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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
1
A domestic vignette centers on Mrs Merriwid and Aunt Jane praising a polite suitor Melissa admires. They discuss old fashioned courtesy versus modern flirtations and anxiously anticipate future visits while hoping for stable manners in marriage and home life.
An article reviews Dr. Galisch of Rothenfelde who claims a drugless method can shave two pounds weekly from fat individuals by eliminating the midday meal. He argues fat forms mainly during sleep and that skipping the main meal will reduce weight without stressing the nervous system or heart. The proposed daily menu limits to one solid meal, with a light breakfast and lunch.
Patrolman Spivey plans a night action against noisy cats causing sleep disruption. Reports say he fashioned a slingshot with buckshot to reclaim his beat, following past success in curbing nightly yowlings on Portland's east side.
The article notes brain size must be considered by absolute and relative measures. It compares the elephant and whale brains to human brain, showing elephants at about one five hundredth and whales at about one three thousandth of body weight, while humans range from one thirty fifth to one thirty seventh of body weight, highlighting human brain superiority.
Judge Mauree McClurg leads Mississippi judges in forming a state conference to simplify judicial procedure. Monroe McClurg of Greenwood elected chairman with Geo C. Myers as clerk. Committees on civil, criminal, equity procedure, court rules and miscellany named for review.
Newton judges the case of T. L. Doolittle director of the Merchants and Farmers Bank who was tried on a charge of receiving money after insolvency. The jury returned a not guilty verdict about midnight. The defense contended the bank was insolvent but Doolittle did not know it, while witnesses attested to his high character as a state legislator from the county.
Okolons board of trade calls a Meridian road convention for Aug 26 at 2 pm to pick the best interstate route through counties. A Okolona committee will attend for Chickasaw County. The district has spent 75,000 on a permanent highway and issued 100,000 in bonds for the same purpose.
A young man named Clarence Boyd is on trial in the circuit court for disturbing religious worship. It is alleged he produced a weapon called a negro shooter from his pocket during a church service and fired a lead slug at a fellow worshiper.
Coldwater reports cotton worms on the farm of Frank Selemon one mile from town. They are not yet damaging but will be watched with poison possible. In Jackson, Edward B. Tickell sues the Jackson Casket Manufacturing Company for $15,000 for permanent injuries sustained in service.
Brookhaven begins erecting ornamental cluster lights along principal streets. When completed, twenty three lights will illuminate the thoroughfares.
The bankers conference closed after feasting and speeches in Hattiesburg. Sol Wexler of Whitney Central Bank New Orleans spoke on The New Currency Bill.
Monticello resident Mr. J. H. Carlisle, a prosperous farmer nearby, delivered to town a cotton boll that is fully mature with white locks several inches long indicating a notable agricultural rarity in the area.
A Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin reports the cotton worm has appeared in several counties including Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, and Monroe. The insects arrive later this year but are expected to increase, threatening crops statewide with August generations capable of damage. Paris green and arsenate of lead are recommended poisons with mixing guidance to reduce leaf burn.
Congressman Humphreys of Mississippi learned an engineer will survey Leflore County to locate a proposed Humphreys highway. A $50,000 government allotment and Leflore County’s equal sum fund the project, which spans about 20 miles linking Tabena Greenwood and Shell Mound with the hill country. The road will use Tishomingo gravel on crushed rock, built along ridges to prevent overflows.
Chief Barr backed by Mayor Taylor and the commissioners leads a crackdown on coal dealers accused of short weights. W H Mah, owner of Flusner coal and wood yard, was arrested on an affidavit charging him with sending out coal short weighted to a customer in Jackson.
Ben F. Saunders, representing Swan Lake stockholders, arrived this week to arrange the new bank project and has purchased a jet on the west side of a public square to house the enterprise.
The legislative investigating committee announced it will form a subcommittee to investigate the experiment station at McNeil as part of its probe into state institutions.
A citizen group led by J. F. Smith W. M. Wells Jesse Birdsong and Chas Hole Smith attended Hinds County school board meetings to discuss and decide a purchase for a warrant yard school.
The first bale of pew vol ton was received in Meridian from J. A. Carmichael of Quitman.
Albany dispatch reports bribery claims tied to Sulzer impeachment. James Garrison accuses Tammany of paying cash for four votes and bribing wavering members to push the resolution. The impeachment tally stood 79 to 74, with Glynn and Sulzer contending for the governorship as illness shadows Mrs Sulzer and Levy.
Missouri council members preview a report for the American Bar Association meeting in Montreal. A committee will condemn a federal statute that requires indictment copies and grand jury witness lists for capital offense defendants and seek extending those privileges to all charged as criminals. The state laws panel proposes a marriage evasion act to ban marriages in other states by ineligible residents.
J J Coho of Dulles Texas was killed in a murder and robbery. He was found in an Omaha alley with a long knife wound across the abdomen described as nearly disemboweled.
St Louis police arrested Ma Neven and other striking girl shirtmakers in front of a clothing plant on a charge of disturbing the peace during a picket line protest.
Into France New York Ileury de Peyster, an inspector in the French ministry of finamer, arrived to examine conditions surrounding the receivership of the St. Louis and Sam Frasermo railroad, where French investors held bonds.
High power lines snapped when a submobile crashed into a pole and electrocuted Pearl J. Parriett of Jersey City, causing a fatal electric shock at the wreck site.
Washington reports no new response from Japan to the state department on the genteel See to one land legislation. The expected reply before the act took effect did not occur and no further development has been announced.
In Morgan Georgia Robert Lovett a Black man was accused of no charge related to a fatal harm while a mob gathered at the county jail. The event underscores racial tension as two white men were involved and Lovett was seized by the mob during the incident.
The United States informally confirms diplomatic changes as Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson’s resignation takes effect likely October 14. Washington notes European governments broadly support Wilson’s peace policy toward Mexico and avoid actions that could disrupt relations with Huerta’s regime.
Gen P L Abbey leads state troops in Calumet copper strike duty as talks falter and a meeting between mine operators and Waters Federation stalls. Governor Ferrie may confer in Lansing. President Moyer and AFL reps expected in the debate.
Charlestown and West Virginia detectives along the Shewapeake and Norfolk and Western railroads pursued a gang after a heist last week. The robbery yielded merchandise valued at about 100600 dollars.
Milan reports the general strike in Stali ends after causing three deaths and 165 injuries while 2,476 are arrested. Authorities describe the end of the protest as a controlled shutdown with widespread disruption across the city.
Washington. James A. Emery chief representative of the National Association of Manufacturers testified to the senate lobby committee detailing Mulhall duties while Mulhall claimed to be the association lobbyist.
Twenty five special police sent by steamer to Nanaimo were met by a mob of strikers at the Vancouver wharf and driven back aboard the boat.
In St Louis Missouri officials of the St Louis and Southwestern railway and representatives of the union labor on that and allied lines signed an agreement said to be satisfactory to both the men and the road.
The Anglo American aviator F. Cody was killed in a hydroplane accident near Aldershot on August 7 and buried with military honors in the Soldiers' cemetery.
Treasury plans to allocate $50,000,000 to banks meeting agricultural currency demands while denying parts to banks lending for speculation. Acting Comptroller Kane directs banks to report loans tied to speculative activities to guide distribution and future regulatory data gathering. The move aims to identify regional needs and mark a broader shift in bank information requirements.
LH McMichaels testifies before the house investigative committee accusing McDermott of corruption and alleging a $7500 payment from a $100000 pawnbrokers fund used to oppose a capital belt tax bill. The session erupts with profanity and heated exchanges among witnesses and spectators.
Governor Neal appointed Alabama congressman Henry D. Clayton to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph Forney Johnston. Clayton accepted, planned to travel to Washington to present credentials, and said he would resign his House seat after being seated.
Felix Dias announces a revised itinerary sailing not by the Empress of Russia for Japan. His party will visit Quebec London Paris Merlin Vienna and St. Petersburg before reaching Japan by the Trans-Siberian railway.
Nogales Ariz report says any differences between Sonora insurgent leaders will be submitted for settlement to tor Car ranza recognized chief of the constitucionalist division.
The Times reports from Rome that Mali voted £400,000 last June for Panama Exposition participation, but authoritatively informed sources say such participation is now unlikely.
An acute building trades dispute in Pittsburg Pa. laborers struck halting work on three major business buildings. The stoppage disrupted construction schedules and drew attention from local officials and business leaders.
John Lind, Wilson's personal representative, secured an unofficial audience with Mexico's Foreign Minister Frederico Lamboa, marking a first diplomatic win in the escalating Mexico United States clash.
Braymer Missouri resident Willem J. Collins aged 22 confessed to county officials that he killed his friend John P. Benson formerly an attorney of Breyner and burned the body.
Heavy rains arrived late and mostly in the Southeast bringing cooler air. They revive forage and alfalfa while corn remains withered after ten months of drought and heat. Ponds may refill, easing water shortages, as two inches fell in Joplin Missouri and a sharp drop in temperature followed the storm.
Washington reports Congress yields to the President and shifts focus to tariff revision and currency legislation. Leaders expect adjournment timing to remain speculative with actions deferred until December.
John Weaver Danielson Morham, prominent cotton manufacturer and Charleston Spartanburg Meuse and Nashville director of Southern milk, died of heart disease at an advanced age. His death ends a noted lineage linked to early town founders and local industry.
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions Confederate soldiers and personnel. No clear names, places, dates, or events to confirm a specific item or outcome.
A blaze in downtown Omaha caused by spontaneous combustion near an electric and gas fixture damaged a section of the core business block and left three firefighters injured. Investigators assess the cause as accidental and linked to faulty wiring.
A plot to seize control of Kitchener operations was uncovered at Onion University as the family press reportedly revealed the scheme. Details remain unclear as investigators examine the involved parties and motives.
The New Orleans crop report for August 12 notes improved cotton prospects with quotes from Texas and Oklahoma growers. Weather and field conditions are cited as contributing factors to the brighter outlook for the season.
A disputed Times row cites Shamghai claiming in the event of fighting 560 presses were killed, of whom 3500 were civilians. The mint was booted of SIMO ie ema coun and $54,0% in bulor.
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