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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
3
We authorize the announcement that W. B. Cowan is a candidate for Mayor of Oxford at the forthcoming December election. Paul S. Burt is a candidate for Mayor, and K. B. Adams is also a candidate for Mayor of Oxford in the same December election.
Judge Cowan returns from Hot Springs. Many guests and travelers visit Oxford from Memphis Holly Springs Gainesville Texas and Abbeville. Movements include court engagements in Batesville Water Valley and ongoing property improvements on the public square.
Miss Virginia Combe of Scoby visits cousin Iola Brown while Oxford’s social scene notes summer heat and winter cold. Local merchants promote Omega Flour and 85 cent fleece underwear as residents mingle with visiting relatives.
Rev. I N Yohannah of Ismenia Persia lectured to a near capacity crowd Sunday night at the Baptist Church and again Monday with stereoptical views. He spent nine years in the United States preparing for missionary work in his homeland. The Eagle notes town tax cuts and urges prompt bill payment while praising local officials. Sheriff candidate C U O Sbhive, a LaFayette native with a long public record, seeks Wilbarger county office. Louisiana’s World’s Fair exhibit will showcase cotton, sugar, lumber, oil, and more with a 100000 appropriation. rice expected to lead export efforts.
The amateur rendition of Midnight Fire by local home talent under Messrs Bertram and Willard at the Opera House Tuesday night drew a large crowd. The performance featured strong acting, wit, pathos and humor with a roster of town and university participants including Eugene Bertram J O Anders Gayle Beanland and Mary Burt among others.
The report records the burial of W Barker Anderson at St Peters Cemetery after a Saturday arrival, with Rev Heddleston officiating and a note that details of his death remain unclear. It also reports the death of Mrs Addie McLemore Baird from Bright’s disease, leaving a husband W H Baird and four sons and two daughters, with condolences from THE EAGLE.
A fragment notes a founder whose signature appears on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, claimed to cure nine colds in one day. The text is unclear but emphasizes a personal endorsement and a universal box label.
Mr Thomas T Price of Gulfport and Miss Frost Roane wed in the Methodist Church with Rev Kt G Porter officiating. The couple departed for Gulfport at 8 52 pm to begin their life together as guests extend congratulations and best wishes.
A special meeting of K P Lodge is scheduled for 7 oclock tomorrow night. All members are requested to attend as business of importance will be transacted. R F Ross C
Invitation notes the marriage of Jessie June, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. June, to Tom Thumb at the Episcopal Rectory on Friday night October 31, 1902 at 8 oclock. Admission 25 cents with refreshments. advertisement for breakfast foods and a drug claim for Elec tric Bitters with customer testimonial and price.
The week brings good sorghum harvests and mild frost hoped to aid late cotton. Card notices announce the October 21 marriage of Joe B Barry and Miss Mattie Bradford Boone in Jonesboro with vows for a happy union. Reverend J H Bass preached at Liberty Hill and units joined in the Lord’s Supper.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Oxford Mississippi extends the deadline to connect with the sewerage system by sixty days from October 15 1902. Town Clerk E E Temple signs the order. Also advertises a cough curing claim priced at 25 cents.
B T Kimbrough Jr named Professor of Philosophy and instructor in Modern Languages. Native of Mississippi, son of Judge B J Kimbrough of Oxford. Studied at University of Mississippi 1899, pursued studies in Berlin Leipsic and Lausanne, fluent in French and German, active Baptist church member.
J.R. Peacock opens a new repair shop on the north side of Encore near Matthews Livery. Specializes in shoe and harness repairs with sewn work guaranteed to restore items to near original condition.
Abbeville residents mark a busy period with family visits travels and social events. Mrs J A Bowen travels to Drew to attend ill daughter and grandchildren while Emma Hines of Fi Smith Ark visits cousin. Mrs Harriet Coffey returns from Indian Nation and Miss Maude Taylor becomes a pupil of the A N S. May Russell the state organizer for the W C T U lectures and organizes a local branch.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the greatest blood purifier and kidney remedy. It claims to remove pimples blotches and eruptions using an Indian crude base. Priced at 60 cents and 1.00, sold by A H Kendel.
The undersigned William Jackson petitions Governor A H Lonaino for a pardon. He was convicted in January 1902 at the Lafayette County Circuit Court for murder on a joint indictment and sentenced to life in the State Penitentiary. He asserts innocence, claiming alibi witnesses and later dying declarations support his claim, and notes his family’s distress and his wife’s insanity as consequences of the conviction.
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