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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
2
The Oxford Eagle announces advertising rates on application managed by Mrs E A Thompson editor and proprietor and Wilmer Kennedy manager.
Ep. Facan reports a busy session tackling court abolitions, highway commissions, tax equalization, and state banking reforms. Gov. Brewer praised. discussions on public lands restrictions and education shifts continue. Also updates from Woodson's Ridge on local health, schools, and wildlife with a call to limit bird hunting for five years.
Senator Russell introduces a Senate bill to amend charters and bar agricultural lands from corporate incorporation. He argues the measure protects farmers and workers from moneyed interests and foreign ownership, preserving land for producers and homeownership in Mississippi.
E F Johnson born January 12 1844 in Greenwood County Tennessee died January 24 1912 aged around 69 in Lafayette County Mississippi. He married Mary Langston March 2 1868 and lived on a well ordered family homestead near their marriage site. They reared several children and valued a quiet rural life noted for faith in Christ since 1882 under Dr B W Lauderdale.
The writer recalls Mr. Johnson as a man of strong conscientious convictions devoted to family and community welfare. He describes decades of friendship and support and expresses hope for a future reunion with his pleasant smile and greeting.
Pine Bluff reporters note A. S. Trigg resigns as city salesman for Hammett Grocery and plans to move with his family to Valliant Oklahoma. The noon farewell at the Jefferson hotel featured city salesmen, emotional tributes, and a pipe of peace gesture plus a signet ring. Trigg praised co workers J. S. Larkin and others and expressed gratitude for decades of friendships.
A Liberal offer guarantees to relieve dyspepsia with Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets at no cost if they fail to satisfy. The ad cites Bismuth Subnitrate Pepsin and carminatives as the active formula, with three sizes priced at 25 cents and 1.00. The Rexall Store promotes the product.
The piece The Mill Stream Fair by Charles Albert Diggs of Childress Texas is praised after being played as offertory at a Columbia Tennessee church. Diggs, son of Mrs Wade Blakely Diggs, gains local attention, with several relatives noted and a Miss Edna Frierson praised for the organ rendition.
Oxford Mississippi resident J R Crow reports relief from dull back ache dizziness and kidney trouble after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. He urges others with kidney complaints to try the medicine. Sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y sole agents. Remember the name Dean’s.
The Paris School names January honor roll recipients across grades one through nine. First Grade Acatha Morehead Claude Babb Zill May Ramzey. Second Anna Harvey. Third Lucile Davis Velma Crowson Maude Neal. Fifth Liza Hollowell Ruby Ragland. Sixth Don Crowson Jettie Hollowell Bowen Shipp. Seventh Mamie Babb Corinne Fletchall Odie Lindsey Minnie Spruille. Eighth Allie Adams Katie Wilson Alma Ramzey Nada Johnson Lloyd Adams. Ninth Hubert Hamblet Viola Kelly Dovie Croween N. Q. Grier Principal.
A Hopewell school Arbor Day program featured Miss Mariasa Moss and students with prayers, readings, songs, and speeches. Old and young joined a cross spelling match won by Mr Cromwell’s side, followed by a large dinner and playful time on the grounds, amid memories of departed classmates.
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