Mt Zion Notes and Community Updates
Our school under Miss Annie Lee McLarty progresses well. Rev Hooper preaches at Mr Zion Sunday before his conference departure. Mr and Mrs Joe McLarty and Mr and Mrs Frank Wooten plan to move to Memphis this week. Mrs Latham and daughters visited from Hopewell. Some Mt Zion and nearby communities sent exhibits to Oxford. pride in Mt Zion Woodleigh and Hopewell. Christmas holidays approach and soldiers in France are wished cheer. Stop coughing is advised with Ballards Horehound Syrup sold by A H Kendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Lee McLarty
Mr. Hooper
Zion
Joe McLarty
Frank Wooten
Memphis
Latham
Hopewell
J. S. Calloway
Oxford
Mt. Zion
Woodleigh
Taylor Brown
Pasadena
Cal
Ella Stephens
France
Homer Samuels
Teo
Pryor
Water Valley
Dr. Sayle
York
Local notes from Abbueille on furloughs and illness
Abbville news notes several residents on furlough from military service and at home for illness. Families host visitors in Oxford and Water Valley while influenza suspends school. Surgeons urge prompt antiseptic use with Borozone sold by A H Kendal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Kendel
Red Cross Speaker to Visit Oxford on December 12
Division official Hart Snowden Stabler Associate Field Director of the American Red Cross Camp McClellan Alabama will speak in Oxford December 12 on Home Service Work in camps. His talk highlights links between soldier home and family and the need to support home problems during ongoing overseas and domestic Red Cross efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Snowden Stabler
American Red Cross
Camp McClellan Ala
Oxford
Red Cross
Christmas Boxes Sent From County for Overseas Soldiers
A county report shows 111 Christmas boxes were turned in at the Post Office for overseas soldiers. Gratitude is expressed to Mr. McCharen and all office staff for inspection and mailing help. The Women’s Committee lists beat captains and fund totals from Lafayette County and Oxford drives, totaling hundreds of dollars raised for the United War Workers Campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford and
Lafayette County
Mr. Stabler
Committee On
McCharen
Oxford
United War Workers
A. L. Bondurant
A. F. Calloway
Rice Parks
Mary Bounds
Eugenia Shaw
Hunter Porter
Clifton Price
Ricks Hall
Ethel Foster
Hutchins
Melbane, McCain and Bates
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Relief From Liver Troubles
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. It claims calomel causes cramps and salivation while Liver Tone purges laziness, with a promise of quick recovery and suitability for children.
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Dodson
Les
Campaign honors Lafayette County women workers praised
County service flag members including Mesdames J. S. Hudson Stinebeck and Murry Falkner are credited with organizing publicity and leading the colored women’s work. The campaign left many proud of contributing to Lafayette County’s reputation though exact county chairmen totals are not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Hudson
Stinebeck
Murry Falkner
Lafayette County
Regulate Bowels With Herbine Ad Remains Noted
An advertises Herbine as a bowel regulator aiding liver and stomach. It promises renewed strength and buoyancy with a 60 cent price, sold by A. H. Kendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Kendel
More Hogs Shipped by B T Markette From Oxford
Last Saturday B T Markette a major Lafayette County farmer shipped his fourth ear of hogs from Oxford The latest shipment included 95 head of hogs and grossed nearly 4000 dollars This marks his fourth such ear shipment in three years.
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B. T. Markette
Lafayette County
Oxford
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications because the disease is systemic. The advertised remedy, Hall's Catarrh Medicine, is taken internally and purports to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims to be developed by a leading physician and to combine strong blood purifiers and other ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ea T Ee
Hall
Cheney
Toledo
OWW
Fiat
War Savings Stamps Letter From a Mississippi Girl
A letter from Mary Jane Weathersby of Deemer Mississippi dated November 20 1918 explains how she started with 15 dollars in War Savings Stamps and has saved 25 dollars with a goal of 100 dollars. She notes family sacrifices to fund government security purchases and mentions supporting the troops overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deemer
W. M. Buie
Jackson
Mr. Buie
Daddy
Momma
Mary Jane Weathersby
Letter from Private Bob Matthews at Camp McClellan
Private Bob Matthews of the Utility Branch at Camp McClellan Anist on Alabama writes to the Oxford Eagle editor. He expresses thanks for the paper and says he enjoys reading it while stationed away from home.
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Bob” Matthews
Oxford Eagle
M. C. Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Hopewell School Wins Club Day Prize At Oxford
Hopewell students under Miss Carmen Calloway of Mt Zion and Miss Lora Morgan of Altus won the prize for most first class articles at Oxford Club Day. The boys earned praise for their work as well. Mrs Latham hosted a social on Thursday and Friday quilters gathered for the Red Cross. Mr John Evans and family moved to Fair View farm. Several youths were guests of Mrs Shirley Sims near Mt Zion Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hopewell
Burgess
Carmen Calloway
Mt. Zion
Lora Morgan
Altus
Oxford
Latham
John Evans
Fair View Farm
Shirley Sims
Questionnaires Sent by Red Cross Nurses Survey
In New Orleans on December 3 the Red Cross Gulf Division reports slow returns of nursing resource questionnaires. Only 473 of 10 000 sent have been received, urging chapter chairmen hospital superintendents and nurses to submit promptly for a Gulf Division report to the national office in Washington. The completed survey will aid nurses and local physicians and uplift the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bureau of Nursing
Gulf Division
Red Cross
W. E. O. Brown
Washington
Veterans Thank Daughters for Thanksgiving Dinner
The Confederate Veterans of Camp No. 752 extend heartfelt thanks to the Daughters for a superb Thanksgiving dinner at the Court House. Comrades R. M. Leavell and six others have passed away the past year, with three more homebound in Oxford, and the group mourns their absence as they praise the ladies and Rev. Woollard for his sermon and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate Veterans of
Camp No. 752
Court House
R. M. Leavell
Leake
Stephens
White
Morris
Meek
Herring
Oxford
Mr. Woollard
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Swift & Company
United States
U. S.A
Ballard
Abbeville
Dunbar Owens
Lonnie Wilburn
Naval Service
Katherine Good
Hazzie Graham
Hicks
Janie Hussey
Junior Red Cross
Burress
Ward
H. Friedman
Daisy Plant
Kate McGuire
B. B. Russell
Legate
Benn Price
Hopewell News
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