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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
4
A string of comic snippets from various papers mockingly recounting jokes about married life bicycles and divorce. The bits feature names like Jimmie Wat, Constance, and a preacher, with sharp one liners and playful banter across city papers.
British soldier expenses reach 400 dollars annually per serviceman while a naval attach in Paris inspects dockyard facilities. A 14 07 Enefish fret estimate and an experimental 2 tube shell with muzzle velocity 4975 feet per second are noted amid Allied technical advances and explosive shell tests.
Several departments dedicated time to curing fruit trees and ornamentals as Stark Bros expands stores and nurseries. The piece notes a push to grow fruit trees, ornamental plants, and market access, with references to farming progress and local trade prospects.
A garbled OCR page parrots a mix of quotes about nerves, science and satire from an era newspaper. Nonsensical exchanges reference doctors, Umpires and a German Liver Scrap with odd slang and stray brand mentions like Carlstadt Medewe Up Evansville.
The Silverites approve a three part platform during a convention that features speakers from New York California and other states. Delegates discuss veterans policy and party unity while addressing the influence of Bryan and Sewall and the role of the Silver party in the upcoming campaign.
A Milwaukee special reports Henry C. Payne, Wisconsin national committeeman, may retire from campaign work due to ill health after years of overwork and recent fainting spells. He notes no truth to reports of a Chicago quarrel with Mr. Hans.
The British steamer nenloig arrived from Hamberg reporting that on Tuesday July 21 the small steamer Elliot of Charlottetown P E age NS had a fire at ten o clock that morning in the bankers which spread to the main hold.
A bolting Republican committee meeting at Masitos issues a manifesto urging support for Bryan and Sewall, promoting bi metallic money and denouncing the gold standard. The text criticizes McKinley and Cleveland policies and calls for unity among silver forces to elect the Democrats’ ticket. Signed by Teller, Lubeota, Marcle, Hartman, Wilson, Shafreth, and Sieversen.
A young woman endures a crowded Indiana car at Van Buren and Eighteenth streets. She resists a growing rush for seats, faces catcalls in Italian and English, and refuses a seat offer from a pushy man, while others glare and the crowd grows tense on the ride to Twenty-second Street.
In a crowded downtown building tenanted by lawyers two young boys discuss court work raised by a reporter on an elevator ride. The exchange touches on judgments, bonds, and a demurrer as they head to courthouse duties while an admonishing mother restrains talk of legal troubles.
John Russell Young writes to the New York Herald that the west faces a wave of discontent due to Washington’s indifference to broader interests beyond monopolies. He argues corporate schemes are so vast they clog Congress and asks where responsibility lies for this indifference.
The report shows Mexico bought 909 shtep for 251 dollars. Broomcorn exports valued at 268503 dollars. Cabe took 292204 bushels of Indian corn for 216402 dollars. American dower seeds exported last year worth 20000 dollars. Asia contracted 91371 pounds of tobacco for 9468 dollars. India imported from America last year. Flour shipments totaled 5165 barrels worth 234 dollars and four? sent abroad last year with 768 barrels yielding 12 dollars.
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