Fragmentary Times Notation Amid Silences
Disjointed time marks read as scattered schedule fragments with no clear event or context. Ambiguous entries hint at a list of clock stamps or measurements lacking readable narrative.
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
3
Disjointed time marks read as scattered schedule fragments with no clear event or context. Ambiguous entries hint at a list of clock stamps or measurements lacking readable narrative.
Frank Matthews on sick list. Oxford to attend Monday recital and music events. Mrs Mollie Hollowell and Mrs W W Foust join subscription. Lectures, water works humor, and jail to asylum transfer noted. Obits for Mrs A G Smith and Mrs Susan Hope. School trustees name Prof R H Hester as principal. Public notices on encampment, colored school principal, and county repairs. School teachers, commencements, and local social events summarized.
The West Point paper lauds Mrs Wm Calvon Chilton for The Innocent Drummer and praises a City Hall recital featuring Mrs Chilton, Miss Chilton, and Miss Smith of Oxford. It commends their vocal and piano artistry, noting the audience’s absorbed response and the work’s artful, tasteful tone.
The latest fad in snuff dipping is Jobbers Lot at C. A. McCharen's attracting local attention.
Willie Moore returns from action while Tom Buford visits friends in the city. Many locals such as Miss Mattie Stone, Mr. John Hebron, Rev. R. M. Standefer and others are described making trips to Water Valley, Oxford, Nashville, Springs and Columbus. Several students and professors are listed at summer school, while families plan gatherings and visits including Capleville and Greenwod connections.
The article urges pre season fortifications against disease and promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a reliable system tonic. It claims cleansing and strengthening the kidneys liver stomach and bowels prevents illness during summer and fall. Sold by R. R. Chilton & Co.
Classified notice lists coffee eight pounds for eight dollars and twenty pounds listed alongside sugar copperas le J E McCorkle's Apple Vinegar at five cents per gallon and a range of grocery items including lard meat molasses tobacco candy baking powder lamp chimneys cot and other odds and ends at bottom prices.
Isaac Horner of the Burton House Barton West Virginia one of the state's best known men says he was cured of rheumatism after three years of suffering Chamberlain Pain Balm was recommended in June 1894 when his foot and limb were severely swollen and in pain. He reports the swelling and pain subsided and he is now cured. For sale by Dr. R Chilton & Co.
Veterinary medicine advertises Dr Cady’s Condition Powders as a tonic blood purifier and vermifuge for horses in bad condition. Sold by K H Chilton & Co as a non food medicine intended to restore health.
Embroidery silks offered by Brainard and Armstrong at four cents and three cents for a good quality. Ladies can purchase a range of threads at low prices from the Racket Store run by Brainard & Armstrong.
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