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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
3
Partial railway timetable shows southbound and northbound services with numbers and times. Entries include Fast Mail at 9 24 p m, Limited at 10 a m, Local Freight at 4 10 p m, and northbound trains No 2 24 and No 91 4 10 p m referencing jail and freight services.
Notices report Womans College opening in September with local moves to Bogard cottage and Holloway home. Typhoid illness hits Robert Wilbourp while Oxford clergy conduct services and planning for La Fayette County Fair begins amid renovations and social events.
The gathering at the Confederate Cemetery has been postponed and a future date will be announced publicly.
Energetic Hill youngsters host a successful social at the Moss residence east of Tie Hill with praise for Mr and Mrs Moss. Jim Mathis and Me Pha Johnson from Memphis visit family. Presbyterian School trustees meet. Rev W H Meeklin to be replaced as teacher. Melon crop winds up with a large melon feast at Mr J E Hope’s residence where Phil Anderson Muldrow Mecklin and Lawrence Young led in sharing.
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