20 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
1
The piece surveys U S diplomacy and policy under Secretary Hay and public reactions amid imperial and war concerns. It notes debates over the Sicaragus Canal, Chinese affairs, and European diplomacy, with remarks on Congress, tariffs, and forthcoming political shifts.
The community reflects on the sacred season and the joy of giving. The article urges giving freely to friends in need, offering comfort and happiness without expectation of return. It notes Christmas greetings, dinners, and acts of kindness in daily life, and lists local visitors and residents.
Mr Poster Young left Friday for Martin Mies for a visit. Mr Bud Taylor and Mrs Pacl Butued’s friends regret her departure from Muoudmy to Winte Haven Tenn for a future lapse. Buford plans a wedding in St Louis. Minses Peart and Daisy Clanmiy head Friday for their new home. Virgie Miller attended church Sunday. George Ownley and Will Jogason of Osford, ABW, are noted.
The note reports good community health and upcoming events at Bhi Sponge with youth involvement. It also mentions BL B. Parise attending the wedding of Clyde Pashe last Sunday and references plans to share more after Christmas.
Miss Ide Beafey presents Victor Hugo's Les Miserables as the second entertainment in A. EB Lyceum's course. tickets on sale. season tickets available at Chilton's drug store. details and seating notes included.
Oxford readers receive a mix of items including shop notices, illness and accidents, Christmas plans, entertainment at the women’s college, travel updates, and society exchanges. Highlights include Cornish Powell’s injury, a Christmas service, visiting dignitaries, and Spedon’s entertaining lecture at the Opera House.
A church and school community mourns the deaths of Charley Kersnaw and Leslie Sima. The document expresses sorrow and offers condolences to the bereaved families while hoping the deceased’s lives were guided by Savior’s love and righteousness.
J D Balfour of St Louis visits his brother Capt Balfour. Montie Grar and family plan Sundays in Abbeville. Julia Balfour leaves Saturday for Come where she will join the Do Thlawee writinger. Prof RK Harmen and others attend the Oxford lecture Friday night Diamonds and Hearts at the A S 3. Mer Waverley Balfour returns to Jamar to refine his studies.
A fragment lists numerous names including Asmatrong Ales Mrs S F Alan, Conger Wlew Stella Billing, Oprah Cuhiweil, J B Credy, Serlima Cromby, Clark Rev J Mt UW Lomino Mile Callie Fant Gileon Miew Mailie Johnston Wine Mabel Leggett Cleon Lyes Amanda Mast Meiil Barney Nerrwa Rogers Hobart Woods Wilkes Maggie Were RL D Ubourn Hattie seeking a reader for better aunt cme mail. Postmaster EB S Pinacs invites contact.
Ticket offers for a Colored Fair and Southern conventions appear alongside quirky anecdotes and varied notices. Ancestral bills include round-trip fares to Rich Can and Dec 2 sales deadlines, with unrelated comic prose and items such as a Madison Square Garden bazaar feature and a Theodore Roosevelt doll dress.
The town of Oxford Mississippi authorized an electric light system funded by a bond issue totaling 4400 dollars. The bonds, to be repaid through annual 6 percent interest, were issued December 1 in multiple amounts with maturities through 1917 and were insured for the project by the city.
An editorial urges land owners to use surplus land for annual tree planting. It argues that reforesting hillsides and reclaiming gullies with fruit trees, walnuts, locusts, or poplars can restore beauty and value to property. It laments the loss of Southern woodlands and promotes trees as a path to prosperity.
Court commands William Kilgore to appear before the Chancery Court of LaFayette County on the second Monday of December 1901 to defend the suit against Olivia. The record cites the original filing date December 1900 and is issued by Clerk B. P. Gray.
Legal notice records a bridge bid call by the county clerk B P Guay with bid deadline January 4 1901 at 2 PM for a crossing over Pumpkin Creek on the Ox Road. It references No 2049 Robert Phillips v Wallace Shaw et al and a court decree in Lafayette County Mississippi Territory.
The article notes Japan has many rats and wooden straw roofed buildings provide hiding spots. It claims Japan instead uses a blue green viper called dedalshes to combat rats, with snakes reported to reach seven feet and regarded as effective rat catchers.
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