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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
3
Fayette County items include court activity, political notices, and social news. Local residents like J W Wyatt and Flora Sofisloe are mentioned alongside visiting relatives in Memphis and Oxford. A camp meeting, school district vote, and property ads appear with brief notes on families, anniversaries, and upcoming events in the Oxford area.
An advertisement by J. W. Grucerr of Water Valley Mississippi promotes mail order hair services. The note promises braided styles puff curls and dyeing at low prices and invites readers to write for prices.
The county picnic on Tuesday at Camp Ground was attended by thousands from Lafayette and nearby counties. Speakers included Judge Reate Senator Bilbo and others. A bountiful meal followed with more than twelve baskets taken in. The writer praises farming families and the farm as a cherished rural ideal.
Notice for stockholders of the Farmers Warehouse of Oxford to convene Monday August lith for electing a representative to the annual Farmers Warehouse meeting. All holders must attend in person or by proxy and bring old stock certificates for exchange. P L Linker Local Secretary signs the notice amid other health testimonial ads.
Week of July notices list customers awaiting mail at Raford post office. Names include Grace Alexander, Mrs L L Bullard, Miss Maggie Hightower, Jackearing Figue, Miss Noms Strowd, and others. Readers are asked to call with the advertised mail number and date.
The Dencratic Faxcenture Com mittee in Calaystte County calls members to meet at the courthouse at 1 o clock on Saturday August 6 to plan for the congressional primary on August DHh and to discuss any other business. Chairman H. Pb. Sterpesa and Secretary urge attendance. For sale land and improvements advertised nearby with details and contact W. M. Tunkerr, Paris, Mississippi.
We thank friends neighbors and Drs Bramlett for kindness during the illness and death of Alan May Gods richest reward be with each prayer of G A Morrie and Children.
The notice advertises a sale of four cabins with large lots suitable for big houses. A two block pasture is included in public square. Mention of horses wagon and an organizer M. C. FaLanen.
An advertisement touts inexpensive life insurance from American Life Insurance Empire Building Birmingham Alabama. It claims low costs for healthy white men and women aged 14 to 50 and allows children to insure parents as beneficiaries with easy terms. No agents are used and rates and terms are available on request.
United States government offers 40 to 160 acre land grants in Alabama Arkansas Florida Louisiana and Mississippi to qualified applicants. Notices request information and denial forms. Dixie Homeo Naranja Florida mentioned in connection with the program.
The Sept. of Mancalion Smith on Saturday awarded seventeen scholarships to Fayette County students. Recipients include A M Colleg Martin Meus Lonnie Parks Walter Mayfield Lonnie Quick Jack Trelogr Edgar Stephens Euphus Murray Albert Young Ll College Gleasie Parks Anna Pettis Lille Travis Lella Davis Annie Woolff Myr ie Russell Vera Patton Christine Hamilton Dorothy Treloar and Ruth Treloar.
The writer advocates forming a Business Men's League in Oxford to foster cooperation and mutual welfare. The goal is to exchange views, establish new industries, and attract capital, noting such organizations have benefited other communities.
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