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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
2
A compact digest of Mississippi notes and events from late November. Mentions tax payments, voting eligibility, a bridge plan on Capitol Street, court appointments in Tippah, Yalobusha, and Jackson, and the 100th anniversary of the Methodist Church in this country. Also reports political moves, a Dora Winnie Davis school proposal, a Paris Paris exposition talking machine, and oblique tributes to Mrs. E C Walthall and P T Barnum’s widow.
A collection of fragmented items mentions Gen Garcia, treaty events with Spain and the United States, counterfeit money in the South, Nashville students and opera plans, local dressmaking and Christmas goods, and a remedy using Chamberlains Panacea to relieve chest pain and prevent pneumonia.
Planters Ceiantea cures dyspepsia constipation and indigestion. Regulates the liver. Price 25 cents. Sold by BF. Lk. Chilton & Co. Also Chilton's Reliable Diarrhea Cure a sure shot for diarrhea dysentery and summer complaints. For sale guaranteed by R. R. Chilton & Co. Jonesboro Ark.
The Mississippi county board approves road changes and stock law fence reports for South Yocona area. Claims paid include bailiff wages, teachers, relief funds, and printing as audits show balances in General County and Institute funds. Court adjourns to January 1599 with President Surry noting foregone motions.
The Great Architect called W E Kur 3H 1W from labor to rest on September 22, 1804. He left a wife and eight children and was a faithful Mason, citizen, and Christian. T B Gathright Lodge No 33 honors him with resolutions noting his charity, loyalty, and family devotion. A cup is given to the family and copies sent to county papers.
The declining years mark the passing of E H Jonkins on September 11 1898 at age 61. He left a wife and several children, was a Mason at Rocky Ford and later with Free and Accepted Masons, a Baptist church member for about thirty years. Known for generosity toward the needy, he served as a trusted citizen and friend to many. The Free and Accepted Masons lodge T S Sathright 7 do mourn his loss and honor his memory. Sold by R B Chilton Co and F M Pettis Abbeville.
Messrs Miller and Gilbert of the ANS visited relatives this weekend while John Logan of Lamar greeted friends in Abbeville. Oxford visitors Stephens Goodwin stop by. Jones Town’s Thomas Pegues visits his mother. Deer hunting success reported by Gallogly and Williams near the Mississippi bottom. A Baptist service, rent notices, club reports, and a real estate decree close the items with social and legal notices.
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