21 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
1
Chancellor powers reports Ole Miss enrollment rose to 500 last year and surpassed all former records. The university marks a big celebration as classes pause and students join in events. Faculty note increased telephones and mail use for business during the celebrations.
Readers can add 18 cents to The Eagle subscription to receive a magazine club including four titles for 31.18 per year. Money orders or checks should be sent to include the club in the renewal. Act quickly to have your name in the next order and enjoy reading matter from the paper at a bundled price.
Meridian Mississippi October 19 Fair turnstiles show more than 30000 attendees with packed special and regular trains. School children and boys corn club day drew about half the crowd. Races praised as best this season on southern tracks. Cattle exhibits attract buyers from many regions and all fair departments receive high marks.
A historical editorial argues against higher taxes for war preparedness, urging taxpayers to bear the burden. It questions import duties, whisky and beer taxes, and income tax increases, proposing bonds as an alternative while criticizing party positions and electoral consequences. The piece warns against unnecessary preparations and defends restraint in fiscal policy.
The piece promotes the value of silos for farm and stock raising and encourages farmers to visit a recently built silo filled by Sheriff E. E. Temple located about three quarters of a mile south of the court house. It argues farmers lose money without a silo and urges participation.
The state fair, a longtime educational institution, opens Monday in Jackson. It is urged as essential statewide support and a Mecca for citizens to learn modern farming, stock raising, and living methods in three days. Every person who can should attend.
Ringling Brothers World Greatest Shows set to appear Monday November 1 in Memphis with a record spectacle cost of 1 million dollars. The event promises novelties and a bigger and better production featuring 3465 acts led by top equestrians and elephants. A free street parade will precede the evening show as crowds anticipate the expanded menagerie and grand stage displays.
A reader claims Dr. King's New Discovery is the best cough remedy for colds and seasonal sniffles. The endorsement notes testing across the writer's family and mentions prices of 50 cents and one dollar.
Oilton Oklahoma Mrs F Tanner says she is the only woman running a pool hall in the country. She argues establishments run by women would be clean and high standard places of amusement.
An old time liver medicine called May Apple Liver Tonic lists Podophyllin as its active ingredient and bills Po-Do-Lax as a combined remedy. It claims to arouse the liver, increase bile, prevent gripe, avoid nausea, and leave users feeling better with a 50 cent bottle.
In Purvis Mississippi Dr S E Rees editor of the Booster shot and killed W A Blackburn editor of the Progressive Star after a bidding dispute for printing election tickets. The incident occurred outside the sheriff's office where the two men confronted each other before Rees fired three shots two hit Blackburn. Also noted is the Mississippi Federation of the Women’s Clubs annual meeting set for November in McComb City from the 6th to the 19th.
Cotton seed reached 50 per ton in Alabama for the first time in state history. Several buyers offered the price, but many planters held back amid expectations of higher values. New wartime uses and rising export demand are blamed for the advance.
An ancient advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as an emergency antiseptic that kills germs and pain in one application. It claims to neutralize infection assist healing and prevent congestion, urging continual use and noting price options from 25c to 1.00.
Oxford High School fell 7 to 3 to Water Valley in a hard fought game. Rodney Sisk starred for Oxford with a 65 yard forward pass and near TD before a fumble. Howard Ross kicked a second quarter field goal for Oxford, their first loss of the season in their third game.
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