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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
2
A jumble of party views and historical asides as announcements praiseThomas Spigrt for Congress and hint at Republican tariff tinkering. It notes expositions, military topics, and foreign policy quips, with references to Roosevelt, Depew, and Knox, amid gaze at finishing Colorado battles and Philippine independence.
The Oxford Democratic Executive Committee lays out a double primary plan for December 1904 nominations including mayor marshal treasurer and four ward aldermen. Voters must be white Democrats, petitions by September 20, and candidate deposits. results to be canvassed the day after each primary.
From Gulfport Mississippi a writer to the Eagle recalls a trip to Jackson by the Gulf and Ship Island route. He praises the new state capitol with its marble halls and suggests voters should elect fitting representatives. The note extols Mississippi pine forests and notes corn and cotton progress outside the northern region.
The writer describes a beachfront home with neighbors Prof. and Mrs. J. T. Connell in East Gulfport. They enjoy town conveniences and country delights, watch ships laden with pine, and plan evening fishing. A failed attempt at early morning bathing leads to a vow to learn swimming before large waters.
A humor piece recalls a shore excursion by G S I and two pine country men Bill and Tom. An old couple jokes about courtship as they watch waves while the fisherman duo battles a large flounder. The punch line notes the fish is missing eyes and split in half after the catch.
The letter discusses evolving party presence in Splinter Creek from Know Nothings to Greenbackers and Goldites while praising patriots and urging unity. It notes hope for peaceful, non sectional voting and criticizes Roosevelt. It also mentions fishing trips by Rev Hollowell and Mr Tatum, recent rains aiding crops, and questions about local Sunday school participation.
The health of the community is good and crops look fine with farmers through laying by corn. Watermelon prospects brighten the mood as residents anticipate plenty. Young people attended Children's Day at Midway. Lilie Waldrip of LaFayette Springs visited Josie and Una Green. Mable Stone, in Yazoo City, visits Mrs. Hattie Butler. Mr and Mrs O E Slaughter welcome a fine boy. Splinter correspondent asks what happened to the turkey that laid many eggs, noting it was a smart turkey.
Tickets for the World’s Fair in St. Louis are offered at reduced prices. For details and purchasing, contact any Mobile & Ohio railroad agent.
The Sunday school and church group enjoyed a gala Fourth of July with a large picnic, ample food, and music by the Woodson Ridge string band. Rev Countiss gave a practical address on Sunday school benefits. Mr J R McLarty welcomed attendees and Capt W A Roane entertained. The event concluded with a hopeful pledge to stay active in social and spiritual efforts.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages, a constitutional disease treated internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It promises to destroy the disease's foundation and strengthen the patient, offering $100 for any failure and urging readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Topeka, Kansas.
Mrs Charles Applegate of Alexandria Indiana reports severe consumption symptoms nightly. After other medicines failed three $1 bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery cured her and helped her gain 58 pounds. The remedy promises to cure coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with trial bottles free at A H Kendel's drug store.
The column notes farmers receive ample rain and crops look good. Local social items mention Minnie Fannie and Annie Harris visiting Ida and Joe Goolsby, Elbert Beard from Bethel, and J M Goolsby with Rev W P Goolsby traveling to Texas. Dock Hamilton recovers from illness and Wiley Goolsby visited. Young people attend Christian Rest services with a pleasant gathering.
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama reports a long battle with a terrible pile condition that produced 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him with equal effectiveness for burns and aches. Sold for 25 cents at A H Kendal's drug store.
Paducah Kentucky chemists Lang Bros report selling over 700 bottles of Dr. Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure in a single season. They note strong physician prescriptions and high customer satisfaction with the remedy.
There is nothing just as good for malaria chills and fever as Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure. Take it as a general tonic and in place of quinine. If it fails to satisfy send to J C Mendenhall Evansville Indiana and get your money back.
Miss Maggie Tankersley returned home to College Hill after visiting Miss Benjie Banka and Mrs. J J Wilkins is listed as sick. Several guests arrive from Holly Springs Orrwood Water Valley and Paris. Charlie Murchison convalescent. T L Graham and family leave for Ft Smith Arkansas and Oklahoma to visit relatives.
Every Tuesday and Thursday in June the Mobile and Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets to St Louis at rates less than half. Return limits liberal. Apply to M. and O. R R agents for particulars.
Train fare promotion announces one fare plus 2 dollars to Texas Indian and Oklahoma Territory and parts of Arkansas New Mexico and Louisiana with 21 day ticket validity from sale date and 15 day permitted stopover. Contact H D Wilson J P Pannill and A G P at 14 Main Street Memphis Tenn for quotes. Taylor items note visits and absences of local residents including Moore Ragland Taylor Sisk and Jones with Ox ford connections.
A fragmented column notes dry conditions and crab grass seed worries, mentions turkey eggs, a Dallas correspondent, and a joke about voting for Judge Parker. It records a protracted meeting starting July 24 at Clear Creek, early cotton blooms, and a Mrs Clyde Wallace returning from Water Valley visit. It ends with a brief ad reference to Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup.
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