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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
3
Oxford items report legal matters in Mississippi courts and promotions of local residents. Residents travel to Memphis and Jackson for work, school, and health, with social events, earnings, and real estate notices. Easter services, community singing, and church installations are mentioned along with postal and building repairs at the Federal Building.
Tyler of the Opera House leases land east of Goodwin Brown & Co to build a Summer Amusement Resort 100 feet deep by 50 wide with two nightly shows and 300 feet of pictures plus a song. Seating includes reserved chairs, circus seats on both sides, a ten foot lobby with electric lights, and a trap drummer for music. Shows begin at 7 30 nightly. There is biased seating for 100 negroes in back. Also includes advertising for medicines.
Marshal A M Storer conveyed Steele Miller and Linde to prison in Atlanta after their trial at the recent term of the Federal Court. Also noted are open air plays The Turn of the Tide and Out in the Streets at Free Springs Friday April 5 under Prof C A McLarty. Obituaries plus local school notes and WCTU activities in Oxford.
In the Western part of town near the station and railroad, guns fire many times each night and day. The author calls for immediate action to stop this dangerous nuisance and notes bicycle sidewalk issues as secondary concerns.
A note expresses gratitude from C. E. Sisk and wife for the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors in Oxford and vicinity during a recent sickness. The writers praise the heartfelt responses and appreciation.
All who wish to go Pee ne night will meet at the M C A on the campus at 4 30 p m All other boys are invited to go with us We are goink to have a good time King Watson Scout Masters CAREER.
Official census summary for Lafayette County and towns. Totals show Lafayette County 21 832 with Beat 1 Oxford City 2014 Beat 2 2245 Beat 3 Abbeville village 243 Beat 4 Taylor village 3 930 Beat 5 Lafayette Springs Paria and Tula villages 4 465 Lafayette Springs village 140 Paris village 137 Tula village 151.
The Central Vardaman Club of Oxford invites all Lafayette County residents to the courthouse in Oxford on Thursday May 25 to hear a United States Senate candidate address fellow citizens. The event promises a reception for the candidate, framed as a stand against fraud and corruption. Katey & Srares offers millinery and ready to wear.
An advertisement touts office help demand and confirms Draughon s and Memphis business courses in bookkeeping banking shorthand and typing. It promotes free catalogs from W T Davis manager at Draughon s Coffee 105 150 South Main Memphis Tenn opposite Hotel Gayoso. Also pushes Foley Kidney Pills for sale via Art Kendel.
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