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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
5
Mary Brents of Louisville Kentucky says Vin Hepatica restored her health after years of illness and near a year and a half in bed under medical care. She reports relief after the first dose and recommends the remedy to others seeking help.
A Guaranty book and trust Company of Oxford advertises backing for a new Oxford creamery. The bank would loan six percent to fund stock purchases and may take stock in the venture. A mass meeting is urged to form a creamery company with six hundred cows enough to support a sizable operation.
Notice to farmers and club members urges high attendance at the Club Members School at College Hill starting Monday August 26 and ending Friday 31. It calls for enrolled boys with pigs or plots to attend, requests seed wheat and rye to be arranged, and announces cattle shipment August 24 and hog shipment September 6 with tips on hog handling for heat.
A Sunday afternoon program featured songs by Juliette Pegues and Mary Vick Rowland, instrumentals by Ernes Hargis and Gladys Short, readings by Effie Bramlett with The littlest rebel. All performed with care and the event ended in mutual enjoyment.
The community gathers for a three day Primitive Baptist Church meeting with guests Talmage Mayfield of Etta and Birtie Parks hosting. Local visits include Miss Qmilla Collins returning to Oxford, Miss Pearl Sneed visiting Miss Bessie Bounds, and Sheriff S. M. Sneed with his mother. Multiple friends and families share travels, illnesses improve, wagon accident concerns, and upcoming Methodist meetings set for the fourth Sunday.
Grateful thousands report relief from urinary disorders and kidney pains after using Dean's Kidney Pills. J. M. Sanders of South Street testifies he recovered after a year of back ache and kidney discomfort. He notes no trouble since cure years ago and praises the remedy. 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY Adv.
Local observers list numerous family visits from across Mississippi Tennessee and Arkansas. Rev Walter Bruce Mrs W W Eliott Miss Rosa Hargis and many others are noted guests and travelers visiting relatives in Oxford and nearby towns during the week ending with fall breaks and church events.
Mrs Annie Miles of 1445 Evergreen Ave Jacksonville Fla says after twenty years of stomach trouble and weight loss she gained 29 pounds and regained strength after using Tanlac. She reports restored appetite better sleep and nerves and plans to continue Tanlac as she feels well and strong. Mrs Miles’s testimonial accompanies local notices and social items from Oxford and nearby Mississippi communities.
Mrs J C Culley hosts Miss Julia Webb Lipscomb of Columbus. Dr H M Fazer returns from a state tour for the University. A steady stream of visitors from Charleston Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas call on Oxford friends and relatives including Lipscomb Farr Beanland and Sisk families with trips to Memphis Greenwood Biloxi and Camp Shelby.
Community health reported as good. Mrs. Maggie Steward hosts and hosts several relatives visiting from Walnut Mississippi and Antlers Oklahoma while Mr. Lewis Steward leaves for New Albany to start a new job. A brief social roundup marks a quiet week in town.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel claiming it cleanses the liver without causing griping, sickness, or salivation. The copy urges readers to try a spoonful tonight and promises strong, headache free mornings.
Auction style classifieds list 14 registered Jersey pigs at 15 dollars each within ten days. J R Maples of Oxford solicits inquiries. Also real estate offerings including acre lot with a house and two cabins and a grass pasture in North Oxford, plus a four acre South Oxford home, with H C Wiley contact. A set of keys labeled Johnson Burgess 18s is found and owner can claim by paying 25 cents at the office.
Notice to contractors. The South Yocona Road District Commissioner G W Knight R C Sanders Humphreys reserves right to reject all bids. Official clerk of said county.
City commissioners urge every Oxford resident to conserve water during ongoing drought. Citizens are asked to reduce usage, fix leaks, and avoid waste as the supply system runs at full capacity to meet demand.
A letter signed From a Oxford Soldier Boy is discussed with regard to authorship and censorship. The editor notes they will not print unsigned communications and that wartime letters from service members are to be censored by the Government prior to publication, though many papers publish uncensored pieces.
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