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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
4
Public notices detail subscription rates and payment policies for the Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press, including obituary charges at one cent per word, display ads at 25 cents per inch, and no free copies or credit. The consolidated paper dates to August 24, 1910, with editor Korge W. Price.
The Hattiesburg American laments a 20 percent telegraph rate increase by the Postal Service. It questions whether public control raises costs and argues a return to private lines with safeguards might better preserve public rights.
The Jackson Daily News mocks sensational claims about cars and whiskey, noting driving danger and social costs. It argues cars, like whiskey, bring fleeting thrills but impact homes, finances, and nerves, while urging readers to see both sides as overstated.
Opinion piece arguing banks should fund the Victory Liberty Loan to keep credit flowing to farmers and business, claim that subscribing benefits the economy and government credit, and urges Americans to finish the war effort with patriotic duty.
Palm Sunday at the Episcopal church features two special services this Sunday at 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. Dr. Gunn will preach at both. The afternoon service is described as unusually interesting as it reflects Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Everyone is urged to attend.
A Cincinnati inventor touts Freezone as a tiny bottle that stops corn pain instantly and lets you lift the corn out without soreness. It claims to remove hard and soft corns and toe calluses for just a few cents at any drug store.
Local notes highlight soldiers coming home from the war and weddings in Dutch Bend. Johnie Fuller returns to a glad family while Collins Nelson and Lillie Mae Davis wed recently. Various social visits among residents are recorded as couples settle after military service.
Mr. Melvin Franklin of Tula will speak at the Lafayette County Agricultural school on Friday April 11 at 8 o clock. He will discuss the topic Prepare and invites all friends to attend.
Miss Brougher, a Child Welfare nurse, spends the week in Oxford assisting Mrs. Ramsey, county demonstration agent, in a child welfare campaign. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Purvis spent Sunday in Memphis.
A visiting nurse comes to Oxford Friday April 11 for child welfare exams. Infants to four year olds will be checked in the Guaranty Bank rest room from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 pm. A Child Welfare lecture follows in the Federal court room from 4 to 5 pm. mothers urged to attend.
My office will be closed next week while I attend the meeting of the Mississippi Dental Association in Clarksdale Mississippi. Dr J E Hargis.
Capt. Brock Boyd of Water Valley visits his sister Mrs. J W Bell and Dr and Mrs Albert Russell with Miss Myrtle Russell. The party motored to Memphis for a few days this week. Mr Boyd spent last week in Durant on business.
The State of Mississippi Lafayette County issues a non resident notice to Frances Elrod unknown address to appear in the Lafayette County Chancery Court on the fourth Monday of May 1919 to defend suit by John L. Elrod. This notice dated April 5, 1919 and signed by Chancery Clerk W M Woodward with attorney W P Shinault.
Mrs Mollie J Fulmer of Conway Arkansas is summoned from Conway Arkansas to plead answer or demur to the bill of R H Smith and others for sale of land for division in Mississippi County on May 4 1919 at Oxford Mississippi. Clerk W M Woodward issues the notice with Bates Smith solicitors for complainants.
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