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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
The piece urges immediate action on competitive corn growing contests in Mississippi, seeks county superintendent support, and praises farm improvements. It highlights premiums for girls and boys, calls for road reform and tax changes, and notes Holmes county farming leadership and local rail and water projects.
Memphis reports show irregular cotton development last week due to uneven rainfall. Eastern states except Georgia coast and Carolinas suffered excessive rain, while central belt areas saw good and bad reports. western Texas drought caused shed and premature boll opening. A late fall is needed to aid development.
A Houston dispatch outlines Texas health department regulations on tuberculous workers and sanitation. Public buildings must be swept daily with formaldehyde dampened sawdust, ice handling is restricted, and prisons or boarding houses require yearly airings and periodic whitewashing and painting.
St Louis capitalists form a pool of 2500.08 dollars to push December wheat above the dollar mark in St Louis and Chicago markets. Funds are deposited with a major local trust company and a campaign will start soon. Proponents cite crop shortages and supply demand to argue prices will rise, potentially creating a speculative corner.
Avante Georgia September 5 meeting announced by Harvie Jordan president of the Southern Cotton Association in Jackson Mississippi. Sea Island Cotton Association meeting set for White Springs Florida September 12. Both sought to fix minimum cotton prices as Jordan tours the Southwest and Gulf States assessing crop conditions.
In Onancock Virginia the printing office of James Useel, an African American editor, and the home of Samuel Burton were burned by whites during a riot. Several black residences were shot up. one black man was wounded but no other injuries were reported.
An explosion at Essex near Detroit leveled much of the town of 1500, killing two men and fatally injuring three others. Dozens were injured as half a carload of citru glycerim detonated, shaking Detroit and breaking windows across the city.
A violent tornado struck La Crome Wisconsin at dawn driving a fierce rain. Within minutes homes and trees were ruined and boats swamped. Several drownings are reported as residents struggle to cope with the disaster.
Jackson Miss. The Democratic Mate executive committee meets Thursday at noon to canvass returns and declare results of the recent primary for United States senator and state officers. Feverish speculation swirls over alleged ballot irregularities, but officials say reports of destroyed ballots and sealed boxes are unfounded. Both candidates claim victory margins. Vardaman leads by a bare majority, Williams' supporters say by about 1000.
Chicago director Stagg reports Paul MacQuiston, former University of Chicago star and 1899 Western intercollegiate champion, won the singles title at the Mexico tennis championship. He teamed with Harvey MacQuiston, 1938 Western intercollegiate champion, to take the doubles. They plan to invade the United States next year and play in all events.
St. Petersburg reports the navy department intends to lay down two battleships of a new type this year. Each ship will displace 19 970 tons, carry 12 inch guns and smaller batteries, use turbine engines, and reach a speed of 21 knots, with the program proceeding in the current year.
Four anarchists were seriously wounded in an accidental explosion at a bomb factory run by an anarchist group in Lisbon, Spain. Police have adopted precautionary measures and are investigating the incident.
Washington farmer John Lundergan, living northeast of the city, while shaving before two mirrors, drew a razor across his throat from ear to ear. He was found lying on the floor in a dying condition.
Helena Arkansas city editor J. M. Scott of the Helena World was found dead on a Sunday dawn sidewalk, two bullets in his heel. Earlier an attempted killing had occurred near his office. Authorities suspect a personal quarrel, not linked to the police crusade events that led to a police chief’s ouster and resignation.
Boston reports the arrest of a Hep Sing tong leader in Quincy on a charge of being involved in Friday night Chinatown killings that claimed three On Leong members. Meek Durk found with a revolver. seven alleged participants detained.
Portland Oregon secretary of agriculture Wilson, here, refuses to see anyone. His son Casper says the official caught a severe cold en route from Puget Sound to Portland and had a restless night as a result.
Warsaw Indiana reports professor W H L Mershow, noted cornet player and head of the Winona Lake music school, broke a nerve in his tongue causing total loss of speech and inability to play.
In Belfast the strike action at the docks flared into disturbances until troops with bayonets intervened. The show of force quelled the unrest and restored order in the neighborhood.
In Brooklyn Edward Mulvaney attacked his prospective father-in-law Robert Sealander after his peacemaking efforts failed. Mulvaney, a contractor, knocked Sealander down and killed him following a quarrel at his fiancee's home.
A Missouri Pacific freight train ran away down Shannon Hill in Atchison Kansas and struck a stationary freight. Fireman P D Scott was killed along with Fred Butzius of Hastings Nebraska Ralph Moody of Omaha and an unknown man.
Emperor Nicholas I sails back to Peterhof aboard the imperial yacht after visiting Swinemunde for talks with Emperor William II of Germany.
Chattanooga Tennessee Niel W Hughes a senior clerk in the Columbia Tennessee postoffice and son of former Postmaster Arch M Hughes was arrested on a charge of robbing the mails.
President W A Barber of the Carolina and Northwestern railroad telegraphed Governor Glenn from New York that his road would put the 24 cent rate into effect in August. The message hints at a policy shift tied to an inauguration event in Raleigh North Carolina.
Expert fishermen say trout may stay alive long after freezing. One night a sudden cold snap froze a spring and its fish solid. After thawing in water two panfuls, the trout began moving and some survived until the cook used them for supper.
Uncle Eben laments that many people complain of overwork for no reason they can accept. He argues Ga gey work at all is more likely to be about caretaking and daily labor. The dialectal remark reflects community concern about workload and fairness.
Indictments in five federal districts center on Standard Oil affiliates. Potential fines total 14,780,000 with a maximum 29,240,000 claim against Rockefeller in related counts. Judge's imprisonment could be mandated if found guilty, though Rockefeller asserts limited involvement. Separate note reports resignations of Indian Territory officials due to unpaid salaries amid funding gaps.
Pitsbars Pa Two Italians were hanged for the murder of Angelo Cappibianca a Brat dock storekeeper. The men confessed they were hired to kill for $100. The conspirator Ehaddock Allan has disappeared. He was said to be an admirer of Cappibianca’s wife.
Derlin passenger train derailed between Posen and Thor. Eleven killed and ten injured. Among the dead were Prince Alexander Begnotoff and two sons of Count Keyserlingk of Mitau, plus a Russian captain who accompanied them.
Indianapolis youth Glen McDematt fired unintentionally wounding Guy Turpin of Indianapolis in the face at a Winona Lake camp near Warsaw Indiana. Turpin is listed in critical condition.
Two inmates chased the jailer into the cell and escaped over the high wall after locking the keeper in the jail yard in Marieit, Ky. The burglars, identified as Seah Coffe and Fon Fraser, were in custody when they fled.
In Durango Colorado Mrs Francisco Marquez and her two daughters aged 11 and 13 drowned when their wagon and team were swept over a ford on the San Juan River near Arboles after the wagon overturned in the swift current. The tragedy leaves the family lost to the river and community mourns.
Alan James Garrity and his son, residents of Refuge eleven miles from town, died after being overcome by gases while cleaning a sixty foot deep well near Deep Weill Birmingham. Authorities report their deaths as accidental. the incident is under investigation.
Marshall County report states 20 year old G Gwynn of Slater, reportedly consumptive, killed himself by shooting through the heart after prolonged illness.
Frederick Op penheimer, a retired merchant in Fort Wayne Indiana, turned on an electric device and was killed by electric shock.
Ned-Joseph Knadel a Havelock machinist shot Mrs. Elsie Parsons at her Northeast Lincoln home and then died by suicide. authorities attribute the fatal act to jealousy as the motive.
Capt J H C DHL for thirteen years grand secretary of the Masons grand lodge of Masona dies suddenly in Bloomington from neuralgia of the heart at age ?
A writer in the Review of Reviews argues that most people misjudge Central America and its states size. The piece notes California’s vast width and speculates on how it would stretch across Central America. It includes figures such as 7,000 square miles for one area.
Strikes affect switchmen and yardmen on the Colorado and Southern and Denver Rio Grande lines. Talks with Interstate Commerce Commission members and labor officials are reportedly planned but no settlement reached. Mines have shut down or prep to close if the stoppage lasts.
In Cleveland a dispute pits the United Trades and Labor Council against builders over wage levels and the pool of available labor. Union leaders claim plenty of workers exist and builders seek to hire at prevailing rates to attract help, while beathers are blamed for undermining city growth by pushing cheaper labor. In Warsaw Indiana, fourteen year old Charles Sheller lost front teeth after a bowling accident when a ball struck him in the mouth, knocking out teeth and causing a choking scare.
Governor Glenn announced that Louisville & Nashville Railway will enforce the 14 cent state rate starting in August. With this move the state rate will apply to all North Carolina railroads longer than sixty miles, marking the last major line to yield to state pricing.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America begins its thirty seventh amoral session in Cleveland Ohio with a pontifical mass at the cathedral followed by general sessions. Delegates assemble for the historic gathering and religious observances mark the opening events.
The Chicago directory for 1907 estimates the city’s population at 267100, a gain of 16500 from 1906, reflecting growth over the past year.
A damaging wind, rain, and hail swept through Ailea Nebraska’s southern farming area. Hail weighing up to six ounces cut down corn and stripped trees, with significant impact limited to a small district.
A Batavia dispatch reports 485 Dutch infantrymen killed in a sudden uprising by natives in the Mort district of Celebez in the Dutch East Indies. The message notes the incident occurred today.
The anniversary of Pope Pius X's coronation was observed in the Sistine Chapel with deep religious solemnity and great pomp. Cardinals, the papal court and the Vatican diplomatic corps attended the ceremony.
William S. Abley, a New York stock exchange member, shot himself in the head at the Larchmont Yacht Club and died en route to the hospital. The incident follows reports of distress among financial professionals.
The engagement is announced between Eliha Root Jr eldest son of Ettha Root secretary of state and Miss Alida Livingston Stryker eldest daughter of President M Woolsey Stryker of Hamilton College. Duveen Bros of London purchased for 5 000 000 the famous collection of pictures and art treasures of Rudolph E Kaon the Parisian Goameler.
The text compares Central American countries to U S states by area, noting Honduras to Pennsylvania 45000 square miles, Guatemala to Mississippi 47000, Nicaragua to New York 43000, and Costa Rica to Vermont among other pairings.
Frank Decemes of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis recalls a 1897 illness with headaches sleepless nights and kidney pain that threatened limb amputation. He avoided surgery after using Deans Kidney Pill and reports swelling subsided urine returned to normal and pains disappeared. He claims nine years of health since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sold the pills 50 cents a box.
A string of clipped quotes and gossipy vignettes from sources like the Washington Times Youth's Companion and Kansas City Star sketch charity, social snubs, and dramatic misreadings. The items mix sharp rebukes, foibles, and a looming sense of moral sting across social scenes.
A rare calf resembling a kangaroo is noted in a Western state. It moves by leaps rather than running, and its front limbs appear shorter than typical, while it lacks a tail. The creature sits out play and eyes show a curious, od-looking stance.
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