13 Dec 1883
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1883
Page
1
The 1883 Oxford Eagle column mixes Union news with varied notes on trials, debt, rail costs, and local curiosities. It mentions trade unions with large memberships, a Boston editor knighted, a Rhode Island centenarian widow, and odd anecdotes from New York Times items.
The Hong Kong governor reports China will resist further French pressure in Tonguin with up to 100000 trained troops. He notes China’s readiness and warns of possible operations if aggression continues.
A man burns a pile of letters and mementos from many loves after declaring not to rush romance. Nearby in Oxford Alabama a couple marries in a buggy with the parson conducting the ceremony from a balcony below.
The item mixes quotes from The London Times on Evaluation Day and American progress, jokes about presidents and early tech, a note on women’s dress, a gruesome murder in Laconia New York with details of Thos Samon killing a family, and a long quotation from George L. Prentice on the Eterneal quest and beauty.
Mr A Peterson, a Swedish-born tenant on Gen George's land, harvested 56 bales of cotton from 23 acres with only family help aside from others in the area. The account highlights rural labor and contrasts trades with professional careers and schooling.
The Mississippi name traces to Algonquin roots meaning father of waters. Early spellings include Mechy Sebe and Miche Sepe, with later forms Mississipi and Mississipi. The final extra p was added by an American explorer, the exact person unknown, cited from the Magazine of American History.
In this August era critique the novelists are urged to study reality by observing women at summer resorts. The piece contrasts the charming “daughter of the gods” with the louder, pushy roystering girl who masks wealth with vulgar behavior and self interest.
A guidance piece urges boys to learn a trade thoroughly as a financial safeguard. It argues that a solid apprenticeship provides an income reserve when life and bad investments threaten wealth, citing the Carriage Makers’ Convention at New Haven where apprenticeships were debated.
A Woman's Journal writer praises working women for pushing into new trades and rising from shop girls to proprietors and professionals. The piece argues wages will rise as women gain roles from teachers to county officials, urging sisters not to despair. Stephen W. Dorsey faces pressure to resign from the National Republican Executive Committee amid talks of exposing party corruption.
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