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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
3
Thanks are returned to Mr. J. S. Callaway and Mr. Z C White of Toccopola for favors while many locals and visitors are noted in Oxford. Names include J N Taylor of Noah, Capt J R Barry Caswell, Prof A L Bondurant Natchez, Dr Tom Barry Lafayette Springs, Miss Annie Crawford Jones Asheville, Miss Hattie Barlow Water Valley, and others visiting or traveling to Jackson Memphis Richmond Louisville and Cincinnati for business, family or leisure.
Miss Florence Perkins of Batesville guests Mrs. W D Porter. Chi Omega founders celebrated Founder's Day with a luncheon at Miss Pauline Wright’s home. Abbeville and Rent No 5 hold elections May 1 for bailiff and magistrate. Me Lake improving, and Mrs. Mattie Slate Goodwin seeks lost spectacles. S S Webster offers Singer machines, old device accepted. Community reports from Grenada to Oxford include tax land sales and local tourism.
W.C. Bates and family thank the people of Oxford the student body and the faculty of the University for their kindness and sympathy in their great bereavement.
S S Webster, agent in Oxford, Mississippi, advertises Singer sewing machines with call and examine pricing. Terms described as reasonable and payments easy with satisfaction guaranteed.
A large crowd greeted the physician and famous lecturer at a Friday night event at the Methodist Church. His instructive and entertaining talk left the audience feeling well repaid and desirous of hearing him again.
The notes report the sudden death of Chester Cleveland Bates at age about 22 from apoplexy, with funeral conducted by Rev. W. J. Hargis. It also records the death of John Harper Shaw at his College Hud home after weeks of illness, noting his long service to the county and church. A county Sunday school convention is announced for Hopewell Church on April 23 with sessions, dinner, and delegates urged from all churches, plus a list of Oxford graded school honor rolls and class updates.
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