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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
2
A river of names appears in a misformatted ticket slate listing many Mississippi officials and candidates including J. W. Falander and J. Evans, with scattered notes on peaches for sale in the South and Cotton projections. Reports mention a grand amphitheatre for a boxing match, rising lumber shipments, wage increases, and heavy rainfall records in Port Gibson and Ripley.
In Oxford Mississippi residents denounce illegal whisky shops as University attendance rises. Citizens urge collective action to shut down taverns, citing widespread awareness of dives and calls to mirror moves in other towns. Governor Stone lists delegates to the Farmers Congress while a local anecdote about wood prices shadows the piece.
A memorial to Judge Jes. T. Fant was presented at the Hoestvy Springs bar meeting. The memorial lauds Fant as a trusted community leader, educator, and public servant who served in the state militia, practiced law, and supported church and charitable causes. It names J Totten, Judge H A Barr, and Indre Calhoon handling the memorials for various courts.
A collage of maxims on life effort happiness and fame contrasts with agricultural guidance. It cites social behavior criticism of wealth, praise, and ambition alongside Mississippi Lafayette County farming notes praising soil crops fertilizer pasture and livestock.
The article notes the wedding of Mr. Leo Lesser and Miss Deila Hope with ceremony at the Hope residence, a cautious departure plan foiled by onlookers, and the groom’s friend present. It also urges Southern women to donate garments and tributes for a Confederate Exposition in Atlanta, detailing a long list of needed items and a deadline of September 12.
In this September Ladies Home Journal issue Rev Charles H Parkhurst discusses child training with wise and timely observations. Edward W Bok contributes an editorial on Our Schools and Our Teachers. A feature on The Woman Who Paints Cats profiles Madame Henriette Konner and highlights her celebrated cat paintings. Also included are portraits and sketches of The Composer of Wang and The Composer of Robin Hood and Princess Bonnie in a piece on The Men Who Write Our Comic Operas.
The issue features Frank R Stockton's Love Before Breakfast endings and Abby Unaderwoous electra ted pieces The Early Winter Bon nets Sur and Woolen Bodices W Granville Smiths Party Dresses for Children and Frank Small's The Early Agtaume Readers visit Helen Mar Adams Greek Embroidery Designs Mia Karnes Bruce Bridal Table Set This Autumn Wedding Etiquette by Mrs Hamilton Motts Some Artistic Doorways and Eben Rexford Cultivating the Lilly Emma M Hooper Dressing the Young Girl A Curtis Publishing Company issue design by Mr D Gibson at ten cents per copy or one dollar per year
Notice from the National Military Park Commission in Washington dated August 7 describes barracks style quarters for a Chattanooga reunion. Veterans must pay two dollars to receive a ticket entitling stay, with storage, but no meals or bedding provided. bring own blanket and towels. Barracks to be erected in Chattanooga under Capt H Chamberlain's committee with low rates and full information available from the committee.
A Southern Normal Institute outlines plans to fund 8000 in scholarships covering meals lights fuel and furnished rooms with tuition in literary departments for ten months per student. It proposes 10 per county with 20 already applied and states board with the President while outlining regular rates totaling 140000.
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