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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
The Oxford Eagle notes Miss E A Thompson as editor and proprietor with issue details dated Thursday December 4 1913. The item lists Kui, Kus, and Rirepatrick as staff or figures referenced in the masthead and imprint.
Visits by Kite Allfeld Anderson and Mrs Sallie Dooley to Summer Miss relatives. Thanksgiving scenes with Harper Mathis Maurice Moss families. Pattie Laura Hurt of Memphis joined aunts the Misaea Friersons. Most A H S students went home. dormitory girls held a women rights parade and enjoyed a serenade. Joan Mathis hosted friends at Rock. Prof Bush returned with three ducks after a hunt. Dooley family member ill. Tankersley father’s illness cited. Lizzie Toney injured but improving. Rev W J Hargis led A H S services to a large crowd.
Mrs E W Williams of Memphis was in town last week. Miss Kate Gillaspie returned from Memphis. Mrs J R Gurledge returned from Oxford. Mr Robert X Williams returned from Tupelo. Taylor High School held fine Thanksgiving exercises. Mrs S J Browning went to Water Valley Sunday to visit her daughter. JACK.
The Mt Zion column reports mild fall weather and good roads. Pattie Mai Calloway suffered bronchial pneumonia while Lula Scott visited friends. Mr and Mrs A F Calloway and Mr and Mrs G W Russell spent Thanksgiving at home and on the farm. The congregation mourns losing Rev J E Stephens but congratulates his future service. C C Stephens remains ill with chills and fever, with twenty four days until Christmas. A comment on a Woodoon's Ridge contribution ends with Auntie inviting a return visit.
Rev Brown of Oxford preached an excellent sermon Sunday at three o clock. J M Saunders and family visited his daughter Mrs Bryant Sunday. O B Boone and Robison of Oxford were sons of Mr J W Adams. Sallie Houston teaching Bay Springs School visited Friday and Saturday. Gayle Park passed through enroute to Oxford. Henry Johnson and Carlene Roberts from near Bay Spridge visited Miss Adams Sunday. Ida Butler visited Hattie Bailey Sunday. Fred McCorkie spent the night with home folks Thursday. James B McCorkie visited Sunday and Monday and attended church. Ida Boswell left her father Monday for West Point. Preaching is held here every Sunday. everyone is invited.
The fall term of the Federal Court convened Monday and was opened with Judge H. C. Niles delivering the usual able charge. Jurors were secured and the court began its business, proceeding expeditiously.
Minutes of the Lamar public safety items association meeting note Thanksgiving Day attendance of three members Jno F Brown Chess Neville and Jas F Dooley. Chas B Neilson elected chairman. Read and approved previous minutes. Mournful notice of deaths Jas RK Kendel and Joseph L Lowe. Dooley to send condolences to county papers. Reunion 1914 planned with 36 attendees at Methodist church and courthouse dinner.
A Story A Day for 385 days and weekly issues form a 1914 volume. Yearly subscription 82.00 includes Practical Calendar and remaining weeks. Sample copies offer opening chapters of Arthur Stanwood Bier serial His Father's Son and full year announcements from The Youth's Companion, Boston.
Chas. Crouch Sr., longtime county resident and Baptist church member, died Sunday night at his son R. A. Crouch’s home on College Hill Street at age 95 years and 6 months. Interment with Masonic honors followed Monday evening under Rev. Jas. B. Leavell. He leaves two daughters and three sons.
The White family expresses heartfelt gratitude for the neighbors quick response to a call for help last Monday and for the sixth and aiek grades of the Public School along with friends who sent many flowers in memory of Stanley. They thank God for mercy.
Public landowners W. B. Bunen C. W. Supp G. W. Exicut J. M. Kenny post a notice denying hunting fishing or trespassing on their property. The warning applies to all persons and gates off access to the land.
G W Gardner announces a new photo studio opening in a few days offering all kinds of work from cheap to high end. Gardner has trained in top studios in the United States. Fred Keya will supervise for former friends. Look for the notice under G W Gardner. Over Capt. Neil Store.
A period report from the state Penitentiary outlines conditions on multiple farms including Parchman and Belmont. It notes healthy convict labor, stockpiles of hogs and crops, and routine disciplinary measures, with some sick prisoners and ongoing cotton and crop production. Officers praise management, sanitation, and supply quality while calling for more stock and equipment.
Peruna was advertised as preventing coughs at the start of a cold and stopping a cough once it begins. It warned against stopping a cough before expectoration is cleared, and noted irritable coughs may need local treatment. The ad urged readers to request the free Life of Life pamphlet from the Peruna Company of Columbia Ohio.
Sale of real estate under a deed of trust executed by Isom Stewart and Cornelia Stewart to secure indebtedness. Property in Lafayette County Mississippi described as Lots 10 11 and 23 in Section 16 Township 5 Range 3 West with fractional parts and acres allocated to Milton Turner Arch Bedford and Henry Goolaby. Sale to be cash to highest bidder at public sale in front of the courthouse on December 1913. Trustee J B Roa Witness signature November 21 1913.
Notice of sale by trustee J B Roach in Oxford Mississippi for cash on December 5 1915 at the court house. Property lies Lafayette County including sections 36 township 2 west and fractions totaling about 331 acres. Title as trustee only. sale to satisfy indebtedness secured by H A Holmes Martha Holmes and Mrs C P Plant. Witness November 17 1913.
Public sale announced by the Chancery Court for the West half of the East half of the Southwest in Sec 1 Ti Ten, containing 129 acres, the Chrestman farm, about 24 miles southeast of Taylor. sale at the Lafayette County courthouse, Oxford, on December 1, 1913 between 11 AM and 4 PM. commissioner notes title as good but conveys as commissioner. Also includes a 1913 legal notice and an advertisement for Electric Bitters with testimonials from Eliz Pool and others.
A reader from Ft Smith Ark praises Chamberlains Tablets for cure after a sick spell and a sister's stomach trouble. The ad extols the medicine as effective, pleasant, and safe for coughs and colds with a physician's testimonial. Sold by A H Kendell.
The Faculty Club of the University met at Judge D M Kimbrough's residence with Dr. Ogden of Tennessee delivering a suggestive talk on cooperation among scholars. Delightful refreshments followed and attendees praised the hosts for their hospitality.
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