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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
2
The fragmentary OCR item mix references gifts, elections, assassinations, expositions, and state appointments across Tennessee and Mississippi with scattered names such as Admiral Schiery, President McKinley, Senator Wellington, J. D. Haire, and J. W. Power. It notes political and civic topics, crops, and legal notices in a garbled historical page.
Col J L Power longtime Secretary of State and charter member of the Mississippi Press Association died at his Jackson home Tuesday morning from pneumonia. He served as Grand Secretary of the Masonic Island Lodge of Mississippi and was a trusted state journalist and churchman. Col Power was honored as chaplain of the Association and beloved by Mississippi editors for his wisdom and integrity.
An old man argues poverty is not innate sin yet moral failure and idleness fuel poverty. The piece stresses individual responsibility from education to work as remedy, claiming genuine poverty harms children, communities, and citizens, and only heroic effort can lift the poor.
Eyewitness report from Abbeville Mississippi describes a Sept 15 1901 collision as two trains freight and fast freight crossed paths near the Tallahatchie River causing destruction. The letter notes wreckage, a shattered Dextro engine, a ruined piano car, urgent local aid and widespread alarm as communities halted work to assist.
A clipped ad promotes a "Sure Kitoer" medicine claiming high cure rates for women’s diseases and general health improvement. It touts medical potions sold by A. II Readel in Nashville with a price of 3 cents per bottle and references a man named Joaz Bied.
Patent medicine advertises Dr New Life Filia pills as turning weakness into strength and increasing mental power. The copy promises rapid improvement and urges purchase at 3c per box from B. Chiltes & Co.
The notice advertises 25 departments across science arts and professional courses including law, civil and mining engineering, offering low expenses and strong sanitation and utilities. It notes a scammer term from June 11 to July 24, 1991 and a session opening September 12, 1901 62, inviting inquiries to Chancellor RB Fulton for catalog and information.
A Mississippi resident recounts leaving a $100 monthly position due to illness, traveling to the city for treatment, and finding relief after using Smith's Sere Kidney Cure. He credits the remedy and Ballard's Horehound Syrup for throat and cough relief, and White's Cream Vermifuge for worms. A. H. Kendell is cited as the agent for these products.
An item describes bottle prices and supply details. The note notes a price rise and mentions bottles handled by A. H. Bendel.
Henrietta Tex lawyer E B Munday recalls his brother sick with waterfage and jaundice. He credits Electric Bitters with rapid improvement and eventual full recovery after continued use. The remedy is said to cleanse blood and purify organs, aiding liver and kidney function. Sold by A H Kendell at 50 cents.
Sidser Webster heft for Ardmore LT. Mr. P. E. Matthews of Oxford visits the town. Mrs. D. Smith visited Sarents relatives. A. B. Saeed builds a new North Street residence. W. P. Goolsby attends Cypress Creek services. P. Pace and J. J. Milam discuss organizing a bak here Friday night. Sam Wooten from Oxford returned from Monroe Youth Festivities. Mrs. J. L. Mebares leaves for Ardmore after weeks with relatives. Promotion of local charity and medicine ads follow, including Chamberlain remedies and R R. Chilton drug offerings.
List of unclaimed mail including Stella Buner Falkner Ethel Miss Jane Keis Albonar Talia K John and others. Readers are urged to call for letters by number and date advertised. Also an advertisement for Chamberlain’s stomach and liver tablets and prickly ash for health, at Chilton’s drug store.
F L Taylor recalls joining a party years ago and nearly quitting the trip due to sudden diarrhoea. He credits a dose of Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy sold by J E Chilton & Co with enabling the journey. A later dysentery attack was cured by one bottle.
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