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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
The Otford Eagle official organ of Lafayette County promotes community values and quotes Stephen Greilet on timely kindness. The message emphasizes acting now and not delaying good deeds.
Lee Moke pledges to pay railroad fares for ten Lafayette County boys to the State Fair at Jackson. He urges agricultural diversification, including dairying and poultry, and promotes farm education and local applications of modern farming. The offer aims to stimulate home farming and economic uplift among youth.
Farmers praise the new roads and concrete bridges funded by the bond issue. Commissions plant Bermuda grass along fills and plan to drag and repair roads for durability. Improved roads could expand land sales and boost schooling, farming, and county prosperity.
Hon R H Knox district attorney for this district broke his right leg near the ankle after stepping into a cellar hole at the Talbot Hotel following a watermelon. He was taken to a Memphis hospital for treatment and Attorney T E Pegram of Ripley was appointed to represent the State in Knox's absence.
The piece notes a long struggle with a skin disease identified as tetter. It mentions Zerema and claims Dr Hobson's Mozema Ointment provides relief and a cure.
An ornate passage reflecting on God making childhood and bestowing joy upon family home church state and nation. Then an Halls Catarrh Cure advertisement claims a proven constitutional remedy with a $1000 guarantee and a free list of addresses, touting Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The TriState Fair at Memphis opens September 24 with plans for eighteen departments excelling beyond any Southern fair. New charitable charter directs profits to agricultural improvements across Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee. Highlights include enhanced livestock and agriculture displays, a restructured agricultural building, a national poultry show, open air entertainment, and a dramatic fireworks production Perry's Victory on Lake Erie.
The following named gentlemen were drawn to serve as grand and petit jurors for the full term of the Kcrit Court convening Monday Sept 8. Names include J F Mills J M Alderson B Wilturn R E Ward T J Bat K M Bonds H Fitch C Tidwell Gids Smith J H Beat M L Childress J T Roder M Neely Day Howell and many others in Beat 1 through Beat 5 with week by week selections. Also a remarkable cure of dysentery credited to Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by H W Hill of Snow Hill NC who reports full recovery after two bottles. Solid by A H Kendal.
Deed of Trust by J I Morrison and Jennie Morrison secures a debt. Trustee will sell at public cash auction in front of the south door of the court house Oxford Mississippi on September 1 1913. Property includes described land in Yette County Mississippi totaling 295 acres more or less with several sections and quarters and 5 notes. Title believed good but conveys only to the trustee’s interest. Witness signed August 11 1913.
G W Eatman of Grenada Mississippi announces greaselesa Kuykendgall Eczema Remedy a never failing cure for eczema ring worm poison ivy stings fever blisters frost bites chicken pox prickly heat nettlerash and all skin diseases. On sale at Rowland Drug Co.
Oxford resident J. B. Crow reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved a heavy dull backache dizzy spells and kidney trouble in his family after years of suffering. He praises the medicine as a complete cure and recommends it to any with kidney issues. Sold nationwide by dealers at 50 cents a box.
The undersigned invites sealed bids by 12 noon on Tuesday for about 1400 feet of bridging on the Camp Ground levee and 100 feet on the Olive levee, both in Yocons River bottom, and for keeping the Count Year House for 1914. Bids must be sealed with two securities, bids judged on plans and specs, and the board may reject any or all bids. Oxford Mississippi August 3 1913.
A fragment recalls personal cures with Chamberlain’s Tablets for constipation and indigestion after failures at two hospitals. It also praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as an effective pain and bruise remedy with a 5 cent price, attributed to E. Chamberlain and A. H. Bendel and others in Whitlow Arkansas and Finton.
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