28 Sep 1911
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
1
Uncertain negotiations over a US trade pact face hurdles as reciprocity concerns take center stage. Government officials and industry observers weigh potential concessions and future steps amid mounting pressure.
The Dominion election yields a Conservative surge with many ministers defeated and the Liberals battered. W S Fielding and William Paterson lose their seats as reciprocity themes collapse. George Graham and Mackenzie King among others are toppled. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island show shifting results.
Figures show France consumed 131 million quarts of beer in the past year an increase blamed on heat. Statistics indicate January beer intake exceeded previous years by a large margin with revenue topping $400000 more than any prior period.
George O Glavis brother of Louis Glavis is indicted by a federal court chief justice figure in the Ballinger Lorimer controversy. The charge relates to alleged fraud connected to the fight over unseating a senator.
Fragmented report describes political tensions with Mayoress Kas John Dawson and others, claiming actions against council members based on alleged balking. A separate item notes a fire incident saving the town with large water tanks. Also mentions a death as a man named Shadley shot in a store.
Hon S F of Race Track area reports a wheat harvest this week near Greenwood. Delta planter Mr Jones grew thirty acres, netting a high yield and selling to a New Orleans exporter at about 4.20 per bushel. The grain is of exceptional quality and shows strong production potential for the region.
Grenada announces the twenty third annual fair of the Central Fair and Live Stock Association to be held October 17 to 20. Railroads offer a rate of one fare plus 25 cents round trip, with the Clinon central railroad providing low livestock and produce rates. Counties in the Grenada fair district include Grenada Montgomery Carroll Leflore Tallahatchie Panola Yalobusha Calhoun and Webster. Each county is represented in management by a vice president and two directors همچنین.
Gulfport reports R L Simpson of Gulfport has bought Camp and Hinton Company timber holdings from a receiver. He acquires 50 000 acres of yellow pine land along the Gulf and Ship Island line within twenty miles of Lumberton. Investment estimated at under one million dollars, likely well above that figure.
Brookhaven reports say the Lincoln county grand jury investigates alleged fraud and use of money whiskey and other means in the August primaries. The case recalls past clashes involving local authorities and county officials with prosecutions following earlier actions.
Mississippi communities boost raise of hogs and other food animals as cotton crops falter due to boll weevil damage. State agencies tour on weevil infected areas to spread farming guidance while schools report large registrations and dormitory limits.
Reuben Cantrell 44 and his brother Tom, 9, fought a duel 19 miles away leaving Reuben dead and Tom fatally wounded at his city home. The feud stemmed from a long quarrel as families in Boone county, Arkansas, with gun fire and a prior duel involving a relative, Bob Cantrell.
Novoe Vremya bans full exposure of high government intrigues tied to Premier Stolypin. The paper claims only a fraction of Justice Minister Chtchesiovitet’s findings on Stolypin’s assassination can ever be published for patriotic reasons.
San Francisco reports that California voters will decide by ballot on October 10 whether women shall have the right to vote. The previous suffrage measure statewide was defeated by about 9 000 votes.
Elkhart Indiana Judge J W Van Fleet will take jurisdiction in the called bribery case after accepting Judge McMahon's invitation. He will travel to Crown Point, county seat of Lake County, to qualify and rule on the motion for a change of venue.
In Milwaukee an assessment of 5.00 per capita totaling about 60000 has been collected by the International Association of Bridge and Iron Workers to aid the defense of John J McNamara, the union’s national secretary.
In Washington the steel trust draws scrutiny as A O Stanley, head of the house committee investigating the industry, warns it is too powerful without a mandate to dissolve and reorganize. In New York a young Danish inventor outlines a transatlantic wireless powered plane plan but does not confirm informing the king of Denmark.
A powder factory disaster at Montechiaro, Lombardy, leaves six dead and sixteen injured including several seriously. In Rome a separate incident, a woman claims she fired a college student over an insulting remark to defend her honor. A farmer from Trenton, Missouri appears in the fragmented text amid unclear notes.
Two inmates at Folsom State Prison, Jake Oppenheimer and Francisco Quijada, await execution under a new law linking jail breaks to capital punishment. Oppenheimer, notorious for multiple killings, reportedly sought another “scalp” as he battles a fatal feud with Quijada.
New York report says Walter Lispenard Suyday, a Blue Point millionaire, confronted his wife on West Twelfth Street with an ultimatum after she eloped with Noble Vam’s son. He arrived with lawyers and relatives and warned he will seek divorce only after an agreement to marry the couple is settled.
The Buckeye Powder Company faces confiscation under Sherman Anti-Trust Law as no suit has been started in the United States circuit. Oldest Modern Woodman dies in Peoria, Mr Slane aged 63, a 29 year member. Berlin reports Germans win Japanese ship contract with Kawasaki. Duisburg firm awarded project amid bids from English and American builders. U.S. solicitor general notes no papers served in the steel trust probe.
A 14 year old girl Emma Mauer was slashed in the face with a razor by thieves who tried to force her to reveal the hiding place of her parents money. The robbers found 205 dollars and fled. Bank in Orangeville Ordered Closed. The bank is unable to comply with examiner orders as to the status of the company now closed.
A Circuit Judge refused to dissolve a marriage after a wife claimed justified scolding of her husband amid provocation. The case in city, Missouri, centers on marital duties and alleged rights.
Chicago report states United States Judge Peter S Grosscup threatens to hold his retirement until Taft accepts it. He vows not to resign if investigations or magazine articles loom and says he will face any scrutiny as a circuit court judge.
Easton Pennsylvania indictment of Harriet De Witt by a US grand jury for sending defamatory anonymous letters via mail to Easton residents. Rev Elmer E Snyder of Easton, the letter writer’s main victim and chief witness, identified in the case as central to the scandal.
In Rueger Indiana a mine powder blast killed three year old Glenn Lackey and grievously injured James Ferguson. In Warrenton North Carolina Norval Marshall was convicted of assault and sentenced to electrocution October 20. Kansas City couples fined for public kissing under Judge Carlisle ruling.
Denver gun expert John P. Lower, 78, known to Colorado pioneers, celebrated the sixty-first anniversary of his apprenticeship in the gun business. A photo shows him at age fifty firing fifty consecutive shots into a twenty-three inch space at 200 yards in twenty minutes. He claims his hand remains steady and issues a challenge to any man within ten years of his age to shoot with him, boasting a score of medals and a desire for more.
Postoffice inspectors say over 1000 letters containing small sums of money were taken from the mails by Franklin B. Scott a night distributor at the Cleveland post office. Scott had unopened letters in his pockets when arrested and could pick out currency with astonishing accuracy due to highly sensitive fingertips and trimmed nails.
Local fishermen report mystery loss of trout distributed in Monocacy last year after a large crate containing fish was found adrift and dinged on the shore near Bethlehem.
The article details a JHE costume with a broderie Anglaise bodice cut Magyar style and a basque shaping the left front. The skirt uses sephyr and a foot band of broderie Anglaise, with a matching waist ribbon. It lists fabric requirements and suggests striped cottons for the panel front and back with perpendicular stripes.
The piece notes pink linen fabric with coarse weave and uncurled feathers. Wool embroidery appears in long stitches and crocheted flowers on velvet, while Broderies returns as a favored English eyelet style for fall. Waistlines feature high wraps, and new cloth coats show heavy weave with bone-like silhouettes.
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