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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
2
The piece satirizes current events and prices in a humorous editorial voice. It comments on politics in New York and Washington, the tariff, Uncle Sam, weather, ballooning, and cotton prices affecting the South, with quips about Taft Roosevelt Aldrich and trusts.
The piece argues that the urge to “get in the swim” brings ruin despite wealth status and fame. It cites Nash as an example of choosing independence over societal race and notes a Chicago mayoral figure’s hat incident as satirical commentary.
A fragmented column blends a devotional inner monologue on judgment with local notes from the Eagle newspaper. It includes reflections on conscience and the afterlife alongside church visits, family news, weather, farming plans, and neighborhood greetings. The piece intertwines spiritual meditation with ordinary updates from Shiloh and nearby towns.
A Mississippi transplant writes from Comancar Oklahoma describing bountiful corn and cotton yields after a wet year elsewhere. She notes diverse neighbors from many states, improved health, and the challenge of household chores while praising Oklahoma farming conditions and cautioning not to rely on past Mississippi harvests.
Farmers plan to sow wheat this fall to balance cotton supply while prices compare to last fall. Royalty and church events include a infant christening, teacher license exams, and a Sunday School convention. Local medical ads promote DeWitt kidney products and Foley kidney remedies for kidney and bladder issues.
The Oxford column mentions mild, pleasant weather with crops in good shape and roads needing repair. It cites social events at J A Poyner’s and Providence singing, plus visits by Mrs A D Moreland and William East. It includes medical ads and a sheriff sale notice for Ed Wortham in Lafayette County.
The page reports pastors visiting, singings at Caswell, and social visits from Mr Richard Hall and Miss Lou Brown. It notes health ads for Foley remedies and Dr Kings New Life Pills, with promotional lines for A B Metromagill and A W Kendels drug store.
The community health is good and farmers battle weeds while cotton lags, late in the grass. Mrs W E West and her three children visited near nee and J Hadaway. Garden vegetables are abundant and fruit crops will be short this season. blackberry yield is decent. Union Hall Sunday presentation planned. Ad snippets promote DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Bucklen's Arnica for various ailments. Ballard's Herbine recommended for liver health.
The column notes good community health and farmers enjoying sunny weather that boosts crops in the county. It lists visits by Mrs. A S Huggins and several others from Oxford to Mr. W F Lamb, plus local family visits and church appointments. An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, touting a 70 year old user’s recovery and urging sale by A U Keenel.
Harmantown reports Mr Pascal White and family visiting Abbeville relatives, Mrs Zora Coleman returning home to Marshal County, and Mr Mikie Waldrip plus wife from Houston visiting kin. Ebien Cook dies after illness. interred at Harmontown cemetery. Health tips urge cleanliness and pure water to cut costs. A LaFayette County grain prize offers a $5 gold biscuit wheat prize. Jesse Kambark returns from Concord North Carolina. A Huston to Memphis for a new cotton gin.
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