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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
4
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria with iron and quinine in correct proportions. It claims imitators lack transparency, asserts Grove's superiority and national reach, and promises no cure, no pay at 50 cents.
The Muskegon item notes gifts of statues of Lincoln Grant Sherman and Farragut from Charles Harkley, honors for Alfred Newton, and mentions Park and Harvey, plus literary references to Thackeray and Bulwer Lytton. It cites university figures and a list of historical literary names as part of a broad, mixed-cultural recap.
A south region tale recounts two youths charged with burglary who plead guilty after an agreed plan to take light sentences. One man’s bold escape attempt ends when a neighbor’s horse is stolen and later recovered near the Grand Canyon. The man is recaptured and awaits trial for a serious offense.
A Memphis mother ponders if her son who displayed penitence after a kitchen mishap is genuine or a con. The child’s tearful confession about hammering a hole in a bedstead spurs thoughts on his future path whether as preacher or clever deceiver.
A Saturday night collision after a washout on the Maron branch near McDonoughtin, Atlanta, kills 35 passengers. The train with baggage car, second class coach, first class coach, and a Pullman sleeper is destroyed by fire. All aboard perish except a single sleeper passenger and one crew member who escaped.
The piece notes three conventions to be held in Kansas City starting July. It discusses the free silver and bimetallic platforms and Bryan's possible nomination. It mentions Charles A Towne and uncertainty about other nominees with Indiana or New York likely to supply stronger figures.
A Chicago & North Western wreck near Tepera station five miles south of Green Bay, Wisconsin, at 11 o clock forenoon on June 5 killed five passengers and injured one. The northbound excursion train bound for the Spengerfest in the city collided with a freight train ten yards south of the station. three of the injured died before reaching hospital.
War department cables report a mishap near Tagayan with four dead or missing. insurgents ambushed advancing troops and a later relief detachment left the area. A cyclone in Beaver county killed and wounded several, wrecked ranch homes, and displaced families amid heavy rainfall. Choctaw Spencer Academy burned, a recurring fire incident after prior deaths. Southern fruit crops damaged by heavy rains. Atlanta reports nearly three inches of rain over two days. Roosevelt to serve term. McKinley's Canton residence renovation begins with unused bath tub gift noted.
A monster free homes celebration is set in Oklahoma City on July 24. An invitation has been sent to Galush A. Grow of Pennsylvania, noted as father of the homestead law, to attend.
A fragment notes social ties among young men and a reference to Angelina as an identified contact. The lines imply acquaintance and a casual exchange without clear events or outcomes.
A South Hot Springs Arizona woman recounts weakness lasting a decade and womb disorders improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed energy, sleep, appetite, and ability to do housework after taking ten bottles and Sanatire Wash. She praises the product and urges other women to use it.
A garbled page assemblage cites lines from Harper's Bazaar and Harlem Life, mixing aphorisms about love and bachelors with mock dialogues. It includes product notes and ad-like blurbs for medicines, dyes, digestion aids, and a perfunctory Catarrh cure, all in a collage of period voices.
A jumble of reader questions and light advertisements spans etiquette inquiries on social behavior, home remedies, dental products, travel notes, and humor. Highlights mention hatpins for courting, ink removing tips, shoe aids, weathered jokes, and various patent medicines amid short notices and harmless quips.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a note from T Erriblengh Swell asking a friend to bring a Libby novel, and to visit Mr. Albert Freese at his home to prevent something. Mentions Baltimore American.
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