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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
2
The item lists Democratic primary candidates for LeParelle County offices including State Senator and several county posts. Also reports community news from Union Grove with social visits, university notes, a Sigma Chi reception, and a testimonial about Electric Bitters from a Locama manufacturer.
Mississippi growers face a brighter season as world demand for cotton rises and new mills expand capacity. Farmers can harvest a surplus after covering year’s costs, enabling reinvestment and farm improvements. The outlook links Cotton’s revival to statewide prosperity and King Cotton’s return to Mississippi.
A reflective piece on how wealth and material goods enslave people. It argues possessions, from livestock and land to household finery and even mental talents, impose duties and tyrannize time, effort, and will. True happiness comes by refusing possessions ruling our lives and choosing liberty.
Unclaimed letters list for the week ending Feb 9 in the Gadsden Mississippi post office. The Garland Stock Co. to perform for the week starting Feb 25 featuring plays including Revenge The Bandit For a Woman's Love Brother Against Brother and more with entertaining attractions and moderate prices.
The record details county expenditures and contracts including road work at Oxford and Water Valley, bridge bids to T. C. Gallogis and W. Ut. Block, land rights, and road maintenance. It lists officials, jurors, and a March 3 1907 bid deadline with bids opened at the courthouse south door.
College Hill notes list residents visiting friends in Oxford Water Valley and Memphis plus local contemplations on elections. Mentions M P Johnson Robert Friereen Fannie Dunlap Jejea Shaw John Shaw Fielder Webster St A Shaw Sidney Johnson Houston and Op Foor with hopes for candidates and public works.
A community notice in Yellow Leaf urges G W Anderson a respected farmer and businessman to enter county office. The writer endorses Anderson and also invites Fielder Webster to run for State Senator, signing off with a broad appeal to voters.
An old advertisement claims De King’s New Discovery cures coughs and lung issues with quick relief. It touts trials and testimonials from users like Charles Walters and local druggists Linder & Co. in Stark County Indiana, promoting trial bottles and a price of two cents.
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