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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
6
A testimonial from an Oxford man who suffered two years with stomach pain belching and gas reports Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy as curing him. He credits relief to the remedy and urges others to try it. The ad notes a money back guarantee and sales by Chilton & Company.
Personal notices from Winona indicate Dr E S Gunn will preach at the Episcopal church Sunday at 11 am and 4 pm with all invited. Miss Juliette Pegues arrives from Crenshaw to spend the weekend with her parents. Senior teachers meet to organize Junior Red Cross efforts. Various residents are noted for travel, illness, and family updates.
Lafayette county residents appear active with farming plans, travel and social visits. H. H. Purvis returns to town for early field work, while Will Knight recovers from illness and Willie Crow reports readiness for Camp Beauregard. Mrs. G. M. Knight serves as Ladies Missionary Society delegate to Greenwood on the 28th. Alia Levy visits from Memphis to see Miss Florie Freedman of Oxford. Famma Belle Woodward and Gladis Short visit Blue Mountain College homes amid praise for college instruction. William Woodward urges orchard care for seasonal fruit. S. H. Sam Woodward of O’Brien, Texas, recovers from appendicitis and plans return. Will Stokes arrives from Holly Springs for failure to register and is jailed at Hotel De Sneed.
An ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, gentle liver cleanser claiming calomel makes users sick. It guarantees relief from biliousness and constipation without griping and argues the product is harmless for adults and children alike.
Mr. G. W. Whitehead is ill. Mr. J. F. Dooley visiting his son in Penton Mississippi and improving after illness. Miss Zilpha Crawford temporarily leads the Oxford Millinery Parlor. Mr. W. R. Knight eight miles out, improving after a long illness. Mrs. Josephine Chilton left Sunday for Pineville Louisiana and will be away several weeks.
Mrs. L. F. Ferguson hosts in Lena for a few days while Frances Bruce departs for Nashville after visiting Rev. Walter J. Bruce. G. W. Gay of Denmark visits. F. L. Tool, from Memphis, joins Aviation Corps training in Atlanta. Hugh C. Wiley welcomes a daughter. Charline Wilson undergoes tonsil and adenoids surgery. L. B. Beanland becomes Empire Laundry agent for Birmingham Alabama. delivery service offered by phone 210.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold a Friday afternoon meeting immediately after the Kings Daughters gathering at the Presbyterian church Annex. Full attendance is requested due to important business on the agenda.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Dooley visited Mrs and Mrs E D Wallace on Sunday. Dr Wallard led a well attended Methodist church service Sunday morning. A C Ledbetters son underwent tonsil and adenoid surgery. Willie Miller, formerly of Oxford, now Tutwiler, visited his parents J K and Mrs Miller. Dagma Huggins accepted a job at Holly Springs. Taylor Dunn and wife traveled from Abbeville to stay with his parents.
Classified items list chicken eggs for 15 setting at 1.50 delivered in Oxford from Pure Dixie Dott strain best layers. inquiries to Mrs. Joe Powell. February 21 28, March 7 14. Rooms for rent two or three rooms furnished or unfurnished for light housekeeping to Mrs. John Buffaloe. Also cow and young calf for sale, apply to P. P. Neill. 1t.p
Trustee proceeds to sell for cash the real and personal property as secured by a Deed of Trust from F L Tool to The Oxford Building and Loan Association. The deed is recorded in Book Y Y, page 298 in the Chan Clerk's office of Fayette County Mississippi. Sale is at the beneficiary’s request in front of the south door of the courthouse within lawful hours.
In Oxford Mississippi on April 1 1918 the east half of lot 17 in Oxford City Section 21 Township 8 Range 3 west and opera house fixtures moving picture machines are described as property held by W D Porter trustee with belief of good title but conveys only vested title. Signature dated February 28 1918.
Deed of Trust will be executed by J B Bundren and J C Murphree in favor of Wm Huston to secure debt. Trustee J B Roach will sell cash to highest bidder at the South Door of the Oxford Court House on March 23 1918. Properties include multiple parcels totaling about 299 acres in Lafayette County Mississippi described by sections townships ranges and rail line and road boundaries. Sale conducted as public notice with title believed good but only to the extent vested in the trustee.
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