Typhoid in Cornish area. community stable
The Cornish column notes no new typhoid cases, with current patients improving and able to eat. Local visits include Buford and Fred Anderson from Texas and many residents visiting family in Oxford, Jackson, Ripley, and among relatives. A new eight month school will be held this winter under Prof Abney, and wedding bells are ringing.
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Messrs
Buford
Fred Anderson
Texas
Wilburn Gault
Eskridge
Autrey Barry
Jackson
George Smith
Houston
Tom Barry
Ruth
Ora Patterson
Gill Johnson
Lagrone
Fred Welch
Eugene Patterson
Ripley
Cornish
Prof. Abney
Army Recruiting Station Opens at Greenwood Post Office
A United States Army recruiting station operates from the Post Office Building in Greenwood Mississippi. Eligible men 18 to 55 may enlist for one or three years with documentary age proof for 18 to 21 year olds. Prior service members may choose any branch. Subscribe to the Oxford Eagle at $1.50 yearly.
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United States Army
Greenwood
Miss
Greenwood Territory
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
The Gentle Courtesy That Lightens a Street Scene
A short essay extols politeness as free, its civil greetings brightening community life. It urges readers to walk local streets, exchange friendly words, and observe how daily courtesy adds rays of sunshine to the town.
Glad Sister Escaped Operation
A reader recalls a sister given up to die by doctors who planned gallstone surgery. A remedy named Mayr's Wonderfull Remedy allegedly restored strength in three weeks, enabling walking a mile to church. The ad claims it clears intestinal mucus and inflammation, promising money back after one dose. Sold by Chilton & Co. and druggists.
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Mayr
Church
Chilton & Co
Freezone Corn Remover Promises Quick Pain Relief
A vivid sales pitch touts Freezone as a magic solution to corns. It claims drops stop pain instantly, allowing the corn to be lifted out easily with no soreness or irritation. The ad asserts low cost and wide effectiveness for hard soft and toe corn.
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Cincinnati
The Old Reliable Co Cleaning Ad Promises Quality Work
An old fashioned local ad from Oxford Mississippi promotes The Old Reliable Co Cleaners and Dyers. It claims careful no guesswork workmanship to please critics and invites customers to use their services three doors east of First National Bank with phone number 386.
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First National Bank
Russell Captures Lafayette County in Primary Returns
Before the first primary some Anti Russell men claimed he would not carry Lafayette. After counts Russell 1690, Collins 51, Johnston 221, Longino 285 in the Lafayette results reported by the Southern Sentinel.
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Russell
Lafayette
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised Cure and Reward
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is incurable locally but treatable constitutionally by Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It offers a $100 reward for any case Hall's fails and notes Druggists sell it for 75 cents with accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Mhall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Cheney & CO
Savings ads guide homemakers through local bargains
The passage encourages housewives to check advertisements in the paper to find economical buys and stretch coppers amid high prices. It urges careful comparison of offers, visiting stores, and note taking to gain small savings, while ending with a sharp political remark about Bolshevism.
Cost of living and car demand unchanged
The text notes that rising costs have not reduced car demand and that home mortgages remain possible. It also laments the ongoing burden of high living costs and the pain of paying bills.
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Oxford
Lafayette County
U. S
Rowland Drug CO
Mississippi
Cornish News
Mr. Fielder Webster
Your Money Safe
Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
Oxford Eagle
Castoria
Glad Sister
O. K
THE
OLD Reliable CO
Misa
Collins
Johnston
Longino
Southern Sentinel
Remington Umc
Fearne
L. E. Oldham
D. M. Kimbrough
Harry M, Bryan
Kimbrough
Bryan Atto
Seys-At-Law Oxford
G. A. Fuller
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