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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
3
Christmas shoppers fill Oxford streets as residents prepare for holidays. many town figures including John Ramey Erle Moore and Miss Lillye Davis plan to spend Christmas at home or with relatives. Davidson Wardlaw advertise dolls toys and holiday stock while others travel to visit family in Jackson Water Valley Helena and Memphis.
The Oxford young men plan a Christmas night ball at the Opera House with guerilla attire for men and cotton dresses for women. Proceeds beyond expenses go to charity, while community updates include improving illnesses, local sales, and holiday happenings around Butter & Tomlinson, Davidson & Wardlaw, and nearby families.
An 1914 order from the Latagutte Mississippi Board of Supervisors imposes a two year limit on hunting on others lands. It requires written permission to hunt on another person’s land and defines who may hunt on own or leased land with protection for landowners. It specifies dates from December 15, 1914, to February 16, 1915, and February 16, 1915.
Fragmentary text mentions selling lumber and a delivery area in Oxford, a price and contact, plus a stray note about the Youths Companion publisher and a calendar aim. The readable portions are scattered and unclear, offering few verifiable facts.
Mr Bilton Frasier of Oxford and Miss Maurine Moore of Water Valley wed Sunday afternoon in Oxford at the bride’s mother's residence. The couple will reside on Pontotoc Street and receive friends’ congratulations.
Sale of real and personal property described as twenty acres in Lafayette County Mississippi under a deed of trust recorded in Book 69 Page 174. Trustee J B DovGlass will sell for cash to the highest bidder at the south door of the Oxford courthouse on January 15, 1915. State courts, title believed good but only trustee’s title conveyed. Witnessed December 7, 1914.
The Rev Iri R Hicks Almanac is now ready and growing in popularity across the continent. It is described as a fixed necessity for shape and commercial establishments, with expectations of strong demand for the coming year.
A Toledo Ohio petition to Governor Hoxgranty appeals for clemency for Carl Otto Siegel. The letter argues he is not a hardened criminal, has served six months, pled guilty with counsel, and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary after a March 1914 arrest and September grand jury indictment. It notes his desire to return to the German army and hopes clemency will yield a good citizen.
Mrs. A M Hall of North Street Oxford reports severe kidney trouble with back pain headaches and dizziness. After a year of treatment she used Doan’s Kidney Pills and was cured about eight years ago and remains well. She also notes her child’s kidney issues were permanently cured by the same remedy. Price 50 cents at all dealers supplied by Vooster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
The Thrice-a-Week World advertises a 1914 sale: a year of 156 papers for 1.00 and an option pairing with Gle for 1.50, claiming unmatched weekly value during the European war era. The note contrasts its cheap price with the regular 2.00 yearly rate.
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