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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
2
A mixed summary of local notices and anecdotes from Mississippi towns including Oxford, LaFarette County, and neighboring areas. Mentioned items include estate values in Pollman, a St Louis fire, a county assessment, a gubernatorial hint in Tennessee, and various local anecdotes about libraries, fever quarantines, and community letters.
A reader who stopped his subscription becomes a paper borrower from a neighbor and ponders why the publication persists, recalling that several issues were missed before. The anecdote notes a contested past attempt and ongoing access by the neighbor.
Mrs. Expares Mettetlan dies at home five miles west of Mettellan on October 10, 1887. The notice laments the loss of a youthful bride, cites sorrow of widower and family, and includes a religious reflection on readiness for the afterlife. A second portion promotes a kidney remedy from Couton & Company, then shifts to a market report from the Kiodike Pimes noting prices for flour, meal, whiskey, beef, pork, dried fruits, beans, coal, and other goods in a mining town during a gold fever period.
The note describes a group under a government plan failing to secure a situation. Names and precise entities are obscured by the text. The fragment suggests a struggle within a strategy or project not reaching its goal.
A LaFayette County Farmers Association meeting endorses resolutions calling futures trading on farm produce gambling and urges Congressman W V Sullivan and others to pass laws banning such trades. They ask national farmers to unite via petitions to stop all dealings in futures and to publish the plea.
Aslam announces he is selling horses cattle and real estate including a farm north of Istx town with rental option. For details contact Dr T TD Isom about realty and J R Harkins at the stable for live stock. Respond to Co W Perris.
A local report states that labor in the LI area is guaranteed by a representative shown at Kershaw's, ensuring promised work standards.
A Lexington Kentucky notice markets W R Smith's College offering education with hundreds investing £90 for tuition and board and receiving $1,000 yearly. The ad instructs to address letters to W R Swith in Lexington, KY for correspondence.
A chaotic ad like item touts a grand show with acts such as the mammoth enclosures and trained animals, urging attendance with mentions of political satire and sensational exhibits. It also promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs with testimonial notes and local shop credits.
A colorful quip extols each profession for its supposed mastery from farming and merchandising to law and preaching. It claims every tradesperson or official knows how to run a newspaper and shape public opinion.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a universal cure for weak kidneys back pain nervous troubles and constipation. Claims to purify blood stimulate liver and kidneys and restore vigor with vegetable ingredients. Guarantees every bottle and prices at 50 cents by R R Chilton & Co.
Dr. Codys Condition Pow ders are a tonic and blood purifier for horses in poor condition. Marketed as both food and medicine, they claim to restore prime condition for horses. Sold for 25 cents per package by K R Chilton & Co.
A regional column argues that restraint in speech reflects deeper moral habits, urging the elimination of gossip and a shift toward tolerance. It cites a Colquitt Georgia child’s relief from burns using Champlain’s Pain Balm and advertises local salves and skin remedies. It also notes Mississippi Supreme Court’s October term postponed due to quarantines and a pending special session.
A Mt. Vernon Herald editor from Texas praises Chamberlain’s remedy for colic and diarrhoea as instant and satisfactory. He states it’s the best for cramps and diarrhoea he has tried and would keep a bottle on hand. Sold by Chilton & Co in Oxford and Pettis in Abbeville.
A compact notice touts Buffaloe and Butler's as the place for good bread and cakes. It highlights their baked goods and invites customers to visit for quality treats.
Advertises Prickly Ash Bitters for liver and bowel cleansing and improved health. Also offers dental plate repairs and replacements with no charge for examination. Promotes Chilton's Diarrhoea Cure and a full drug line at J F Parks with a large inventory for summer ailments.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors met November 1 1907 approving numerous allowances for lumber nails and services including bridge work jail needs and road improvements. They changed routes for the Oxford and Toba Tabby and Water Valley and Paris roads and amended a game order to allow non residents visiting the county to hunt quail and turkeys with restrictions. They ordered sale of bridges near the Brian place to Tom Strawn for 2.50 and declared land within stock law small.
The article reports a meteor shower predicted to occur around November 14 to 16 as Earth passes through the path of fiery meteors. Pickets rise from the horizon signaling the approach and the meteors blaze across the sky in a dramatic display with widespread celestial activity anticipated.
A dyspeptic is described as two men in one and constipation blamed as the root of most ailments. Symptoms include headache, dizziness, sour stomach, foul breath, and indigestion. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are advertised as a quick mild remedy. 31 cents mailed to World's Dis Medical Association, Buffalo NY, for remedies.
Six to ten acres of well timbered land with white oak cypress hickory ash and other woods lies on the south bank of the Tallahatchie River a few miles west of Ford city Real Estate. Prefer exchange and attention to Mrs. Jane Starkinger at 4 Ford.
A brief promotional note invites customers to visit J. F. Park to choose from a refined line of cigars noted for quality. The message emphasizes Park as the source for a premium smoke and suggests making a selection now.
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