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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
9
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A letter complains of Oxford streets in poor condition with hoses, dumped cans, ladders and poles left out. It urges the city to lead a cleanup drive and improve the town’s appearance despite wet weather.
Aberden Weekly argues labor shortages in 1920 will leave large farm areas idle. It proposes stocking lands with sheep as a low risk, profitable use, but warns dogs threaten flocks and urges state protection laws to safeguard sheep and boost Mississippi wealth.
A vintage advertisement promotes Prickly Ash Bitters as a bowel tonic that aids regularity and strengthens the stomach liver and kidneys. Buttoned as a health tonic, it claims to prevent fatal diseases linked to constipation and lists a price of $1.25 per bottle by R. R. Chilton & Co., Special Agents.
We Your Friends share the season of Christmas with readers in every home, noting the spirit of fellowship and unselfishness that makes giving better than receiving. Your support has made this paper a joy to produce, and the staff appreciates your continued patronage.
An advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as enriching thin watery blood with liquid or tablet forms. It promotes improved energy and health, noting physicians recommend it for anemia and warning buyers to insist on the Gude's brand. The remainder recaps social notes of Oxford area residents visiting relatives and holiday plans.
Mrs Laura Stevens of Memphis visits her sister Mrs Lu a8. Mr Holder Gathright from Meridian visits his sister Mrs Baxter Tylie. Mr Pete Allen of New Orleans visits Mr and Mrs Oldham. Mrs Rosa Bankhead plans a week with Coffeeville relatives. Mr G Tankersly of Fairfax spends time with his parents. Mr Reno Brown from Missouri will preach at the Primitive Baptist Church Sunday at 11. Miss Sarah Pollard of Lambert is named among guests.
A rhymed local roundup notes Christmas greetings and trains running, with mentions of Bishop sermons and Hiram Johnson in the presidential race. It mixes festive cheer with practical notes on Depot Street grading, rain disruption, and hog killing near Oxford.
A terse remark on Christmas Humour contrasts sanity with sobriety in a brief, wry note. The line plays on expectations of festive cheer while acknowledging restraint.
Miss Eura Sneed of Burgess is visiting as a guest of Mrs Stanley Sneed.
Willias Rogers born December 10, 1839 in Kirkark Iowa died December 1919 funeral at Burns M E Church led by Rev W M Redman. He served in Civil War with Grant and Lee, taught colored children in Lafayette County and at Lafayette Springs, married Nancy Thereskeld in 1871, lived near Oxford after 1887, leaves four children, buried at St Peters Cemetery.
The Rogers family expresses sincere thanks for sympathy words from white friends, the Eagle, and colored friends for kindness and help during their father’s illness and death. S. W. Rogers, Cc. S. Rogers, Er. L. Rogers, Mrs. M. E. Lott.
J A Tankersley as substituted trustee will sell the south half of the south half of section 14 township 8 range 3 west at public auction in Oxford Mississippi at the county courthouse during legal hours on January 10 1920 to satisfy a deed of trust dated February 5 1917 to Emma Grace Hustace assigned to D M Kimbrough. The title is believed good but conveyed as is. Witness signature December 18 1919.
Trustee J A Tankersley under a 1917 deed of trust for E F McCall to J W McCall will sell the University Post Office Building and fixtures on the University of Mississippi campus in Lafayette County Mississippi at public auction for cash. Sale to occur January 10 1920 at the south door of the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford during legal hours. property includes show cases registers safes office furniture and equipment plus all McCall interest in the trust property.
The State of Mississippi Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will consider forming a separate road district by bonds and organization under Chapter 176, Laws of 1914, upon a petition signed by over twenty percent of qualified electors. Read descriptions cover multiple townships and sections in Lafayette County. The hearing and action occur at the Board's regular meeting in January 1920 at Oxford.
Notice to non resident commands Mrs. Fannie Chrestman to appear before the Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi on the fourth Monday of May 1920 to defend suit brought by J. W. McLarty and others. Dated November 28, 1919. Clerk W. M. Woodward. Dee 4-3t.
Public notice states Jeff Armstrong’s pardon petition was approved by the Mississippi Pardoning Board and placed on the Meritorious List after the October meeting. Final action may occur at the January meeting, with opportunity for protest. Signed N vedas Jeff Armstrong.
District Drainage Commissioners of the Coleman Drainage District in Lafayette County Mississippi will receive bids December 27 1919 at 1 PM in the Lafayette County Mississippi Courthouse Oxford for excavating about 68000 cubic yards of earth work per plans on file with the Chancery Clerk. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. December 4 1919. W W Phillips C E Sisk A F Taylor. Dec 4-3t
By decree of the Chancery Court of Lafayette County on November 25 1919 commissioner W M Woodward will sell at the south door of the County Court House in Oxford on December 22 1919 the northwest quarter of Section 32 Township 10 Range 2 west with one acre for the Crocker family graveyard for cash to heirs. Witness signature November 27 1919. H H Creekmore solicitor for petitioners.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors invites seal bids by January 6 1919 at noon for a 240 foot bridge across the first slough north of the Tallahatchie River in Beat 8 on Ox- Se eer te. Plans and specifications are on file in the Chancery Clerk office. Bond required. board reserves right to reject all bids. Dec. 4-4.
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