bites and skin eruptions. Advertising claim notes bottles priced 25 50 and 31 00 at the Oxford.
A Shell Lake Wisconsin man recalls giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to his four year old son after morphine failed to help. The remedy calmed the child within half an hour and led to a swift recovery. The ad also promotes Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria and fever, offering no cure, no pay.
The Chicago Post notes a nationwide shock at negroes fleeing Indiana to Kentucky for safety. It praises Kentucky hospitality while urging restraint and allowing the South to “work out the problem in its own way” as northern sentiment cools.
Mrs. Mollie Allen of South Fork Kentucky says Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets prevent cholera morbus by cleansing the stomach when indigestion signs appear. The tablets ward off attacks and may prevent bulous colic as well. For sale by R. R. Chilton & Co.
A sensational notice promotes Electric Bitters as a prevention for suicide, claiming despondency precedes self destruction and the tonic strengthens nerves and the body. It is described as a stomach liver and kidney regulator, offered at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by A. H. Kendel, druggist.
Paxico resident J A J Montgomer reports his twins plagued by worms for years. After two doses of White's Dream Vermifuge, one girl expelled twelve worms, the other four. the medicine is said to aid growth and ward off illness. 25 cents at Oxford Pharmacy.
The Forrest Register recounts a dying man entering heaven with an angel guide. He sees several people with balls and chains and asks why. The guide explains they are Mississippi men kept chained to prevent them from returning to earth.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy to prevent fatalities from burns, sores, ulcers, and piles. It claims even minor cuts and boils can be dangerous and urges buying at A. H. Kendell's drug store for 25 cents.
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