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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
1
The article argues that funds for roads are squandered by current methods and time management. It urges universal action to adopt standardized, efficient practices, improve supervision, and gradually build hard surfaces, claiming taxpayers would benefit far more than current outlays.
In Havana misread cipher sent the Maine to Havana after a revolver requisition by John R Caldwell. A cryptogram error misled Washington into thinking an attack was planned, prompting the Maine’s hurried voyage and a newsroom misunderstanding tied to General Fitzhugh Lee.
The Bingville Bugle summarizes local gossip from the Daily Advocate with hints about Phoebe Hildebrande’s hobble skirt for Amelia Tucker and Mollie Tucker’s church mishap when a melodeum mouse caused a scare during service. Reverend Moore calmy reassures, and the service continues.
A London Times account recalls a mare's chaotic journey near Oxford during a hunt. After bolting from Mrs Dawson, the horse leapt a fence, knocked a rider, then sprinted toward a motor car before leaping aboard and escaping unscathed with only cuts.
A Capetown rabbi has produced a single sheet biography of King Edward designed as a portrait. The 86 000 word work explains the late monarch through a visual form, presenting a distinctive commemorative tribute.
A heated dispute erupts as Secretary Knox refuses to turn over books on the $2,450 portrait payment from the emergency fund. The committee questions the $1,800 remaining balance and whether excess items were charged to diplomacy and foreign affairs without full disclosure.
In El Paso, details emerged of a alleged dynamite plot against Francisco I. Madero after his departure for Mexico City. Police say dynamite with a timed fuse was found in a pocketed tin can at the Juarez ball, intended to blow up the gathering and injure or kill attendees.
Red Lopez was executed in Cananea Sonora after a court martial found him guilty of selling out to American interests while commanding a section at Agua Prieta. He allegedly confessed receiving 4000 dollars for surrendering Agua Prieta to the federals during the insurrection.
Centertown Ad-E M Fair was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to a year in jail after drawing a revolver and threatening to halt his nephew’s christening. The child, son of James Stroud, would have been christened per Stroud’s religious wishes, while Fair favored a different form.
Washington reports Attorney General Wickersham told the House committee on expenditures that Supreme Court decisions will push for criminal convictions of antitrust violators. He cited juries’ past reluctance but said willingness to convict grows and prison sentences could enforce the Sherman Act. He also faced questions about cotton price cases, noting limited prosecutions of raw cotton pool participants.
Porfirio Diaz bids farewell in Vera Cruz as he and the Ding family board the steamer Vapranga for Spain. He warns the remnants of his government must employ military methods again to restore peace.
In Chicago, Judge Kickham Scanlon overruled a motion to further postpone the cases of four former Illinois Central Railroad officials. Indicted on fraud charges related to car repair bills, the defendants are Frank B. Harriman Joseph B. Baker Charles Ewing and John M. Taylor.
Announcement outlines consolidation of magazine interests under the Columbia Sterling Company bringing Hamptons Columbian Home Sterling Orff Farm Review and the American Womans Review under one control. Frank Orff of the Western Magazine Company, incorporated today for 54,000,000, with Ben Hampton continuing as editor of Hamptons.
In Lexington the Kentucky Prohibitionists nominate Rev. J. D. Redd for governor and Prof. M. L. Moore for lieutenant governor. They affirm opposition to liquor manufacture and sale and back the Webb interstate commerce bill to bar federal licenses in dry areas.
Springfield reports cashier W R B Sanford of Holy Banking Company refused to disclose cash bar details of depositors on June 1 190 and was ordered held by the sheriff.
Harround wins the 500 mile race as 77 000 spectators watch 40 starters surge to the finish. Ray Marroun drives to a 4 hour 41 minute victory in a war car with Ralph Melford close behind. A serious crash in the final laps kills SP Dickson of Chicago and injures others as crowds surge beyond control at the speedway.
Judge Wil How L. Dicksom of the Hamilton county common pleas court cites the Metheliet Ministers Association of Claims as in contempt and liable for prompt action. The ruling follows a trial concerning Ohio vote bribery allegations against Cincinnati politician Cen. HB. Cox. Ministers express willingness to face contempt charges, while the judge urges adherence to the law.
Six veterans of the Great War die or are hurt in multiple incidents near Pittsburg. James Summerville, 73, is crushed by a runaway horse during a Memorial Day march. William A. Kelly falls from a train near West Newton and dies. Joe Kitsch of Washington suffers melancholia and ends his life with a shotgun. Mary ti Ewing, 6, falls into a cellar and is in serious condition.
Federal Judge Emery Speer ruled the Georgia contract labor law unconstitutional in a peonage trial. The defense argued defendants acted under state law that allowed planters to arrest and hold individuals who failed to honor fixed work contracts. The judge objected to the law as unconstitutional under the U S Constitution.
New Orleans reports W F P Brown a cotton operator left for New York and his close friends expect him to play a leading part in upcoming summer cotton market operations in the North. He has actively traded in the ring for months and is said to have acquired an interest in near months, ready to influence trading from now on.
Thousands gathered on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor those who fought there. In Galveston Texas the weather bureau recorded 91 degrees, a May high and the third time in forty-one years that a high temperature was noted this late in spring.
A powerful storm swept through western Pennsylvania with winds of 64 miles per hour and heavy rain. Nine year old Ethel Kakrauer died after being knocked by wind trapped near her home, and George A. Martin of Pittsburg Tube Co. was hospitalized with a fractured skull from a falling sign. Reports of damage spread across the state.
Rev. H. B. Deum, a Methodist minister, was killed when his car collided with a freight train in Fort Valley Georgia while en route to the Southern railway office. The accident occurred as the minister attempted to cross tracks with the oncoming freight. He sustained fatal injuries at the scene.
Subscriptions for a $12,500,000 issue of bonds by the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company closed within an hour of opening. The bonds were quoted at 14s per cent.
Jackson notes Gould interests have gained control of the Great Northern system now in their hands. Changes include Pearsall resigning as general manager to lead the Texas Pacific road, with 11 Howard becoming general manager. Miller remains vice president of the Missouri Pacific and will hold dual roles. The presidency of New Orleans Great Northern remains unsettled after Goodyear’s death, with possible appointment of a Gould ally.
Memprio alleges that Steele Willer and related firms paid premiums on fictitious shipments of cotton from Corinth Mills. J A KR Pyle, trustee in bankruptcy, files in chancery court for recovery of 90000 with no fraud charge. The bill claims 1909 operations used forged letters and insurance certificates to mislead lenders, seeking return of funds.
The Olivere Central Railroad Company promotes agricultural progress along its Mississippi and Louisiana lines. It will award a thoroughbred registered calf to the winner of corn cutting contests at the fall county fairs to encourage boys in corn growing and livestock raising.
In Mottiesburg a jury found Henry Benson guilty of murder in the Crymes case with a life sentence recommendation. Crymes was found shot in his father’s barn on December 26. an alleged prisoner confession tied Benson to the crime. Postal Savings Bank planned for Biloxi, opening June 19 under Postmaster J. Tyler. Brookhaven court schedules note farmers’ season, with Lincoln County Fair plans and expanded prizes for October 11 to 14.
The Mississippi Louisiana Investment Company with $250 000 capital is formed to be chartered in Louisiana with headquarters in Natchez and domicile in Vidalia. Agencies will open in Illinois Indiana Ohio and west to sell plantations of 40 acres on easy payments to attract immigrants. A prayer by Rev John Chipman marked the start of Pascagoula oil drilling as workers begin the venture and geologists hope bearing strata lie offshore if a deep well is sunk.
Chicago reports hay sold wholesale on Monday at 27 dollars a ton the highest price ever recorded in the city. A short crop last year is cited as the cause of the record price.
Government after lumber combine questions the impact of concentration in the timber industry. Commissioner of Corporations Herbert S. D. cites vast private land control and high timber prices, linking them to reciprocity battles and broader cost of living issues in a Taft era report.
At a Chattanooga reunion of John B. Gordon Camp Confederate Veterans, pastor Willow K. Thompson urged erecting a monument to the Ku Klux Klan, claiming the group saved the South during reconstruction and praising their courage and loyalty.
Congressman Hobson unveils a bill creating two commissions to oversee major auto highway projects. The proposals aim to build a coast to coast east west route near the thirty fifth parallel and a north south highway from Canada toward the Pacific, with federal support and state representation.
A chaotic incident in Louisville involving a Black man named Lee escalated after a sharp-object attack on three others. Policeman James Meuriggin was fatally wounded and died after being struck by the assailant. A second wave of violence followed with rioting and brick-throwing. Authorities reported two civil unrest calls as tensions spread.
Albany reports Dix signed bills authorizing bonds to raise four to five million dollars for New York state highway improvements. One measure aims to finish the unimproved road from New York to Rowses Point, connecting to a northern border route toward Montreal nicknamed the modern Ap pian Way.
A Raleigh report notes a North Carolina man, formerly an alderman, launching a novel form of the "blind tiger" saloon scene. The piece contrasts bootleggers who carry whiskey in boots or suitcases with druggists and others selling strong drink, highlighting a fresh approach.
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