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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
2
A 1904 era column surveys global tensions and domestic politics. It mocks high price rhetoric, notes Russian Manchuria anxiety, criticizes yellow peril comments, jokes about Nancy Hanks and Fairbanks, and highlights Republican infighting, Cortelyou’s chairmanship, and Roosevelt campaign dynamics alongside social remarks on race and monarchy.
A Democratic party note urges unity behind Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and ex Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. It argues their integrity and ability will lead reconstruction reforms, warn against Republican rule and urge decisive support to defeat the Republicans and their perceived trusts.
An array of rural notes from Abeville and surrounding areas covers crops and health, visits, and social happenings. Reports on board proceedings, road work, and fund balances accompany a light travelogue about the Red Bird cruise from Mississippi City to Gulfport with vivid sea-sickness and coastal scene details.
Rain abundant as ripening watermelons appear. James Slaughter visits relatives from Woodson's Ridge. Mrs. Hugh Worley visits her mother Mrs. J. Douglass. Miss Lillie Waldrip from La Fayette Springs leads the school. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Crawford drop by Monday. Mrs. Arthur Crawford visits her parents. Camp meeting expected to begin Sunday July 31.
Colusa man Joe Golobick testifies after 15 years of rheumatic torment, Electric Bitters relieved his pain and cured him. Advert text claims benefit for liver and kidney issues and general debility, priced 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by A H Kendel, druggist.
Mrs. Charles Applegate of Alexandria Indiana says she suffered night coughs and spitting blood from consumption until Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. She claims a gain of 58 pounds after using three bottles priced 1.00 each with trial bottles free at A H Kendel’s drugstore.
The report notes heavy rains over four weeks, crops thriving, and a forecast of a bountiful harvest if rain ceases. Sunday school is active, with a call for prayer and good works. It warns encampment intrusion at Oxford camp meeting and mentions F H Scott's loss of his wife on July 3 in Macon.
F. A. Gulledge of Verbena Alabama endured years of fate chasing him with a terrible piles condition and 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him, also effective for burns and other pains. Available for 25 cents at A. H. Kendel's drug store.
Paducah Kentucky druggists Lang Bros report high sales of Dr Mendenhall's Chill and Fever Cure, claiming they sold over 700 bottles in a season. Physicians prescribe it and users rarely switch.
Happenings by More Anon reports on Bethel Sunday school progress with Mrs Mary Wooten returning after illness. Protracted meeting to start on the fifth Sunday. Updates note Mrs Wooten and Mrs Mellie Goolsby ill, and optimism for large crowd at Bro Fields sermon. Mentions local readers and malaria tonic ad, plus farm notes on rain, crops, corn stalks, and family news including a new daughter for Mr and Mrs Young and Grandma Smith's visit.
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