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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
Oxford notices mention seats at Kendella for the Olympia Opera Co. show at the Opera House Saturday night. Various local items include guests, sales, and upcoming events as the grippe spreads in the area.
Prof Calvin S Brown invited to lecture at University of Colorado this summer. Marriage licenses issued for Perkins Hollo well Betts Robinson Green Goodwin. Knight Templars met in Water Valley. Glee Club concert set for Feb 14 at Opera House. County Board met with full attendance and adjourned to March. Mr Lee Simmons loses barn in fire. Angora goats burned. Senate pay rise for county supervisors debated and approved. New Mississippi Geological Survey bulletins by Crider and Brown highlighted. copies available through Brown. Subscription collection crackdown requires arrears settled by April 1. list to be published weekly with a $25 sewing machine contest in March.
Fifty thousand feet of lumber to be sold in lots at Mill 12 miles north east of Oxford. Odds and ends from mill run suitable for barns cabins and other uses. Sale from 9 a m to 4 p m. J L Shinault announces a lumber sale with bargains.
A Saturday night presentation at the Opera House features the English music drama Love is Blind. The production is described as clean wholesome and musically beautiful with nationwide press praise and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Seats are on sale at Kendal’s Drug Store.
The Lafayette County Farmers Union and Morgan Locals schedule a two day session on Friday and Saturday March 14 and 15 at Kingdom Church ten miles south east of Oxford. Locals are urged to send full delegation. Day one covers Union business. day two is an open session with dinner. Prominent speakers will entertain. bring a well packed basket. Fraternally F L Linker president J E Lancaster secretary treasurer.
An ornate Victor Talking Machine offered for sale. Price listed as 20 dollars and 320 dollars depending on condition, with purchase to be arranged at this office.
Classified notice offering a single Wa nutex leather co item for sale at this office with instructions to apply in person.
An ad-style blurb promotes Magic White Soap with claims to cleanse soiled parts by rubbing on and soaking for one hour. It implies no boiling or washing machine use and promises easier ironing with Magic soap. The text includes a request to send money or wrappers to receive a box and to save the wrappers.
Hon S B Herman, Portland legislator, says a Boston trip and Cooper medicines cured twenty years of nervous dyspepsia and chronic stomach troubles. He praises the remedy as restoring health, appetite, sleep, and mood and urges others with dyspepsia to try it.
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