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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
1
Mrs Merriwid narrates refusing Mr Wether vane after he proposed, confessing the decision keeps his respect intact. Aunt Jane notes the suitor’s butterfly past and the tension between affection and duty in a domestic salon scene.
A humorous slice of conversation about love and salesmanship. A character, Mr Wethervane, extols a perfect mate while others dissect loves past and the lure of stable, lasting traits. A humorous banquet scene closes with the sales mantra that the key line is You work too hard.
In some districts students carry tools like hatchets hammers and chisels to drawing lessons. A boy tearfully told his teacher I swallowed my object after declaring he had swallowed a danas, highlighting fear and confusion during the lesson.
Fashionable women show affection for pets through jewelry. Photographs are turned into enameled brooches or pendants. A firm specializes in these likenesses and ships orders worldwide. Other animals like horses are also reproduced from photos. Mes fre-
Miss McHame, a fruiterer of Stranraer Scotland, discovered a tiny nest built between a bunch of canary bananas midway down the stalk. The nest held two small white eggs and was made of dried grass with a soft yellow lining inside.
Convicted president of trustees faces bail motion as indictment grows. Col. Montgomery reached court from Edwards with nephew and law partner to resolve charges tied to an illegal automobile contract. Bond set at 5000 with Virden and Harding as sureties. Grand jury indicts eight, including a joint misfeasance charge against three trustees. Bond pending formalities for Charles C. Smith also noted.
Farm Demonstration Work agent S Wilson of the U S Department of Agriculture says weevils found in the Calenda section north of Columbus are limited and not causing major damage to the current crop. Greenville notes Mississippi levee board sets same tax levy as last year with cotton tax at 1 dollar per bale and 5 cents per acre ad valorem, W A Stone reports receipts on 127 721 bales across four counties despite overflow year.
Indictments for misfeasance in office target W A Montgomery Charles C Smith and LeRoy Taylor over prison farm sales. Thames appears the likely successor to Smith as Prison Board President amid ongoing prosecutions and political moves in Jackson.
Washington reports growing trouble over direct election of U S senators as state legislatures rush to meet constitutional amendments. Democratic leaders fear fragile majorities if multiple vacancies arise while governors face new limits on temporary appointments. Plans for a federal standard are debated amid varied state actions and legal challenges.
Federal experts estimate that a belt banning cotton along a 100 mile wide strip through Tennessee Alabama Georgia and Florida could cost cotton growers nearly 105 million dollars annually. The estimate accompanies discussion of Senator Simith of South Carolina proposed plan to halt spread to Atlantic coast states. Oil price rise noted with crude oil up five cents per barrel at Prairie Gas Company.
Cook county board president McCormick warned the county is 2 317 000 in debt with deficits projected to be covered by funds in sight. He attributed the shortfall to appropriations based on optimistic tax levy estimates over several years and actual collections falling short.
Washington letter urges preparation for the 1017 Mississippi statehood centennial. Senator John Sharp Williams leads the campaign and asks whether the celebration should be held in Jackson or on the coast, stirring considerable interest in the state.
Records from the Gulfport custom house show 20 vessels sailing from Gulfport in June. Total shipments reached 701 011 dollars with lumber exports valued at 473 t, excluding shipments to Porto Rico valued at 24 692 dollars.
The Senate unanimously passed Senator Smith of South Carolina’s resolution directing the department of commerce to study cotton bagging price rises. He charged a trust controls bagging production and had raised prices two cents a yard, yielding manufacturers about 1.6 million dollars.
London actress London Maxine Elliott will return to the stage on September 2 in Louis N. Parker’s Joseph and His Brethren. She will play Potiphar’s wife, citing occupation as her chief reason for reappearance. she resides in Bushey outside London.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey wires $500,000 to Texas as a compromise on an anti trust case. The Magnolia Petroleum Company stock is placed in a trustee's control, with Jurigy F A Williams named trustee in Austin. The action marks Texas's fourth penalties against oil firms and clarifies Magnolia ownership under Trustee oversight.
Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon a playground for his family and barred hunting. The Colonel, with sons Arch and Quentin, entered the canyon with a valid agriculture secretary permit, while other hunters awaited the proclamation and sought weapons to hunt the area.
Chicago report on Rev William McAfee district superintendent of the Rock River conference who told Desplaines Methodist camp meeting that doubling wages for working women will not fix moral difficulties. He warned against indulgence in theaters late suppers and autos as moral dangers.
Jacksonville producers and operators met at the board of trade to map a program to rehabilitate the naval stores market. They plan to shut down all producing plants on August 15 for an indeterminate period to improve future market conditions.
Central of Georgia passenger train derailed after crossing a flood weakened trestle five miles east of Cuthbert Georgia. Five cars left the track and the swollen creek covered part of the wreck. A mail clerk suffered serious injuries in the Sunday night crash.
Chicago officials respond to appeals from women wearing narrow skirts by ordering that all cars have steps brought closer to the ground, reducing height by inches to improve boarding ease.
Saginae Michigan police report Mrs Agnes Yoer aged 27 confessed to killing two of her infant children by smothering them at different times. Authorities say the crimes were disclosed during questioning.
Casio in Mexican affairs faces an imminent phase in the next two weeks with expected startling developments shaping regional policy and diplomatic posture.
Washington reports say conditions around the Huerta government worsen as the administration awaits Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson’s return from Mexico City. Officials fear a definite move by Huerta or rebels within two weeks, while foreign consuls’ refusal to meet Gen Urbina triggers outrages against residents in Durango.
Secretary of State William J. Bryan announced he will not fulfill several upcoming lecture engagements as he returns to Washington after speaking at the Chautauqua in Winona Indiana.
A buggy carrying Hattie Byran and her three children was struck by a Chicago and Alton passenger train while en route to church. The collision killed all five occupants. engineer Johnston fainted and the train halted after the fireman recovered.
Dry weather and high temperatures threaten local cotton areas as fields show continued growth and progress. Local farmers report steady conditions despite heat, with attention to moisture and pest control to sustain yields.
The week brought good cotton progress in the central belt with 75 percent fine growth. 4 percent stopped and 10 percent declined. Central Texas Oklahoma and parts of Alabama North Carolina show stalled growth awaiting rain. Weevil pressure remains high in Mississippi and Louisiana but easing in some areas as hot weather helps reduce pests.
Panama reports General Goethals has told Col Gaillard that steam shovel work in the Culebra cut will proceed once the granite dike is dynamited by October 10. The dike’s destruction will let Gatun Lake buoy the cut and link the Atlantic and Pacific, with navigation likely delayed for some time.
Capt Smalls of the Hydra, arriving from Brazilian ports via Guantanamo, was diagnosed with yellow fever after five days in Mavane hospital. The illness is described as mild. Two crew members died during the voyage, reportedly from yellow fever.
London says ten warships including four cruisers are at Shanghai in support of the southerners and patrol near the WaSung forts. Southern forces have surrounded 1,600 northerners at Kiang-Nan arsenal, with its fall expected.
New York social scene figure Lillian Lorraine instructed attorney Herman L. Roth to file a complaint to annul her marriage to Frederick Gresheimer. Process servers obtained a summons for Freddy, who has not been seen since Lorraine testified before a grand jury about a valuable diamond pawned for about 2250 dollars.
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