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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
2
The New York Telegram rants at reform, criticizing muckraking and urging reaction to Albany figures. References to Roosevelt, Aldrich, and Rockefeller frame a era of graft charges and tariff talk. Remarks on social decay, public trusts, and a long smoking life punctuate a chaotic column.
A long reminiscence of Oxford’s past describes local families and landmarks on Main and University streets. It recalls widows and daughters, lawyers, merchants, and early homes including Belcher, Strickland, Turner, and Vaughn, along with wartime figures and shifting neighborhoods from the postwar era to the late 1800s.
A fragment from a Mississippi reminiscence recalls political loyalties to the Confederate cause and famed leaders like L. Q. C. Lamar. Local notes from Adeeville include visits by Maude Crowell, Edna Jones, Fannie Pettis, and others, church and school updates, and assurances that the community is alive with letters and travel.
The community enjoys springlike warmth boosting farm work. Young parishioners attend Caswell church, Mr. Wilson visits home folks in Toccopola, and Mr. Sanford Hale with family visit their father, J. D. Hale. A. J. Mayfield makes a business trip to Oxford, Grace Tyer shops there, Philadelphia prepares to reopen the old Christian Rast church, and Pinkie McCharen with her children from Oxford spend the week with her mother, Mrs. Cook.
The text records multiple visits among residents including Harrison to Mrs Vinson, Mr Ellis Gamble with wife visiting Mr and Mrs Hawkins, Mrs Vinson and daughter visiting her sister Mrs Jessie Hyde, and Mattie Lena Vinson with others visiting relatives near Kingdom. It notes gardens to be tended as sunshine returns and lists several cross visits across the community.
Pocahontas reporter notes Supt Smith visit to Delay school and a February concert success. Desks arrive, library next, class supper and play planned for April with Supt Smith and Mr G G Hurst to attend. Local notes mention doctors, medicines, births, visitors from Paris and Tocopola, and community updates on teachers and events.
B T Markette of Markette Mississippi advertises 2000 bushels of improved King cotton seed as desirable for planting in lowlands and suitable for farmers seeking quality seed stock.
In Midway and surrounding area, Miss Lala Gardner, 11, died after a year of rheumatic illness. She was laid to rest at Midway with family prayers and her brother Lewis at her side. The community expresses sorrow and prayers for the bereaved family as they mourn a devout young girl.
The article warns that kidney disease deaths stem from ignored early kidney troubles. Subtle symptoms lead to chronic damage and serious conditions like diabetes dropsy and Bright's disease, with sufferers experiencing backache and fatigue before treatment.
Saturday’s drawing lists men selected to serve as jurors for the Spring farm event to convene Monday March Lith with two groups named and many participants. The notice includes endorsements for remedies and local health testimonies mentioning Olson of Elizabeth town Kentucky and references to ZEXO and Wecklin's Arnice Salve in unrelated advertisement text.
A letter from W A Kelly of Mayna, South Carolina, describes long liver troubles and heart pains. He credits St Joseph's Liver Regulator with rapid relief after using the tonic, taking a portion nightly as a tea and tonic.
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