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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
4
The London Standard notes UOtatelina has been confiscated four times since its return to Belerade ten days ago. Editor Capt Novokoviteh faces a one month sentence. printers and an office boy are under various charges, yet the daily paper endures.
An odd ad-like paragraph offers free copies of Dr. Coffee's books claiming a home method aids the afflicted with deafness, stammering, sore eyes, and slurred speech. It urges readers to write to W. Coffee at 30 Century Bridge, Dew Moines. A Mrs. Stokes cheers a belief that even a wretched woman can keep speech pure, finishing with a bold metaphor about an oath from a woman's lips.
The readable excerpt covers partial medical notes on catarrh and a few quotes. It mentions CHENEY and C0 Toledo cough medicine and Yale University property exemptions in New Haven. Also includes a Pearsons Weekly remark and a Money Devil quote from the Atlanta Constitution.
An ad extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as best for nervous disorders in women and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lyne Massachusetts. Testimonials claim cures for nervous prostration and female troubles, with urging to contact for location and guidance.
Mrs. Charlie N. Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits a medicine, Dean's Kidney Pills, with a stunning recovery after years of fatigue weight loss and diabetes-like symptoms. She reports rapid improvement including weight gain restored energy and vanished sugar in the urine after using the remedy. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Alexie Alladin voices admiration for American labor unions in New York. An American woman tells of a bride crying in her club smoking room over her husband George’s praise but a Henry Simmons refusal to buy Mrs Simmons a new dinner gown triggers a district 4 Amalgamated Wives union strike.
Gen Kuroki of Japan places a laurel wreath on Ulysses S. Grant's tomb in New York as part of his visit. He arrives with Gen and Mrs Grant and other U S Army officials and then departs after a solemn ceremony at the tomb.
William Ellis Corey faces losing the United States Steel Corporation presidency over his divorce and marriage to actress Mabelly Gilman. Wall Street notes his resignation likely during a European honeymoon of three to four months after photos in Paris revealed a portrait of the couple.
A cautionary note explains how paregoric laudanum and morphine harmed children, with doctors and druggists urged to avoid narcotics and ensure proper labeling. Castoria is claimed not to contain narcotics if signed by Chas. H. Fletcher.
Mother recounts a persistent skin rash in her daughter from infancy that worsened despite medical care. After trying a specialist with no relief, she used Cutiura Remedies and reports the breakout vanished. Bay City Michigan resident M Curley signs the testimonial dated May 20 1906.
Official reports say since 1902 eight towns arose and 10,000 people settled on desert lands. One hundred miles of branch railways and 1,267 miles of canals, many carrying whole rivers, were built with 47 tunnels. The arid US covers 600 million acres, about 60 million irrigable and farmable.
Mamie Jordan a 15 year old girl married in jail at sundown to her lover Edward Wolver who fled with her from Hammond. Wolver claimed Tennessee as his home and was placed in parish prison awaiting grand jury action. A jailer refused release. the couple wed through the bars as a preacher pronounced the service.
Twenty Ruthenian peasants from Ispas Galicia were sentenced to imprisonment from one week to one month for kissing in church. A town feud led their reconciliation sermon, and the next Sunday they kissed the altar and then each other to seal peace. The court ruled a church is no place for kissing and convicted the peasants.
Corporal Knowles of Company A Twenty-fifth Infantry was found guilty by a court martial at Fort Sill of murdering Captain Macklin during a December night at Fort Reno. He will be nameless for now, identified only by number until further order. Sentencing awaits Gen. McCaskey’s review and action. He faces transfer to Fort Leavenworth or Alcatraz Island.
The Korea Daily News reports Seoul’s population at 199 205 with most wards showing more males than females. The north ward defies this with 17 000 males and 90 000 females, a ratio hard to explain by ordinary population theory. Seoul has no all female quarter.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt are in Charlottesville at the hunting lodge. Moderate weather accompanies their morning routine and breakfast guest Joseph Wilmer. The president plans a long walk among the pines while Archie and two youths fish. Mrs. Roosevelt stays at home.
Windsor Magazine notes the Siamese disdain walking, preferring rides whenever possible. It contrasts with a Venetian gondolier and a Hollander who will walk or ride, while a Bangkok man avoids walking and relies on a family boat.
Oklahoma City eight young women plunge into the North Canadian river when a bridge they stood on for a picture collapses. Two victims are identified as Mamie Wing and Mattie Doris. In Baton Rouge, Margaret Cheatham kills an ax-wielding assailant while defending her mother in a robbery attempt.
A Cleveland grocer shares his experience with Postum Food Coffee noting his nerves improved after stopping coffee. He says mornings became calmer, appetite returned, and he recovered duties at work. He urges others with nerves or stomach issues to switch to Postum. There's a Reason booklet advertised in the package.
In Mexico City Dolores Gonzales and others are under arrest on peonage charges. She alleges brutal practices including sending twenty men to Vera Cruz for a payment per head and asserts contracts signed by those enslaved. she denies any crime.
Albert Dunlap was shot to death at his Orange residence this morning. Ralph Watson Bill Harris and Reid Harris were arrested. Watson and the Harris brothers deny firing the shot and instead accuse each other.
The first Salvation Army Citadel in the nation was dedicated in Greenville South Carolina this afternoon with about two thousand attendees. The building cost five thousand five hundred dollars.
An article extols borax as a dairy cleaner and sweetener that prevents taint from utensils, reduces bacteria, and preserves milk and butter. It advises using borax solutions for cows udders and dairy utensils, promotes the 20 Mule Team Borax brand, and invites readers to request a booklet from Pacific Coast Borax Company Chicago Ill.
A newspaper fragment discusses fashion changes for garments with pleas for fluting pleating or strapping to revive style. It also promotes Pegg as a health tonic and Garfield Tea as a legally compliant herbal product. Colorado residents plan large state advertising expenditures to publicize resources.
Advert says Leonardi's Golden Eye Remedy cures sore eyes in one day. It claims soothing, healing, and quick effect and offers refunds if not satisfied. Sold by S. B. Leonvedi Co. in Tampa Florida with prepaid receipt and price.
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