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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
2
A reflections on human variety argue against uniform thinking and sameness in talents. Differences in taste and ability prevent global dullness, while shared purpose to serve God and others unites people. Gratitude for diversity should accompany a common aim of kindly feeling.
A reader praises the newspaper for revealing more than just printed words. The piece argues readers sense opinions, biases, subscriptions, editor gratitude, obituaries, ads, and business cards between lines, shaping views of Athens Mississippi and its prosperity and warning editors to keep improving and sustaining the town’s vitality.
Weather dampens farming mood as farmers grow discouraged by constant rain and rising livestock snakes in the area. Health of the community remains good while Mrs. Bryant Eskridge visits her ailing daughter in Toccopola. Justice Court drew a large crowd. jokingly, Beat No. 5, South Yocona earns cheers as rain threatens docket activity. Local travelers include L Brummett bound for Oxford and E Webster from Oxford visiting with his mother.
A travel description chronicles crossing Norris Pass at 8350 feet to West Bay near Yellow stone Lake, then a journey to Grand Canyon and Falls. It highlights vistas at Shoshone Point, two lakes mirrored by pines, hot springs and cones, Mud Volcano, Crater Hills, and the dramatic Upper and Lower Yellowstone Falls.
Farmers weigh cotton crop delays as rain persists in Harmontown area. Local visits include William Conrad, Mary Ellis, Albert Motte, James Bogners, and Logan and Lewell Tyer completing a new church. Community updates cover preaching, gardening, and calls for Chamberlain's tablets and Foley’s kidney cure. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup ads accompany brief rural news and testimonials.
The College Hill area battles rain affect on farm work while the local ball team plans a Saturday game with Abbeville at Tankersley’s pasture. Community members, relatives, and church notices fill a rural page with brief updates, ads, and local concerns.
An anonymous testimony from Minnesota praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for drawing out poison from a hand wound and saving a life. Other notes claim Snow Liniment eases knee aches and frostbite. University notes mention Dr. F. L. Riley returning from a Baptist convention and a memorial association forming for a campus teacher.
An old ad warns against iodine or biad cures for kidney or bladder issues and touts DeWitt’s Kidney Cure as a universal remedy. The copy mentions hot weather worsening piles and claims DeWitt’s Salve relieves pain and soreness. It also endorses a child’s cough remedy and lists A. H. Kendal as a seller.
Madam Lily Smith of Yazoo City and Edna Dickey of Water Valley visit their parents Mr and Mrs Palmer. Nellie Sisk visits her brother Joe Lawshee. James Palmer returns from Grand Junction Tennessee to see his daughters visiting. Becky Dickey visits relatives in Water Valley. Annie Taylor of Oxford visits grandparents. An item mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills and a Kemdel’s store ad fragment.
A fragment mentions Joe, a well known engineer, associated with Kiowa and a bi one, appearing with a picture in an office. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or a definite event.
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