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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
6
The Oxford Eagle reports on political contention circling a candidate's military record. The piece contrasts alleged pretense with real service while discussing implications for the upcoming race and public perception.
An advertorial voice hawks Dodson's Liver Tome as a harmless liver tonic and bowel cleanser. It promises quick, painless relief and urges readers to buy from a druggist with a money back guarantee. The excerpt also includes a jest about a kitchen knife sharpener mistaken for bread.
A wave of letters and quotes extol Tanlac as a miracle medicine. Consumers from Kentucky Tennessee Texas and Mississippi claim dramatic improvements in health and weight, with physicians and ex officials endorsing its effectiveness. The campaign highlights mass sales and reputations, noting over four years of sales and thousands of bottles sold.
Privates Raymond Wilson and Prentice A. Wilson returned home from France Sunday. Mrs. Bolivar Tubbs is ill with pneumonia. Miss Lora Morgan visited with family. Miss Minnie Lee Henderson and Miss Ollie Roebuck hosted a rock event Saturday night. Rhode Henry came home last week after Christmas with relatives near Holly Springs. Mrs. W. A. Wall visited Miss Annie Beard Sunday.
A 1919 bank statement from Lafayette County Mississippi shows totals for deposits and reserves with a sworn affirmation by J. E. Avent, cashier, and signatures of directors J. A. Parks S. M. Sneed H. Friedman. Notary C. H. Roach witnessed the oath on January 7, 1919.
Atlanta Georgia special report quotes H G Hastings president of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce and the Southeastern Fair Association warning that Southern farm prosperity faces danger if the prewar system returns. He argues high food prices and home production are essential to sustain profits, predicting cotton price drops and increased debt if farmers abandon food crops for cotton.
Recipe claims lemon juice bleaches blemishes like freckles sallowness and tan to whiten and beautify skin. Combine three ounces of orchard white with two lemons to make a quarter pint mixture for daily massage on face neck arms and hands.
Classified item. Six miles northeast of Oxford on Bond Issue road a farm with a good house and barn and land for three horses is for sale or rent to R. S. Adams. Also wanted a wood heater second hand in good condition. Apply to Eagle. January 9 to 16.
Official sworn statement by Geo M Knight Cashier of Bank of Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi detailing the bank's financial condition as of December 31 1918. Directors F B Linder L E Oldham J C Culley attest to the report. Clerk W M Woodward notes commission expiry January 1 1920.
S. H. Logan cashier asserts the bank in Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi presents its financial condition as of December 31 1918. The document sworn January 15 1919 before Chancery Clerk W M Woodward and J E Woodward confirms figures including capital stock, undivided profits and time deposits with 25 000 listed for certificates.
A mixed page of notices lists trespass warning from W J Hogan dated December and January, a lot for sale on Second North Street with 110 by 371 feet, requests for full blood Jersey Bull services offered by J D Butler, a White Wyandotte cockerel sale by Mrs Byron Ragland, and a shop for North Street advertised by Miss Steate.
A six year old Black Morse Mule stands fifteen hands high with heavy bone and feet. It strayed from a Holly Springs farm and is missing after injuring its left front leg between the ankle knee joint. A liberal reward is offered for its recovery or information. W. H. Hurdle, Holly Miss.
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