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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
2
A rattlesnake bite in a Pullman berth is denied to connect the bite with kinship to an octopus, while a torrent of political and social quips touches on taxes, tariffs, revolutions, and public figures. References span Indiana newspapers, the Dingley tariff, the Ice Trust, and prominent names like Bryan, Fairbanks, and Churchill amid editorial wit and satire.
An article urges sound foundations for a community and warns against corrupt enterprises that erode growth. It links moral habits and laws to prosperity and recalls a Camp Ground gathering with sermons, conversions, and hope for returning leaders and renewed hymnody.
The notice promotes timber lands and improved farms in Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas with easy terms. It offers maps circulars and excursion rates via the great ie Route. B McKinney Land Investment Co Memphis Tenn and E C Wright Oxford are listed as agents with subscription for THE Eagie.
The county board met with all members and officers present. Minutes include accounts for paupers, bridges, medicines, and ex officio services. contracts for several bridges on Oxford roads. election commission pay. allowance for road work and right of way. a bridge across Toecopula Creek granted. several road projects planned with bid notices and completion dates. and a note on adjournment to the first Monday in March.
Mier Verna Calloway returns to Pontotee after an extended visit with friends. Andrew White Myrtle Willig and Mollie Barre return to Lyons. Hattie Crow and children Mecuphis visit Mrs W Russell. Jerry Hamelton and family move in. Joe Hamelton injures foot. Sunday school reorganized. camp meeting closes with sermons by Revs Thames Robinson Strickland and Foust. gratitude to faithful pastors noted.
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer bowel troubles in children. It includes claims of relief from kidney issues and general health notes from various named locals and doctors, urging doses and follow up cleanses. The text cites Rev. M. Stockland and J. P. Gray among others and references regional towns like Little Falls and Oxford.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Conc Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy as quickly relieving acute attacks of eglig and diarrhoea while waiting for a doctor. It claims the remedy prevents severe outcomes and mentions Fules's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder diseases.
Rev. G W Strickland holds a protated meeting this week drawing a large crowd for Children’s Day at Harmontown. A long list of visits and guests includes Miss Janettine Coats Water Valley and Miss Olpie Frazier Harmon town. The Gomez schoolhouse will be moved to a Davidson farm site. Various medical ads endorse remedies for stomach and bowel issues.
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