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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
2
A Mississippi newspaper column reports on a missing Tennessee cashier described as six feet two inches tall and a $11,000 short, regional political maneuvering, and local crime. It notes cotton crop delays, Lipscomb case appeals, pardons for Parvis, and debates over high state taxes and governance.
A collection of local observations notes risky marriages and social attitudes. It reports a Water Valley shooting in self defense after a debt dispute and an assassination aftermath. The piece also covers Booker T. Washington praising educational progress and a plea for Gov. McLaurin to grant clemency to Ivo Miller.
Planters Cuban Oil advertised as a remedy for cuts burns bruises rheumatism and sores. Priced at 25 cents the product was offered by BR. BR. Cpil ton & Cu.
An 1830s Missouri Labor Commission report notes 74 percent of female job seekers are known as grass widows. It argues divorce culture harms marriage, cites origins in Chicago New York and Iowa, and warns of a rise in grass widows in cities.
An opinion urging a Curtius like hero to sacrifice for Mississippi’s reconstruction. The piece condemns demagogic leaders and calls for men with vision to back liberty, reform, and honest office seekers over axis to grind candidates. References to local merchants and physicians appear amid the political plea.
Ian Rev. KR M Standefer conducts chapel exercises this week. A football game last Saturday saw the University defeat St Thomas Hall 5 to 2. J M Thomas returned from Tupelo visit. An oratorical contest will select speakers for the State Inter Culture Oratorical Contest. K H Lake of Memphis attended campus events. W L Tackett of Lexington, class of 1934, visited. A complete sewerage system is being installed on campus. An ad promotes the St Louis Globe-Democrat and Globe Printing Co reading options and prices.
A chancery court decree sale set for January 2, 1899 in Oxford Mississippi. B P Gray as commissioner announces cash bid sale of a described Northwest quarter and North half of the Northeast quarter of Section 1, Township 10, Range East in Lafayette County. Witnessed November 20, 1595.
Legal notices announce a Commissioner sale of La Fayette county lands in Mississippi. G A Buford and others defaulted on a $400 debt, with Jonas H. Kimons as substituted trustee setting a January 1 1899 sale at the Oxford courthouse, describing multiple parcels in townships and sections.
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