09 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1891
Page
1
Reports from the era note a thermometer reading of 108 degrees and multiple sunstroke deaths. The text surveys varied topics from tariffs on tin plate, labor strikes at Pottsville, and press notes on the World’s Fair, France, and Belgium, to desert lakes near Salton Sea and drought in the Madras presidency.
A wide sweep of unsettled events includes the resignation of Hallam as assistant pension chief. a Sacramento stabbing where an elderly couple lost tongues to violence. smuggling arrests in Canada. deaths of Memphis city directors. factory closures in Indiana. and naval movements with the Alert setting sail from Victoria. Additional reports cover Oklahoma crop optimism, Kenyon College endowment concerns, and a series of political and social upheavals abroad and at home.
Ex-city treasurer John Bardsley was sentenced to fifteen years in the Eastern Penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine equal to embezzled funds after pleading guilty to misappropriation totaling more than five thousand dollars. The judge noted the offense was aggravated by official position.
Telegrams report two killed and many wounded in a railroad wreck near Charleston West Virginia on the fourth. Other items note Barrys & Ponrenr Birmingham firm liabilities of 55000. racing cups. Franklin County Ark reunion. a vat incident in St Louis. New York specie exports totaling 2 522 700. a dry pond at Sheffield Alabama. copper tin plate shipments. Jefferson Davis monument fund near 50000 in sight. Arkansas rains boost crops. a Cairo carpenter fatally injured. U S tax receipts show assets 205 143 208 and liabilities 5 1249 400 with small cash balance.
The Treasury Department issued a circular offering holders of 4 percent bonds a chance to continue at 2 percent interest through September 2, 1891, with prepaid interest to that date. Bond owners must surrender notes with a formal request and register bonds to be continued. Shipping and return details noted. no transport costs funded by the department. Nearby notices report a Norwegian Lutheran pastor meeting at Miss Neilson’s home in Lake Crystal amid reports of spiritual disturbances, and a tornado in Crefeldt, Rhenish Prussia destroying structures and causing casualties.
Weekly Mississippi weather bulletin notes scarce rain across the state with brief thunderstorms and hot dry conditions. Crop prospects vary, especially in the southwest where corn may fail without rainfall. Separate notices report shootings, deaths, a jail escape, a stock-company plan for a college, and local economic data. several towns report fatalities and public-safety incidents.
A Cincinnati Times-Star feature recalls a jeweler describing how diamond jewelry became more affordable and refined over time. The piece traces a single ring’s journey through multiple owners, from a stormy youth to a family heirloom, illustrating shifting fashions and enduring value of stones.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a child learning telegraphy with ailing brother away earning to be a telegrapher. The aunt and child exchange brief lines about walking, a sprained leg, and the call for good news. The scene centers on family speech and early communication work.
An amateur beekeeper in Penobscot County Maine learned daily lessons while tending his bees. Clumsily he bent to lift the hive, a mishap revealing how the bees clogged his netting and loosened overalls, trapping him for two weeks as thousands buzzed around his body. White noise from Detroit and St Paul brief snippets accompany the fragment.
An article from Drake’s Magazine analyzes how traditional practices at the Gold Coast compel families to incur ruinous debts after a death. Funeral sacrifices, gun rituals, and fetishes sustain a system where relatives are bound to borrow at exorbitant rates, often becoming labor slaves to repay principal and interest across years.
In Harpers Young People a tale explains how a small red-beaked bird, the ox-biter or rhinoceros-bird, ridges the thick hides of rhinos and other pachyderms by feeding on ticks. It notes the rhino benefits more than the hippo, whose time in water leaves it vulnerable to parasitic pests.
The article reflects on the Worth monument beside a tomb for William Jenkins Worth, noting it honors a brave soldier and marks his resting place beneath the obelisk. It recalls Worth's stature compared to Scott and their famed presence in 19th century military life. An amusing aside mentions an ostrich riding a locomotive pilot from New York to Philadelphia.
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