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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
4
Oxford Eagle lists advertising and obituary rates with charges per word and per inch for display ads. Subscriptions vary by duration with in advance payment required and no free copies or credit offered.
The newspaper urges local businesses in Oxford and nearby towns to advertise in the Christmas issue on December 18. Ads priced at 25 cents per inch with a $1 minimum. full pages available for 30 dollars. Readers are invited to call editor for copy help and to keep money at home by promoting local trade.
The piece claims the South loses to the North because its advantages are not advertised beyond the Mason Dixon line. It notes a large Canada-to-U.S. migration this year seeking climate and other benefits, arguing a broader outreach could shift migratory and economic patterns.
The writer laments the South’s inaction as printers strike in New York push publishing to other cities. Chicago and Indianapolis seized the chance, while the South remained dormant, missing key opportunities. The call urges awakening and proactive action from the region.
The Eagle explains that while it extends usual courtesies to theatres and shows, it will not surrender display advertising space or hurt business. Managers may recognize newspaper staff and pass them in, but cannot extend passes to outsiders. The paper may mention managers and troupes in acknowledgment of favors, yet will not compromise finances. The Eagle remains generous yet firm against attacks and wrong.
Two Holly Springs weeklies the Reporter and the South merge into the Reporter South with F C Matison as editor and manager. In Kosciusko the Herald and Star Ledger consolidate as Wiley and L S Sanders acquire the Herald plant and subscription books. The moves cite high costs and limited city territory as reasons for merging two papers. Will M Noah retires after selling his plant to Sanders and Wiley.
The Greenville Times-Democrat argues that running two local papers harms business districts and subscribers who own both. It notes that in Kosciusko, Holly Springs, and Greenville one weekly or daily can suffice, delivering better advertising results and news for a single paper.
An old advertisement urges “Wanted Red Blooded Men” to take Pepto Mangan a tonic sold in liquid or tablet form. It claims the product makes red blood and improves health and looks, noting to check for the brand name Gude on the package. It links red bloodedness to soldiers sailors and success.
A family note from Dudley Mae and Orren Sills asks Santa for simple gifts including a red wagon dolls candy apples and nuts while extending greetings to parents and grandparents. The ad promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a health tonic and notes Mrs. G W Price visiting her mother in Bessemer Alabama.
Mrs Florence Anderson renewed her Eagle subscription for a year. Nub Elmore returns to Oxford after Linotype work on the North Mississippi Herald. Taxes due Monday at the sheriff’s office. A basket of yellow yam potatoes given to the editor by Mr W J Purvis of route 4. Rev J A Christian will discuss The Struggle for Bread at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday December 14 with services at 11 am and 7 pm. J A Rowdy Hale of Chicago passed through Oxford en route from Pontotoc to home. Mrs A M Crawford of Sheffield Ala visited last week with Mrs Walter Sullivan. Mrs John Rushing and daughter Dale visited Saturday with Mrs Walter Sullivan.
An old style ad promotes Herbine to relieve irregular bowel movements and constipation. It claims to restore regularity and lists a price of 60 cents sold by A. H. Kendel.
Bishop Ainsworth began a lecture series at the University to address moral and spiritual problems of today. The Y M C A and Y W C A invite Oxford residents to attend in the campus chapel at 6 30 each evening and Sunday morning services at the Methodist Church are open to all.
To relieve rheumatism sprains lame back lumbago or pleurisy Ballard'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 K Kendel.
If you have a bad taste in your mouth and a coated tongue with dizziness the trouble is in your stomach liver and bowels clogged with bilious impurities Prickly Ash Bitters clears obstructions and restores healthy conditions Price 1.25 per bottle R R Chilton Co Special Agents.
The Boys Hi Y directed by Professor A P Hudson hosts an evening of song, Olympic themed games, and a social in the library with partner selections by Silponette. Guests enjoy sandwiches, hot chocolate, cake and fruit then dance the Virginia Reel before departing at 10 30.
The musical comedy Henpecked Henry debuts at the Lyric Theatre on December 18 with Norman Hanley and Ione leading a large cast. It boasts elaborate scenery and costumes from Chicago's Olympic Theatre run, and promises lively music, pretty women, and witty comedy as it travels to local audiences.
J T Hawkins of 835 Johnson Place Memphis says Tanlac gained him thirty one pounds and eased rheumatic pain after a year of suffering. He describes restored arm movement, appetite, and energy, noting weight increase from 108 to 139 pounds and improved health. Adv.
A Cincinnati inventor touts Freezone as a painless corn remover available at drug stores for a few cents. The ad also peddles Liquid Borozone as a rapid healer for wounds with prices 30c 60c and 1.20 sold by A. H. Kendel.
No 5088. State of Mississippi commands Mrs. Fannie Chrestman to appear before Lafayette County Chancery Court on the fourth Monday of May 1920 to defend the suit of J. W. McLarty and others. Dated November 28 1919. Clerk W M Woodward. By G A Woodward D C December 4-31.
The Mississippi Pardoning Board, at its October session, placed Jeff Armstrong’s pardon petition on the Meritorious List after due consideration. Final action may occur at the January meeting. Those wishing to protest must file at that time.
District Drainage Commissioners of Coleman Drainage District Lafayette County Mississippi announce bids opening December 27 1919 at 1 PM in Oxford Mississippi Court House for excavation of about 68000 cubic yards of earth work per plans on file with the Chancery Clerk. Right to reject any bids reserved. December 4 1919.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will issue bonds for the Philadelphia Separate Road District if no objection petition signed by twenty percent of qualified electors is filed by the first Monday in January 1919. The land involved lies in sections across Townships 7 and 8, ranges 1 and 2 west, all in Lafayette County Mississippi, with district formation under Chapter 176 of 1914.
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