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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
2
Public health bulletin cautions that Spanish influenza could cause widespread sickness and fatalities this winter. It notes eight million cases in Spain, reports from the U S Public Health Service and War Department, and cases in Mississippi, urging strict precautions to prevent spread.
The article warns citizens to treat influenza as a serious disease affecting both military and civilian populations. It stresses early isolation, prompt care, and avoiding public gatherings, detailing symptoms such as chill, fever, headache, and respiratory issues, plus transmission by droplets.
The Oxford Eagle announces distribution to 850 homes in Lafayette County as part of a broader effort to widen reader access and local coverage.
Mrs Wilhelmina Joiner wife of a D S & railroad engineer from Macon Georgia says Tanlac restored her strength after two years of nervous prostration and loss of appetite She reports rapid improvement including better sleep resumed appetite and renewed vigor Tanlac sold by Rowland Drug Company Oxford Miss
A Bankhead Highway inspection tour will assess proposed Memphis to El Paso routes. Plans show two Memphis to Little Rock options, two Little Rock to Fort Smith options, routes via Hot Springs to Texarkana, two options in Oklahoma and three in Texas. The party leaves Memphis October 15 led by T S Plowman and J A Rountree with government engineers and three eastern citizens.
Senator J C Eskridge, elected by the board of trustees to succeed D L Rosse as secretary of the University, has assumed his duties. Eskridge, MS state senator from the 32nd district, chaired the Senate finance committee last session and served as secretary of the appropriations committee in the House. His home is Delay Mississippi, and he came to this county in 1882 from Houston Chickasaw County where he was born. His public experience in both Legislature branches supports his new role.
The board of mayor and aldermen in Crystal Spring passes ordinances addressing enforcement and penalties for labor law compliance.
A dubious health claim promises 666 cures by removing the rate for malaria fever. The ad outlines a drastic remedy without medical support and lacks credible endorsement.
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