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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
3
A dense Oxford column reports on local freight schedules, business notes, hospitalities, and social events. It mentions student training statements, weather, rain, frosts, and a favorable outlook, plus several obituaries, marriages, and community happenings around Oxford and nearby areas.
Dr. R W Jones is at home after a Macon visit. W P Kretachmar arrives from St Louis to Oxford. Mrs E O Goolaby back from Toccopola. T L Avant of East La Fayette County in Oxford. LD Pi and J B Leavell visited Holly Springs. Virgie Neill leaves for Batesville to resume school. Judge W A Roane in Holly Springs on court business. J P Alexander of Caswell in Oxford on business. W L Bankston of Burgess in Oxford. Fred West returns from Water Valley. Mrs E M Rayburn and daughter Qubel visit. Qubel will take U F C course. Rev AC Johnson to move to Arkansas. 10 years in Oxford. Col I G Holloway and family to delta plantation. crops praised. Murry Falkner of New Albany visits. mentions panic and business reopening in his city.
Fragmented medical prose discusses diagnosis and prescription for female weakness. It mentions examination and proposed treatments described as rapidly effective yet vague and flawed, with references to inflammation and nervous system effects.
The University of Mississippi will begin the 1897-98 session on Monday November 14 at 9 A M. Students from non infected areas must present health certificates and not arrive before November 13. Quarantine and safety measures are in force with yellow fever absent locally.
A local shop in Oxford offers leaning repairs and alterations as a specialty. The town is described as clean and healthy and a premier trading point in North Mississippi. If residents were as wise as they think, they would act.
In an evening program at Cujon Female College, Gov. Shands spoke on "The Law of Married Women as it Exists." He contrasted past restrictions with modern rights, implying future progress for women, amid musical interludes and a Bell Society portrait of Dr. OOH Bell.
Me Baird offers six loaves of bread for 25 cents or tickets good for the same. The sale promotes affordable essentials and uses a ticket system as an alternative payment method.
A local bakery reports employing a skilled German baker and turning out high quality cakes and bread each day. The operation emphasizes European technique and consistent daily output for customers.
An old newspaper fragment shows an advertisement for Chilton's Steamboat Pills to improve liver health and a local offer from Me. Baird to supply fresh bread cakes and rolls, highlighting savings on cooking and money.
The Woman's Book Club met with Miss Laura Lake on November 2 with two guests Miss Potts and Cost. The program covered Craddock and Mine Murfree life, readings from Down the Ravine, and notes on literature. The Brownings were discussed by Miss Ella Neilson and others. Next meeting at Mrs. Deupree on November 16 at 3. Oysters and fresh baked goods advertised by local shops.
A notice from CASI CONIA announces rental of the Oxford Cotton Warehouse for the season by IT V Carter who bought it from the Oxford Warehouse Company. The memo states Carter will weigh cotton and serve friends as in the past and thanks patrons for past patronage while soliciting continued support.
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