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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
2
The Oxford Eagle presents a miscellany of comments on politics and society. It mocks politicians and financiers while noting international topics from Taft to Fairbanks, Harriman, and Aldrich, with satirical remarks on privacy laws, ballooning weddings, and a New Jersey ambergris yarn.
A discussion on the value of plodding over genius, stressing steady effort as the backbone of civilization and success. Plus a Jackson News report on Levin Lake, 92, becoming a Knight Templar in Mississippi after sixty years as a traveling man, with notes on his age, origin, and travel. Includes sympathy resolutions for Ensign J Ed Hope from the Memphis reunion group.
Miss Emma Harris visits sister Mrs Allie Murchieen and Mr Robert Anderson visits relatives. Birth day party at Mr T Bennett's. Mrs Hardin on sick list. baby girl for Mr and Mrs Harry Kennedy. Various local visits, singing at Spring Creek and Independence. weather and farming notes. mill inquiry for fall grinding. ads note patent remedies and local business.
A reader filled column with weather, crop hopes, and planting notes. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. Cueford visiting, a wedding rumor, a Sunday school inquiry, a death in a neighbor family, and obliquely referenced health ads for kidney and bladder remedies, along with medical testimonials and local business mentions.
Rainy conditions persist in Denmark with gloomy weather. Reports include Hubert Welch injured by an unseen horse incident last Tuesday, the Mathis family welcoming a new brother-in-law, and a reported death of a child from the Owens family last Saturday. Public notices announce sealed bids for road and bridge projects with bond and security requirements, and the Board reserves the right to reject bids.
A local Oxford Mississippi resident Mr. E B Wallace testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved long standing kidney trouble. He credits increased strength and back pain relief to the remedy and urges friends to try it. The ad notes Doan's Kidney Pills priced 50 cents and sold by Foster Milburne in New York as U S sale agents.
A promotional notice boasts world class voices and promises to demonstrate Victor or Edison equipment at any home. It claims access to records, horns, cases, and other accessories and invites buyers to arrange a demonstration through a local contact on West Main.
A fragment from Yazoo City Herald discusses how friends desert the prosperous and aid the unfortunate, likening hogs reacting to danger to people when wealth shifts. It cites the Sermon on the Mount about the broad gate to life and warns against neglecting health with Foley’s Kidney Remedy ads amid backache and kidney trouble claims.
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