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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
3
The notice lists train numbers and service types including Fast Mail Limited and Local Freight with a 4 50 PM session. It states trains will not stop at Taylors or Waterford except ABBE or Lie Sansaye and names W MITCHELL as agent for the schedule.
Donald Ross returns after a week of illness. County courthouse roof gets a fresh coat of paint. Mr S R Whitten recovers after several days ill. College Hill Academy charter issued by Secretary of State. Miss Anna Vineyard seriously ill at Judge Kimbroughs residence. Children Day exercises at Methodist Church drew strong interest. Miss Elise Featherstone of Holly Springs wed Mr Charles Roland Posey of Kentucky. First watermelon of season grown by Sam Black north of city. Delegates to Summer Conference in Knoxville depart tomorrow night. Booth Lowrey to lecture on Jack Sunshine in University Chapel tomorrow. seats 25 cents. Rev A Morehead to lead third quarterly conference services next Sunday. No Baptist services next two Sundays due to pastor’s absence. Bo ton June convenes. Beeth Lowrey to lecture on Black Sunshine at University Chapel. Miss Peterman, notable lecturer, dies. to Meridian for institute work. Judge L H Estes of Memphis to assist. Large crowd at Cambridge Church Children Day. Rev S W Smith presides. J S Slough leads singing. Death of Florence Poster, infant daughter of E C and spouse. Campus water well proves successful. water to be pumped to reservoirs. Mrs W H Clopton and daughter Minnie visit Mrs Benn Price of Oxford. chaperones named during Richmond stay. Linborn Cullen brings in early February planted cotton stalk. weather noted.
On Monday last Mr. L. L. Davis and Prof. Kohlheim of Abbeville were involved in a personal clash in which Davis was stabbed several times and Kohlheim shot through the shoulder. Both wounds are painful but not serious. The altercation stemmed from a lawsuit then before Mayor Bishop. Chilton's Steamboat Pills advertise to prevent chills and summer fevers.
A list of flavors including Peach Cream Chocolate Cream Ice Cream Soda Sarsa Carilla Mead Lemon Cream Strawberry Cream Pineapple Cream Vanilla Cream Orange Cream French Wine of Cocoa Champagne Mist Seltzer Lemonade Egg Lemonade Plain Lemonade and Crushed Fruit Sherbets Ices. Parlors state hours 10 a m to 10 p m under G W BurraLor.
Mrs Jones praises Sauer's Extract at Hampton and Foster's while Mrs Smith calls it splendid. Mrs Brown hails Hampt on & Foster's Good Luck Baking Powder as fine as leading brands and needing half the quantity. A Tonic claims to treat Coughs Colds and La Grippe. Grover's Taste Less Chill Tonic and Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Ointment guarantee cures with money refunds. Price 2c.
The fragment references Castoria used for infant care and mentions remedies like Chilton's Steamboat Pills. It reads as an antiquated medical ad style urging remedies for liver health and infant care without clear events or modern context.
A civil action is filed by The Rachel Store with J. W. Bowser serving as manager seeking redress in a commercial dispute. The complaint outlines alleged damages and claims for relief.
Readable text notes ready packed Mason fruit jars, dozen per case with no broken ones. Prices advertised by F. S. Leavell.
A brief notice invites readers to send for samples and price list of The Eagle’s Job Work claiming it will save money. The terse request includes the cryptic phrase pee eee and provides no further details.
Good Coffee. Green or Roasted. Tea. Green or Black. Sugar. Y. C. or Granulated. Armours Bacon Hams Lard Breakfast Bacon Soap Starch Blueing Tobacco Snuff Cigars. Finest Flour on the market. Cotton seed meal hulls and bran.
A fragment notes a named boat or vessel Eagle with a 1.00 year related detail and a person or group entry. The readable text suggests a maritime or nautical note involving Henrieke and Chil ton. Further specifics are not clear from the fragment.
Local column lists numerous visitors and residents in Oxford brief trip reports. Names include Miss Belle Bailey Mr Firman Smith John Logan L B Lamb Mamie Jumper Carrie and Flora Buffalo Miss Sara Ward law Winnie Russell Agnes Taylor J Howard Derby Lizzie Ramey Bessie Le Tucker Mary Morgih Kate Smith Birdie Wohilleben Dave Craig Mary Pattison H C Myers Mary Kimbrough Mary Brown Minnie Lillian Mamie Archibald Renna Barry Beulah Sanford Charlie McLeod Jodze Kimbrough Mrs Ellen Londie Prof J E Pope and others with notes on travels to Water Valley Grenada Abbeville Tupelo and Atlanta. Includes family farewells and upcoming summer plans.
Miss Mittie Delbridge and her brothers hosted about fifty guests in their beetind grove for an old fashion picnic gathering. Pitcher Casto provided entertainment as part of the rustic event.
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