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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
3
Local ad notes a dry goods storefront at the northwest corner of Public Square Oxford Mississippi inviting patrons to visit. The brief notice emphasizes patronage and business presence in Oxford.
Local notes reveal a busy period with Davidson Wardlaw Holiday Opening on December 5th, Runaway Tramp performances at the Opera House, and Christmas shopping plans. Readers are urged to secure seats early and join in festive events across Oxford with merchants advertising deeply discounted holiday merchandise.
An eviction style dental advertisement urges readers to visit Dr. W B McManon before Christmas for free exams and extractions. It promises painless extractions and new plates that look natural along with gold and silver fillings.
Rev. N. W. P. Bacon delivered the annual sermon Thursday morning at the Baptist Church. The address was noted as a masterful, practical discourse. A solo by Miss Frances Winchester accompanied the service. W. B. McMahon advertised Talking Machines and phonographs for Christmas gifts.
All of our lands are posted against hunting. Names listed include J. E. McKorkle, Misses Richmond, J. M. Sanders, Misses McFarland, Gen. Russell, H. T. Cromwell, E. H. Woodward.
80 acres of land located seven miles west of town advertised as a bargain for 1904. For particulars apply at this office.
Notice to Taxpayers states all tax not paid by December 15 will incur penalties as prescribed by law. Sheriff Joan R. HARKINS signs the notice dated November 25.
My house and lot in South Oxford will be sold on easy terms. Oxford Mississippi December 27 1903.
Notice directs veterans of any war to apply for prompt pension claim attention through Joseph H. Hunter in Washington D C. W Hardcastle.
The Memphis Weekly News is a new metropolitan weekly edition of the Memphis Morning News. It targets the South with home and farm content and offers a joint subscription price with the Weekly. Subscriptions available for old and new readers by request.
Anecdotes mix reflections on child prayer marital dress and a Missouri preacher skipping a kiss. The piece contrasts a jokey wedding remark with a brisk note on an aging Southern gentleman and the old order fading as slavery’s era recedes.
An ad for The Bhagly offers bundles of old newspapers at twenty five cents per hundred, targeting frugal readers and collectors. The listing highlights affordability and bulk pricing for readers seeking recycled paper or archives.
James Wiley and Mids Annié Cook of Oxford wed Saturday at the groom’s home. Wiley, a La Fayette County native educated at the State University, has long ties in the county. The bride is daughter of the late M. C. Com and sister of local resident Wil Ook.
By authority of a Chancery Court decree dated November 23, 1903, B P Gray as special commissioner will offer at public auction on December 25, 1903, at the Oxford courthouse in front of the south door the lands described as the entire half of Section 21 Township 9 Range 3 West, with 25 percent due on the spot. The sale is to the highest bidder for cash.
The Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi granted letters testamentary to the undersigned on the last October term. All persons having claims against Benn Price deceased must exhibit them within the legal time or be barred. MEMPHIS TRUST COMPANY Memphis Tennessee November 24 1903.
By decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi the estate of F Mize deceased will sell at auction on Friday December 18 1903 between 11 am and 4 pm at the homestead premises of F Mize the south half and northwest quarter of section 20 township 10 range 2 west totaling 480 acres along with household effects and livestock including one mare male two cows and calves one yearling and some sheep to the highest cash bidder. B P Uray commissioner.
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