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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1922

Page

3

Mississippi Roads Largely Open for Winter Travel

The State Highway Department reports about eight hundred twenty five miles of roads maintained across Mississippi with extensive work under way. Since January first about 1.2 million dollars has been spent on completed projects and forty one more under construction. Many projects are near completion and will be open before winter, improving rural routes and meeting federal and state bridge requirements. County projects add to the progress, bringing total completed since January to roughly two hundred miles.

Two Railway Guards Shot Dead at Augusta Border

Augusta Ga Aug 30 F Fewster and Reedy Booth Southern Railway guards killed by ambush fire near the Hamburg S C crossing. The men were checking on two individuals Fewster had earlier ordered from the premises.

Wanted Room and Was Shot at Local Hotel

John Hall was shot through the cheek after returning to a hotel room he claimed had been paid for. P. W. Edwards, hotel night clerk, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge following the incident in Atlanta Georgia on August 30.

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Farm Bureau Lafayette County Farm Bureau Oxford Fletcher Centair Company New York City Pine Lumber Weare Ed Price Mill Track Miss H. B. Owen Tie Co Mississippi Hood Augusta F. Fews Southern Rail Ham Burg, S. C., Just Across the River Atlanta, Ga John Hall Ing P. W. Edwards Majestic Porter Hardware To Oxford, Mississippi
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