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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
4
The Oxford Eagle issues details for Lafayette County and City of Oxford as the official organ with E W Price as editor. Subscriptions require prepayment and obituary notices are charged by word with payment in advance. Foreign rates list one year at $2.00 and sample copies at five cents each.
A wartime poem speaks to reservists who stayed home while others served. The speaker acknowledges divided conscience and pledges support, declaring readiness to fight when needed and honoring the courage of those in the front lines.
Residents urge growing wheat to avert future flour shortages and biscuit scarcity. Warns that allies and soldiers will strain supplies next year. Advises planting for home consumption, cites stock law to curb hogs and livestock during the wheat season.
Mississippi pursues a wheat campaign as half a dozen counties plan flour mills this fall and more may join. County agents spread cooperative hog shipments and several counties move toward local milling. The effort aims to keep wartime grain profits home to boost schools and farm prosperity.
In a Jackson Daily article the editor urges learning to live at home and hints Mississippi could become wealthier in a decade. A Mississippi farmer who refuses to plant wheat during the present emergency is called an enemy to the motion and to his own family. The notice also states that 666 contains no alcohol or other poisons.
The Lexington Advertiser supports Lafayette county and urges Holmes county to form a wheat growers association. It argues coordinated planting and organized reaping, binding, threshing, and milling facilities will raise wheat production and solve milling needs across Mississippi counties.
Secretary W A Belk of the State Democratic Committee clarifies the law on the 1918 primary for U S Senator and congressmen. The first primary will be held on the third Tuesday in August, August 20, with a possible second on September 10. The change came in 1914 and candidates are urged to note the current statute See Chapter 149 section 2 laws 1914.
Mrs J C Hartsfield and her five children of Oxford returned home last Thursday after a general visit with numerous relatives in Pontotoc.
Classified notice offers a player piano labeled Eupian and golf couch with tie for sale. Trade proposed for a good automobile. Apply to this office.
The charter lists Bramlett Hospital as the corporate title with incorporators Dr. E S Bramlett Mrs E S Bramlett and Dr A C Bramlett all of Oxford Mississippi. Capital stock set at ten thousand dollars with shares valued at one hundred dollars. The hospital is to be established for erecting owning and maintaining a general hospital with lands and to provide nursing education. Incorporators sign under Mississippi Code Chapter 24 1906 and amendments.
Dr. E S Bramlett Mrs E Bramlett and Dr A C Bramlett incorporated the Bramlett Hospital and acknowledged signing the articles of incorporation as their act and deed before W M Woodward Chancery Clerk Lafayette County Mississippi on July 1 1918.
The Board of Road Commissioners of the South Yocona Road District invites sealed bids for improving three road sections in Lafayette County Mississippi. Bids due 2 PM August 6 1918 at Oxford office with five percent certified check or bidder's bond. Informational contact with the engineer in charge. R C Sanders G W Knight Iee Humphreys Eagle July 11 18 25.
Mississippi Lafayette County clerk invites sealed bids by 12:00 noon August 6 1918 for a levee across Mitchell Branch with an 85 foot bridge 500 feet of clearing and grub bing and 950 cubic yards of earthwork. Plans on file. board may reject any bid. Dated July 8 1918 under seal.
Notice under section 4303 of the code that the Lafayette County Mississippi personal assessment roll for 1918 has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The Board will proceed to equalize at the regular August 1918 meeting. Taxpayers may file objections with the Clerk as their interest appears. Signed July 1918 by B. K. Collins Tax Assessor.
Lafayette County hosts a three day program from July 31 to August 2 for the Home Economics Department. Demonstrators cover glass and tin canning, fancy packs, poultry lessons, cottage cheese, dehydration, and cooking with emphasis on conservation. Participants urged from all clubs and communities.
A. H. Kendel advertises HER BINE as a stomach corrector and liver stimulant. It claims to cure foul taste by improving digestion and liver activity. Price 60 cents.
A fragment notes a tonic claimed to cure headaches and appetite loss attributed to malaria. It mentions Ady and a reference to Bilicume and a tired acting feeling, labeling the remedy as a Fine Tonic.
General Order calls the 26th annual U C V Mississippi Division reunion to meet at McComb City on July 24 and 25. Special two cent fare applies. certificates required from B A Lincoln and Jno A Wedd. Tickets on sale July 23 and 24 with return by July 28. Gulf Coast via New Orleans. Camps in arrears must be represented at the convention.
A garbled dental or medical advert describes a corn or callus treatment variant claiming painless relief. It mentions lifting out the corn and suggests no pain or irritation after use, with uncertain product references and dubious claims.
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