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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
3
Oxford readers see portraits at the Oxford Photo Studio and a flood of holiday notices. Annie, J. K. Palmer, and Miss Florence Strawn are mentioned among visitors and residents. Furniture sales, clothing, candies, and toys appear with local shops like the Racket Store and Oxford Furniture Co. promoting goods and services for Christmas week.
Local shop promotes deep discounts on shoes and assorted merchandise. They claim stock bought last April with no advance payments and promise great winter bargains. Customers are invited to inspect inventory, trade, or sell produce, with high prices paid for items.
Market notes show buyers in the area paying the highest cash price for cotton as traders scan for top values. Speculation and reports from local merchants indicate firms like OG Harrisons and Bank of Oxford noting strong prices, with attention to wool and other fibers.
Oxford merchants advertise Chamberlains remedy and fruit cake supplies. Notices include a marriage at Oxford Miss with local praise and a legal land sale decree in Lafayette County detailing lot boundaries and court actions.
Santa Claus in coming end is pileing in the good things at Borratoria For Sale aA cottage with ix rooms good water garden pot and well improved on rea sonable terms Apply to c. W. Petrie Fresh Oysters Fresh Oysters received élaal 5
Fragmentary notice describes transfer of land to public gatekeepers and outlines price terms. It mentions a prepared system for weighing and weighing scales and references a price of 32 cents per unit. The text notes the location near the corner of a street and references a historical office.
A fragmented notice from a Real Estate agent in Le Roy NS advertising loan advances and property dealings. It mentions parties offering or seeking terms and references a pamphlet about national foes and a sample of their work. The text is garbled with unclear names and locations.
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