28 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
1
The Mississippi article discusses lower telephone rates to aid rural subscribers, municipal ownership moves, Yazoo City streetcar prospects, and Hog and alfalfa farming boosts. It notes Pontotoc corn efforts, state fairs, hunting dog races, and Meridian Philadelphia rail talks, urging continued progress and intelligent voting.
W. H. Shaw sues Sherrard Grocery and the Retail Grocers' Association of Vicksburg for 3000 damages alleging his name was placed on a wa e list. Cotton receipts for Vicksburg total 77387 this season, up from 64199 last year. Upper Pearl River Valley reports progress on railroad construction with goods in transit and accelerating activity.
W P Armstrong of Coffeeville is chosen to represent Yale in the Yale Princeton debate. The young jurist is a Yale graduate and is pursuing a law course as part of the honor.
Cecilia Demetro, 12, abducted March 11 from Little Rock, Arkansas, was located at a Thornton gypsy camp in Chicago suburbs. Her father with four deputies forced entry amid a tense standoff, rescuing her as arrests followed. A ringleader named Joseph John fled. police warned further raids.
Walter Garner was fatally cooked by a steam valve blast at the K C Lumber Company planing mill in Lucedale Mississippi. Charles Grimes suffered severe scalds but escaped and summoned a fireman to shut off the steam.
The United States v Wm H Kirk the Syracuse resident and sole surety for John F Gaynor was decided in the supreme court in favor of Kirk Extradition from Canada over charges tied to alleged public works fraud in Savannah Georgia is resolved in his favor Gaynor’s bond stood at 40000 dollars and Kirk was his only surety
World wide interest builds for the Worlds Fifth Sunday School Convention to be held in Rome Italy in May 1823 Delegates from all parts of the world will attend The American and Canadian delegations depart two parties sailing April 27 from Boston and New York The Romantic sails from Boston carrying 325 and the Neckar from New York about 20 About 600 delegates are expected from the United States and Canada A booklet with full information is available from W N Hartshorn 221 Columbus avenue Boston
The Hickory Inn in Hickory, a major western North Carolina hotel and summer resort, burned today. Fire teams found escape by stairs blocked for second and third floor guests, forcing several to jump from windows. Five or six injured, one salesman reportedly broke his back. total loss likely over 50,000 dollars.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that the common law right of individuals to complain to courts about railroad discrimination, existing before the Interstate Commerce Act, was eliminated by the act. Hence, complaints must be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Harvard University leaders back harsher athletic standards amid calls for stronger discipline and higher performance expectations. Officials emphasize rigorous training and compliance to elevate university sports programs.
President Roosevelt spoke to Harvard undergraduates in Cambridge, urging balanced study and personal responsibility. He praised football as building courage but warned against becoming slaves to athletics and warned against overculture and narrow specialization. He attacked defenders of state rights when they shield wrongdoing and cited child labor and contract labor laws. At Groton School he gave a brief sermon to about 150 students and parents, recalling his own move into government service and cavalry, and wishing the boys luck.
Washington census bulletin notes sharp price gains in milk and especially cream from curbed supply and city demand. It records 5,926 butter cheese and condensed milk firms in 1905, with $27.4 million rise in product value since 1900 and 15,557 workers earning $5.41 million in wages.
Victor B. Dolliver, 46, brother of Senator Dolliver of Iowa, was found dead in bed in Fort Dodge. An inquest will be held. He was a campaign speaker, businessman, and benefactor of Morningside College in Sioux City.
A private New York cable dispatch received by Mianor Bolet says Gen. Antonio Paredes and 18 followers were executed last week in Venezuela. Among the dead are Gen. Juan Badillo and two Americans, John Godskin of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Thomas Lovelace, a Maine mining engineer, who had traveled to Venezuela for some time.
Newspapers praise Capt Sper Ung of Dordrecht for initiating the rescue of the last three Berlin survivors after the wreck off the Hook of Holland. Survivors report harrowing experiences amid the wreckage, with salvagers calling the scene terrible and destructive.
Mrs K P Wilson, widow of a Turain Mill accident victim, visited Turain Mill Company in Moultrie Georgia seeking a $5000 settlement. She drew a pistol and threatened the superintendent before the check was issued. The bank was alerted. a lunacy warrant was issued and she remains in jail awaiting hearing.
A Tampico dispatch reports Inigo Noriega leading a vast project in Nuevo Leon to bring 5000 European families to two million acres. Laborers clear land at $75,000 monthly while irrigation works proceed to create the world’s largest system. Cotton is slated as the initial principal crop for early returns.
U S military authorities begin contour work around Diamond Head for a major battery to guard Honolulu with a $290000 budget plus matching funds after Congress session. Engineers work begins but actual gun mounting will take months as Japanese observers monitor stakes and foresee a quick seizure if relations deteriorate.
Washington reports a census bulletin showing a steep rise in milk and cream costs since 1900 due to reduced supply and growing demand in large cities. The bulletin notes higher production of cheese condensed milk flour and starch products in 1905, with cream costs up about 47.9 percent.
Washington reports that leather industry added 150 million dollars to U S foreign commerce in 1906, up from under 35 thousand a decade earlier. Hides and skins imports totaled about 4 million dollars in 1906, quadrupling in ten years per the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
In Jefferson City M O Representative M J Salts of Phelps county contracted smallpox while seated on the house floor. The chamber stirred with commotion as a resolution ordered thorough fumigation of the capitol amid a partial attendance. Landlords refused entry to lawmakers in many cases and Governor Folk offered use of his mansion to those unable to find quarters.
Waco Texas ex Confederate William Welch about 2 years old claims Atlanta Georgia as his home and says he fired the first shot in the whites versus Negroes riot. Welch who has one leg and one eye sits in Sheriff Tilley’s custody and admits shooting during the conflict.
The Union League club hosted former President Grover Cleveland as guest of honor with Richard Watson Gilder and Howard L. Smith. Cleveland joked about ex presidents and stressed patriotism, citizenship, and duty, praising Roosevelt and urging love for country and city.
A late night derailment on the Pennsylvania line near Mineral Point eight miles from Johnstown results in injuries to most of the 64 aboard. The westbound No 29 to Chicago plunges from a sharp curve, rear cars fall into the Coneomagh river, rails torn, telegraph poles down, and cause uncertain with speeding cited as a factor.
London report states the Hon Mrs Harbord completed a daring balloon voyage across the channel. She ascended at Chelsea at night with C F Pollock of the Aero club, crossed near Calais, and landed at 9 30 Friday in Stavalot Belgium amid a snowstorm.
London reports the Berlin, sailing from Harwich to Hook of Holland, foundered entering Hook of Holland in a violent morning gale. Of 143 aboard only one survivor, as lifeboat efforts failed to reach the wreck. Cause unknown. Captain Precious praised for 14 years of service. No Americans aboard.
A man identified as Guerin, owner of the Harrison Art Co, was shot dead in his office in the Omaha building. Mrs Flora McDonald, wife of millionaire and Chicago political boss Michael C McDonald, is detained after a quarrel that preceded the shooting. Authorities report possible extortion as motive. Mrs McDonald is alleged to have gone insane.
Washington Secretary Taft said he plans an April trip to Cuba to assess conditions and compare with those when he left Havana last fall. He indicated that any withdrawal of American forces would depend entirely on the restoration of order.
Washington Viscount Aoki visited the state department to confer with Secretary Root on how negotiations should proceed for a treaty restricting Japanese immigration to the United States. The path to resume talks on the projected restrictive treaty is viewed as open.
Berlin reports severe storms snow and rain across the country with six feet of snow in parts of the Black Forest and heavy falls in the Rheen and Thuringian mountains. Several are reported lost in the snow with freezing deaths. In Iowa a coach and coal car fell forty feet near Washington Mills injuring seven and killing one person.
Chicago President Cornelius P. Shea and other defendants were found not guilty by a jury in the second trial on charges of conspiracy during the Teamsters strike against Chicago department stores two years ago.
Havana general Loyanse de Castile issues a bold statement in La Lucha declaring independence or death as the sole issue. He vows to fight to the last breath for Spanish liberty, noting massive Cuban casualties and predicting further tombs if needed while blaming American expectations for liberty.
The editor of the North American Review sparks controversy by proposing a tax on spinster property, arguing that women gain civilization benefits without fair return. He calls spinsterhood a voluntary, antiprogressive state and suggests taxation as a remedy to curb obstinacy and revenuers. The piece frames reform as a path to progress and hints at societal backlash.
Anton Strong lectured Walters' club of Vienna on proper wine service. He stressed temperaments by wine type, urged correct temperatures from Rhine to Burgundy, and noted tinted glasses help hide sediment in Rhine and Mosel wines.
A box turtle's feeding habits are described with tomato and fruit consumption observed during season. The writer notes turtles bite ripest tomatoes high off the ground and even larger specimens devour fruit, pears, and apples blown from trees, suggesting a widespread habit.
In Corners Mrs White built a home with the region’s first bathroom sparking much curiosity. An elderly caller asked to bathe, Mrs White granted the wish then rushed to the bathroom upon screams to find the woman crying that she had soaked up all the water after pulling the drain plug.
A dialogue between a manager and an applicant reveals the pretensions and social games in a theater world. The applicant claims to be a prominent belle's clapper, exposing how status is tied to backstage roles and perceived influence.
The drawing depicts a ten year old Milton with a fair face blue eyes and cropped auburn hair. Later the hair lightens to brown with flowing locks and a foretop part and the eyes shift to gray as the face forms an oval countenance.
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