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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
3
Readable parts show scattered timing stamps and codes but lack a clear action, place, or deadline. The fragmentary text hints at a scheduled event but provides no name, authority, or location to form a complete notice.
Four Oxonians will spend part of the present semmer in Europe. The store of G. W. Buffaloe was night. The robbers secured about 4 dollars worth of cigars and tobacco. We thank D. W. Harris for a copy of the Equitable Record. We acknowledge an invitation to the commencement exercises of the Industrial Institute and College at Columbus this week. Friends of J. S. Lovelady will be glad to learn of his last.
Readers learn of a fatal accident near town and a colorful range of local happenings. War era juries in Oxford show white-majority panels with one colored officer on duty. Paton Female College opens limited summer boarder intake as Chote rooms and Tallahatchie fishing trips attract locals. A July Four Mile Branch basket picnic, Confederate cemetery fund, and Shakespeare symposium invites feature prominent figures from Union Female College and State University. The Browning Club meets for Home and Romance discussions with Mrs Collier delivering a Swan’s Nest reading.
The message urges men to join the army to face hardship and avoid a miserable sickness record, especially cholera, claiming enlistment keeps the system in good order.
An advertisement urges sending orders to KR A Crouch for beef and various fresh meats. The prompt repeats line segments about placing a bottle in a knapsack and mentions country produce and housekeepers. The readable fragment presents a straightforward sales pitch from a local supplier.
The note lists numerous visitors and graduates in Memphis and nearby towns for a commencement event. Names include EBV Boothe Batesville S Tor Sanford Memphis Mrs. Lola Barrows and Miss Mattie Shelby Memphis and many others from Grenada Aberdeen Coffeeville Pontotoc Meridian Moss Point Jackson. Travel and attendance details surround the ceremony atmosphere.
Miss Moeby visits friend Minnie McLemore in Greenwood Mississippi. D M Smith, recently retired in Corsicana Texas, returns. Clara Warren and Lizzie McKinney of Marshalltown visit Mrs. E B T. Linda Harris returns from several weeks away. Henry Myers, Memphis insurance agent, seen with Oxford friends. Barker Anderson at home. I am prepared to take orders for the life of Gladstone, signed H. Evens, Agent.
In a letter dated June 13, 180s from Ripley Mississippi the candidate declares independence from political rings and asks voters to turn out July on election day for the unexpired term of Mr Sullivan. He urges free men to rebuke efforts to bind them with shackles and to vote for an incorruptible representative.
The Illinois Central advertises selling Washington tickets July 3 4 5 and good to July 15 with extensions to August 1. Joint agent in Washington handles bookings. Mississippi Central offers reclining chair cars and dining cars from Mississippi points. For details contact Illinois Central ticket agent or L F Monteourgry T P A Jackson Miss. J B McCorkie Apple Vinegar available at W Neul & Sen.
A company touts Apex Illuminating Oil as the finest on the market with Logan positioned as part of the partnership. The claim emphasizes high quality and competitive performance in the oil market.
An advertisement by G H Evans touts the latest edition of the indexed Oxford Bible at 1.50 with broad selling reach. Dr Cady's Condition Powders are promoted for horse care at 25 cents a package, claimed to restore prime condition, offered by KRRK Chilton & Co.
Free delivery across all city parts for noon evening and morning services. Orders due by 10 a.m. for noon, 5 p.m. for evening, and night by the clock for morning. Local business ads include a tobacco store, pasture trespass warning, sale of a wice plane, and wool beeswax buyers. Ice wagon delivery announced with phone contact No.6.
A brief ad offers Cuban Relief wares for colic neuryslim and toothache claimed to work in five minutes with sour stomach and summerom prints. Priced at 25 cents, sold by B. B. Chitten & C.
The page mixes medical patent claims and a non-resident notice. It includes an advertisement by Drs. Starkey and Palen offering home treatment for debility and cheese care with free consultation, and a Mississippi court summons instructing Abe Adenon to appear June 1888 for a civil suit in Payette County.
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