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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
4
A vintage advertisement asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound heals female disorders causing sadness backache and sleeplessness. It cites a Woolbridge New Jersey reader Miss Kate McDonald praising theProduct and urges women to obtain a bottle and write for guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The fragment riffs on cures and elixirs with scattered references to Health remedies and sensational claims. It mentions moodies and a Cherokee remedy and touts pills and tonics priced at 2.40 per bottle. It ends with a stray line about wars to win women.
Gen Koropatkin reports that on January 24 Russian forces captured the fortified Japanese village of Sandepas after a desperate fight aided by sapper support. They also claim Weheitaiter on the Hun River was occupied with 3 Russian casualties on January 26, while Japanese attempts to retake Sandepas were repulsed.
St Louis January 27 The ferry in the Zach Mulhall case found assault without malice and fined his sentence of three years in the penitentiary Mulhall a well known live stock man testified that the gunshot during a feud with Frank Reed at the entrance to the Wild West Show was accidental and not from a deliberate strike Morgan the boy wounded Morgan was 13 Motions for arrest of judgment and a new trial were filed Mulhall posted 250 bond with Chas Lemp as security The verdict surprised both sides.
Cambridge Massachusetts on Tuesday a jury found Charles L. Tucker guilty of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Mabel L. Paxe a Wes ta. Tucker collapsed as the verdict was read and was led from the courtroom in an exhausted state to the jail. The report also lists other disparate items from New York to Pasadena and Topeka involving accidents deaths and legal actions.
New London Missouri January 28 after examining 210 veniremen over four days the court secured a panel of 40 jurors for the trial of Dr Taylor Jones Watson charged with wife murder Judge Eby adjourned until Friday evening with 20 scratched by the state 35 by the defense leaving 12 as the trial jury court costs run about 69 a day plus witness and related expenses expected to total around 250 when experts are added.
Neighbors in Polk county report a grim crime at a farm near Wanchula as John Kirby his wife and three children aged from one to twelve are found slain in a burning house. Evidence suggests the victims were killed as they slept with a hammer noted among the ruins. The house stood on the town’s edge with the nearest neighbor a quarter mile away.
Milwizard alias Arthur Henry Smith alias Arthur Henry Brown alias E S Terry and Florence Groves planned death by own act at the Hotel Wats. He fled after the agreement was fulfilled. captured at Robert Parton’s Racine residence by Chief Pfister after an attempted self harm. Millican admits a Boston warrant for murder.
A wreck on the Asheboro and Aberdeen railroad near Roy North Carolina killed Rev G A Celesby pastor of Aberdeen Methodist church and injured seven others with ten or more additional passengers hurt. The disaster came from rails spreading on a curve as two cars plunged down an embankment.
A special grand jury in Lexington on January 26 returned indictments against James Hargis and Alex Hargis of Breathitt County, Elbert Hargis of Jackson, Ed Callahan Breathitt sheriff, and Jesse Sover former deputy sheriff, all charged with conspiring to cause the death of Jackson city marshal James Cockrill. Cockrill was shot at the Jackson courthouse in July 1902.
Reports from Johannesburg say the Marerst diamond, weighing 2002 carats, pure white and high quality, has been mined near Pretoria. It eclipses the Kabincor, valued at 600000, which weighed 123 carats, as excitement grows in the Pretoria region.
In Winsted Connecticut Jacob Sulskoiski died buried in a ten foot snow drift while driving a horse cutter during a blizzard. The horse perished from cold. In Decatur Indiana an explosion in a flooring mill owned by Henry Bremerkamp badly burned three workers and destroyed the mill, with a fire that swept the building.
Philadelphia lawyers Watts and Doban accuse Judge Henry Lacombe of delaying a final decision in a long running patent case between John Dubois and the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The 12 charges to Congress claim the judge impeded closure of the dispute over a cofferdam device used in Brooklyn Bridge piers.
In McPherson Kansas on January 24 Charles Tuxhorn killed his two young sons aged six and ten smothered them then burned the house and barn with contents and later shot himself. He had earlier faced arrest for mistreating his wife and children and was to appear in court tomorrow.
A boiler explosion at Seadank Wheel Co. plant in Terre Haute Indiana killed Levi Whittaker Thomas Patterson and Horace G Colvin all firemen in the boiler room and left a fourth man fatally injured. Cause unknown and investigators continue.
Chicago reports new alleged Hoch victims as police tie Johann Hoch to Mrs Schultz and others. Frick accuses Hoch of marrying, then disappearing letters and a rumored missing child. St Louis authorities question if Hoch is the same man linked to multiple poisoned spouses and a famed Chicago case.
The strike situation in St. Petersburg shows clear signs of resolution. Fourteen establishments including Franco Russian Aboukoff Baltic Russo America Rubber Co and Ropes American refinery have resumed operations and full factory restart is expected next Monday. Workers return without demanding concessions and appear to trust government promises on shorter hours and fair grievance adjustments.
Charles Blanton a longtime clerk in the auditor of the treasury for the post office department is suspended pending his Missouri trial on charges of taking money from private interests over reporting sites for federal buildings. A separate item notes Preston M Williamson jailed after pleading guilty to voting where he did not reside marking the first fraud sentence of the November election. Colorado memorial backs Roosevelt on railroad rates, and St Louis senate confirms new police board members. The Hamilton club weighing action against Oliver Grace. Cotton Mills strike ends with wage cut in East Taunton.
An excerpt describes a traveler from New York in rural Tennessee with disjointed, awkward phrases. The scene hints at crude roads, sparse settlements, a lodging encounter, and a hostess asking about needing a spade, reflecting a rough, fragmented impression.
In a crowded club a waiter relays a request for the Amber Ear aria. The leader debates the vow and asks again, while the room fills with music and the scent of rarebits as the couple’s exchange unfolds.
A garbled OCR fragment highlights a native athlete named Detret and a figure or phrase referencing Serbal and aaeuione. Context remains unclear but centers on performance and recognition of a local sports figure.
An advertisement extols Dodd’s Kidney Pills claiming they cure diabetes and Bright’s Disease and relieve bladder issues. A Mr. Cleghorn testifies that the pills gave him relief from diabetes and fatigue, with others reported to have cured rheumatism. The piece urges readers to obtain the pills for similar claims.
Fragmented excerpt describes an itchy watery rash and worsening condition. The speaker recalls trying remedies, fear of death, and relief at some unknown help or result, with garbled phrases about science and permanence.
The article quotes officers and veterans praising Peruna as effective against catarrhal diseases, noting soldiers in field or barracks experience fewer illnesses. Testimonials from officers of Potomac Encampment and Loyal Legion highlight its reputed corrective qualities and widespread confidence.
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