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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
2
Officie Ovran of Lafayette County announces a publication day set for the seventh of February Thursday. Telephones listed as Office 038 and Residence 350 for contact.
A health bulletin warns that tuberculosis spreads through sputum and contaminated air. It urges coughing and spitting precautions, proper disposal of spit, and disinfecting living spaces to prevent infection. The article also covers community health efforts and local social notes.
Afiee Lottie of Dr Thacher s Liverana lood Syrup will be sent to any reader of his paper who will write to the Thacher Weidiinn Go Chetlanooya Teun.
The county board approves bridging and road contracts including Welch sever and Water Valley works at set prices. It cancels several contractor arrangements, orders re-advertisement, and assigns duties to Leach and others while addressing levee work and road tax adjustments. The minutes note appointments, suspensions, and reports for September term.
The document outlines awards for levee repairs on the Yocona and Kettle Creek bottom, including a Welch levee contract for $100. It notes assessments, payrolls, and a Dog Tax Law election plan, plus tax collector reports and next term fall reporting. Public officers, judges, and clerks are instructed on election duties and salary adjustments.
Public notices announce sealed bids for finishing coal for hotels and road work. Items include bridges on Oxford and Pabby Troy roads and multiple Oxford county road projects with bids due dates in September and requirements to post bonds and meet specifications.
The document lists numerous road links and mileages from Oxford through surrounding towns, detailing the Oxford and Holly Springs, Oxford and Pontotoc, Oxford and New Albany, and Oxford and Paris roads. It records multiple link numbers, endpoints at various intersections, residences, and landmarks, plus a note on two new road roles granted at a county supervisors meeting.
The page blends local notices about moves and school plans with medical advertisements for remedies like Zemo and Sine. It mentions families leaving for Texas, teachers changing posts, and visits between Bay Springs Bluff Springs and Abbeville, alongside claims about malaria cures and skin treatments.
The Bethel meeting closed with six additions to the church after a good revival. Mrs. Lucy Wallace visited her father, and Mr J H Deas and wife attended preaching at Shiloh. Miss Robbie Dades opened a summer school term and several locals attended services and visited friends in the area.
The passage notes weeks of a stubborn cold and malarial fever caused by liver inactivity and describes obtaining a package as part of the treatment. The account presents a personal health struggle and a traditional remedy context without modern medical terms.
S G Goss vice president of Goss Printing Press Co endorses Joseph's Liver Regulator after relief from a long complaint. The product boasts twenty five years on the market and claims to aid liver and kidney derangements plus related ailments.
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