05 Sep 1889
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1889
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions diverse topics from politics in Galicia to French and American officials, labor unrest, naval matters, and a submerged mine incident. The text jumps between events, places, and names with many unreadable segments, offering no coherent single story.
A chaotic report outlines fires on cars, boiler accidents, a railroad incident at Bellefonte, and a boiler accident in Towamla. It notes legal actions in Paris and Boston, arrests, arrests in Milwaukee, and violent clashes in Asia and Europe with mentions of officials, capitalist figures, and political upheaval.
A daring rescue at the Allegheny mine near Cumbertsat, Aver. 31, saw A. P. Meem, chief engineer, enter floodwaters to reach forty three imprisoned workers. He guided survivors to safety after wading through strong currents and rising water, restoring hope to wives and children awaiting word.
Two children in Nashville consume arsenic pills. Mamie Parker survives while Bessie Wood born of Charles Parker survives. Mormon fliers whipped in Marion County Alabama. masked assailants hung two men by thumbs. Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago railroad contract awarded to McDenal Shea & Co. in Tennessee and Minnesota. Harlem County feud escalates with deaths. Judge Pulliam returns to prison after murder sentence.
A garbled late news roundup covers shootings in Alabama, a Confederate reunion in Theodonit, farm losses as fires rage in Minnesota bottom lands, and a Birmingham businessman struck by lightning. It notes a Georgia well collapse near Rome trapping workers, a Louisville magnate’s death, draft endorsements in Galveston, and violence at Homestead Steel Works. Treasury payments and deficits are mentioned amid widespread disturbances and store break-ins.
Charles Denby, U.S. minister to China, writes from Beijing on May 2 about an imperial decree to boost mining and heavy industry, raise duties on furnaces, and attract foreign expertise. He notes plans to ease tariff revenue impact, attract foreign firms, and develop railways and electrical infrastructure to advance China’s modernization. He cites Sir Robert Hart’s example and predicts foreign talent and willpower will spur China’s industrial growth and banking progress.
An elevator at the Philadelphia Lingaria Charity building on Eleventh and Cherry streets fell from the third floor to the basement injuring five nurses. Head nurse Alive Millspence sustained an ankle contusion. Nurse Bartle a fractured ankle joint. Chowly a scalp contusion and shock. Nurse Wilkinson a compound ankle fracture. Nurse McDonnell an ankle fracture. Frank Atkinson, the elevator boy, sprained his knee. The car was wrecked and all five were taken to the basement for dinner after the fall.
A passenger train near Columbus derailed after the engine struck a rail placed on the track. The front wheel rode the rail but stopped before an embankment, preventing disaster. In Cumbria a man named Melville Garis was hanged for murder, expressing gratitude to jail staff and guards before his death.
A broad swath of items covers frontier crimes, political moves, fraternal orders, elopements, farming talks in Mississippi, Kentucky church closures, and Tennessee congressional rumors. Notables include Mississippi Knights of Honor officers, a Jackson factory debate, Greenvill e elopement, and Bishop McCroskey closing Bardstown’s St Joseph College.
A historical note surveys sandal customs from Egypt and Greece where lovers etched names and portraits on heels and soles. It describes upper class reuse, mythic references to Thetis and Odysseus, and mentions home footwear decorations and a cheap plastic protector later sold by American Agriculturalas.
A transcript fragment shows a judge questioning a prisoner about an alleged assault on a woman during wartime stress. The prisoner claims a “spiritual stowering” with the woman as a medium and references resisting temptation. The text includes garbled names and unclear dialogue about steak orders.
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