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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
3
Mrs Lela Butler returns to Ripley mis Cordia Winter ill with grip. Many locals travel or visit kin in Kentucky Memphis and Abbeville. Bargain Day planned for first Monday in March with farmers merchants invited to bring produce and livestock for sale and discounts.
Mr. W. J. Hox of Easex Missouri attends with Sayer Adama as Masonic groups hold the Forty sixth Annual Grand Council assembly Fifty third Annual Grand Royal Arch and Eighty third Annual Grand Lodge communications in town. The event draws many Mississippians and fellow citizens are urged to welcome the visitors. The piece praises fraternal charity and urges hospitality for the gathering.
Turner and Bundren announce a stock clearance of Wadlington Dry Goods including clothes, calicoes, domestic textiles, hats, shoes, towels, linens, needles, threads, laces, ribbons, and more. Goods to be sold below cost with a closeout, encouraging immediate purchases. Also a two week millinery cost sale on winter hats and novelties starting today.
The Electrometer at P P Neill’s jeweler claims extraordinary clockwork powered by batteries in the base. It runs for two years between changes and then ticks for another 730 days with no winding. The oak clock stands eight feet tall and is described as handsome and highly accurate.
A dated newspaper ad lists Dadson and Browns Pickles and various condiments from Sanders. Foster Grocery Co introduces FrEsa groceries in staple and fancy lines. Special delivery via Phone 23. Old papers for sale at the office for 25 cents per hundred.
Principal and teachers push a Library of the Oxford Graded School project inviting citizens to donate books. The effort aims to expand the town library with community support and liberal giving. Zeta Theta sorority at Women's College hosted a Saturday reception honoring faculty and Phi Omega sorority with light refreshments and prizes awarded to Miss Berths Lewis and Miss Coriane Metcalf.
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