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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
3
Ole Miss reports 320 steel army cots delivered near the power house for Gordon Hall. Students will assemble cots, receive bed sacks blankets and straw, with two sacks and fifteen pounds of straw per man and ample distribution planned for the winter.
Classes restarted at the University Monday morning after an order from Chancellor Powers. Recitations begin at 8 with the day ending at 3, using half-hour periods and shifted times for each class. The duration of the new schedule was not announced, and the old hourly periods may return as conditions improve.
An old advertisement touts a fine tonic offering 666 cures for headaches biliousness loss of appetite and fatigue linked to malaria or colds. The ad emphasizes quick relief and general toning effects. It promotes the product as a remedy for multiple ailments.
A brief medical update reports steady improvement in condition for the Gle Miss patient under care. No further details about diagnosis or treatment are released.
Ole Miss formally opened October 1 as Spanish influenza abated. Hospital cases dropped to about two hundred fifty with three pneumonias, and campus quarantine remained. Chancellor Powers praised faculty, doctors, nurses, and student volunteers for rapid care and sacrifice, while urging continued vigilance and matriculation of new students.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless cure for all corn or callus types. A Cincinnati man allegedly discovered it. few drops applied to the tender area shrink the corn, enabling removal with no pain or skin irritation.
The Students Army Training Corps at colleges and universities will operate in three terms from October 1, 1918 to June 21, 1919. Each term runs three months with ten days between terms for transitions. Younger students receive nine months of training while older students may stay three to six months.
An old advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a freckle and tan lotion sold cheaply. It claims to whiten skin on daily use and to be harmless. The notice also includes a mock legal oath about a catarrh remedy from F J Cheney Co and a druggist sales line.
Two Farisian girls will study at the University of Mississippi at its expense. They cannot speak English yet but are expected to learn quickly as freshmen teach them. They travel soon and will find Ole Miss different from home. The French classes may be crowded as they pick up phrases like parlez vous anglais and je t adore.
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