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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1897

Page

4

Salter Seed Co catalogue sparks Texas farm prospects

An advertisement style block extols Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin with seed samples and a $10 value offer. It praises Texas agricultural opportunity highlighting Lone Star prairies and modern transportation links while promoting various health and household remedies and a stream of product endorsements. The piece also includes promotional tones about Castarete candy and Pills for liver and bowels.

Salter John A. Salter

Crete Crisis Tests Sultan as European Powers Resolve

The article argues that Crete's invasion by Greek forces pressures Sultan Abdul Hamid and exposes the weakness of the Ottoman stance. It notes Greek efforts may yield future autonomy and eventual union with Greece, with Crete's 270000 population largely Greek but under Turkish suzerainty. It highlights ministries, Thessaly, and Macedonia as potentials for Greek expansion.

Turkey Maxeulman Faneticiat Minons Armenia Macedonia Crete Cireece Abdul Hamid Russia Great Maitain Italy France Austria Germany Greece Bulgaria Juen Tarkey Theodore Elyaonis Prime Minketer Thessaly Delyannis Isia George Down Salonica

End of the Greek Question Nears in European Crises

A speculative look at the Greco European clash over Crete and Greece’s future. The piece argues Crete’s ethnic and religious blend fuels internal strife, while foreign powers weigh intervention and the broader impact on Europe’s peace.

Crumbling Empires and Shifting Alliances Threaten Europe

A historical survey traces Crete and the Turkish realm from ancient conquests to 19th century reforms. It notes Ottoman oppression, Greek uprisings, and repeated powers' interventions. The piece hints at potential Balkan alignments involving Bulgaria, Greece, Servia, Russia, Britain, and other powers in a volatile eastern crisis.

Ferdinand Bulgaria Fireece Turkey Alexander of Servia St. Petersburg Berlin London Russia Great Britain Sowe “i Italy

Storms sweep Jackson and towns in Mississippi

Jackson reports a morning cyclone at 6 o clock causing downed trees fences and barns but little damage. Brandon notes a cyclone two miles south of town at 20 past the hour blowing fences and timber, with a 12 year old boy carried yards but unharmed. Utica reports a cyclone blowing cabins and timber, killing a farmer and injuring his wife. A second strong wind and rain hit Canton area.

Jackson Brandon Mra Stubblefield Soo Yarde Utica J. O Madison

Rheumatism and General Debility Claim Relief

A Greensburg Indiana woman Mrs Steary Neiman recounts severe rheumatism and debility, failed appetite and sleeplessness, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her energy and ability to walk. The testimonial includes notary affirmation of truth.

Greensburg Ind Steary Neiman Sunman Mrs. Neiman Hen Osting Williams Indiana Ripley County A. W. Money Keee

Vital tenacity favors women in death and sickness

A London News summary notes that among deaths in the past year 11 of 14 centenarians were women and 104 of 143 aged over a hundred were female. It cites longer female lifespans, differences in sickness days, and finds liquor trade involvement affects men more than women, with licensed women showing more restraint than male counterparts.

Insurance Societies London News

The Fish Caught the Man Spurs and a Gill on the Spur

A fishing tale from Sunbury recounts a gudgeon baited spur causing a jackfish to grab a rider’s foot. The fish dragged the man feet first, then a crewman stunned the jack with an oar and hauled both man and fish into the boat. France weighs decimal time adoption for standard day.

Ireland Sunbury France Albeny Argus

Cyclone Trail of Destruction Across Mississippi Valley

Southern Gleanings reports a violent cyclone sweeping from Lake Charles Louisiana through Vidalia Yazoo City and Yazoo County Mississippi destroying homes and a cottonseed warehouse. Nine colored workers wounded. one couple killed near Yazoo City. Damage extends to Alabama towns including Anniston and Eastaboga with several homes leveled. Mob violence in Scottsboro results in the killing of John Smith, a jailed black minister. Other items include jail escapes, accidents, and political notes on cotton tax and rail extensions.

Louisions Missiesippi Isase Freedler Mississippi Jefferson Claiborne Warren Hinds Yazoo Madison Rankin Counties Yasoo City Yazoo City Raymond Miss Scottsboro Ala John Smith Jackson County Smith Bridgeport Huntsville

Domestic economy notes on fuel and fabrics

A Housewife column advises keeping gasoline corked and used safely near stoves, praises lagb wool batting for warmth, suggests recycling old underflannels into cushions, and warns against cotton curtains that fade. It urges home economy and careful use of an improved fryer with a second inside pan and cold handle.

World’s Largest Market Promises Superior Quality Winchester Gear

An advertisement extols Winchester ammunition and related products as superior to all others, promising peak performance and reliable parts. It warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and endorses Hall’s Catarrh Cure from Toledo, with claims of genuine formulation and physician prescriptions. Also promotes Kline nerve restorer and Piso’s Cure for coughs, plus a generic candy cathartic for costive relief.

Inchenter Ste Far Wuperio Ap al Winchester Winchester Winchester Hall's Co Toledo Hall F.J. Cheney & Co Drugiata I. Pris i Ie

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