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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
3
LGR. RB. Schedule Sout Bound. No. 1 Pest Mail. No. 3 Limited 31 a. m. No. 91 Local Prefect 159 r. a. Nos. 3 2nd 4 will not stop at Taylors or Waterford. Sunsays Excepted. A. W. MITCHELL. Agent.
Recital at U F C Friday evening announced as best of season with admission to be posted. Pastor Dormanan Epworth League reported fifty charter members. Circuit Court term opens Monday with heavy docket. Buckets of musical events planned at U F C and U P C venues. Piano tuner from Memphis visits Oxford. bargain piano offered at Eagle office. Funeral of Dr Geo Grimes of Dallas noted. J W Bowser returns after two weeks in New York.
An Oxford column highlights a local ads page with Miss Mattie Sinllair joining subscribers, praises Eagle readers, and notes a Winters Tale performance at the Opera House. It reports a shooting at eight miles east of Oxford where Albert Oliver was killed by Riley Boone, Boone’s $500 bond, and a Leap Year party at Mrs. Crockett’s on the University campus with about one hundred attendees. The notice promotes the Fotografer Sanders and cross cites Taro SWEEXY.
Fleeting market items list Floyds Candies and landreth fresh garden seeds with Caritos Co noted among suppliers. Gale at GW and BUFPALOE appear as fragmented vendor mentions in a condensed advertisement row.
An Oxford audience praised Hannibal Williams for presenting Shakespeare with strong Julius Caesar and Falstaff portrayals. Prof Bondurant introduced him, and after Thursday’s show a reception at Mrs Meek's home hosted by the Browning Club Town and Gown. Isom and university students organized the event.
A mix of social notices from Oxford highlights Miss Mattie McKee visiting relatives in Eureka Ark and Miss Daisy Russell visiting Birmingham with her aunt. Local figures like Rufus Verner and A G Smith are mentioned with health and business notes. The piece also lists new business partnerships Hampton & Foster, and local promotions for medicines and groceries with testimonials from Kimble Ky and nearby towns.
Mr A Brenner visited Memphis last Monday and Mr A P Browning visited Oxford Monday. Miss Sallie McGuire has been confined at home the past week. Mrs Ben Taylor near Taylors is reported seriously ill. Miss Bessie Stewart of Pontotoc visits her aunt Mrs Margaret McKee. Mr Jas B Stowers left for Morrillton Ark to take a bank position. Miss Mary Moore of Grenada spent Sunday in Oxford visiting.
Advertises Karl's Clover Root Tea as a pleasant cure for constipation sold by T. D. Isom & Co. Also promotes Chulton’s Steamboat Pills for sick headache.
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