Oxford Eagle Notes and Local Missives
Oxford Eagle items highlight W. V. Sneed’s status and local lectures in Vicksburg, with Prohibition support for Quitman Mississippi. Mentions gardeners on the coast planting English peas, DeLay Grange meetings, and a new publisher for the Eagle. Local deaths and visiting residents are noted, alongside a Meridian Mercury report of a death in Lauderdale county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Sneed
Texas
California
Arkansas
J. M. Butler, Esq
LaFayette
Oxford
Mississippi
Tennessee News Circle Reports Local Events
The column notes McKenzie cotton gins running full time and smallpox quarantine in Chattanooga against Knoxville. It records a new Grace post office, Van Polk’s Tennessee return, John B. Smith’s drowning near Murfreesboro, and local civic notes from Maury and Carroll counties. It mentions a proposed new county with McKenzie as seat, a Max Welch grain distillery bid, and church confirmations in Gallatin.
Fashion Notes and Odds and Ends Topics
A collage of fashion remarks on lace ribbons velvet bonnets and walking suits with camels hair trims. Jests and proverbs cover dogs, lynching slang, and toothache cures while public notices hint at political apps and local college enrollment.
And She Rose Up a Cold Blooded Affair in Detroit
Fragmentary OCR of Detroit era page recounts a chilling domestic scene with purchases of clothing and a request for discreet funds amid a larger mix of agricultural praise, legal notes, and scattered notices from Huntsville and New Orleans. The piece blends a melodramatic narrative with stray business ads and historical notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank’s
Widain Street
Mardi Gras Special Excursion to New Orleans
The Great Jackson Route offers low rates for Mardi Gras travel to New Orleans. Rex reception February 5 and Mardi Gras display February 16 promised, with Oxford to New Orleans round trip at $10.35. Tickets on sale January 31 through February 6, 195? return allowed by February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Oxford
A. W. Mrrene Ely
Selma Actress Aims to Raise Monument for U S Vice President
Alice Marguerite King, grand-niece of William R. King, who served as Vice President in 1852, appeared in Maury Stuart in Selma to raise funds for a memory monument. She shows long study, strong dramatic power, and a capable stage presence before an extended Southern tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Alice Marguerite King
William R. King
United States
Maury Stuart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eagle
Nasofi—pAlad Lodge
Dewit Talmage
Robert Ingersoll
Vicksburg
Batesville
Quitman
Clark County
Prohibition
Jackson
Mr. Miller
W. F. Palmer
Water Valley
Fort Smith, Ark
Lelia Smith
Sardis
J. H. Rice
O. H. Irieh
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D. C
Yalobusha County
Baceror Guile
Meridian Mercury
Lauderdale County
Tennessee News
McKenzie
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Grace
White County
Tenn
J. B. Erwin
Nashville
van Polk
Tennessee
John B. Smith
Murfreesboro
Tomas Chilton
Maury County
Brownaville
Gov. Bate
Senate
Carroll, Henry and Weakley
Hughes
J. Wa. Trigg
Maxwell
Franklin County
Gallatin
Sparta
Rodney Guards
Thomas Callicoat
Palmer
DeLay
Ragland
Eacne
Bank of
Messrs. Hunter and
Jaynee
Bristol
Joeanegro
Will Hamlett
Virginia House
Hamlett
Marshall
Huulett
A.D. Rob
Wilkingon County
J. T. Alvis
Taylor’s Depot
Col. Niles Merriwether
Memphis
Geo. W. Anderson
Abbeville
Older’s Mill
Bikie Hace
Bolmone Star
Hountsville
Jonathan Broad
Monte Sano
At-alanta
Messrs. Stewart & Benson
Calhoun
I Sululivan & Sulliv
Oxford, Misa
Baltimore
Walter A. Goodman
Savannah
Europe
DeLong
Jeannette
France
Wash Flack
Memphis and
Little Rock
Gaston’s
Furniture Makers of
West
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jonah
Byron
National Board of Trade
Department of Commerce
Deadwood
D. T
Daniel Conath
John Shea
Grizzle Gulch
Graham
Larkineville
Prohibition Amendment
Buffaloe
Thomas Waldron
Hattie Carrey
Hicks
Charles Guiteau
Crane
Guiteau
Bhony
Davitt and Healy
Trish
Dublin
Davitt
Healey
Ireland
Pavia
Twa
F. M. Hode
Firty
Bate
Loo
HAGLE
A. & M. College
Homer G. Mc
Hay
A. H. Proudfit
Axel Winberg
Detroit Prep Press
A. J. Baker
Atioansbye
Atilaw
Sitss
Panda Star
Nincompoops
United States Senate
James Z. George
Bureau of Agriculture
Congress
Dick Liddil
Huntsville
Brace
Liddil
Mussel Shoals
James
Jesse James
New Orleans Picayune
Marie Henrietta Innerarity
Henry Wilson
United States Army
Mrs. Wilson
Pensacola
Fla
John Forbes & Co
Innerarity
Gen. Jackson
Ren. Jackson
Col. Wilson
Louisville
Ness
Edward Mayes
Mayes & Bra
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