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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
2
The column surveys a string of international and domestic quips noting Finland’s constitutional changes, Japan’s debt status, Manchuria’s peace anxieties, and political tensions in Pennsylvania and Ohio. It highlights Roosevelt’s third term doubt, Russian riots, and editorials on labor and governance.
The piece argues for reciprocal exchange to keep cash flowing and support both merchants and farmers. It notes that mutual patronage strengthens local enterprise, reduces monopolies, and sustains undertakings like liquor licensing debates, urging justice and honor as motivations for fair, shared prosperity.
An essay extols habitual cheerfulness as a virtue in business and life. It argues cheerful behavior attracts clients and improves every role from lawyer to preacher, notes the world would function without us, and urges balance as fortune alternates good and bad.
The passage urges constant cheerfulness as essential to bravery and duty. It contrasts growlers with true soldiers, advising individuals to cultivate optimism alongside honesty and virtue to meet emergencies and earn recognition from both employers and peers.
An advertisement for the Daily Globe-Democrat of St Louis lists subscription options including prepaid daily with Sunday at $6.00 per year and various shorter terms. a Sunday edition combines newspaper and magazine content. prices for daily without Sunday, and Sunday edition only are also provided along with free sample requests.
For sale items include a 35 hp boiler, 25 hp engine, 58 inch saw, wagons and chains, 16 hands mule team, timber to cut 100000 cross ties, and gum oak to cut 1000000 ft of lumber. Quick sale offered within 30 days from Holly Springs Mississippi by Co. ON.
Dr Deupree remains in hospital in Memphis and hopes to resume duties at the university. Boon Bro Prof McNeeley and her young son, held in Nashville, have arrived on campus. Prof A L Bondurant travels to Galveston to meet them. Marble statuary tour proceeds. Louise May Johnson left for the Fri Delta 7 convention in Evanston and expects to return next week.
The town council approved an ordinance with voters B F Gray D T Carter and W N Walker among those voting yes. it becomes effective after passage and publication. The issue also notes church services by Reverend Hamilton and visits from residents including Mra S 4 wir liana, Mr Glens Bond and Mr Herman Bond with family in Oxford and Denmark Texas, plus Oxford and Water Valley travel mentions.
Local column records Thanksgiving observations and illness recoveries, welcomes new residents Mr Sidney McCharen and family to Lafayette Springs, and notes a death Ike Slaughter with funeral held. Mentions Sunday school attendance requests, literary society growth, and various local moves and business plans amid a busy community report. Also cites Cotton Growers Association meeting and area notices including real estate and sale details.
The piece urges finding pleasure in all seasons and notes hog killings in cooler weather. Local mentions include D Wooten of Bethel, W J Hill visiting relatives near Yellow Leaf, Richard Walker visiting Abbeville, and G O Foust moving near Aleaville. A death on Woodson's Ridge is reported with sympathy to the family. Cured family medical note and a local sale mention by A H Keadel.
The record notes visits from Mr D. M. Bedenbaugh and Rev Er Allen, along with local residents Mesers B J and W E Kiser from Covin Alabama and Mr Jeese Lammey from Batesville. Church activities and academy entertainments are mentioned with scattered personal notices and names in a period tone.
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