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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
2
The itemized column notes Roosevelt’s apparent impact on mileage, calls out a fading interest in Prof Langley’s flying device, and mockingly rebukes naval salutes. It surveys political chatter on canal sales, Iowa platform drafting, and a Glasgow newspaper idea while touching on graft in Indian affairs and desertion at a navy yard.
The town urges election support for street improvements through graveling to ease winter mud, reduce vehicle wear, save time, and attract business. Graveling would sustain wood streets, assist farmers shipping year round, and keep pace with neighboring communities and the Oil Mill’s needs.
A gentle prescription urges readers to replace malice with kindness toward disliked people. Start with kind words and follow with a concrete act of goodness. Initial attempts may fail, but repeated kindness often erodes hostility and improves the giver’s health and spirit.
A state politician defends public service as selfless work while acknowledging many enemies and few friends. The piece argues that even benevolent leaders seek some reward and urges disinterested public spirit, cautioning against condemning others as ungrateful.
The popular Fly and Hobson drummer from Memphis drew wide attention after betting Gov. A H Longino would win more than 25 counties in the senatorial race. When Longino failed, Wait returned home Tuesday in a flaming red Mother Hubbard and Sun Bonnet, a sight noted by the Sena tob ia Democrat.
A mother questions a boy Totony about fixing a rooster alarm while a farmer laments bad roads and mocks winter mud. A bystander jokes about birds and shadows as locals rail at political candidates and women voters in a wary, humorous village exchange.
A Savannah Ga. News item recaps a batch of school excuses and letters from Philadelphia public school families. Parents request leniency for illness, family issues, and personal problems while detailing illnesses, accidents, and hardships affecting attendance and behavior.
Turner & Roden announce daily ice delivery with hours throughout the week and 9 am and 5 pm on Sundays. Customers are urged to place orders by calling phone number 120 near the depot.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a remedy with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. I W Grove's signature appears on each box and the product is priced at 25 cents.
After September first the store house formerly occupied by S H Sanders is for rent. Apply to Mrs S A Murray.
Michigan Issue questions the ethics of licensing liquor venues while funding churches and schools. It argues licensing vice harms youths and neighbors, citing a cyclone cellar metaphor and praise for Chamberlain's remedy. Letters note local druggists sell it.
A Shell Lake Wis reader shares a medical remedy tale. Four year old boy suffered colic and stomach cramps until a dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy brought relief within half an hour and a full recovery. The letter notes the writer is F L Wilkins, a bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lumber Co, with local retailer names. The excerpt also cites a past remark attributed to James G. Blaine about Theodore Roosevelt and political ambition from the Democrat Star.
J I Hughes of DuPont Georgia recounts a long stubborn lung access and a near death moment. He tried Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption as a last resort and quickly recovered. The advertisement claims it conquers coughs colds and throat and lung troubles with trial bottles free and prices of 50 cents and 1.00 at A H Kendels drug store.
The Louisville Courier-Journal announces a new cash distribution contest based on Kentucky governor election totals to recruit readers. Prizes total 10000 with varied amounts up to 2300 and 1670 prizes of 310 each, plus earlier deadlines and subscriber perks. The notice promotes subscriptions to both the Daily and Weekly editions and lists entry rules and deadlines.
A Arkansas man caught in spring rain sought shelter in a hollow log. Swollen timber blocked exit until he recalled his past misdeeds. He fretted over unpaid subscriptions and finally escaped, suggesting he confessed through humor about a four year debt.
The notice promotes Herbine as a liver stimulant to expel malaria germs and purify blood, priced 50 cents at Oxford Pharmacy. It quotes Mrs Mollie Alien of South Fork Ky claiming Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets prevented cholera morbus by warding off indigestion and bilious colic, available via R R Chilton Co.
An old ad praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for relief from dizziness backache liver issues and constipation at 25 cents. It intertwines community benefit from merchants and newspapers boosting town trade and editor support to widen regional circulation.
W. Baily of True Texas touts Ballard's Snow Liniment for his wife’s paralysis and other ailments. He notes purchases at Oxford Pharmacy with prices 25 cents, 56 cents, and 1.0 dollar for the bottle.
Mr J A J Montgomer of Paxico Wayne County Missouri reports twins troubled by worms for years. After using White's Cream Vermifuge two doses removed four worms from one child and twelve from the other, including a twelve inch specimen. He calls it excellent for children and growth. 25 cents at the Oxford Pharmacy.
An advertisement urges Electric Bitters as a preventive against self destruction and says despondency precedes such acts. It touts the tonic as nerve builder and regulator of stomach liver and kidneys. The copy includes a quip by a married man about a woman's moods and madness.
The Cotton Belt routes in Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas offer cheap lands with mild climate and water. Prices range from 2.50 to 6 per acre for prairie and bottom lands, up to 10 15 for improved tracts, with large colonization tracks available at 4 to 210 mer acre. East Texas fruit and truck lands offered from 3 10 to 20 per acre. Write BE W Labeaune G P and T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis for information and excursion dates.
The Journal announces a contest offering forty free first class round trips Atlanta to St Louis and back with expenses paid to subscribers who submit the closest estimates for the World’s Fair. Subscriptions paid in advance earn extra entries.締 entries must be verified by a carrier with a signed coupon. The contest closes midnight April 1 and opens May 1. fairness is stressed with random outcomes.
The Memphis Weekly News, a new metropolitan edition of the Memphis Morning News, offers telegraphic and foreign news in a 10 to 16 page weekly. It targets the South as a home and farm necessity and invites readers to subscribe at a low price with the weekly.
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