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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
3
Numerous brief items report residents visiting Memphis Jackson Oxford and Greenwood. People include Ed Wallace Daisy Plant Essie Eades Louw Neileon and Vasser Somerville. Also mentions Dr John Burton Mrs Mary Smither and others visiting relatives and attending clubs. Episcopal services noted and local social visits continue through the week.
Local residents visit relatives in Oxford and Jackson. Notices cover piano organ purchases sewing machines and tax disputes plus community events, church meetings, and a Decoration Day parade with a Confederate Monument Fund collection.
W B Ross and Miss Pauline Andrews wed in Laurel in a ceremony before friends. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Andrews and locally known. Groom, a prominent Laurel lumberman, is described as worthy of his bride. Also a small Oxford notice offers a new home for rent at 5.90 per month from W Lockbox 22.
A brief item notes J. C. bringing pigs to Oxford on May 27 and June 6, led by EB McCorsne. Two events listed with exact dates.
La Payette County Camp Confederate Veterans announces a meeting on Saturday May 3 at 2 p.m. in the Oxford courthouse to elect officers and finalize plans to attend the Louisville Kentucky general reunion on June 15 and 16. R W Jones commander Jons F Baowx adjutant.
The University of Mississippi Faculty reports the death of Miss Sarah Motchee born in Oxford Mississippi she studied at Augusta Seminary Philadelphia Expression School of Oratory with James E Murdock and George Riddle she served as Elocution chair at Ole Miss for twenty years dying April 2 146 a life of devotion to duty and influence. The faculty expresses sympathy and orders minutes and copies for family and press in Oxford Memphis and New Orleans.
Despair grows among farmers as continued rain threatens cotton yields by over 25 percent and peach crops fail in many areas. Berry crops seem healthy, while blight-like conditions affect others. Community health remains good. Local social notes include visits by Susie Avant and family, Stella Avant’s school closing, Oxford visitors, and new church seats.
Petition to Governor James K Vardaman asks clemency for James Miller of Lafayette County convicted March 1903 of assault and battery with intent to kill to seven years in the penitentiary. Reasons cited include reasonable doubt and alleged cruelty, plus Miller’s prior good reputation and potential to reform. Also note a second hand lawn mower for sale.
A period list of names and dates appears in the Orford Mississippi post office weekly column. It includes many residents with first initials and surnames followed by dates and indicates requests for the number of letters or advertised dates.
Public notices announce sealed bids for constructing a levee on the Memphis and Coffeeville road near Taylor Mississippi with a second option for bridge work. Also listed are administration notices for S M Isom and local bond or sewer extension actions in Oxford and Lafayette County with publication audits and official approvals.
An ad copy touts Satinola as a miraculous beautifier and malaria remedy with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. It promises rapid relief within days and urges purchases through J C Mendenhall Evansville Indiana, claiming strong scent and tonic effects.
Readers are invited to submit nine conundrums over three weeks with four answers each. Prizes include a year’s subscription to the Twice-a-Week St Louis Republic and to Memphis Weekly News for the top correct entries. Entries must be mailed with name and date to the listed address before the deadline.
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