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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
2
A long choppy column discusses liquor legislation in Kentucky, tax cuts, Cuba’s sugar industry, and national pensions. It notes worries about wartime taxes, ship subsidies, and is wary of U.S. becoming a true world power. It criticizes Roosevelt era policy and tariff plans from the Ways and Means Committee.
A Mississippi town disputes a harsh and anonymous tract criticizing Oxford and its citizens. The letter defends local culture, condemns the publication as false, and argues that evils exist but are common to any community. Citizens are urged to maintain decency and reject insulting satire.
The piece lampoons the country editor as an axe grinder who profits little from readers while promoting self serving figures like Mrs Toplofts and Mr Highiflyer. It contrasts editor satire with readers and local advertisers and ends inviting readers to deny the axing claim.
Citizens applaud that co education remains at the University of Jackson. For years young women have enjoyed equal opportunities, and the university continues to produce militantly trained women ready for leadership. Mississippi stands at the forefront in educating women for civic duties and professional roles.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes covers oil prices, cattle shipping, a joke about preaching versus practicing, and a murder case warning that justice may fail. It questions suffrage, journalism, and gender roles, with a closing jab at a tonic called wireriiving.
Miss Lockhart of Pontotoc visited Miss Lowe Crockett last week. Oxford citizens and the University enjoyed a Chivrage Glee Club concert in University Chapel. YMCA officers were elected L. Slogar president and others named. Hogan and Fulton chosen as delegates to the MA International Convention in Toronto. The Miss editors work on a fine college annual. Friction over co education spurs debate as officials in Jackson attend to university interests and appropriations. Prickly Ash Bitters advertised by A H Kendell as a special agent.
An ad notes Cur rie r s Standard Fertilizers for Cotton Corn and Vegetables available in any quantity to boost yields. It also promotes Grove's tasteless Chill Toler medicine with a No Cure No Pay offer priced at 30 cents.
Readable fragments show spring optimism despite cold with weather and health improving. The piece extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a top home cure for coughs colds and croup with testimonials from Mrs J A Moore and Amden South Carolina reader. It notes political vetoes on railroad pass and frank bills affecting officials and judges.
Mrs Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery for curing her three week old pneumonia affected child after a severe cough and doctor recommended treatment. The ad claims the medicine cures coughs to lung disease and offers trial bottles free. A Boston man sues a Western patent firm for 250000 over unauthorized use of his before and after photographs in advertisements claiming he was ill.
An old advertisement touts Buckien's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for cuts burns bruises and inflammation claiming millions of boxes sold. It also lists unclaimed letters for the Oxford Misc Post Office week ending February 15 1902 with names and initials.
The Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised as a simple iron and quinine remedy for malaria fever and chills. Sold at 50 cents a bottle with no heavy charges.
The snippet blends a devotional poem by Hubert Louis Steven with a health ad praising Electric Bitters and a humorous Moon pun about a man named Moon. Partial verse lauds daily duties with cheer and rest, while the joke narrates a drunken misfortune ending with a total eclipse.
A collection of short notices and ads touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for constipation and stomach troubles, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and local sales. It includes dubious predictions of an earthquake in Mississippi and testimonials about rheumatism relief.
A chaotic ad warns Tak Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab as a cure all that fails. An instructor’s anatomy lesson becomes a humorous misstatement when a boy corrects the lines about senses. Ash Bitters is endorsed as a remedy to purify the stomach liver and bowels and improve cheerfulness.
In pursuance of the statutes I will on the first Monday March 3 1902 in front of the Court House door Oxford Mississippi expose to public sale the lands delinquent for the 1901 taxes to be sold to the highest bidder for cash.
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