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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
2
A snippet dated Thursday December 17 1914 records Oxford Minnesota items for the 1914 1915 Mississippi Press Association membership and notices. It lists Eliza A Thompson and L Brown Jr as figures in business management.
Governor Bilbo and Senator Russell headlined a Poplarville gathering honoring Theo G Bilbo. The event drew the county’s largest crowd, with Bilbo delivering his standard speech and Russell's first appearance drawing warm praise and expectations of a large vote in the region.
A reflective wartime editorial urges readers to stop grumbling about hard times and practice gratitude. It notes most people are in good health, have enough to eat, and that the nation endures despite the boil weevil and war. It praises Woodrow Wilson and other leaders for keeping peace and calls for a peaceful, homeward focus.
The text reflects on December as the final, dreary act of the year. It notes each month’s role in Nature’s narrative, December’s harsh close, bare trees, sleeping woods, and the quiet danger and fading light as winter deepens.
The prose paints a dreary December with fog and wind as streets glow faintly at dusk. It muses on the cold, unseen illnesses, the dying year, and nature’s funeral tones before promising a hopeful spring dawn.
A Hattiesburg News editorial urges firms to advertise in newspapers, citing a study showing over eighty percent of failed firms did not advertise. It argues publicity builds brand visibility, warns against cutting advertising during downturns, and says the best time to advertise is when conditions are weak.
An odd health note claims the liver regulates the body and warns a sluggish liver needs care. It also mentions chronic liver complaints and suggests King’s New Life Pills priced 25c from doctors as a remedy.
A promotional piece praising The Youths Companion family paper. It quotes Justice Brewer on the Companion as a concise, unbiased index of reading for all ages. The notice invites new subscriptions for 1915 and offers 1914 issues plus a 1915 Home Calendar.
A brief note warns that ignoring a cold can lead to serious problems, with sneezing coughing and fever highlighted as potential warning signs. The item emphasizes timely attention to cold symptoms to avoid complications.
Lafayette County farmers are urged to attend a meeting at the Court House on Saturday January 2. Guests include F Fuller superintendent of the Jackson creamery and J H Perkins a DeLaval Separator Co agent who will demonstrate milk separator use and milk product shipping. A cow will be milked and cream tested on site to show butter fat value.
Advertisement urges readers to keep Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic pains and joint discomfort. It claims rapid penetration to the seat of pain, soothing soreness and swelling, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. A bottle costs 25 cents.
The Youth's Companion will gift a 1915 calendar to every subscriber paid through 1914. The calendar emphasizes usefulness with a decorative mounting and is described as a gem of calendar making. Stop that cough now.
The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors for 1915 will be held at the bank directors room in Oxford Mississippi on Tuesday January 12 1915 between eleven and two o clock. J W T Falkner president.
Mrs Albert Blosser of Lima and others praise Chamberlain's Cough as the best medicine for colds. The product is obtainable widely and widely recommended.
County public schools will dismiss at noon on Wednesday December 23 for Christmas holiday and reopen the following Monday December 28 per statement by T Surra County Superintendent.
The Board of Supervisors approves a reduction of JT Bandren’s 1914 personal assessment to 500.00 and considers extensive monthly payrolls and road works. The record lists numerous payments for teachers, road maintenance, lumber, building, and jail expenses, noting consolidation efforts and university support for school problems.
Society relies on schooling to fulfill its aims but warns that a single teacher model may not sustain efficiency as needs grow complex. The passage argues for better training methods to prepare citizens, commending teachers while noting limits of the one teacher system.
A lighthearted cobbler, asked about Christmas Seals, learns they fund a good cause. He jokes about not writing letters or sending purchases, and offers to affix a seal to the sole of every shoe, illustrating local engagement with the fundraiser.
All persons are warned not to trespass or hunt on our land or they will be dealt with as the law directs.
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