30 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
1
A jumble of regional items includes Cotton crop shortfalls in Tippah county, yellow fever closures at the Mississippi land office, real estate gains in Holly Springs, a moonshiner sentenced in Tennessee, and editorials urging resilience amid opposition. Mentions Knoxville fair plans, university law school growth, and local price notes on butter and fruit.
The passage notes fruit and dairy price shifts with melons falling faster than a week ago and other staples like cheese syrup and dried apples. It praises lime in stock tanks to prevent scum, and lauds the Dingley tariff for curbing imports of European goods, boosting American dress makers and milliners at a $100 duty threshold.
A Texas editor shares a humorous yet telling memoir full of tallies about drinking, invitations, retractions, and social missteps. It then shifts to a plea for relief for a weary woman, praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as a combined cure for feminine ailments, appetite, and vitality. Send 21 cents for the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
Harris' Practical Business College in Jackson Mississippi offers a guarantee plan promising to refund half of tuition if the college fails to secure the student’s situation.
A narrative recalls RB G Ingersoll debating woman suffrage on a train, noting a wife's decisive reply that Christian mothers opposed his governorship, and recounts a broader obituary-like list of presidents and their deaths. The piece also mentions a medical report and a pending public health notice with a distant reference to Yellow Fever concerns.
An advertisement claims a common condition affects both sexes due to poor digestion and liver disorders. It touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a fourfold cure that strengthens the liver and kidneys, stimulates digestion, improves nerves and vitality, and clears bodily obstructions. Sold by RK. R. Chilton & Co.
A list of deaths among early presidents citing causes such as cold laryngitis senile debility and cholera with burial sites including Mount Vernon Quincy Monticello Marble Cemetery The Hermitage Kinderhook and North Bend among others. The notes mention Adams Madison Monroe Polk Taylor and Tyler with various ailments and burial locations.
Hundreds of clerks and alumni invest for education at W E K. Smith College Lexington Ky. They now earn 31,000 and over a year. Read ad for details. Remember to address letters to W EK. Smith Lexington Ky for correspondence.
Advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery as safe reliable and money-back guaranteed for consumption coughs and chest illnesses. Trial bottles free at RR Chilton Co regular sizes priced 50 cents and 1.00. A testimonial cites Chamberlain's Balm aiding a measles sufferer with chest pain and pneumonia risk reduced by prompt treatment. KR M. Pettis Abbeville endorses.
Leaning, repairing, and alterations are highlighted as specialties at Kershaw 5 with emphasis on skilled tailoring and service. The note underscores custom fitting and repairs offered by the shop.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Macnon for alertness and vitality, Ald's Bargtey Exrvir claimed for digestive and energy ills, a universal salve for skin issues with a money back guarantee, and Chilton's reliable diarrhoea cure marketed by R. R. Chilton & Co.
The ad urges readers to prepare for yellow fever by boosting health of stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as The System Regulator to cleanse strengthen and stimulate internal organs, claiming it prevents disease and excretes impurities in the blood. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters relieves female complaints and boosts strength. It lists remedies for loss of appetite constipation headaches faintness nervousness sleeplessness and melancholy with a promise of health and guaranteed results. Packaged by Chilton & Co priced fifty cents.
Fragmentary note advertises affordable city style work at THE EAGLE office with unclear details about services and location.
The Evening News cites Rev. Dr. C. K. Marshall praising pulverized charcoal to prevent yellow fever. It notes willow charcoal by Chas. Elha & Co as a top preparation, stresses use after meals, with caution about coating irritation, and adds quinine boosts. It also recommends fumigations, burning trash, and maintaining calm to avoid fever.
A dated notice promotes Electric Bitters as a malaria preventive and fever remedy. It urges timely use to avert yellow fever and claims the product can save a fatal illness. Sold at all drug stores.
The Dr. Codys Condition Powder is marketed as a tonic and blood purifier for horses in poor condition. It is advertised as medicine not food, claiming to put horses in prime condition. Each package costs 25 cents, sold by R K Chilton & Co with a subscription offer.
James E. Ferrell of Burnt House West Virginia says he uses Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the sole diarrhoea medicine for his family and customers. He claims it not only relieves but permanently cures bowel complaints and that it is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by R R Chilton Co Oxford and F M Petts Abbeville Miss.
The 1897 98 session opens September 11. Courses run in Literature Science Philosophy Elocution Pedagogy. Enlarged staff and facilities. Excellent water system and healthful location. Low expenses. Men and women admitted. Catalogue and announcement available from RK B Funton Chancellor at University P O Mis a.
Reports say 21 applicants attended a two day examination at the County Court House for colored teachers. The fever controls include no night street activity after 9 pm and churches have paused services for two weeks to curb spread. J W A
The document dated September 13 1897 announces a public statement by Chancellor Fulton addressing travel restrictions due to quarantine and concerns over yellow fever in the southern part of the state. It notes the universe’s next ben on and related unspecified topics.
Notice from W. T. Turnen public weigher announcing rental of the Oxford Cotton Warehouse for the season from D. J. Carter, former owner, offering to weigh cotton and serve patrons as in the past and thanking friends for past patronage.
The State of Mississippi commands Susie Givhan Paris Texas and James Givhan Sr and Jr with unknown post offices to appear before the Chancery Court in Oxford Mississippi on the ith Monday in November 1897 to answer the University of Seavert suit filed September 23 1897. Witness signature Sept. Zid A. D. 1597 B. P. Gray Clerk.
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