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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
3
Oxford items reflect a busy week with visits from Harmontown and Abbeville residents, sales pitches for holiday goods, and notices of illness and travel. Mentions include Dr Sturm, Rev Porter, J. B. Stowers, Temple Roane, and many local shops offering fireworks, groceries, and Christmas gifts.
Buffaloe and Butler announce they are displaying toys and invite the public to call at Beethers for information.
The A. B. Longstreet Lodge No. 115 O O F calls a regular meeting tonight for the annual officer election. All members are urged to attend. Hengy Moore, N G. Wi Mee Kennedy, Secretary. Also an advertisement notes Buffaloe Butler offer fireworks at the town's cheapest price.
At the T S Gathright Lodge 33 meeting S H Logan was chosen W M T D Matthews S W T M Stone J W Henry A Moore J D C E Slough Secretary B P Gray Treasurer John H Hope S T The installation will be public on Friday night December 27.
Buffaloe and Butler advertise a store ready to serve Christmas shoppers in Oxford. The shop offers candies fruits toys fireworks and other festive goods with a daily fresh bakery lineup including bread and cakes.
For rent the North Street cottage now occupied by Mr A Brepper. Apply to Jxo H KillMors.
Gov. Lengino grants a charter for a line from Mississippi southern boundary to Pontotoc, passing through Pike Marion Lawrener Simpson Raokin Smith Leaks Attala Choctaw Winston Webster Chickasaw and beyond toward Memphis. Oxford may be on its route and La Payette lands near rails. Harris’ Business College Jackson Miss boasts high placement rates with daily job offers and strong starting salaries. recent graduates report good positions in bookkeeping and stenography, with several hired in Iowa.
Sanders reports K W Jones and Dabney Lipscomb at the M E Conference in Winona. S Lamar Field of Madison wins a 3 representative bid for the M I C A contest in Jackson next May. Miss John Rice is sick this week. Bem Price named editor in chief of the annual. Lyceum Bureau opened with Dr Hawkes lecture. M H Drown attended the D K E Convention in Washington. Dr King Pills advertised for stomach and liver troubles. Unclaimed mail matter listed for Oxford post office weekly ending Dec 1901. The Eagle offers newspapers for sale to place under carpets.
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