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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1900
Page
3
Local news notes cotton prices rising with favorable markets. Multiple court and legal notices appear alongside appointments, sales, and public matters. Readers get updates on medical offices, law firms, and transportation, plus numerous community happenings and advertisements.
Several residents are listed visiting relatives and hosting guests in Natchez Memphis and Oxford. Local officials discuss city peace efforts while Mr Hal F. Ramey serves as temporary night watchman. The County Teachers Institute reports high attendance and a Lafayette Rod and Gun Club forms with plans for a clubhouse near Hurricane Creek six miles north of Oxford.
The article reports a fatal accident and the death of Mr. Jeff D. Williams in this county. It notes his public role as a cotton weigher and his long service, with funeral arrangements at Taylor's and burial with Masonic fraternal participation. The piece extends sympathy to his widow and aging parents.
A string of small items appears including a weather note and sickness for Calvin Wella, travel mentions, and shopping suggestions. It notes Tom Harkins as assistant postmaster, M. A. Gasn offering dressmaking, and moves on Depot street. The Teachers Institute is reported with a list of attendees and a positive outlook for educational work in the county.
Last Friday the city and county ladies filled Neilson's Bee Hive and Racket Store to view a grand display of hats caps and bonnets. Misses Trigg and Burt supervised the millinery crowd pleasing selections while Mesdames Kershawood Butler and Miss Floride Hutton showed trims and hats. The Walker Carpenter millinery and dry goods departments attracted many visitors in holiday attire with Miss Sallie McGure overseeing the millinery. Old papers for sale advertised at the office.
Advertises sale of several thousand fine strawberry plants of an early variety suitable for marketing or shipping. Stock noted as grown from Delaware stock. Includes a local Miss. contact.
Turver and Bundrex advertise Vo Blatz Son's Celebrated Blue Grass and Cottage House paints along with Salvable Graphic Root Paints as sole agents, highlighting world renowned product lines for homes and graphics.
An old advertisement touts McGee's Chill Cure as a purgative with a money back guarantee. It markets a tasteless formula at 75 cents per bottle and urges customers to ask their druggist for the product.
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