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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
Patchwork notes from a 1908 issue include subscription lines, editorials on Cap Thomas, and brief items covering governors candidates in Mississippi, elevator trusts in Illinois, Ohio Senate races, Manchuria, and Russian affairs. The column also mentions Arizona statehood, a sea level canal claim, and pension topics.
Essay asserts money reveals character by spending habits. It links board, groceries, tobacco, clothing, charity, and vanity to personal virtue or vice. Urges honest earnings and prudent use to keep money from declaring one’s moral state.
The Lafayette County Teachers Association held a well attended meeting despite University exams. Speakers included Mr Odem as secretary and Dr Hubert Shands on Colloqui. later Mr Miles discussed How to study Rhetoric. Miss Maud Payne and Miss Annie Chandler gave papers and demonstrations.
Miss Lula Strickland visited east of town this week. Miss Maggie Parkhill of Minneapolis is visiting Mrs. H. T. Smith. Master Ben Hiler of Oxford visits his cousin Master Clayton Graham. Alfred Cook of Harmon town and Miss Helen Carter of Panola County are taking a teachers review course via the A H 5. Supt. T. M. Anderson of Oxford and Prof. Odom of the University visited Friday. Rev. G. W. Strickland returned from Tunica where he visited his son. Senator G. K. Hightower was there for farming interests at the start of the week.
The campus and town scene includes visits by Bishop Galloway and Mrs Galloway to Mrs Mackenfuss, Miss Deauglass Maxwell returning to work at the University of Mississippi, and the Board of Trustees meeting in Jackson with hopes for partial salary payments. Numerous local residents travel, visit homes, attend church, and participate in community events.
Community updates recount visits and hospitality across Oxford Lowellville and Hopewell. Names listed include Mr P T Gambie Miss Mary McMahon Mr Jefferson Childress Dr James Rikard and others. An accident report notes Aaron Rikard broke his arm after a wagon fall. A hint of a wedding bells rumor closes the item.
Spring flowers and birds frame a string of community notes. Health concerns include Mr. Stanley Bart and children Jessie and Emma Cathey. Mr. Waller Dooley and wife returned to Water Valley. Mr. C. H. Hill and family visited relatives Saturday and Evander Samuela visited Sar dis. J. N. Cathey and Prof. J. Austin Visited Thya tira. Norwood family visited Panola County over the weekend.
A rural note laments overstocked cattle and high consumer prices while forecasting a good crop from corn and cotton. It urges farmers and workers to vote next on the local ticket, commenting on prosperity, wages, and market balance.
Public notice announces Teachers Examinations to be held at the courthouse in Oxford for White and Colored teachers with scheduled dates in April. Also bids are invited for 42,000 feet of lumber to repair a Cypress Creek levee, with bidders to provide security and bids due by 1 p.m. on April 3 in Oxford Mississippi.
Train and depot details describe through sleeping car service from Memphis to Atlanta via Southern Railway and Chattanooga with departures from Union Depot. The notice lists offices, routes, and fare sources, then shifts to advertisements for Kennedy’s Laxative and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure sold by A. H. Kendel.
Local notes report visits by Mr. Rayburn, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Brown while others travel for business. Calls for better roads and a new saw mill detail the community needs. Advertisements promote laxatives and pain balm with prices and signatures. postal notices request updates and subscriptions.
Abbeville residents visit friends and family in town and nearby areas. Notable entries include Prof H T Smith and wife from Abbeville, Miss Pearl Houston of Oxford visiting parents, and Miss Gertrude Johns of Sards with Miss M Smith. A large crowd attends preaching at Free Springs Sunday and Will Johnson and bride Miss Missie Phillips attend Methodist Church services. Local ads tout Ballard’s Snow Liniment and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with testimonials.
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