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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
6
The Inauguration Committee urges state residents to attend the inauguration of Gov elect Theo G Bilbo at high noon on January 15 1916. Composed of progressive businessmen from the Capital City they frame the event as a state wide celebration of Mississippi's recent agricultural and financial strides and forthcoming prosperity.
Abbeville Mississippi January 3 Pastor James writes thanking the Paris community for kindness while serving as pastor of the Paris circuit. He notes loyal members aided church prospects across Sampta to Palestine and laments a drought hindered a planned Markette church building. He lists local supporters and hopes to reconnect with Paris.
Hastings Seeds invites farmers and gardeners to request the free 1916 catalogue offering seeds of quality not found at merchants. The firm promises five free packets of easily grown, showy flowers with every order and touts its South's best seed house status. A postal card request to ELG Hastings Co in Atha GA is suggested.
This item lists the school teachers in Lafayette County Mississippi for the 1915 to 1916 period. It names educators associated with county schools and provides a record of staffing for that school year.
Red Necks beat Tula High School 11 to 5 on the Tula ground Thursday evening in a noted contest. Bass Coleman and Arthur Johnson starred for the Red Necks with skilled goals from tough angles, while Emmet Brown stood out for the College lads. Coach R. Coleman praises his heel town Lafayette County team. J H Morris offers needles oils and machine parts from Kaley and Sparks or by phone 289.
Sam L Rogers announces the preliminary Census report on cotton ginned by Mississippi counties for the crops of 1915 and 1914. The state figures were released at 10 a m on Monday December 2, with quantities in running bales and round bales counted as half. Linters not included.
Fragmentary notes discuss cures and conditions in early medicine. Mentions ear therapies and remedies with vague references to Eustachian issues and medical figures. The text hints at treatments and patient care once common in past eras.
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