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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1905
Page
2
The Oxford Eagle prints a subscription notice from publisher Mrs Eliza A Thompson. It lists rates: One year 1.00 six months 60 cents. It notes no paper will be sent on time and includes a dated line January 19th 190.
A moving admonition about the modern rush of childhood fromGo-carts to early adulthood. It contrasts relentless labor with the danger of overachieving youth and urges families to live naturally and focus on gentle, meaningful living to ensure a blessed old age.
M G Cor of Greenfield Tenn visits Abbeville for timber business. Clay Miller and family from Dodson move to Abbeville occupying the W R Miller residence. Malone from Marshall County relocates. W A Gallegley moves to his country farm. Adama of the University visits. Edwin Cyclone Southers to lecture If I were the devil at Normal ball Friday Jan 27. Rev Newton Smith of College Hill lectures to A N S pupils. School described as flourishing.
In summer 1901 the author recalls a first trip to America’s Northwest with Yellowstone as the cycle’s centerpiece. He notes mining towns like Butte, vast forests in Oregon and Washington, and a quest to learn local life, industry, and governance. The route includes St Louis Chicago St Paul and Portland and describes scenery and river journeys. The piece closes with local notices and school reports.
List of unclaimed mail matter left at the Oxford Mississippi Post Office for the week ending Saturday January 4 includes numerous names such as Adams Hiramett Vann Walock James Avant John Col and others. Entries show multiple Miss and Mrs. titles with various surname spellings and initials. Postmaster Howry notes the list as the official record of unclaimed correspondence.
An advertisement for Memphis Business College promotes shorthand and bookkeeping courses using Byrne Simplified method. It claims half the time and cost of other schools, individual instruction, immediate entry, and placement in top cities with free catalog. Memphis Tenn at 46 North Second Street.
Bank of Oxford Mississippi reports assets totaling 114,386 28 and liabilities 213,338 28 as of January 1905. Cash on hand 60,931 9 and capital paid in 80,000 00, with notes on real estate, securities, and tax funds. Notary and auditor certify accuracy. notice includes lodging and a local hotel description and an advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT.
Miss Fannie Dunlap and her mother moved to Miss Georgia Friersons. Mr. Able Davidson joined the Hedileson and Davidson farm. A candy stretching at Wallace Shaw's followed a late show. Thirty seven pupils enrolled in the school. Alumni planning Delta Pi chapter celebration in Oxford on March 24. Blackstone Club anniversary capped by a speech on the law school. Mrs. J. W. Johnson and daughters visited Nashville. Cecil Rhodes scholarship exams held by university students. Greek life lecture by Prof. Lentsakas. Mrs. P. J. Saunders returned from Memphis. J. C. Mendenhall promotes Chill-Sue EippE. Health ads mention Herbine tonic and Arnica salve sold at Oxford Pharmacy. Four hundred babies at St. Vincent's Infant Asylum in Ohio awaiting adoption.
A legal notice records a January 26 1905 auction by outcry for lands in LaFayette and Panola Counties Mississippi. Described parcels include parts of Sections 10 11 Township 8 Range 5 with creek landmarks and boundaries. Also shares an attachment suit against E J O’Brien Doliniter Co St Louis Missouri with a March deadline.
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