10 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1898
Page
1
A nostalgia filled dialogue recalls village gossip on love and money tied to Harold and Jo Flint. A stranger and locals discuss marriage plans, broken households, and old flames as a tale unfolds in rustic accents. The piece blends memory and moral reflection with rural character study.
In a dated exchange from the New York Journal, a husband mocks pricey valentines and urges a personal, handwritten note. A wife responds with a playful tale of a misdirected charity visit and a mistaken recipient, ending with a note about a Valentine’s day check for $100.
The narrator meets a kindly looking farmer near a grand mansion with a wide driveway. The farmer talks of health fears, past illnesses, and about the mansion owner’s wealth and cautious, suspicious attitude toward others. He hints the tale centers on the property and its owner’s control.
Fragments show flirtatious wordplay and quips from Philadelphia and Cincinnati papers. A humorous exchange features a man hoping for a valentine and a woman who doubts comic valentines will come true.
The state senate and house discuss various measures including revenue and public works. Debate covers taxation, salaries for public officials, and proposed amendments to statutory provisions with executive sessions and committee recommitments.
Five young arch duchesses plus Princess Marie Louise of Camberland attend a Vienna court ball marking their first society appearance. A Danube canal navigation blockage halts tug traffic between Orsova and Tura Severin. Mozart notebooks for early compositions, compiled when he was a boy, have been found in Berlin and will be published by the Berlin Mozart Society. Bertin landlords’ blacklist prompts a tenant association to publish a list of undesirable landlords. Carl Weiss of Coburg Court theatre turns seventy in a long professional career, with a noted portrayal as William Tell's son.
The article portrays a chaotic Senate debate touching Hawaii treaties funding fortifications military appropriations and executive session notes. It mentions figures like Senator White and Piatt detailing opposition and support, plus discussions on immigration and coast defense with a focus on policy stakes and procedural moves.
A long wartime style letter thanks American citizens for relief to starving in Cuba Spain and Santa Clara city. It mentions donations of money and food, appeals for continued aid, and gratitude from officials and civilians for relief efforts by the United States and its agencies.
Prominent attorney for The treet asks a court to void a mortgage settlement with Walter Bell over silver bullion value and standard weights and measures authority. The case questions whether federal or state law limits can alter payment terms and contends Congress has no power to control weights or coinage in this dispute.
A Havana dispatch quotes Senor Calvas stating ministers agree on the mission to establish a new regime in Cuba. He says the cabinet will support both armed and political efforts to prepare elections and form a chamber of deputies, with hopes for favorable Santa Clara news and Masime Gomes' retreat. A French cruiser Dubordieu arrived yesterday.
The American liner Pennland, sailing from Philadelphia for Liverpool with a general cargo valued at 150,000 dollars, ran aground in shoals below Chester. At high water she remained hard and fast. efforts by two city iceboats failed to move her. If she cannot float by midnight a lightening may be necessary.
The Portuguese steamer Ovenum arrived from Operto and brought nine crew members of the wrecked American ship Mark Zerene, which went aground December 31. The crew was rescued after the vessel foundered.
A major blaze described as furious swept through Albany and surrounding areas, lasting about two hours. Fire crews fought back flames threatening homes and businesses, with significant damage but limited injuries. Insurance details and responders from Chicago and Milwaukee are noted in the report.
A Utah report dated February 7 notes formation received from a Canarian border source and mentions government statements about team readiness and duty. Superintendent Dewan is cited, and a reference to interference between American and Soviet or Asian authorities in Alaska is made amid aid efforts and trawler activity.
Authorities seek Wemee Redmond and John Kennedy in connection with the shooting death of Emma Schumacher at a Missouri grocery several months ago. Redmond, a suspected burglar, was reportedly at a local house with a sister of Jim and Cole Younger, and Schumacher wounded another robber before dying.
James Jebus Shannon, an American painter who has lived in London, wins the Walter Lippinesti prize for his oil painting Babes in the Woods. Earlier, his Miss Kitty took first prize at Pittsburgh. Also reported: Fanny Kinney foundered near St Johns River mouth with no casualties. Two miners die in a Whitlock Alabama mine blast.
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