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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
2
The notice names Thomas Sprih t and W. A. Roane as candidates for Congress in the Second Congressional District for the upcoming term, objecting to the Democratic party action.
A fragmentary column duels over Taft and Roosevelt post meeting hints. Observers note Roosevelt chopping wood, Pinchot’s eve clash, and a chorus of political jabs about Ballinger Cannon Lodge and Bryan. The piece skims labor, immigration, and ministerial forms while riffing on Roosevelt’s wisdom and public feuds.
A summary of the commission's inquiry concludes that the likely reason for rising living costs is that someone wants to squeeze more money from consumers. The report rests on extensive investigation and points to profit as the core driver.
In Sulphur Springs Texas on Monday J F Youngblood aged about 105 or 106 worked as a bricklayer on the Carnegie Library wall while being photographed for the Indianapolis Bricklayers Journal Born in Nashville in 1594 he later moved to Morgan Alabama and learned the trade He has worked across Mississippi Texas and Alabama and still teaches singing on weekends He lives on a farm with three acres of corn and has many descendants who honor him with yearly birthday celebrations
The Cambridge Democrat notes an extraordinary succession of frosts and freezes throughout 1816. January and February were severe, March and May damaged, and June through August brought persistent cold with ice and widespread crop losses. Prices for corn rose as farmers paid four to five dollars a bushel for next spring planting. September started mild then frosty, October and November remained cold, and December ended mild and calm.
A grand barbecue is planned for Thursday July 14 at the Oxford Camp Ground with invited guests from adjoining counties. Hon Theodore G Bilbo is to speak with other notable officials invited and given time at the event, described as a major gathering in Lafayette County.
Veteran columnist recalls the True Mississippians Company B and Smith Rifles in 1862 LaFayette county. Details officers from Captain Robinson to Lt. Myers, deaths at Murfreesboro and Lookout Mountain, and notes on Ed Hope Lige Smith and others. Continues with Abbeville formation and brigade histories.
The LaFayette County School Board is called to meet at the court house on Wednesday July 27 at 10 o'clock for possible changes in the schools and school districts. Persons with business before the board should submit all matters in writing.
The Democratic Executive Committee of the Second District in Houy Springs Mississippi approved a first primary for August 20 with county committees tallying on August 22 and a district committee meeting on August 25 to declare results. A second primary is scheduled for September 10 with returns tabulated by September 12 and a district committee meeting on September 15 to declare the outcome. The adjournment confirms the Aug 25 gathering.
A local denunciation from Wiggins Enter condemns a secret caucus and bribery claims tied to the Mississippi legislature. It warns voters to recall easy money and whisky influences affecting the 1903 1910 period politics, and references a 1940 certification attached to a tax list.
The section reports rain affecting farmers, Sunday school progress, and an upcoming Children's Day on the third Sunday in July. Town residents are invited to Te ter, W D Hedleston and family relocate to a country home for summer, local youths enjoyed a Burgess picnic, Misses Lottie and Irene Gamble return from the University Normal, and Quinton White visited Abbeville over the weekend.
An old patent medicine advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for weakness languor energy and various ailments including constipation headache chills and malaria. It also promotes Chamberlain’s Colic Ch. for colic and distress claiming wide reliability and life-saving use with payments and dealer sales. A separate note extols Snow Animent for back or shoulder pain promising quick relief and restored elasticity.
The page lists weekly post office notices and ads for pies and tonics. Mentions Biloxi City School personnel along with various names, and promotes Healing tonics espit ters and Chamberlain's stomach and liver tablets. Pills by A H Kendal and Pride 50c are advertised for digestion and liver health.
A posthumous tale describes a man joiner of fraternal orders including the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen. He borrows money to pay fees, takes life insurance, attends banquets, eats oysters and cheese, then dies at home. His widow receives twenty thousand in life insurance and remarries within a year.
An old health advert claims tape worm is the greatest enemy and promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Remedy for teething diarrhoea. It instructs giving a “bed dose” after bowel operations and gear alasator oil castor oil, with sales by all dealers.
An advertisement style piece discusses kidney disease risks from neglected kidney troubles and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a home case from J R Crow of Oxford Mississippi. It also advertises Zemo for eczema and skin conditions with a free sample offer from A H Kendel.
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