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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
2
A harsh cold wave grips Oxford from Saturday afternoon through Sunday, bringing rain and sleet and leaving sidewalks icy and rooftops coated with ice this Tuesday morning with little sign of relief.
The Oxford Chamber of Commerce will study establishing a building and loan association to spur a housing boom. Officials say Oxford needs hundreds of new houses to grow and attract families, with tax burdens easing only if more homes exist. The piece also notes tax relief bills proposed by Murphree and Evans to extend late payment damages.
Notice states a trustee will sell land at public auction on February 18, 1922 in front of the court house south door Oxford Mississippi. Lands include northwest quarter of section 35 and part of section 21 south of Tallahatchie river in Lafayette County, with certain parcels previously sold to Mrs. Mattie Banks and Dan Almond. Title believed good. conveyance limited to trustee vested title.
Public notice of a trustee sale under a deed of trust by H W Lockhart and Anna Lockhart for Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. of Oxford Miss. The sale on February 19 1922 in Oxford will include 120 acres homestead and several horses and mares. Also bank depository bids sought for Oxford city funds for 1922 with January 17 1922 date.
A collection of short, quirky snippets and non sequiturs from a local page. The passages reference superstition about hens, Sunday washing laws, a grocer in a filling station, a cat question, editor actions, a French bride, and assorted humorous lines about figures and kindness. No single cohesive news item emerges.
Sealed bids will be received until July 7 1922 for a 40 foot bridge on road link No 204 across Dry Branch on Hays land in Beat 3 Lafayette County Mississippi Plans and specifications are on file in the Chancery Clerk's office The Board may reject any or all bids and let the work at public outcry Clerk W M Woood Ward Pagie January 12 to February 28 1922
Trustee James Stone Sr. will auction Lot No. 27 in Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi on February 13 1922 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the south door of the County Courthouse for cash Bidders to satisfy about 1500 dollars owed on the deed of trust securing H F Simpson and Mary Garner Simpson to Guy B Taylor The title is believed good but the trustee conveys only.
J H Buford and wife Bell Buford mortgage with The Guaranty Bank & Trust Co of Oxford Mississippi to secure debt recorded in Book 73 Page 563. On February 13 1922 the trustee S Douglas will sell 80 acres in the SE NW of Section 15 Town 8 Range 3 West Lafayette County Mississippi plus one black horse named Mack one bay mare named Grendell and the mare’s increase to satisfy the debt.
E H Gamble and wife Neil Gamble Trust Co of Oxford Mississippi plan a cash sale to satisfy indebtedness secured by a deed of trust recorded in Book 81 Page 196. The property lies in Lafayette County Mississippi and is described as an 8 acre tract in section 20 township 8 over 3 west, bounded by Tom Rowell’s northeast corner and the Oxford College Hill road, to be sold at the courthouse steps in Oxford on February 18, 1922.
A fragmentary quote discusses caution in trust and political reform. It notes nations agreeing to scrap battleships, Will Hays calling for removing the post office from politics, and hints the millennium may be near. The few readable phrases reflect era concerns about war, reform, and leadership.
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