20 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
1
A 1903 Oxford Eagle column mocks national politics with references to Democratic insurrection, Teddy Roosevelt, Gorman as Chesapeake Bay candidate, and punditry on Rockefeller, Bryan, and Sagamore Hill. It notes post office scandals, race questions, and sugar trust moves during pre election session while lampooning various figures.
Texas farmers shift from cotton to alfalfa raising, claiming profits at least four times higher. The piece notes national population estimates and a public opinion poll about a hypothetical hire for Abyssinia's mint. It also mentions the Marseilles assassination attempt on M. Combes and the Hargis Cardwell feud in Breathitt County Kentucky with multiple killings.
The passage suggests the solid South seeks parity with Roosevelt but prefers another approach to vote for Miles. It notes the nation’s past alarm at Wall Street shocks and says such clashes no longer move the public, implying a shift to more serious political dynamics.
A discussion on eye-service in slavery era and modern work. It argues that dependable workers who perform without constant oversight gain esteem and advancement, while those who only labor under watch risk decline. It urges self reform and living under an inner and public standard.
The article chronicles an enslaved man known as Uncle Dick who bought his freedom and later purchased his wife, built wealth in acres and town property, learned to read and write, and supported orphans while aiding both white and black communities. He guarded dignity, refused social integration with whites, and his beneficence became widely recognized after his death.
Public notice states residence on South Street with possession date set for September 1. Instructions direct interested parties to apply to Mrs. M Gentry at Dr A M King’s location on University Street.
A string of vignettes opens with a boy warned not to walk a cursed road by a cham and a country girl mockingly out of date in red, then shifts to a Providence hen claimed to lay six eggs daily. It ends with Aunt Mandy staging a dramatic fit to repay favors, while a boy watches from the porch roof.
Farmers harvest fodder while corn towers over tasks needing two hands. Elbert Fulmer is away on a month long visit. Protracted meeting begins at Free Springs on Sunday with hopes for a large crowd. John Rochell traveled to Panola County. J L Cook nears completion of a new store. Prof Jackson and family attend a protracted meeting at Oak Grove this week.
Week ending August 15 1903 unclaimed mail items at Oxford Mississippi include Porter Pose Alfred Pettis Ruoff Miss Lillian Kincannon A A Evin J T Wallington Mrs Alie Whetstone Miss Lidda Goor Miss Marie Starnes Miss Leixie Alston Miss Lillian Newman Mrs Mary A Montgomery Mrs R F Krown Miss Ruby Isom Sara Jones Mrs K Jones G M Jones Mrs Marrie Johnson Miss Frances Stephens Mrs Robert Leall Miss Lucretia Bryant Misa Ethel Bowers Miss Minnie and a request to state number or letter and date advertised.
A Winona Democrat remark praises a farmer who converts corn into meat, earning profits without eroding gains by buying meat. The piece notes his success contrasts with a less successful neighbor who grows only cotton and cannot meet needs.
The Detroit Journal recounts a rugged Kentucky figure born in the mountains who shuns water, drinks whiskey, and fights for survival. He seeks vengeance for a grand sire's enemy, faces constant danger, and his violent life culminates in a coroner's burial scene amid moonshine and blood.
A short ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal healer. It claims the salve prevents fatalities from burns, sores, ulcers and piles and notes it costs 25 cents at A. H Kendel's drug store.
The notice touts Electric Bitters as a preventive against death by own action, claiming it strengthens nerves and the system. It is advertised as a tonic and regulator for stomach, liver, and kidneys, with a 60 cent price and satisfaction guarantee by A. H. Kendel, druggist.
An old allegory compares a girl frightened by a grasshopper to a man who builds a cyclone cellar yet withholds Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for his family. The note claims the remedy prevents bowel complaints and is widely recognized as prompt and reliable. For sale by BR. R. Chiton & Co.
A traveling man compares living conditions across regions, asserting the South offers more chances for independence. He argues even the poorest black person in the South fares better than European serfs or Russian peasants, and that higher Northern wages are offset by greater living costs beyond the Mason–Dixon line. He notes land is cheap enough to buy a home.
A Drummond Tennessee merchant, Mr. T A Pianer, recounted curing a severe dysentery with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy without a doctor. He calls it the best cholera medicine, noting it never fails and is pleasant to take, sold by R R Chilton & Co. druggists.
A Shell Lake Wisconsin father recalls his four year old son suffering colic and cramps. After morphine injections worsened the condition a half teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy calmed the child in thirty minutes and led to recovery. The witness, F L Wilkins, a bookkeeper for the Shell Lake Lumber Co, notes the remedy is for sale by J R Chilton & Co.
The Louisville Courier Journal announces a new 1903 estimating contest based on Kentucky governor election totals. Prizes total $10,000 with gifts ranging from 10 to 3,000 dollars and earlier targets for entries received by August 1 September 1 and October 1. Subscriptions, whether weekly or daily, unlock guesses and potential prizes.
The farm is a looking glass reflecting the owner’s character through home, stock, and fields. Sloppiness shows in the yard. kindness and industry ink fertility. good provision shows in meat, hay, and corn. Taste appears in flowering surroundings and overall care.
An article notes slight fevers and tiredness as malaria signs in this climate. It recommends Herbine to stimulate the liver and expel malarial germs, claims blood purification, and health restoration. Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are praised for preventing cholera morbus and bilious colic, offered by R. B. Chilton & Co.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a cure for dizziness backache liver trouble and constipation with gentle thorough relief for 25 cents guaranteed by A H Kendels drug store. A Calhoun County farmer seeks to trade a hammerless shotgun for an iron safe or delivery wagon and offers a pointer dog for sale.
W. S. Bailey of True Texas reports his wife suffered paralysis in the arm for five years. After using Ballard's Snow Liniment she recovered. He also used it on sores frost bites and skin eruptions. Sold at Oxford Pharmacy in 25 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
An iron and quinine based Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic is offered as a malaria remedy priced at 50 cents. The product is marketed as tasteless with no core from the manufacturer and claims to cure chills and fevers.
A DuPont Georgia man credits Dr King's New Recovery for Consumption with ending a long fight against a lung access. After doctors gave up he recovered quickly and regained health. The remedy, advertised at Kendel's drug store, costs 60 cents to 1 dollar with trial bottles free.
Paxico resident J A J Montgomer reports his twins were plagued by worms until using White's Cream Vermifuge. He says two doses yielded four worms, next two doses twelve, with one worm twelve inches long. AOxford Pharmacy sells the 26 cent remedy. A boy returns a lost pocket book containing $100, receiving praise but a wary moral about honesty from the book’s owner.
The Eagle promotes land along the Cotton Belt Route across Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas offering mild climate good water cheap building materials fuel and soil that can pay for itself in one season Prices start at 32.50 per acre for prairie land up to 34 5 and 5 per acre for bottom land and 10 to 315 per acre for improved land Sections 2000 to 3000 acres priced at 34 to 310 per acre with big colonies potential East Texas fruit and truck lands 10 to 20 per acre Ask for information on cheap rates excursions and Descriptive literature from E W Laabaune G P T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
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