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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
3
Attorney at law Maggie Thompson and dentist P M Wright advertise rooms and offices in Oxford Mississippi. Thompson offers general legal service, Wright promotes dental care from the Leaves Building with office phone 122 and residence 119, inviting prompt attention to all business.
Mr Brenner returns from Memphis and Mrs Thomison visits Memphis while Miss Collier visits Sharkey relatives. Several locals travel, hostesses entertain, and a bailiff election names E O Dunlap. Obituary for Mr James Kendall of Memphis is noted along with farm and cattle mentions and a plant of community life at the Opera House with manager L E Russell.
A lively critique hails the Chicago Record Herald’s humor pages and cartoons. It praises the Alternative Currents column by B. Kiser and Malph Wilder’s cheerful cartoons. It notes Sunday color comics and Ford’s humorous verse as key audience draws.
Weather kept patrons away and the Moving Picture Show at the Opera House closed. Management may resume when weather improves or install its own machine to show films one or two nights weekly. Charles A Mokiravey in charge has returned to Memphis. Notices warn unpaid accounts and list assets for sale and rent opportunities for Kelbue Price’s former store.
For sale at my residence 4 1 2 miles southeast of Oxford on Tuesday January 26 all of my household furniture and farm implements. J P Wilbanks.
Deed of Trust sale to force cash bid on 75 acres in Section 27 Township 1 Range 5 West Lafayette County Mississippi. Trustee J B Roa ca to conduct sale February 16 1909 in Oxford Mississippi at the court house door. Property tied to 1904 transfer and referenced deeds. Warning to public not to fish hunt or trespass on posted lands. Singer and Wheeler sewing machines advertised for sale.
Married couples in Ponton and Abbeville with local officiants and celebrations. Also a Mississippi county public road bond auction set for February 1900 at Oxford, with terms, bids, bond requirements, and board rights to reject bids.
testimonial ad for Doan's Kidney Pills from L. B. Adams of Meridian praising quick relief from kidney irritation and bladder issues. Foster Milburn Co. of New York is sole US agent. sale price 60 cents. reminders about unpaid accounts and a February payment deadline.
A scanned notice lists students by grade and name from the Oxford Graded School including Primary Second Fourth and Ninth grades. The text also includes ad copy for remedies like Arnica Salve and Foley’s Honey and Laxative with promotional language and drugstore references.
A clearing sale begins today January 21 offering Red Springs and Iron Beds at unusually low prices. Items include 100 coil springs discounted from 2.25 to 1.69, Red Star springs at 2.25, Blue Ribbon springs at 3.50, and iron beds with prices ranging from 3.00 to 12.50. Sale runs through February 15.
A fragmented sale notice lists items and prices including fountain pens at 2.00 and 3.00, shirts, pearl buttons, silk thread, envelopes, combs, shoes, and fishing groceries with various cent and per dozen costs. It references a large reduction event with many goods and token prices.
A misread plea complains of injustice in a Georgia court related to marriage and alleged offenses. It requests pardon for the petitioner and convicts deemed affected by incarceration, arguing the jury would decide differently with proper evidence.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles’ Anti Pain Pills as fast acting with 25 doses per package priced at 25 cents. It notes broad pharmacist availability with 45 000 druggists in the U S and claims one tablet stops four headaches without after effects. A testimonial cites relief for a son with nerve gas headaches.
Sold and recommended by A W Rendel the ad touts Kodol as a complete digestive aid for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims it digests all foods in the stomach, rests the stomach to heal, offers refunds if not effective, and lists B C Dett Co Chicago as the supplier.
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