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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
4
A damaged OCR passage describes a patient with severe leg pain who cannot walk. After applying therapy, warm water, and medical care the patient progresses from immobility to limited walking over several weeks with noted improvements and ongoing recovery.
A herbal vegetable compound promoted as a universal remedy for female complaints. Claims to heal inflammation uterine issues spinal weakness and menopausal change, with benefits said to include relief from pain, weakness, nervous symptoms, sleep trouble, and backache. The text invites readers to write Mrs. Pinkham for guidance.
A vivid street scene follows a man with shrewd grey eyes as he moves along the exe deweteven street observing passersby and reporting on the crowd. The narrative captures casual dialogue, distant spectators, and a crowd drawn toward a waiting lineups and a creel area amid a bustling city environment.
A jumbled OCR page mixes poetry lines, quotations, ad snippets, weather notes, and a few business names. It references Debi Boadey, Rainey Pile, Aver & Son in Philadelphia, and mentions remedies, brokers, and a curious discussion of Faust. The text lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
A Battle Creek woman recounts using Dr Williams Pink Pills to relieve long standing headaches back and limb pain. She credits a retired physician with recommending the medicine and notes her health fully recovered, prompting plans to use the pills as a spring tonic. The pills are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Company with merchants carrying the product.
A collection of brief notes on literary figures and events. Swinburne’s First Book of Ballads sold for 1008 dollars. M. Bostand reportedly rejects 2 dollars for a Mara Gine play, hoping for book publication. Fiona Macleod identified in Who’s Who, with publications listed. Emil Zerkowite named envoy to expand commerce, with George Washington Zerko witz born February 27. Henri Rochefort’s work once popular, now less read. A death noted during a reading tour with Ben King near Bowling Green after reciting If I Should Die Tonight. Head remarks on a curious chain of circumstances surrounding the event.
A collection of puzzled lines and riddles with clues like what walks upside down over head a fir four brothers under one bat four brothers run side by side but never catch up with one another and a pack of wolves with one shot while the dead appear.
The piece muses on theater reality noting chorus girls may not rise to stardom and every paid role reflects the actor’s talent. It asserts managers are harsh yet essential as they pay salaries and edge rivals from the spotlight.
The wife of a Michigan farmer recounts sick months in 1902 with nervous fatigue and insomnia. After abandoning medicines and coffee for Grapenuts with sugar and cream she gained strength, slept better, and resumed full family duties. Read the book The Road to Weilville.
Delegates to the New Orleans convention will push the Witherspoon plan to form the Southern Cotton Company with 116000 capital. It would buy 10000000 worth of cotton at 60 cents a pound and hold until price reaches 10 cents, then sell at 11 cents. The firm would be headquartered in New Orleans with branches in Jackson Meridian Vicksburg Natchez Mobile Birmingham Atlanta and others, funding via bank deposits and high interest loans subject to call if cotton price falls.
The fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans reported a collision among the battleships Kearsarge Kentucky Alabama and Illinois after grounding at the west bank. The Kentucky sustained significant damage to its starboard side above the waterline and will go to the navy yard for repairs while others remained at sea or returned.
A distinct quake lasting 23 seconds to one minute was felt across western Missouri eastern Kansas and southern Nebraska around 6 37 last night with reports of fear and minor damage. No major damage in Kansas City where a lighter tremor occurred at 4 PM rattling chandeliers and dishes.
Chicago hears a highly anticipated murder trial tale as Virginia Beauregard Troupe, accused of killing her husband, finally gives a detailed statement. She describes a lonely childhood and troubled youth while maintaining innocence and insisting she never meant to kill.
Hutchinson of the Southern Soft Yarn Spinners Association issued a circular calling a meeting in Atlanta on the 2nd of the month. William Whitlam Jr of Charlotte will address the gathering on Immigration. The meeting is expected to be well attended with several important matters to be discussed.
Mary McDonald a Black woman who said she was born November 1 1870 in Frog Town near Valley Forge Pennsylvania died at the home for aged and infirm colored persons in Philadelphia. She described antebellum times and a robust smoker’s life up to shortly before death.
Government director Ignacio Fuente reports in Mazatlan that Ahome and surrounding region face famine as floods destroy crops and block roads. Thousands of cattle perished in northern Sinaloa, threatening regional food supplies and livelihoods.
Texarkana, Ark jan ieorge Sanders Ben Sanders Richari lary Wm. Wrrick Wm. Hooks and Sam Ed and Art Lewis prominent white farmers near CalhounColumbia county were arrested on warrants from Fort Smith charging them with whitewrapping two negroes Noah Mason and B F Paschal They were released on bond awaiting a preliminary trial Jan 11 The negroes claim brutal whipping and county expulsion but defendants deny the retaliation claim Some accused are closely related to Arkansas leaders.
John C Breckinridge former Col and son of a U S vice president dies at his daughter’s home in Yonkers New York after medical treatment. He served with distinction in the war and is survived by wife Sallie Frances and three children including John Breckinridge Laura Tenerek and Benjamin Breckinridge. Interment planned in Lexington Kentucky beside his father.
New York January 9. A notable meeting on Southern issues is planned at Carnegie Hall on January 7 arranged by the Armstrong Association. Speakers include Joseph Choate and Robert Ogden, with Clemens as Southern speaker, plus a chorus from Hampton Institute to perform negro folk songs.
Representative Fowler introduced a banking bill in Washington that would require current public money deposits with national banks at 2 percent annual interest up to a portion of each bank’s capital. The measure allows banks to issue up to 50 percent of unimpaired capital in national notes without bond deposits and creates a guaranty fund to reach 310 million dollars before buying gold to retire United States notes.
Lawton Oklahoma January 4 Geronimo the 76 year old Apache warrior has taken his eighth wife Mrs Mary Soto Apache widow aged 58 and mother of one. The wedding occurred during Christmas holidays but only announced today following his conversion to Christianity after his seventh wife died two years ago.
New York on January 9 reports Dr. W G Steger a Vanderbilt and Columbia graduate from a prominent Nashville family attempted suicide by chloroform and morphine. Physicians say he cannot recover. He left a note citing years of personal crisis and homicidal mania and willed certain affairs to be settled.
Washington January 9 The Postmaster General approved a recommendation to allow rural carriers to use automobiles on routes with a reservation to require additional items if unsatisfactory service is found.
A cave inn collapse near midnight in Haverstraw New York buries twelve houses and leaves fifteen persons missing as claybank slides precipitate buildings and ignite a fire. Rescue crews face terrain collapse and water access challenges amid ongoing efforts.
A collage notes quack cure claims for skin and cancer humors with B B B tonics and praises reform rhetoric while quoting Senator scenes and editorials from the Washington Star St Louis Globe and Philadelphia Bulletin critiquing new guides and personalities.
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