Gilmer Sa ses Wise Money Move On Eagle Subscription
E L Gilmer of Toccopola Mississippi sends a $3 check to mark up an Eagle subscription. The paper warns prices will rise after January first to at least $2 per year, urging advance payment at $1.50 to save money before December 31. The notice also notes Oxford Motor Company building delays due to rain and promises a larger, two story facility.
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Eagle
Oxford
Miss
Bank of Toccopola
Gilmer
Master Hakiell Smith on the Sick List Week
Master Hakiell Smith is listed as sick this week. The notice notes his absence from expected duties and mentions illness without further details.
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Hakiéll Smith
First Presbyterian Elects Officers in Congregational Meeting
At a church meeting, First Presbyterian elected Ruling elders Prof J W I and Baxter J Wiley and deacons Prof Robert Torrey and Harry M Bryan. Ordination and installation are planned for Sunday morning December 21. The church session totals ten and the deaconate eleven. Christmas music by the choir will be sung next Sunday with public invited.
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First Presbyterian Church
Baxter J. Wiley
Robert Torrey
Harry M. Bryan
Mt Zion Notes and Holiday Visits Across Communities
Mrs Latham of Hopewell spent Sunday here with daughter Mrs Jamie Sims. Miss Easter Walters a Hopewell teacher leaves for Laurel for holidays. Miss Carmen Calloway returns from Memphis to teach at Hopewell. Misses Ruth Pearl and Sella Evans of Fairview visited Mrs Gray. There will be preaching on the fourth Sunday by our pastor. Oxford Methodists welcome Rev Lipscomb as new pastor. Mt Zion folks recall his camp ground preaching fondly. Master Gillespie and Miss Virginia Latham attend school in Pontotoc and will spend holidays at home.
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Latham
Hopewell
Jamie Sims
J. S. Calloway
Memphis
Irene Walker
Dillards
Carmen Calloway
Ruth Pearl
Sella Evans
Fairview
Gray
Oxford Methodists
Lipscomb
Mt. Zion
Camp
Easter Walters
Laurel
Finch Walker
Lambert
Lamoth
Local Families Share Holidays Amid News and Illness
Mrs. John Buffaloe hosts Private Shuman Buffaloe on furlough for Christmas with Camp Zachary Taylor. Miss Margaret Biard of Paris Texas visits sisters Mrs. Monroe Meeks and Miss Kate Shuman Buffaloe. Rev. Gordon of the North Mississippi Conference died after illness at Aberdeen. Bishop Ainsworth spoke at the church. Several locals remain ill, travel plans shift, and guests from New York Memphis Gadson and Indianola are noted among holiday visitors and local families.
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John Buffaloe
Shuman Buffaloe
Zackery Taylor
Shuman
Margaret Biard
Paris
Texas
Monroe Meeks
Kate Shuman Buffaloe
Zach- Mesdames
P. P. Neil
Jas. Biggers
Mr. Gordon
North Mississippi
Aberdeen
Gorden
Abbeville
Mr. Farr
Bishop Ainsworth
Ruth Scott
Signal Honor for Home Demonstration Products
Miss Susie V. Powell leads Mississippi home demonstration work and receives a letter from Miss Ola Powell in Washington confirming that four 4H grape products have been placed on dining cars of the Southern Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line railroads. The items are grape paste marmalade jelly and grape butter, highlighting the club work's culinary progress and public display by dining car stewards.
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Susie V. Powell
Mississippi
Ola Powell
Washington
Southern
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Club
Friends of Club Work
Legion
Stewarts
Santa Claus Letter From Oxford Child Requests Toys
Dear Santa Claus from Oxford Mississippi asks for a mitt bat nuts firecrackers bicycle and other good items. The note is signed Loyd Collins and Kyle Denton as friendly little boy correspondents.
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Loyd Collins
Kyle Denton
Claude Poland Charged With Harris Killing In Denmark
Claude Poland faced a preliminary hearing before Esquire B. T. Winters in Denmark and was committed to jail without bond awaiting grand jury action. He allegedly shot Elton Harris at Harris home while tending stock, injuring Mrs. Harris in the hand. both men were prominent locals.
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Elton Harris
Claude Poland
Esquire
B. T. Winters
Denmark
Poland
Harris
Elton
Oxford
B. K. Collins
Peck's Bad Boy Draws Hecklers With Eggs and Lemons
Audience throws lemons and eggs at stage during Monday night performance of Peck's Bad Boy at the local theatre. Observers call it cruel and say offended patrons should have left quietly. The note ends with a reminder that kindness is best.
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E. L. Gilmer
Oxford Motor Company
Lavalliers
Waterman Ideal
Victorias and
Victor Records
Robt. L. Tomlinson
Jeweler West Side Square
Oxford, ‘Miss
First Presbyterian
Master Gillespie
Virginia Latham
Pontotoc
Our
Grenada College
A. I. Levy
New York
Levy
Tenn
H. Friedman
O. A. Levy
Gadson
Ala
Vance
Indianola
Lucile Morgan
Pearl Hickey
Laurel, Miss
John McFadden
Frank Taylor
Corrinne. McLarty
Winston Lucas
Bryan
Lester Lucas
Frenchie Lucas
Santa Claus
Oxford, Miss
Dear Santa Claus
Brother
Grandma
Grandpa
Sweetheart
Carters
Parker’s
W. B. McCmahon
Drs. Bramlett’s Drug Store
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