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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
3
Passenger train No 24 arrives at 3 05 p m and No 4 departs at 75 hours a 6 no passenger at 4 06 a m No 35 at 9 35 p m and No 33 at 0 am.
Local notes report E. E. Davidson in town Monday with Pres. C. C. Hughes at Blue Mountain visitations. Miss Annie Fulton Hume visits Nash ville relatives. Mrs. Sparks recovers after a week’s illness. Community plans picnic Friday at Coffee’s mill. rain at night believed beneficial.
Rain hoped for crops. community events, protracted meetings, and local news from Oxford. Mentions Messrs Carey Moore, Toi Humphreys, Miss Mattie Sinclair, Senator Lee M Russell, and Mr Willis Davis with campaign ties. property sales, rentals, livestock and miscellaneous ads appear alongside small town chatter.
Jackson Mississippi July 7 1014 report to My State Penitentiary trustees details June inspections at four farms notes good prisoner health some sickness. 4th of July plan. cotton gins progress including compress. escapes and accountability. road camp housing concerns and sanitation. Belmont crops drought boll weevils and hospital cases. Oakley farm weather and cattle sickness. June 16 sale to Stewart Bros Co New Orleans of 259 bales at favorable price. overall work deemed satisfactory.
Frank J. Chaney partner of F J Cheney & Co in To County declares the firm will pay ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for a case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Signed this day of December in the presence of witnesses, promising payment if cure fails.
A fragmented notice speaks of a dull season and advertising use, hinting at a local call to watch for seasonal or promotional requests. The readable portions suggest a generic civic or commercial notice without clear names or dates.
The July term record lists numerous payments for road work, cattle inspection, bridge building, draggin g roads, and supplies. Named individuals and firms appear with amounts across beats 1 to 5, plus a discontinuation of road link 19 and part of link 17 on the Oxford and Pontotoe road and a damages claim for a cow.
Report from Lafayette County documents June activity in tick eradication. Of 644 cattle inspected, 1284 herds were free, 15 herds infested, and 24 cattle infested. none quarantined. U. S. Inspector notes overall progress for the season of 1914.
Notice to taxpayers that the assessor's book is now on file in the chancellery workhouse for examination. Interested parties may call and examine the records. contact J G Woovrtos, Tax Assessor, for details.
Estray notice for a yearling heifer dark with white spots marked with split ears and a J brand on the right hip. Taken up by William Sanders near Black Water, Miss. The owner may prove property and pay charges to recover. Dated July 1, 1914. J. K. Mitter, Ranger.
Notice to creditors of Miz Thompson’s estate in Lefl ayette County Mississippi. Claims must be probated or registered with the Clerk of the Chancery Court within one year from this date or be forever barred. Listed heirs include Jane and Maca Thorsos.
Office of Memphis Tenn. Mrs Annie Wet McKenney served in Lafayette County No 450. Court of Chancery of Tateyert Sooty Mississippi commands appearance by date in 1914. Falkner Husenil & Falkner, Solicitors for Complaint.
County of Issog i hand in Lafayette County Mississippi announces that all persons having claims against the estate of the deceased must probate and register within one year from the date. Failure to probate and register will bar such claim. Letters of administration granted to J. M. Happaway and Rosell Falaeer, solicitors for administrator.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors orders sealed bids for printing and accessory supplies and for cart work. Bids must be received by 2 o clock on Tuesday September 5, 1904. The notice references county items and road or public works to be undertaken.
Notice of sale under a Deed of Trust dated August 3 1914 by A W Metts and Hattie Metis trustees to foreclose on Lot No 1 in a subdivision in Oxford Mississippi. J B Roach trustee signs July 5 1914 with Lafayettes County Mississippi as beneficiary attorney Jas Stone & Sons. Also an unrelated health ad for Dr. Miles New Life Pills promoting cleansing of stomach and bowels.
Advertisement warns against calomel and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe pleasant alternative. Claims calomel can worsen condition and touts Liver Tone as entirely harmless, tasting good for children and adults. Offered at A. H. Kenkel's store with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
Fragmentary text notes medicines and stomach remedies, mentions Samoa and Oxford, R. R. Chilton & Co., and general sale by druggists. References a Sanremo Court and farmers and people in various walks of life, but specifics are unclear.
The splendid work of Chamberlain's Tablets is daily becoming more widely known. No such grand remedy for stomach and liver troubles has ever been known. For sale by all Dealers.
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