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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
1
Elder Pomeroy preached to a small crowd on June 11 about religious freedom and the right to worship. attendees sang a rhyme, and the sermon sparked marked attention amid calls for open inquiry into Mormon teachings.
R. G. Dan & Co report weekly trade review showing 246 U.S. failures this week, 24 in Canada, with speculative reactions minimal to business outlook. Wheat and cotton prices drift with demand and supply, government crops uncertain, railroad earnings up 4 percent, but overall markets dull with labor worries and persistent commodity declines.
Fragment mentions a court martial command of troops from a date in March until a specified hour, noting a failure to issue orders. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, places, or outcomes.
Hannah Powell age 50 was charged with murder after her three year old daughter Ansa died from a gunshot in their West Side home. Police say the child’s wound and a revolver with one chamber empty suggest foul play rather than suicide. investigators suspect a quarrel led to homicide.
In Burrato New York on June 11 a sextette cycle crew tested its best time on a straightaway boulevard north of the city. Fred Lougtres followed the sextette on a single, covered the distance in 1 37.
A Calgary dispatch reports Mounted Police Inspector Godin was fatally shot near the barracks by a man named Duchene. Wounded Godin shot Duchene in the heart before dying himself. Godin died in the line of duty, unable to recover per his ante mortem statement.
Advices from Havana report the American Jose Loreto Cepero, arrested as a rebel, will face trial soon. General Lee plans to travel next week with consulates to Matanzas, Cardenas, Sagua and Cienfuegos, and he will visit Capt Gen Weyler regarding Thomas Dawley’s case.
The Executive Committee met at the Auditorium annex with members including Theo C. Search and C. C. Mitchell. They reported broadened membership, publicity bureau in Philadelphia, and progress on c onsular reform, foreign commerce, and plans for permanent foreign warehousing and exhibitions. A Mexican delegation report and a Denmark study were noted, plus committees for reciprocity and treaty restoration.
Washington officials brief that Consul General Lee retains the right to visit Americans imprisoned by Spanish forces. They say Weyler would provoke a protest by blocking such visits and that Spain cannot dispute the consular access to detained U S nationals in Morro Castle or elsewhere.
United States consul at Maracaibo reports Venezuela contracts with William Harper to establish a permanent American goods exhibition in Caracas with its own building and other displays in Valencia, Bolivar, and Maracaibo to boost trade. A commercial traveler notes benefits outweigh travel costs. Nearby reports reveal Turkish forces pillaging inland Crete villages.
June 12 report notes fines of £25,000 on Reformers Phillips Farrar Hammond were paid and three signed pledges to abstain from Transvaal interference while Rhodes refused to sign and was banished for life. The piece also mentions a New Jersey datum and a Washington to Cape May trip by Senator Alli and companions.
Reports detail Turkish offensives on Crete with battalions deploying under Dalilah Pasha and a growing Russian influence. Sultans health fears are noted as the British government shows little interest while promoting the Danube campaign.
Anson Mich January 16 ex governor Alpheus Felch died yesterday at 2113 hours. Born in Lim erick Maine he studied Bowdoin and read law in Isdale. He practiced in Houston then moved to Michigan where he held multiple statewide posts and served in the United States Senate for six years. He later helped settle territorial claims in California and long served on the Michigan State University board of regents.
Loxipos reports June 1 that Eeasia and Japan are close to a final agreement creating a joint protectorate over Corea. Russia and Saeeee would act together to maintain order with small deployed forces in Seoul, not to be expanded without mutual consent, except for sudden naval arrivals in emergencies.
June 15 Loris. Mr Platt reported Morton sent a telegram denying Depew would accept the vice presidency. Morton confirmed the denial. A reporter teased Depew about the telegram and suggested it might not be Morton’s handwriting. Depew joked about the handwriting and laughed.
Fire at White Mills Distilling Co warehouse A in Louisville district destroyed the building at 610 yesterday morning. Loss estimated at $125000 with 7300 barrels of whisky burned. Fireman Ware Schwarz fatally burned by falling into blazing whisky stream.
The Ohio headquarters report explains the national committee's handling of 146 contests. It notes many contests resolved with McKinley delegates favored, some delegates admitted with half votes, and several cases referred to the convention or withdrawn, detailing states from New York to Texas.
Rodney Fiske once wild Wall Street speculator now dying penniless in Muston New York. He lodges with Ottie Cunningham after disappearing years ago and losing his fortune from an initial 1.2 million. The Boston Recorder reports the fallen financier recounts his life as his wealth vanishes.
The report details a deadly outbreak of charbon in Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi harming cattle horses mules and hogs across multiple parishes including Madison Morehouse Franklin Richland Tensas Concordia and East and West Carroll Weakened stock forces disposals and fires to burn carcasses while planters await Paris Pasteur lymph as preventive cure. It also notes threats received in Kentucky and various tragic accidents and local crimes in Tennessee Alabama and Kentucky with deaths and injuries.
A Washington letter recalls how night sessions in the Fifty fourth Congress were rare and lively, with Zeb Vance the victim of Delph Wade’s prank over a long reciprocity speech. The chamber buzzed with lemonade and Apollinaris, crowds in the galleries, and a mix of humor and politics as many members aged out or moved on.
A quip from Bay City Chat contrasts capital and labor in a brief dialogue. It asks if borrowing five dollars counts as capital, and if reclaiming it later would count as labor, highlighting a playful economic distinction.
In a Chicago Trib snippet, Rivers notes the firm’s assets exceed liabilities by only $0.08, with assets mainly in watches and bed debts. He quips the failure hinges on a tiny margin, hinting at precarious finances.
A Victorian chatty scene quotes a remark about an exhibition of oneself and a sister’s reaction. The exchange mentions being well pressed with part and a nude exhibition, reflecting period slang and social tone in a humorous aside.
Dialogue notes a girl named Maruma and Miss Toots discussing a bell ringing lesson. Jack Dass comments on bell music’s appeal while a student asserts learning occurs with dolls and a top. The snippet captures casual transcripts of a classroom or performance practice.
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