30 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1893
Page
1
A damaged excerpt presents a stream of religious phrases and garbled names. The legible parts reference devotion, faith, a sermon, and a sense of communal worship amid disordered lines and stray words.
A Thanksgiving tale describes Father Gray and Mother Gray hosting crippled children from the city at their rural home. The visit features a grand feast, barnyard tours, and a magical Christmaslike surprise. Nat’s memory and a new boy joining the family illustrate renewed faith and hope.
Honolulu to San Francisco dispatches say the Alameda brought no decisive change in Hawaii. The queen restoration talk persists. annexation sentiment is reported but unrest looms. Fire destroys several downtown venues in San Francisco, with substantial property loss and missing personnel.
In Bush Lake township Minnesota Gustave Trahe, a German farmer, killed his wife and infant in a fit of insanity after attending revival meetings. Neighbors found him on his knees praying as the house was discovered with the wife choking and mangled, the child choked as well, and he was restrained.
La beck police investigate the death of Nicholas Picks a 34 year old New Yorker visiting a relative. After Mr Plohn left La beck all trace of him vanished and his body was found in the forest near La beck indicating homicide.
Annie Naesens a years old domestic in Emil Albin's saloon family died at city hospital after being shot through the head by her alleged lover James age 27 a local barkeeper now jailed in Carondelet. Cause and manner of the shooting remain mysteries. The America steamer christening marks Brazil flag ceremony in New York bay with Miss Mendonca officiating and Lib Liberty torch view nearby.
The Reichstag discussed first readings of commercial treaties with Austria Italy Spain Servia and Roumania. Herr von Plötz denied agrarian demagoguery while urging bimetallism and warning Russia ties could pauperize German commerce. Chancellor Caprivi defended treaties and argued for free markets over protection.
The next Mississippi legislature will meet in January for a short special session limited to revenue and appropriation bills, with vacancies filled by December elections. The session will address penitentiary issues and the expired leasing system, under governor-directed agenda.
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