Trial recounts alleged affair and abortion scheme
Testimony described Governor Russell’s growing intimate attention and pressure on Miss Birkhead. She claimed he urged her to abort, supplied medicines, and guided an attempted self abortion in Memphis before a doctor completed the act. The trial featured jury selection and ongoing arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Memphis
Miss Birkhead
Cassidy
Birkhead
Theo. G. Bilbo
Verdaman
Mississippi
Bilbo
Lafayette County
Local Notes and Visits Across Mississippi Towns
Mr. P. E. Matthews of Parchman and son Dork Matthews of Ruleville visit Oxford friends. Mrs. Scott, recent Tula High School resignee, travels to Shreveport to join her husband and stays with Mrs. Loyd Cole. Dr. and Mrs. B. S. Guyton and children visit relatives in New Albany last weekend. Miss Bessie Davis of Tula visits Miss Loyd Cole. Mr. John Sharpe Boyette spends Thanksgiving with sister Mrs. Hooker in Winona. Dr. W. B. Ricks of Nashville will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday evening at 7 30, invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Matthews
Parchman and Son
Dork Matthews
Ruleville
Oxford
Scott
Tula High School
Shreveport
Loyd Cole
B.S. Guyton
New Albany
Bessie Davis
Tula
John Sharpe Boyette
Hooker
Winona
W. B. Ricks
Nashville
Tenn
Numerous Oxford residents host visitors during Thanksgiving week
Mrs. Heard welcomes a great great granddaughter. many locals host relatives and friends from Grenada, Memphis, Vicksburg, Tupelo, and beyond. Visitors include Misses Collins, Dunlap, and Tankersley, with Ole Miss and Grenada College attendance noted. The Oxford Baptist Church officers hosted a social at Dr. Longest's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Heard
Abner Lawhorn
Lafayette Springs
Willie Avent
Markette
T. W. Avent
Katherine Lovett
T. A. Dunn
L. E. Oldham
O. D. Collins
Pinedale
Guy Collins
Durant
Buck Collins
Margaret Rowland
M. Wendel Sharpe
Grenada
S. T. Galloway
New Orleans
Oxford
Glenn Fudge
Luther Heard
Tunica
Audley Avent
Bob Saunders
Free Springs
Martha Buffaloe
Marion Leavell
Oxford Hi Y
Amory
Pear Collins
Etta
Minnie Ruth Tomlinson
Chaleybeate
Robt. Tomlinson
Ernest Hargis
Marmon
Memphis
E. O. Davidson
Elizabeth Hinds
Ira Purvis
Gayle Beanland
America
Africa
Louisville
Garner Owens
Maurice Freeman
Barry
Magnolia
Georgia Frierson
Abbeville
College Hil
Grace Bunch
College Hill
Bolivar
Tenn
Leo Mitchell
Water Valley
Johnnie Slough
Grenada College
Janice Mouldin
Ada Pettis
Marjorie Tankersley
Tutwiler
Georgia Duncan
Gladys Short
Indianola
Nellie Dunlap
Corinth
Ouida Price
Kosciusko
Myrtle
Fannie May Dunlap
Thaxton
Lena Dunlap
Ole Miss
Sallie Simpson
David Harris
Raiford Patterson
Wayne Black
Coldwater
Thelma Crashman
Eddie Frank Sullivan
Ella Butler
Geo. Hall
The Christmas Nut Miracle of the Squirrels
Mrs. Squirrel and her husband face an empty larder at Christmas. After sharing their last nut with hungry Chatter Red neighbors they plan a walk to the big house for charity. Children aid them with gifts, and the pair later help the Chatter Reds as Christmas ends with generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Squirrel
Mr. Squirrel
Charlie Chatter-Red
Chatter-Red
Mr.Squirrel
Sandy
Christmas Inconsistency
Two men finish Christmas shopping on a rainy eve when a boy offers to fetch a taxicab. He only has to go a few steps. The vignette captures small town kindness and a moment of practical humor as the boy steps in to help.
Raisin Nut Gems Recipe Card Mixes Nuts and Raisins
A compact recipe for raisin nut gems uses flour sugar baking powder salt raisins and walnuts with an egg and butter. The batter is mixed with milk shaped into gem pans and baked 30 to 35 minutes in a moderate oven yielding about 12 gems.
Unknowing Christmas Cheer In Mary Graham Bonner Tale
In a reflective Christmas vignette a tired mother recalls loss as she shops and encounters joyful crowds. She struggles to feel the season yet finds warmth in the unknowing happiness of strangers’ children. Her emotions soften as Christmas echoes fill her heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham Bonner
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Woodward
Teel
Wee
Ge Squirrels
Christma
Martha B. Thomas
Buck
Sabrina
Mrs. Squirrél
Ghee Han
Columbia Star Milling Co
Columbia, Il
J. H. Morris
Miss
Western Newspaper Union
Western Epee Union
Crus
Oxford Eagle
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