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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
3
An archival snippet lists court meeting cycles and local officials for Lafayette County. It names judges J Booth and G K Hightower among others, plus clerks, district attorneY s, treasurer J B McKwen and various supervisors and commissioners.
A jumble of notices reports visits and greetings across Memphis Ripley Sardis Grenada Oxford and nearby locales. Residents like Lem Dillard Jr E O Davidson D C Weeks Stella Sample Rebecca Smith Violet Moore and many others are mentioned visiting relatives attending dances or traveling to and from towns including Adeline Sardis Summit Grenada Oxford and Gulfport.
Local shoppers flock to the Oxfor d Dry Goods Co for Clean Sweep bargains with balloons and prizes. Community notes include birthday fun, charity events, property showings, and residents visiting kin in Ripley and Birmingham.
An advertisement extols Compound Oxygen as a quick acting life extending treatment enhancing blood quality and aiding digestion. It claims to restore exhausted strength and to serve as a preventive against disease, inviting readers to request a free information book from Drs. Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia.
University students exam progress noted with names J Ford G Gillespie C Beckett J Purr B Tucker and Mary Burt hosts for the Twenty First Century Book Club. Speeches at University Chapel praised as patriotic. Kappa Alpha hosts reception. Deaths of Elmer siblings’ mother. senior stag dinner hosted by Prof Somerville. YWCA reception planned. health ads tout kidney and malaria cures with Foley and Electric Bits.
Readers are urged to subscribe to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat with praise for the Daily and Weekly editions and a sample copy offer. A testimonial states Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved a mother’s rheumatism enabling walking after a few applications and remains in use.
Very cold weather is noted as residents visit kin and attend services at Mt Zion. Miss Ninos Murray attends Oxford Graded School and stays with relatives. Miss Mary Slaughter and Ike Slaughter visit kin. A baby dies suddenly last Tuesday night. sympathy offered to bereaved. Mrs Frantis Linker ill with hopes of recovery. Youths enjoy a party at Vonee Rogers’ home. James Slaughter and Porter Hunter visit neighbors. subscription urged for the Times.
The death of May Lypam Lees May, formerly of Dre land in lg, and long a resident of Lafayette County, Georgia, is noted. He served as a Confederate officer in the Civil War and held public trust roles after the war, later moving to Atlanta and death last week. Bids for convict labor and for keeping the town clock are invited by J Ramey, Clerk, with deadlines February 6, 1905.
Legal notices announce writs of attachment against E J OBrien Delinter Co of St Louis Missouri and against Oxford Oil Mill Co in Lafayette County Mississippi. Attachments seek recovery of debts totaling about 81 591 02 and 1 000.00 with sales of attached estate if not pleaded by March 2 1905. clerks BE Steven and BE Giorno dated january 11 1905 and january 8 1906 respectively.
Centrally located near the square on University street the Knight Hotel offers comfortable rooms baths electric lights sewerage and all modern conveniences. Tables furnished with the best the market affords and the patronage of the public and traveling men is solicited.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a complete stomach rest and digestive aid. It claims relief from stomach problems, enables eating without dieting, and features testimonials from J. Drokfoe of Allenville Michigan and Rev. Carlisle P. J. Martin among others. Sold by the Oxford Pharmacy in various sizes.
Ad offers a variety of fruit trees grape and raspberry vines from a Tennessee nursery. Also promotes One Minute Cough as a cure for coughs colds and pulmonary complaints. Claims it cleans phlegm reduces inflammation soothes lungs and wards off pneumonia. Sold by A H Kendell.
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