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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
2
A 1901 newspaper page rows through campaign chatter and global notes. It mocks Roosevelt and Taft style rhetoric, cites Paraguay’s revolution, Japan’s Russia query, and U S steel prices while ribbing politicians, bankers, and public figures. It also references Carnegie workers and European naval moves with satirical tone. The piece blends political theatre with international curios.
In reflections on the saying it might have been the piece argues the phrase can apply to many lives. It suggests the disappointed candidate, single woman, judge, and failing professional might find value in alternative outcomes and that worse endings are always possible.
The Home Protective Society organizes locally with LaFayette county citizens as officers. It operates on a mutual plan with low membership fees of 34 50 and a required medical exam. Insurance pays only on death, with no salaried officers and funds deposited in a local bank under Dr. P. W. Rowland for medical exams and administration led by J. S. Purser and Lez M. Russell.
The piece recalls a successful ice cream supper at Mr C F Unin's home with friends, noting missing guests and a fire-damaged schoolhouse planned for rebuilding. It mentions Blanche Gant's return from Rabbit Hop, Rev R L Clar from Pontotoc delivering sermons, and a call for help from Crooked Arm in Abbeville with a subscribe request for Te Hacer.
The Sue Bennett school will enroll Shiramusca, a Japanese Christian student, funded by a benefactor who gave $100 for a student’s expenses. He studied at Kobe’s Ryansei Gaquin University, learned English well, and aims to prepare for missions in Japan. San Francisco’s Muruoka will enter Central College at Fayette, Missouri, this fall to train as a missionary. The piece urges continued faithfulness in home mission work to evangelize the world.
Miss Annabel Weigle, one of the first deaconesses, died in May in St. Louis Missouri after a sudden illness. Her pastor praised her as a great soul and said she was deeply loved for what she was.
Thanks are given to recording secretary Mrs. Frank Liler for a year’s work. The report, sent to a large constituency of Home Mission supporters, is hoped to educate readers and serve as a valuable reference in Home Mission affairs.
Superintendents of mission schools select faculties for the coming year. The writer urges prayers and petitions to find competent educators who are Spirit-filled and anointed for this high and holy work.
The Advocate notes the banner auxiliary has 116 members and last year raised $1,350.98 yet only reported 179 visits to the sick, averaging less than two visits per member. It emphasizes that financial gifts matter but the gift of self is supreme.
An aged New York City woman, Mrs Martha Cook, has lived in one room and bed for forty years yet remains spiritual and active. Prominent Christian visitors seek her counsel while she fashions need le work for sale and donates to church and charities. Commencement at Paine Annex features self made blue gingham dresses and a curriculum stressing domestic skills and religious training for Negro women.
The speech notes a 1890 census finding that nearly 50 percent of Southern voters belonged to Protestant churches, compared with 22 percent in the North. It urges expanding institutional churches city missions and settlement work to strengthen Christian influence in manufacturing centers and dense urban districts.
Autumn returns as cotton starts to open. Names and visits abound with Mr and Mrs Matthew Mitchell of Dogtown visiting relatives last week. Elmer Livingston and wife welcome a baby girl. Aubrey Knight elected principal for the next school session. Several locals attend services at Bethel and Union Grove. Join Patterson returns from a prospecting tour in Texas.
W Akendrick of Valley Mills Texas praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a pleasant and effective remedy for coughs throat troubles and general cold blight. The product, sold by Oxford Pharmacy, is offered at 25 cents and one dollar.
With family around expecting him to die and a son riding 18 miles to fetch Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds W H Brown of Leesville endured death’s stories from asthma but the medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him He now sleeps soundly every night Trials and guarantees offer 50 cent bottles 31 00 and free trial bottles at A N Kendel’s drug store
One hundred dollar reward offered for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others claim trustworthiness and financial ability of F J Cheney and Co, Toledo. Cure is internal and affects blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials free, pills for constipation.
J J Havens of Versailles Ohio lay bedridden with kidney disease for years until he tried HMiec tric Bitters. He credits the remedy with putting him on the road to recovery and calls it the best on earth for liver kidney and stomach complaints. Priced 60 cents and guaranteed by A H Kendal druggist.
The column notes chills and bilious fever in the community. Rev N F Metts baptizes a candidate at Iron Bridge, then Rev Calvin of Marmontown preaches on Christian Duty. Visitors J A Conner David Moke and J Conner stop by. Rev William Crum preaches at Oak Grove this week. L D Smith travels to Mendelson Tenn for schooling and locals seek a male teacher for Free Springs school.
A sales blurb argues a weak stomach drains strength and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food and strengthens stomach glands to cure indigestion and all stomach troubles sold by A. H. Kendel.
The Eagle prints subscriber B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana describing chronic kidney and bladder troubles. After failing doctors and near death he credits Foley's Kidney Cure with relief from the first bottle and full recovery after the second, with Oxford Pharmacy selling it.
The Babyroll and Florine Mc Eachern Mite Box Brigade of St James church Augusta Ga hold their quarterly mite box openings together. Attractive invitations in rhyme are sent out which bring a large number of children together. The general superintendent of press work has been furnished copies of these invitations which she will gladly send to any brigade requesting them.
Burgess edged College Hill 15 to 12 in a tightly fought game Saturday marking Burgess sixth contest of the season with four wins. Local notes mention visits by Clyde Mitchell Duck Hill Gertrude Fisher Water Valley and others plus a ten day singing at Clear Creek and a correction about Charley Gooch's Memphis accident.
Foley & Co claims Poley’s Honey and Tar is imitated despite popularity. The genuine product offers honest merit, mild laxative effects, and no opiates, advertised as safest for children and delicate persons. Sold by Oxford Pharmacy.
Letters praise Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney disease with long term relief after years of illness. A separate note extols Ballard's Snow Liniment for a leg abscess claim after a nail injury. A third line mentions abscesses often signal constipation or debility and cites Oxford Pharmacy sales.
Bethel matter unclear. Walter Harris of Memphis visits his parents Mr and Mrs B C Harris. Mattie Venson recovered from two weeks of illness. Liberty Hill services Sunday night were successful. Many youths attended singing at Midway. Frank Lawhorn of Caswell visits Mrs Lee Goolsby. Leonard Owens visits Ward Owens near Thaxton. Mrs Whit Owens ill with chills and fever.
Cisco Texas resident S A Read reports March 11 1901 that Ballards Snow Liniment cured a badly sprained wrist after other remedies failed. Ad copy promotes 25c 50g and $1.00 bottles sold by Oxford Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Medicines that aid nature are most effectual and Chamberlains Cough Remedy is described as aligning with nature to ease cough and restore health.
An editorial style appeal warns mothers to maintain health for their children and promotes Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup as a ready remedy for lung throat and bronchial troubles. It claims quick relief for coughs hoarseness and congestion and advertises new trial bottles at 25 cents and regular bottles at 75 cents available at druggists.
G W Fowler of Hightower Alabama reports while on a petit jury in Edwardezville he suffered cholera morbus after eating. A druggist substituted Chamberlain's Calic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one dose relieved in five minutes, second dose cured all three jurors. For sale by all druggists.
Iron Mountain Route announces one way tickets on select Tuesdays Sept 20 Oct 4 and Oct 18 to Indian Territory and Oklahoma at $6.00. Texas points east of Dalhart Amarillo and beyond at $8.50. New Mexico east of Alamogordo and Texas east of Pecos City at $11.00. Round trips Sept 13 and 27 to Indian and Oklahoma Territories and Texas points east of Dalhart Amarillo Colorado San Antonio Kerrville San Angelo Alice Corpus Christi Rockport Galveston at $15.00. Tickets valid 21 days with stop offs allowed. For details contact H. D. Wilson J.P. Pannill A P A T P A 414 Main Street Memphis Tenn.
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