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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
2
The fragment references the Oxford Peer office meeting and costs. Readable detail is limited. it hints at an event or meeting headline involving Oxford and a fee or coat measure, but specifics are unclear.
An Iowa banker was fined $10 for defrauding creditors of $106,000. The item appears among a string of political and international notes, commenting on finance, Panama canal issues, railroads, and editorials.
The article argues that constant watchfulness, a Scriptural injunction, guards against temptations from infancy to old age. It promotes self mastery, prudent finances, honest living, helpfulness, and discernment, claiming thrift and knowledge stem from watchfulness. It urges making watchfulness a daily habit to gain its benefits.
An essay on friendship notes that true friends are rare and valuable. It stresses that winning friends comes from congeniality and virtue, while keeping them requires integrity, honor, and forbearance. Fidelity, tact, and consideration sustain relationships across life stages.
Week ending Saturday January 13 unclaimed mail includes L J Bradford J C Coote Mattie Jones W L Ford Luther Mrs Ader Susie Jackson Davi J B Keily Mrs M Ray Lowe H McCorkle Miss Marerila Metuen Hennie McGlon Miss Modinea Powell Mrs Orin Shiggireg Miss Rone Thompson Winnie Mrs Prall. Postmaster M Howry.
A review applauds the Board of Supervisors and tax assessor for a year of marked county progress. Levees and road bridges were completed, the courthouse and jail renovated, and delinquent back taxes collected, strengthening the county treasury and public services.
A fragment from a Liberty Texas paper features testimonials endorsing Ballard’s Snow Syrup for coughs and colds, plus various digestion aids like Kodal Pepsia Cure and a laxative product. It lists A H Kendell and Elw Ghove as sellers and notes a 25 cent price for a tonic.
The column reports widespread illness but none fatal, church attendance at Hopewell, and neighbors visiting Oxford for sick relatives. It notes Col Tom Gant and local efforts on a romal route, plus a lively Sunday school and a day ride to the Steph ens home with songs and recitations. Mentions Mrs Charles Wood sick, many visits from Abbeville, and local gossip about residents like G W Will, William Kay, and Miss Laurelie Prater.
An assortment of patent medicine claims appears in this short ad page. It praises Sallard's Snow Liniment for lumbago, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion, and Heroine for digestive and systemic revitalization, with multiple sellers named such as A H Kendal and Beadci.
The column lists residents visiting cities and returning home, mentions deaths, a town election, and citrus updates. Notables include Dick Frierson’s death, Captain J J Wilis elected town marshal, and various families visiting Oxford Memphis Water Valley and Jackson Tennessee.
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