Local Happenings in Oxford and Surrounding Areas
Mr. Ragland buys the Divity Robinson farm while residents visit Oxford. Notables include Hon. Sivley and wife returning from Jackson, Rev. Munger at the Methodist Church, and Miss Mabry joining Woman's College as instructor. Wall Paper ads at Sterling. Leap Year parties. weather notes. town improvements and local commerce updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Mabry
Senatobia
Woman’s College
A. DeChaudron
South
Ela May Crouch Weds G K Hines in Memphis Union
In Memphis on Tuesday the 19th Miss Ela May Crouch and Mr G K Hines were married. Ella May is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R A Crouch and has spent much of her life in Oxford. Hines is a traveling man well regarded. Best wishes are extended to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Ela May Crouch
G. K. Hines
Ella May
R. A. Crouch
Our City
Oxford
Lar. Hines
Engagement Announcement From Nashville Couple
Invitations issued by Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Hardison of Nashville Tenn to the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth McLean Hardison to Mack Allen Montgomery of this city on Tuesday February 9. Montgomery has long lived in our town and is held in high esteem. The bride elect comes from Nashville's old and influential family. The article also notes the Legislature’s joint committee visit to Oxford to review University needs and appropriations amid fraternity questions.
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Oxford
Hal H. Ramey
Ramey
William Thomas Hardison
Nashville
Tenn
Elizabeth McLean Hardiso
Fulton
Land bargain notice in Abbeville Mississippi
Four acres are advertised in the northeast quarter of Section 28 Township 7 Range 4 for sale at a bargain. Apply to F. M. Pettis, Abbeville, Mississippi.
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Township 7
F. M. Pettis
Abbeville
Miss
Public Auction Sale at Price Homestead Oxford
The Memphis Trnet Company acting as executor for the Bem Price estate will sell cash at the Price homestead Oxford on Monday February 1 1904 at 10 o’clock a large lot of livestock farm implements and machinery wagons heading machinery portable engine wind mill and more. Livestock includes mules full blooded Shorthorn and Hereford cattle and various grades from high class stock. Farm machinery features mowers binders threshing machines and spreaders. Biddings start at prices fixed by official appraisers. MEMPHIS TRUST CO Memphis Tenn.
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Memphis Trnet Company
Bem Price
Price
Oxford
Memphis Trust CO
Memphis
Tenn
Improved 85 Acre Property Inside Corporation Limits
Describes a well improved place of about 85 acres inside the corporation with a six room dwelling, out houses, barn and two tenement houses, and a good well. Inquiries directed to A. H. Kendel.
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A. H. Kendel
Dissolution notice and local notices from Oxford Mississippi
The fragment lists a firm dissolution McCharen and Gray on January 1 1001 with C A McCharen taking assets and liabilities. It notes magistrate J R McLarry reporting hours, a solicitation closing message from Lewis & McKee and sale notices from A H Kendel including livestock. A water notice warns of cutoffs for nonpayment in February with a 53 cent reconnect fee.
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McCharen & Gray
A. McCharen
C. A. McCharen
K. P. Gray
Oxford
Miss
Obituaries and a Fatal Accident in Local Notices
The town mourns Sallie Harris wife of Mr. W. F. Ivy and Sallie Harris dies after pneumonia at the Ivy Hotel. Isaac Teat passes away from heart failure after an ordinary day, leaving a wife and two young daughters. Sarah Brian, 90, dies at her foster son's home after a long life in Lafayette County. A horse spooks in Dr. P. H. Wright’s yard, causing Lucile Quinn to collapse and die. Rev. J. R. Countiss conducts the funeral at St. Peter's Cemetery. Sympathy fills the community for the bereaved families.
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Sallie Harris
W. F. Ivy
Ivy Hotel
Our Town
Cambridge
Isaac Teat
Mr. Teat
Taylor
Newt Robinson
Sarah Brian
James Strawn
Brian
LaFayette County
Woodson’s Ridge
P. H. Wright
Lucile
J. R. Countiss
Chronicle Urges Democratic Posts and Policies
All who wish to stay informed on national politics and Democratic party policies are urged to subscribe to the Chicago Chronicle, a leading Democratic paper of the West, known for counsel to Democratic newspapers and influence for democracy.
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Chicago Chronicle
West
Chronicle
Trespass Warning at the D. J. Burgess Place
The D. J. Burgess place is posted according to law and the public is warned against trespassing. G. M. GororTH signs the notice.
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D. J. Burgess
Walker Carpenter & Co Dissolved By Mutual Consent
Dissolution notice states Walker Carpenter & Co is dissolved by mutual consent. Public thanks given and successors Avent Hale & Co are urged to receive continued support. Oxford, January 19, 1904.
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Walker, Carpenter & Co
Thepublic
Avent, Hale & Co
Lang Bros Drugstore Praises Chill and Fever Care
Paducah Kentucky druggists Lang Bros declare they sold over 700 bottles of Dr Mendenhbail’s Chill and Fever Care in a season. They note physicians prescribe it and customers who use it once will not choose another remedy.
Fragmented Humorous Snippets and Moral Echoes
A collection of humorous vignettes and social commentary discusses wealth fantasies, a Leadville coroner verdict with lynching insinuations, fruit growing politics, home life as moral refuge, and temperance debate sparked by a farmer and a drinking family. The tone critiques gender roles and societal norms.
German Syrup Promises Relief for Consumption Patients
The article argues climate has little effect on curing consumption and urges regular use of German Syrup to improve digestion expectoration and sleep. It claims free morning expectoration and better rest result from liberal daily use, noting trial bottles cost 125 cents and discounts at HB. KRendel's.
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HB. Krendel’s
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