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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
2
The Oxford Eagle lists Mrs Eliza A Thompson as editor and Patrice C as business manager. It notes the paper is entered as second class mail matter at the Oxford Mississippi post office.
Announced candidacy for Congress from the Second District subject to Democratic primary. Also notes federal road funds, crop and credit cautions, and urging merchants to buy cotton locally while stressing fiscal restraint and road maintenance.
Mr and Mrs Johnston of Toc Sopola visited Mr Jim Pilcher Sunday. Mr Watt McCoy isat Pontotoc this week on business. Minnie Pilcher returned home with Johnston to spend a week. Mrs Willie Pilcher and child ren have gone to Birmingham to visit her sister and son. Fred Pilcher of Birmingham was seriously hurt by a street car hitting his wagon. Minnie Lee Mercy visited Jessie Garrison. Jessie Garrison visited Amma Pilcher. Preaching at Springe Sunday. Normaed busy planting cotton and farming. Dolph Hall and family visited Mrs Watt McCoy Sunday. Mrs Fred Pilcher, visiting Jim Pilcher, was notified her husband was seriously hurt. Lillie and Lena Akers visited Ina Potts Sunday. Carrie Fuller is very sick with fever.
Rain continues in the section as residents report travel and social visits. Luther Morrison and Mrs Morrison completed a business trip to Oxford on Monday. Bertha Juno closed her local school and returned south of Oxford. Virginia Powell and Clyde Frayzier of Free Springs visited the area last week. P T Gamble of Oxford visited recently. Lillian Haley stayed in Oxford with Miss Edna Barry. Jay White visited Tyre Isst.
A lively ad copy touts HOT BISCUIT and hot cakes made with ROYAL Baking Powder as delicious, healthful, and easy to prepare for home cooks seeking quick, reliable results.
A public letter blasts the new Lafayette County drainage board led by Rushing Shinault and Ed Roberta. It accuses them of overreach, improper costs, and meddling with landowners while urging the board to quit and let locals manage drainage projects. The piece also notes rising interest in cattle farming and urges farmers to focus on local pasture and hay.
A fragment discusses insomniacs lacking disease or poor habits. It notes slight nervous imbalance and suggests Peruna as the exact tonic to aid digestion and calm the stomach, implying insomnia relief through a tonic remedy.
Trustee M C Stupason announces sale of 1230 acres in Lafayette County Mississippi at public auction on May 1 1914. The property includes multiple described parcels totaling about 1230 acres, to be conveyed as trustee. Sale held at the south door of the Lafayette County Courthouse during legal hours for cash to the highest bidder.
The Board lists sealed bid deadlines through March 1914 for road work on links 69 2221 8 21 and 70 plus a discontinuation of links 9 and related streets. Rights to reject all bids are reserved and notices specify locations from Ben Carters mill to Panola line and nearby crossings.
R. B. Reotysox of Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi petitions for discharge in bankruptcy before Judge H. C. Niles. Court orders notice and hearing set for April 25 1914 with publication in Oxford Eagle and notices to creditors.
Bids will be received by the Secretary of the University until April 25 for several projects. Specifications for 400 opera chairs for chapel and a tin roof replacement on an observatory oratory pavilion are available by application to the Secretary.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is promoted as a safe alternative to calomel for constipation and liver troubles. The ad claims the product is a vegetable liquid, risk free with full purchase price refund if unsatisfied, and asserts it clears head and cleanses the system without harmful effects.
An advertisement fragment touts a stomach and liver remedy with testimonials, then abruptly shifts to a seed sale listing old fashioned yellow yam sweet potato seed at 1.00 per bushel offered by Mrs. Bem Price. The piece blends health claims with a separate product offer and contact cue.
An advertisement for Liv-Ver-Lax claims to purify the system and yield a certain resolute effect. The copy notes multiple bottles and mentions L K Grigsby in association with the sale through R R Cumton & Co.
A townwide note endorses Charlain’s Cough Remedy for cough relief. The text urges using the product next time a cough appears and claims broad support and availability.
Thawing frost and April rains slow you down with feverish head and chest congestion. Dr King’s New Discovery claims to soothe inflamed throats and lungs, clear fever, and restore health, as testimonial from J T Davie of Buckeye Garber Me.
Six months ago a severe back pain laid me up and caused frequent kidney secretions and overall weakness. I bought Doan's Kidney Pills at Kendels Drug Store and found steady relief, enabling me to work again. Doan's is the product I trust.
A patient describes two years of rheumatism with crippling pain in the right hand. After using a dubious ointment and alleged remedies, the writer claims complete relief and no recurrence, with the cure offered for sale by local druggists.
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