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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
3
A collage of local ads and notices from Oxford includes freight schedules, railroad service notes, and agent listings, followed by multiple attorney at law entries in Oxford Mississippi. It also features doctors physicians J P Wilkins T Chandler and others offering services and contact details, plus a miscellaneous sales pitch for a medicinal salve.
Local notices report social visits and business openings in Water Valley and Tule including blacksmithing services by J. J. Keight and Robert J. Keight, a Schubert Quartette at the Opera House, and a death and funeral in Denmark vicinity. Reports mention health updates, a music instructor appointment at Abbeville Normal School, and civic notes on taxes, schools, and church services.
Mrs S H Lincoln recounts a dramatic night tending the widow of General Burnham of Machias Maine who faced pneumonia. She credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving the patient after other remedies failed, noting a full night s sleep following a single dose. The ad promotes cures for throat chest and lung diseases for 50 cents and 1 00, with trials offered.
Public notices announce sheriff sales by warrants from La County Mississippi and T L Harris Justice of the Peace. Auctions to take place on the first Monday in March in Oxford for land in sections 23 and 15 with multiple ranges totaling around 160 acres and 50 acres, with bids in cash.
Local personals list residents visiting friends in Texas Tennessee and Mississippi with returns from Delta Water Valley Memphis and other towns. The notice also highlights Hon Thomas Spight’s bid for re election to the Second Congressional District and opposition to the Manna layne ship subsidy bill in Congress.
Articles on Alfred A. Farland the famous banjoist sparked debate in musical circles. Reports claim he can entertain an audience for two hours solo, a rare feat for banjo and violinists. He will perform at the Opera House next Saturday night. secure seats now.
An economical resident near Toledo rushes after the first number of a Farland concert. He asks for a door check to hurry home for his wife, claiming it was the finest playing he had ever heard.
The piece argues that classical music is superior in form and timeless value, yet asserts both educated listeners and uneducated listeners can enjoy it equally when attentive. It promotes Buffaloe & Butler's Schubert Symphony Cla, inviting readers to secure seats for Friday night.
The February session of the Board of Supervisors lasted four days with all members present. They approved numerous bridge repairs and extensions, hired deputies, awarded contracts, discharged the tax collector, and set per diem and mileage for members. Several petitions were discussed and many routine financial and building items approved or rejected.
Mr DN Taylor of Taylor's Depot neighborhood called at this office last Saturday. He moved back from Calhoun County to his old neighborhood near Taylor's last year and plans to make this county his permanent home.
The town of Oxford schedules a March 6 sale by law to collect delinquent corporation taxes for 1899. Properties include Richmond Boone, Joe Isom, Knight, Loveless, McLeod, Payne, Stephenson, Sneed, Harris, Carother, Dillard, and Sullivan parcels with varying sections, townships, and assessed values. Tax amounts range from modest sums to several dollars, with costs noted. local marshal presides.
The judiciary committee reported amendments changing judicial elections from November to align with general elections and extending four year intervals. Gov Langina names university trustees, tax matters update, and Canal street land sale noted. A new piano store and promotional sale of instruments announced in New Orleans with low prices.
Mr ty M. Sonith a student in the Law Department of the University of Missiee aut Mins Fane LL Reherteut of Herbanite were married at the Anderson House on Wednesday June. The ceremony was reported as a significant event to the local community with Rev G W Boggs officiating. The groom is a student at the University and has resided in the city the past year.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Mad Stone and unclear figures tied to a 25.08 date. Mentions Allene, PrMps attestion pow anti fication and services. names Wald rin and Alina appear amid garbled lines. No cohesive incident or outcome established.
Readable bits show miscellaneous notices and contact hints about sales and services. Mentions include Clark's barber, WW Kiable driving teams, first erase hair cut, and a horse for sale. Appears to be scattered ad-like lines from a late century classifieds page.
A 1900 letter from Friedman Fete Eet Et advertises a sale on men youths and children clothing in Oxford Mississippi. It claims savings of 15 to 25 percent and urges buyers to pay cash to obtain the best prices and avoid high rates.
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