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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
1
A long excerpt discusses Col George Harvey's September American Review piece urging conservation and civic virtue. It argues for balancing government, labor, and capital, warns against corruption, and stresses duties of citizens and youth to sustain America’s future.
J W Walker Ben Walker and B F Gregory of West Point and Clay County start building a vast artificial lake covering over 100 acres fed by artesian wells and rainfall. The site will include boats bath houses and related facilities for public use as the project progresses.
The cotton crop shows irregular maturity across regions with some fields thrifty and nearing ripeness while others lag. Overall progress over the past two weeks is faster than expected though boll worm damage and frost risk are noted. yields likely higher than last year except in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
The piece explains that the engineering department will submit river and harbor projects only if necessary to conserve commerce, with the secretary of war’s pruning rule guiding future appropriations. It notes last congress funded about 52 million dollars and warns the next report will be stricter on needed projects. Former Congressman Watson warns of a Democratic congressional majority possible next year and criticizes Roosevelt for widening insurgent factions within the GOP.
Rev. Thos. G. Board of White Avenue Church in Pittsburg faced a crowd anger amid reports he offered two of his five children for sale on Circleville streets to support the others. Citizens intervened and the bidding was halted as tensions rose.
Chicago’s population reached 2,185,253, up 486,705 or 28.7 percent from 1,695,575, leaving the city second in the United States and fourth globally. The period since 1890 shows substantial growth, with the greatest rise in years past.
Reports from the summer capital claim Beverly and Masa published a story that Taft would withdraw in 1912 to clear the path for Col. Roosevelt. Officials chose not to dignify the tale with denial or confirmation. Taft maintains no change in stance toward a second term if his party desires it and the voters support it.
At Oak Grove Texas 25 miles west of Texarkana Mart Ross Jr and Butler Ross fought a duel with Jim and B Bear using Winchesters and shotguns. B Bear was fatally wounded by a Winchester bullet just below the heart. Butler Ross was shot through the stomach and both arms shattered. Mart Ross escaped unharmed. The Bear brothers are related to Mart Ross's wife and the shooting grew from an old family feud.
Ebby Shepard, 1¢ year old daughter of J W Shepard, confessed to the double murder of J W Shepard and his brother Taylor in Newkirk Oklahoma claiming they whipped her. She led officers to the woodshed, produced the ax used in the killings, and has long been deemed feeble minded.
Oklahoma City readers learn the State Federation of Labor challenges Doub & Co. in unpacked spelling books bound by a non union shop with an eight hour law issue. In St Louis Joseph Frost, grandson of a Confederate spy, marries to win a $1 bet. Pennsylvania reports 658 infantile paralysis cases across 45 counties per state health department.
Report from Chicago details widespread election fraud during the primaries. Ballot stuffing, vote buying from 25 cents to 1 dollar, and duplicate voting were reported despite strict election board precautions. Hundreds of complaints overwhelmed officials as arrests were made for bribery or repeated voting. Judge George A. Dupuy faced a recorded incident when his ballot was accepted after someone voted in his name.
President Taft will be the sole address at the Hotel Astor banquet on October 1 for the National Republican League. Col. Roosevelt is not listed among distinguished guests. Vice President Sherman sits near Taft during the Saratoga convention, while Taft is the main invited speaker for the New York campaign kickoff. In transportation news New York shows 1.527 billion passengers for the year ending June. Caleb Powers wins the Eleventh District congressional primary in Kentucky over D Edwards.
Missouri party leaders finalize platforms for 1912 featuring Joseph W. Folk as Democratic presidential candidate. The anti Payne Aldrich tariff, trust prosecutions, local option liquor, merchant marine and navy aims, and employer liability law appear. Republican platform endorses Taft administration and Roosevelt era conservation, supports tariff revision and a tariff commission.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin doctors report a historic cure of lockjaw after injecting 112.5 percent units of antitoxin serum into 17 year old Gerald Sullivan, a Marquette Academy senior. Previously typical doses equaled three teaspoons. This exceptional treatment is described as a world record by local physicians.
Corpus Christi reports 5 inches of rain in 24 hours ending 7 pm Wednesday. Weather bureau notes general rainfall across the Southwest. A 60 mph wind gust at 6 pm lasted seconds with no damage to shipping or property observed per latest reports.
Ernest W. Gerbracht former superintendent at the Williamsburg refinery of American Refining Company and Charles R Heike former secretary treasurer were convicted of defrauding the government by sugar underweighing. Gerbracht was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and fined $5,000. Judge Martini granted a stay on appeal and set bail at 2500.
Chicago reporters on the Hallinger committee condemn the actions of four Democrats and one insurgent in seeking Secretary Ballinger’s retirement. Senators Nelson Sutherland and Root and pressmen denounce what they call minority ward politics. A new meeting may be called after Senator Flint’s return. Nelson may convene again to ensure quorum.
Former Metropolitan Street Railway president H H Vreeland testified at the Merritt investigation hearings that every company linked to him had funded campaigns. He specified Metropolitan Securities contributed 200 to 250,000 dollars to the Republican state committee and 17,000 to the Democratic state central committee in the referenced year.
Washington reports that despite a record world wheat acreage of 235 million, U S agricultural experts expect the world yield to fall short of last year’s 2 434 000 bushels while remaining above average. Final figures may show a yield still beneath the 2 642 000 bushels record set last year.
The national weekly weather bulletin reports the past week was too moist and sultry for early corn states while midweek and late parts were too cool for rapid vegetation. Frosts touched exposed points but the rotten growing states east of the Mississippi enjoyed warmth and sun with some heavy local rains and generally below normal totals.
The National Federation of Internal Revenue Storekeepers Gaugers and Storekeeper Gaugers held its third annual convention in Cincinnati Ohio. They discussed retrenchment plans for the IRS workforce from about 1000 to approximately 1500 with a substitute list of 00 or more. No recommendation was agreed upon at the meeting.
Census returns show Dallas Texas reports a population of 2104 with a gain of 49466 or 116 percent compared with 42683 in 1000.
Frank Burt former Wichita police chief and John Callahan joined L Nuftiger as indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring against the government and handling stolen government stamps valued at 1 500. The article notes Nuftiger's recent departure from the Fourth National Bank presidency in Wichita.
St Louis land agent H D McConnell sues Western Tie and Lumber for 25 dollars in commission claiming he secured a buyer for 28 000 acres at 25 dollars an acre. He says he sold and conveyed the land. The defendant's vice president H A Nixon says the company still owns the land and McConnell never found a purchaser.
Peace and faith are presented as the Christian's supreme rewards in this sermon excerpt. It contrasts worldly worry with spiritual security found in trust, highlighting peace, armor of faith, and the triune virtues of faith hope and love as essential to a Christian life and mission.
The text argues that every Christian has endowments to use for God and others. Time, intellect, and gifts vary among individuals, but service to Christ is a natural response of the heart. A true believer cannot claim anything as merely their own, surrendering all like a feudal servant to the master and receiving it back under stewardship. It concludes we are not our own. we are bought with a price.
Francis de Sales counsels submitting to trials as God’s chosen path. If you accept ongoing hardship you will curb anxiety and trust God to provide. He urges making peace with suffering, freeing effort from self, and trusting divine aid in all circumstances.
The text emphasizes the necessity of proper doctrine aligned with inner beliefs. It argues that if a person believes in a certain way, their thoughts must reflect the correct path to be morally right.
A short editorial urging men to seek spiritual life through the Bible church and Sabbath observance highlighting these influences as essential today.
A young boy Harry, four, fears the grocer who warned, I will tend to you in a minute, recalling Mrs. Jones’ cautionary phrase. He returns home empty handed twice, afraid of the shopkeeper despite his mother’s reassurance.
A man on the Atlantic City shore recalls a conversation with a woman from two summers earlier. He notes her complexion curves and gold hair as he gathers courage to speak, asking about a past encounter and her blue silk stockings.
A village constable voices frustration at swift auto searchers evading worded scrutiny while noting his glasses hinder reading fast moving plates. The remark echoes a theme that true fairness starts within the soul and the face shines from inner glow.
Mrs Benham complains that every time she sings to the baby he cries. Benham argues his talent comes from her side of the house.
A concise reflection attributed to James Martineau notes that a thinker of grand concepts excels when tending small tasks, linking practical service to intellectual life. The quote frames character as steady discipline aligning ambition with everyday duties.
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