30 May 1912
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
1
Mary Dean describes lightweight, washable fabrics for summer travel outfits. New shirt waists and dresses in dark colors and tailored lines suit long and short trips, with accessories like hats, gloves, and slippers completing the look. The wardrobe includes negligee blouses, wrappers, and versatile pongee pieces for hot weather.
The article offers practical advice on travel attire emphasizing lightweight underwear made from dimity and tan pongee, with longer petticoats and a wide selection of affordable options in shops. It notes leather footwear as cooler for travel and suggests choosing breathable fabrics for comfort on trips.
Women can craft cool weather wraps from long scarfs using fringe and color. The article describes folding a shawl over the neck, adding a lace collar if available, and turning back the edge to form a cuff. A rose Liberty scarf is highlighted as an exquisite example.
A silk clare-Otting bonnet dominates Paris boulevards as a stylish example of Millinera headwear. It drapes over one side of the face with a jaunty bow at the back and a chic silhouette. Colors shift from deep red to light pink.
A shoe maker reports a surge of red kid boots being prepared for shipment. The boots are intended to accompany white satin gowns at fashionable country and seashore resorts, offering a bright contrast to standard white footwear.
Fashion notes say lingerie trends align with fuller skirts this season. Sheer dresses feature embroidered panels and pieced-out frocks can be enhanced ahead of wear. Lingerie and trousseau fashion now favor fuller hems over the hip line for comfort.
The article notes lace ruffles at the wrists on many blouses worn under coats. It mentions side fastening on newest costs, some starting below the waist and others at the shoulder. Cape collars extending over the shoulders appear on heavy coats and on house and street gowns.
Paris fashion tips promise em pire green crystal bar pins for wells set in platinum. Skirt styles with a yoke return, and handbags thicker than an inch are unfashionable. Artificial flowers at the waist or bodice finish many afternoon gowns.
Imported infant washstands feature white enamelled iron stands and cream-tinted glazed pottery decorated with Dutch babies in various poses. Each set includes an oblong deep wash basin split into two compartments for cold and tepid water, with a thermometer attached by a silver chain to test water heat.
J F McKay of the Agricultural College urges farmers in the Mississippi delta to plant late flood lands with corn. He reports from inquiries that late planting is not risky and can yield well, especially with good seed and sound cultivation. He notes planting as late as July 10 to 13 is possible and that Mexican Jane varieties are not strictly necessary.
In Renedale near Hewlah, Charlee Temecet See Jotes and two companions were caught in a drifting surge during a nightlong struggle. All night they battled the water until drift eased and help arrived about 11 o clock. Farrar and James reached safety, but Dhxen sank and drowned before rescue. Walter Sillers led searchers to recover the exhausted men.
City information suggests the Mem phis Columbus Pensacola line will be built with only three refusals to grant right of way. Promoters push toward construction as officials assess the project.
For the first time in 47 years the Mississippi Press Association will hold no convention this year. Demoralization due to floods has rendered such gathering undesirable at Natchez and other obstacles led President Anderson and Secretary McGuire to call off the meeting altogether.
Officials report cattle tick dipping in Hinds county has progressed well with spring rains ending. Since spring began and rains ceased, over 20,000 head of cattle have been dipped out of about 60,000.
Columbus authorities announce plans for the state encampment in August featuring two Mississippi National Guard bands and efforts are underway to secure a regular army band for the event.
Rumor claims Albert H. Whitfield former chief justice and longtime commissioner may receive a law professorship at the University of Mississippi at term end.
Hon. H. M. Quin of Jackson delivered the annual Grenada graded school address with the theme The Best Is In Mississippi. He urged graduates and students to remain in Mississippi praising the state’s leadership and its people and noting the courage of Mississippi soldiers.
Prof. G. R. Hightower, to be installed as president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville on July 1, intends to establish a chair of commercial and agricultural economics.
Reports from several sections of the state say cut worms are destroying young corn prompting extensive replanting. The damage appears statewide with farmers facing costly losses and the need for reseeding across multiple counties.
Hon. G. K. Hightower, longtime Mississippi Farmers' Union leader, said he has not endorsed any speculative cotton control scheme used by stock agents in Ackerman. He affirmed support for the warehouse system as his endorsed plan, stressing it involves gradual marketing of cotton directly to users via farmer owned warehouses.
President-elect George B. Hightower of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College denies rumors he opposes college sports. He states he supports athletic participation and has no plan to curtail the Boys' activities, calling the circulating claims false.
At a county board meeting, steps were taken to secure the services of a leading Southern civil engineer to survey and buy land for public works. A progressive citizen pledged to cover all expenses if the board approves the hire. The county shows a strong drive for road improvements.
Miss Pauline V. Orr of Columbus, beloved figure in Mississippi, selected as a trustee for the new college for women adjunct to the University of the South at Sewanee. For twenty-five years she has led the English department at the Industrial Institute and College in Columbus.
In April 1912 Sheriff and Tax Collector reported collecting 13690 in privilege taxes for Warren County. Of this total 13000 came from near beer joint licenses with twenty six licenses issued to sell the imitation Milwaukee product.
Local growers ship cabbage from Hazlehurst in car lots. The crop quality is excellent despite being cut down by recent rains.
The fur route mail carriers complain bitterly about the wretched condition of public roads in this section and in Wilkinson counties, citing hazardous travel and slow delivery of mail service.
Gulfport shipped 28,576,000 feet board measure of lumber through the port in April.
Superintendent S. Morris orders all Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad officials to open the entire Valley road system for general resumption of traffic after a rush to rebuild and ready the line for use.
Greenwood report says Messrs Widwitz Brothers of Schlater in this county are starting to plant over 200 acres of their fertile land along the Quiver river with rice, a notable diversification of their plantation operations.
Senatobia reports county farmers swiftly recover from spring rainfall delays. Every available hand and mule works double time to plant and recover ground.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the North Mississippi Conference will hold its thirty third annual session in Booneville from June 1 to June 3.
State Geologist E N Lowe reports traces of iron ore on the W D Porter farm eight miles southeast of Oxford. Extent of the vein is not yet determined.
Rebel forces under Orozco clash with government troops near Bellano as Huerta’s command presses the offensive. Fierce shelling and machine gun fire rattle the hills. both sides suffer heavy casualties. Orozco vows to continue fighting despite retreats toward Jimines.
In two Ohio counties personal property statements show Taft’s wealth totaling 74 950 with items including a 91 000 horse a 10 watch a 106 piano 25 650 cash in bank and 68 000 other property. Last year the president’s return was 45 440.
Coretta Rickoff a 21 inch 14 year old dwarf performer with Ringling and Greater United Shows died in a runaway in Kankakee while traveling with manager Warren. Her body was sent to Clinton Iowa for burial.
Hawaii is shaken by its strongest quake in years with Mauna Loa reported smoking. Seismologist Perrett predicts an eruption in June, signaling a volatile period for the islands and potential risk to residents and observers.
Eleven passengers were injured, several seriously, when the Guadalajara Mexico train on the Central Railway derailed and went into a ditch near Tula about 50 miles north of Mexico City.
The body of the late King Frederick VII of Denmark was buried in Roskilde Abbey among the tombs of Denmark’s former monarchs. The ceremony marked the burial of a king who reigned as a predecessor of the Danish throne.
The Ohio Republican primary yields Roosevelt about 32 of 42 district delegates with Taft at 10 as Roosevelt gains momentum toward the Baltimore convention. In Cuba, U S naval units move toward Guantanamo to protect American interests amid an insurgent uprising with Cuban troops aiding operations.
In Washington the House began consideration of the naval appropriation bill totaling 118 million dollars. The measure does not fund battleships and several members move to amend the bill to provide funding for two additional men of war.
Washington by a vote of 147 to 20 the house reaffirmed its decision that no toll should be charged American vessels engaged in coast wise trade for passage through the Panama canal.
Washington reports the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service asks Congress for a $500,000 appropriation to fund efforts against bubonic plague. A notable portion of the funds would be allocated to stamping out the disease.
Peoria announces Alton will host the 1913 Grand Army of the Republic encampment. More than 5,000 veterans and allied organizations will be reviewed by Gov. Deneen National Commander Trimble and other officials.
Des Moines reports that the Baptist churches in the Northern Baptist convention territory aim to raise three million dollars yearly. They plan to provide two million dollars annually from churches and solicit the remainder from other sources to support their programs.
A fierce hailstorm struck Paris Missouri for about 15 minutes causing extensive damage. Hailstones reportedly reached sizes of a man's fist and the storm likened to a cannonade.
Five hundred marines are ordered to sail from League Island navy yard Philadelphia on the Prairie to join the force now at the United States naval station of Guantanamo Cuba.
Ten thousand dollars in two days goes to a mysterious "Raffles" whose savvy grasp of Chicago social life unsettles the fashionable set as rumors spread of daring thefts and clever evasion.
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts will not seek reelection. His term ends March 3, 1913, ending decades of service in the U S Senate.
Francis J. Mc Connell president of De Pauw University Green Castle Ind is elected as the fifth bishop of the current Methodist Episcopal general conference session in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Frederick Pathick Lawrence barrister and his wife Mrs Emmeline Pethick Lawrence joint editors of Votes for Women along with Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst were convicted for unlawful conspiracy to damage property between November and March. They received nine months each without hard labor.
Clarence V T Richeson, who served a term in Boston for the murder of Avis Linnell last October, was buried at the Richeson home eighteen miles from Lynchburg Virginia.
The Rome San Francisco exposition committee touring Europe to promote the Panama Pacific Exposition was presented to the king and Premier Giolitti by the American ambassador.
Corrallitos Mexico Gen Pascuale Orozco defeated in his bid to seize the Mexican presidency from Francisco Madero and retreats with his rebel forces toward the northern border.
Havasu tragedy: telegraph operator William W. Brown aged 24 shoots and kills 18 year old Miss Jen Nile Kelly before killing himself. Coroner Pfetzing rules jealousy as the motive.
Clarence V. T. Richeson, a former Baptist minister and self confessed murderer of Avis Linnell, was executed by electric chair at the state prison. A cyanide powder found in a New York envelope raised concern about a possible suicide attempt, but no sender was identified.
Havana reports say Negroes in Cuba are rising against the government. Scattered uprisings spread through districts as 1200 troops are dispatched from Havana. Armed groups move toward Guantanamo and Santa Clara while rurales clash with rebels near Sagua. one rurale is killed.
Washington D C A favorable report on the Works resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the president to six years and barring re election for incumbents. The vice president is exempt from the rule but cannot seek a second term if he succeeds to the presidency.
Dr. Naph tall Luccock of Kansas City was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the conference receiving 548 votes. Dr. F. D. Leete of Detroit was chosen as bishop on the sixteenth ballot, the sixth selected since the conference began.
The national executive committee of the transport workers federation calls a strike action by all transport workers in England Wales Scotland and Ireland, affecting services across the region.
Mrs Frank Smith of Whitestown Ind was killed and Mrs Preston Smith wife of Rev Preston Smith injured when a automobile they rode in skidded and threw both women and the minister from the car.
Col John Jacob Astor Titanic victim died insolvent? no fact. The will of Col John Jacob Astor was admitted to probate and letters testamentary were ordered given to the executors J R Roosevelt Douglas Robinson and Nicholas Biddle for the estate in New York.
Unprecedented 17 day rainfall in eastern Michigan brings the worst flood in years. Saginaw reports damage around 500000 dollars with many families left homeless and property losses widespread. Local officials assure aid efforts and emergency shelters are being mobilized.
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