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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
3
A flurry of social news reports visits and family travel around Oxford. Many relatives and friends are mentioned visiting Buffaloe Raines Penton Memphis Winona Canton and other locales with brief notes on illness travel and social calls. The page also notes business ads rents and a construction project for the Peabody building at the University.
A 325 premium is offered to the first person delivering a 500 pound bale of cotton raised in 1912 in Oxford. The premium is sponsored by multiple local merchants and is now deposited in the Bank of Oxford.
The Davis Mize Co extends its wholesale reach from Coffeeville to Holly Springs and adds quarters by renting a large store vacated by George Keys. Their depot warehouse is now too small for growth. Dr Byron Mitchell will visit Oxford for two days on September 11 and 12. A farm of 161 acres six miles east of Oxford is offered by D J Lucas with good water and pasture.
A southern seed firm, R. Br. Cuiton & Co, announces a weight based prize for the largest turnip grown from their seed. They offer a sum in gold to the grower delivering the top turnip. Readers are invited to submit specimens and claim the award.
Five to eight acres for sale just outside Oxford city limits on Main Street. Good building site, close to town. Price 100 dollars per acre. Contact W. M. Woonwarp at the Chancery Clerk's office.
105 acre farm for sale at a bargain with two dwellings each four rooms two barns two pastures a good orchard running water two wells about 50 acres in cultivation 40 acres in woods in good land J. J. Kay located 1.2 miles northwest of Paris.
Mr L Lake Smith of Lam ar died in the Nines Daughters hospital following a week of illness after an operation. He was the father of Mrs J L Webster and brother of Mr Joe Smith, both well known in Oxford. Sympathy is extended to relatives. Remains were cared for at the old home in Tin Devilaville by many friends.
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