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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
2
A fragmented OCR shows a resolution adopted by the Needmore Farmers' League and cotton growers. The document advocates restricting middling traders and urging local merchants to resist price manipulation, seeking higher farm prices and legal protection for farmers’ rights. It calls for a meeting and lists signatories and endorsing merchants and officials.
Local report refutes circulating talk of three burials in Oxternd and a malignant fever. Citizens remain healthy, with town business normal and no recent deaths. Investigations point to jealousy over new cotton market sales pushed by farmers along rail lines east and west of Oxford.
Advertisement notes a Colored Fair in Water Valley Mississippi with ticket details from September 26 to 28, return fare options, and agent M Owens. Mentions W W Kimble selling a bogey and an ad for Philip Werteln Limited about buying pianos by mail, and comments on business policies and direct correspondence.
The notice announces single fare tickets for travel to the Colored Labor Celebration in Jackson Tennessee. Tickets are valid for the round trip to Sept 9 with return by Sept 9. Agent: Soberile for the Eacin.
Hill Waits reports another week of visitors in the community with Mr Tom Buford staying with his father H A Buford. Mr S B Boone returns from Florida while Mr Russel Moss plans to resume work at the University of Mississippi after a Memphis visit. Local syrup production looks promising as farmers make sorghum and corn remains steady for home use. The cotton crop is short but wheat prices may rise, hogs and beef are plentiful, and LaFayette County feels secure for another year.
For sale a desirable residence in Second South area. Terms are reasonable. Inquiries to Mrs M. Colum, Oxford, Miss.
A fragmented 19th century narrative details Mrs Moore and her neighbors on a Southern plantation. After Moore’s departure a series of disputes, illness, and shifts in status unfold as the Moore household endures neglect and a transition of overseers. The piece traces community gossip, ghostly accusations, and the impact of the Civil War era on family ties and local power.
Mrs. Miner told a Texas Farmer's Congress that farm women, wives, and daughters do heavy work and deserve wages and opportunities for self improvement. She argued independence improves family life, enables better training of children, and ties healthful recreation to a stronger rural economy. The piece urges women to claim time for effort and self advancement.
The notice sets teacher examinations with White teachers on September 2 and October 20 21 and Negro teachers on September 29 and Stand October 27 and 28. G Kk Hils Brower, County Superintendent.
The Browning group gathered August 2 with eight in attendance. Mrs Collier’s paper The Indian in Fiction delighted all, describing romantic life and Native life in a warm summer setting. Mrs Veopree’s The Indian in Reality contrasted hunting grounds and hardships with critique of government influence and greed among settlers. Stone’s Idyls of the King showed careful preparation.
An old time notice invites readers to visit Clark the barber at the Caldwell House for first class haircuts and clean shaves. It also promotes W. W. Kimble for vehicle purchases.
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