Obituary notices and local updates from Morgan City and Oxford
Mrs Lula Scott Prater sister of Mrs A F Calloway dies at the Morgan City home aged relative to the family buried at Itta Bena Rev Lockheart and Rev P C Scott conduct funeral services Mrs A F Calloway returns from Morgan City News of 18 year old Dean son of Mr and Mrs Joe Dean Memphis grandson of Major Dean dies after bicycle accident Elder W L Smith conducts funeral Roach family member ill Mule for sale gentle fair condition price twenty dollars inquire at Eagle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Scott Prater
A. F. Calloway
Morgan City
Itta Bena
Lockheart
P. C. Scott
Dallas
Texas
Eagle
Oxford
Dean
Joe Dean
Memphis
Major Dean
W. L. Smith
Eagle Office
Toll of profiteers on war goods exposed in Brooklyn notebook
An American Press feature details profiteering from war goods in government bases. It cites losses of about $170000 and lists surplus army materials stored in Brooklyn bases including tools, paints, cans, and knitting items, urging government advertising to sell these goods to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Red Cross
New York
Army
Elmira
Reis
Long Island City
Long Island
Seventeenth Street
Tenth Avenue
New York City
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Navy
Health Department
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
American Press
Mississippi bank balance sheet snapshot of 1920
State of Mississippi, Lafayette County. J. E. Avent, cashier, swears the bank statement is true. Total assets 446,064.08 with deposits totaling 242,789.12 and liabilities 169,84 96,550.06. notes and discounted items, securities, cash, and other items listed. Notary Ruby McCoy witnesses on November 27, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaranty Bank and Trust CO
Oxford
Lafayette
Mississippi
Board of
Bank Examiners
C. H. Roach
Francis Condition of Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
State of
F. M. Heard
Vladec
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Eeseeesees
Eeseeee
ORY
SON Sonet Orc
U.S
Goverarmant
Horrowaa
Coiscseck
Hake Chew Diesane
Sitiae-dphehi
J- E. Avent
J. E. Avent
Cahier
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
A 19th century advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local means. It claims a constitutional remedy via Hall's Catarrh Medicine and offers one hundred dollars for any incurable case, with circulares available from CHENEY & CO. of Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Chenmy & GO
Toledo
Ba lard's Snow Liniment advertised for rheumatism
To relieve rheumatism sprains tame back lumbago or pleurisy Ba lard's Snow Liniment is a remedy of proven merit It is very powerful and penetrating Three sizes 30c 60c and 1 20 per bottle Sold by A H Kendel adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balard
A. H. Kendel
Time Limit Extended on Commutation Road Tax
County tax collectors announce extending the commutation road tax deadline to February 1 1920. All taxpayers must pay with other taxes and at the usual collection time. J C Hartsfield Sheriff and Tax Collector Lafayette County Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hartsfield
Lafayette County
Miss
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Brock
City Pressing Club
Pete
Capital Stock
E. G. H. Tankersley
P. B. Farr
Reserve District No
First National Bank
Resources
W. W. Bast, H. Friedman, Lee Baggett
Ruby McCoy
Chilton & Co
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