Local Board Minutes and Community Notes
The Board of Supervisors adjourned Wednesday after a session begun Monday. Lt Governor Lee M Russell and wife returned from Jackson where they stayed since the Legislature convened. Various residents travel or visit, including A S Huggins planning a move to Hell Springs and H S Johnson of Cannp Beauguard visiting Oxford before heading overseas. Mrs Ola Bailey of Tyro visits her aunt ill at Culley hospital. Gardens brighten after last night’s rain. Community notices mention upcoming wed and local visitors like Sam Friedman’s business leader, A Brenner hosting holidays, and Carson/Port Gibson and Winburn visitors.
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Board of Supervisors
Lee M Russell
Jackson
A. S. Huggins
Hell Springs
H. S. Johnson
Cannp Beauguard
Hef
L. M. Brummer
Denmark
Oxford
Culley Hospital
Ola Bailey
Tyro
Sallie Merchison
Vivie Billinbly
Susie White
Laswil
Stacy Farr
Lucy Arnold
Black Water
Sam Friedman
The
Argus
A. Brenner
Friedman
J. S. Hicks
Port Gibson
Andrew M. Mitchell
Scott Montgomery
Winburn
Cigarette Demand Rises To Aid War Efforts
The Great War has made cigarettes a necessity with large shipments crossing the water to cheer our troops.
Oxford Celebrates First War Anniversary And Liberty Loan Day
Oxford invites all on April 6 to mark the first anniversary of the United States in the world war and to open the campaign for the third Liberty Loan drive. Distinguished speakers will include Hon. Fitzhugh of Memphis for patriotic speeches with Oxford and Lafayette County residents urged to attend.
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Oxford
United States
Fitzhugh
Memphis
Lafayette County
Windy Storm Disrupts Oxford Event at Russell Show
A strong wind storm hit Oxford last night around 8:45 causing the Russell show to halt as a large crowd fled to stores and offices. The tent emptied, but no injuries or major damage were reported as winds eased and rain began to fall.
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Oxford
Russell
University items note students join forces with Uncle Sam
M B Caldwell left Monday to join the United States forces. Mrs Donald Duke left Sunday for El Paso to join her husband in the Aviation Corps. Richard Strother Harris visited during Easter dances. Ed Sauls returned from New Orleans. Cyril Gideon, attending Memphis business college, visited his mother on campus. Professor R W Rogers returned from Jackson after addressing the Woman Suffrage Convention. G C McKinstry and Judge Bel left the University to answer calls from Uncle Sam. Sam Garner of Grenada visited the campus. Felix Montgomery is hospitalized after recent pleasures. Virginia Townsend visiting Rich Miss. Gladys Bryan spent a weekend in Water Valley with her cousin.
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M. B. Caldwell
Uncle Sam
Donald Duke
el Paso
Texas
Aviation
Richard Strother Harris
The
Mississippian
University of Mississippi
Ed Sauls
New Orleans
Cyril Gideon
Business College
Memphis
R. W. Rogers
Jackson
G. C. McKinstry
Bel
Sam
Sam Garner
Grenada
Felix Montgomery
Virginia Townsend
Rich
Gladys Bryan
Water Valley
Kaiser Declares Germany Will Rule the World
C Clemensen, a once Danish subject now American, claims to have heard the Kaiser say at the Kaiser Carl der Grosse launch in 1901 that Germany would rule the sea and land by 1917. He states he stood within fifty feet and that the fleet would hold supreme power over the world in 1917.
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Los Angeles
Cal
S. C. Clemesen
Denmark
C Clemensen
Clemensen
Mackerel Schooners Eagerly Await Arrival Today
Boston dispatch reports New England fishing schooners expect the first mackerel catch as the fleet moves from Cape Hatteras northward. Early landings are slated for Norfolk then New York Newport and Boston as fish reach northern ports.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
New York
Newport
First Baptist B Y P U Elects Officers for Six Months
Sunday night at 6 15 the B Y P U of the First Baptist church elected officers for the next six months. President Dewey Metts Vice President Dale Brum Robinson Chorister Kirl Avent Pianist Mary Lawshee. Officers then formed committees and outlined plans for union work.
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First Baptist Church
Dewey Metts
Dale Brum- Robinson
Kirl Avent
Mary Lawshee
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