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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
3
Local notices report the municipal election set for Tuesday December 13 registration closes December 1 for voting. Oxford’s school enrollment reaches 261 as Cotton continues to flow and merchants tout cheap goods while plans for college moves and legal firm updates appear among community items.
The authorization announces J W Morrow as a candidate for the office of Marshal in Oxford at the upcoming December election. The notice confirms candidacy and public eligibility.
Our Bakery reports full operation with daily bread and cake production and Holis baked. G. W. Burra Log appears in line with Chilton's reliable Diarrhoea Cure a sure shot for diarrhoea dysentery and all summer complaints.
An advertisement for offices over a store for rent plus a varied sale listing. D L Sulttas and Bishop Stall advertise wool cotton hides and other goods with a call to view at the premises.
James W Bowser manager of the Racket Store in Oxford earns community praise for turning a cash based shop into a thriving permanent enterprise. The store features a mammoth stock of goods including clothing shoes millinery queensware toys books and holiday items. Bowser is praised as a fair merchant and progressive citizen with strong public spirit.
The article notes how the colored population of Oxford behaved during a yellow fever outbreak. Despite work loss from evacuation, only two grocery store break ins occurred and no homes, crops, or poultry were harmed. After most were moved to a detention camp, remaining residents showed notable fidelity to duty.
A notice offers beeswax and wool trade at the highest market price. Stall will purchase wool and beeswax, with payment arranged through care of EaGie at a bishop address.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a permanent remedy. It lists Mes. Wau. PuRYEAR, Jonesboro Arkansas, and notes sale and guarantee by R. R. Chilton & Co.
An advertisement boasts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder troubles, piles, and female diseases with a 98 percent observed cure rate. It promises a positive guarantee and refund if no cure, selling through RB. B. Chilton & Co.
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