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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
2
A miscellany of 1903 public notices and editorials discuss cholera and plague fears, railroads, taxes, and reform, with observations on J. P. Morgan, Grover Cleveland, and civil service. It critiques New York police demoralization, rail politics, and the coal duty while noting mail service disparities in Indianola and farmer warnings over hunting.
A historic argument asserts that brains, labor, and capital are mutually dependent. It contends society hinges on respectful cooperation between workers and capitalists to avoid discontent and unrest, urging recognition of each group’s essential role for global peace and prosperity.
An old citizen recalls a horse and buggy stuck in the mud at Toba Tubby creek bottom needing four yoke of oxen to extract. A drum mer boasts of witnessing a bird fly over a mud hole near the negro church, urging residents to stop flinging mud at the county.
The Carroll News denounces alcohol as a life destroying force, calling it a ferocious monster that steals youth and family honor. It urges officers and the public to cooperate to stop this vampiric menace and protect fathers brothers and friends.
Hans Hanson the American comedy drama debuts at the Opera House Friday night March 6. James Tt. McAlphin stars as a jovial Swedish immigrant with a strong supporting company of 22, a 16 piece band, and a 10 piece orchestra.
The Grenada Sentinel reflects on hope rising after sorrow, saying dawn follows night and God brings sunshine after storms. It honors resilience, noting those moved by noble impulses endure crucible hardship and return to light.
The Grenada Sentinel reports a Lee County mass meeting adopting resolutions to force candidates to hoe. District candidates must hoe two rounds of 400 yards, county candidates ten rounds, and state candidates in buggies face a double dose of work. The plan aims to reclaim campaign time and may spread statewide.
A meeting of the U. C. V's will be held at the courthouse on Saturday March 14 at Illam. Commander tt. W. Jones and Adjutant John F. Brown urge full attendance for important matters to be considered.
A vintage advertisement touts the Dr White Electric Comb patented Jan 1 1899 claiming cures for dandruff hair loss and headaches. It markets with a hair brush and promises straight hair in 25 days and warns against imitations while noting mass sales and agent riches.
This week announces D. McLarty as a candidate for Lafayette County Surveyor. He is well qualified with a surveying course and lives near the county center, promising equal costs for all land surveys. Also noted are patent remedies and sales pitches for Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Additional items include Dr White Electric Comb ads and a Rosewood Guitar inquiry.
Farmers stay in winter quarters as spring nears. Bay Springs church members discuss pastor for the year. Frank Mills of Burt visits and provides music. Walter Rankin hosts. Pine Hill visitors. Will and Prentiss Adams visit Union County. Joe Lawhorn of Caswell visits Bay Springs. Miss Myrtle Craig closes her Cambridge school. Otto Littlejohn travels near Lafayette Springs. George Alderson and wife to move near Bay Springs. Jim Coffey and Newt Craig visit R D Roberts. Pheonix mentioned. hunting fades. Billy Boy.
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio reports her son nearly died from pneumonia and a severe cough before using Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. She credits it with saving him. The remedy, touted as a sure cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases, is guaranteed by druggists priced 60c and 1.00 with free trial bottles offered.
In a Virginia town in winter 1902 Mrs. John E. Harmon of Malfa Station recounts how Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured her baby's dreadful cold. She credits the product and urges others to try it, noting the manufacturer’s accessibility. For sale by R. R. Chilton & Co.
Mrs. Jos McGrath of 327 F First Street praises Ballards Horehouna Syrup for her children’s coughs and colds, claiming it soothed and healed throat and lung ailments faster than other remedies. Available at the Oxford Pharmacy for 26c 50c and 1.00, and unlike many syrups contains no opium.
The list records unclaimed mail in Oxford Mississippi for the week ending February 28 1903 with names such as Young W. O. Walker Miss Martha Cornelius Miss Brown Rev B E Cowan Mrs M E Tindall Miss Hattie Spencer Lee Kitchell Ebb Pharen Murphy J W Lerimore W H Lewis W H Maycee Will Price Mrs Viola Perry John W Cole Mary Price W F Patton Tom Jackson Mrs James Herd Miss Susie Leary Miss Littie Willey Mrs Sue Childress Miss Parlee Hill H P brown Ollier and others. The notice instructs callers to state the number of letter and date advertised. Also included is an Oxford Pharmacy endorsement for Ballard’s Horehound Syrup with customer testimony from Mrs O Peterson of Topeka Kansas.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and other stomach liver and lower troubles. It claims millions are always at work night and day and markets the product as easy pleasant safe and affordable at 25 cents in drug stores.
Friends report John Blount fully recovers from rheumatism after Chambelain's Pain Balm relieved his pain when doctors in Monon Ind failed to help. The liniment provides prompt relief and is sold by RK. R, Chilton & Co.
Mrs A E Simpson of 509 Craig Street Knoxville Tennessee writes June 10 1899 that hot springs baths for sciatic rheumatism gave little relief while Ballards Snow Liniment gave her more relief. She encloses a two dollar post office order and asks for a large bottle by southern express. Sold by Oxford Pharmacy.
A familiar warning that a simple cold can progress to pneumonia is linked to Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The ad claims the remedy counteracts pneumonia tendencies and always cures, praised by R R Chilton and Co. druggists.
Farmers prepare for spring work as oats are sown but the ground remains too wet. Wiggs family from Ft Worth visits Rev Brown Rankin, Arch Rankin brothers, and several steel rangers tour the community selling stoves and ranges. Adelia Rankin visits W W Jarcks family. Liberty Hill school closed after a successful session. Rev O J Hill to preach at Cypress Creek Church next Sunday.
For Harrisburg PA two year old child of L. L. McPherson suffered sleep disruption due to stomach trouble. A dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets calmed the stomach and enabled a full night’s sleep. Two boxes effected a permanent cure. sold by KK. R. Chilton & Co.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for overwork sleep loss nervous tension and systemic disorders. It claims to cure liver and kidney issues and banish nervousness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria germs with a 50 cent price and guaranteed satisfaction.
A physician asks if the profession can obtain Herbine in bulk for prescribing. He notes its great usefulness in treating dyspepsia caused by overwork and excesses and says it never fails to restore the affected to healthful activity. Oxford Pharmacy offers a 50 cent bottle.
Advertises affordable lands from 2 to 8 dollars an acre in the Southwest with rich crops and livestock potential. Promotes living cheaply, timber land, fruit and vegetable farming, and ready markets in the North. Details one way and round trip rail fares on first and third Tuesdays of March and April from St. Louis Thebes Cairo and Memphis to Arkansas Louisiana and Texas with two dollar surcharge.
An advertisement by P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for ulcers wounds and piles with a five day claim and 25 cent price. It also promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds with a 25 cent price and refund if they fail. The Mississippi chancery notices list several court appearances for 1903 with guardian and administrator actions and unknown addressees.
Non resident notice from Mississippi Chancery Court in Lafayette County requires D D Livermann to appear on the second Monday in April 1403 to answer the second amended bill in Ada Lee et al suit. The notice is dated February 13, 1903 and signed by Clerk B P Gray with attorneys Emrover and Enrovues.
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