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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1900
Page
2
The article notes the deaths of De Wier Jonsson and Judge T. Wharton, two leading Jackson figures. It mentions political shifts, legislative actions, and local events including school funding, railroad policy, and calls for electric lighting discussions in Oxford, Mississippi.
On Saturday January 27 1900 M C Pegues hosted a feast at his gin inviting white and colored patrons. Five men could move a charge for 59 cents but generosity led to a large dinner and lively Olympic games with wrestling jumping and running contests. Pegues won a cigar and the biggest colored man claimed victory in running. The feast left no supper that night. Max.
Readers from Oxford and surrounding towns praise Prof L N Ward and Miss Holmes for Magnetic Healing treatment. Letters report relief from rheumatism, deafness, kidney trouble, constipation, and chronic cough after one to seven sessions. Claims include complete cures and restored hearing, with customer endorsements from multiple towns.
E B Munday of Henrietta Texas recalls persuading his brother to try Bitters for malaria fever. He claims the remedy improved health and cured the illness with continued use. The text markets Bitters as a broad tonic claiming germ-killing and digestive benefits.
The St. Louis Star boasts extensive news service and fearless editorials with daily and Sunday editions including music features and a colored cover. Subscriptions offered for various terms with home delivery and a Punny Paper for younger readers. Also advertised are Tonics and Cures from vendors like Tabler's Buckeye Liniment and Weisen’s Homey of Tar.
Fragmentary notice style advertisement listing Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Snow Liniment for burns and bruises. Mentions Coussen's Honey of Tar cough remedy and liver health products. Appears in an 19th or early 20th century newspaper page with multiple product lines and prices.
Advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a busy effective remedy to boost health energy and mental power. It claims benefits for weakness stress and vitality with a price listed and notes sale by R. R. Chilton & Co targeting children with pale troubled sleep dreams and poor appetite.
The narrator recalls a severe cold in early October 1896 that settled into a feared consumption. After using three bottles, the cough subsided and lungs returned to health. The excerpt lists Epwaaps as publisher and notes sale by R. Chilton & Co and F. M. Pettis in Oxford and Abbeville, with a fragmentary remark suggesting caution about a close associate.
A garbled page of 19th century notices and advertisements references a frightened young woman asking not to be laid by a brook or in cemeteries, a spider on a newspaper, and various patent medicines. It lists Millehill Prescription, Dr. Cady’s Powder, Hill’s Hill Prescription and Cham berlain's Ointment with sales pitches and supplier names like Indiana Dell Specialty Co., St. Louis, Indianapolis, Oxford, Abbeville and Chicago.
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