Voters in Lafayette County Endorse Russell and Tax Commission
A Lafayette County mass meeting endorses Lieutenant Governor Lee M. Russell and the State Tax Commission. The gathering, with eight to nine hundred signatures, affirmed support for Russell and the Commission, and called for continued backing by Lafayette County voters.
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Lafayette County
Russell
TAX Commission
Cali
Oxford
Uilis
Auuresses
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MyusuZzalion Board
Stanu Tukon
Leemm
Drussell
Duara
Lee M. Russell
State Tax Commission
State ‘Tax Commission
Goyv Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
Lafayette Couny
Oxford Election Recalls Mayor and Council Seats in 1919
Notices declare a recall election for Mayor E D Beanland and Councilman J S Farr to be held September 8 1919 in Oxford Mississippi. City Clerk H A Moore and election officials oversee registration ballots and returns. Also drainage district assessment hearing set August 11 1919 at 10 am in Lafayette County.
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Oxford
Mississippi
E. D.beanland
J. S. Farr
Lafayette County Board Meeting Rescheduled to Aug 6 1919
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will not meet on Tuesday August 5 1919. All business will be heard and decided on Wednesday August 6 1919. W M Woodward Clerk. By G A Woodward D C (E July 24 31)
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Lafayette County
Mississippi
County Board of Drainage Commissioners
Oxford
W M Woodward
Drainage Board
G. A Woodward
D C
Board of Supervisors
W. M. Woodward
G. A. Woodward
D. C
Gamble Accepts Position. Social Notes Mention Isabel
Mr Vernon Gamble has accepted a position in Company. Isabel is noted in the paper. Miss Marjorie Tankersley and Miss Jean Mathis visit Mrs Paul Buford in Whitehaven Tennessee. Mrs Joyce of Yazoo City visits her parents Mr and Mrs P T Gamble.
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Vernon Gamble
Compa
Marjorie Tankersley
Jean Mathis
Paul Buford
Whitehaven
Tenn
Joyce
Yazoo City
P. T. Gamble
Pardoning Board Saved Mississippi State Money and Order
A historical comparison shows about two thousand two hundred convicts were pardoned before the Mississippi Pardon Board, versus around eight hundred since, a difference of roughly fourteen hundred. The report argues the board saves the state money, halves governor workload, and curbs pardoning abuses while preserving executive authority.
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Mississippi Pardon Board
Pardon Board
State Penitentiary
Mississsipi
Lafayette County Mississippi Sealed Bids for Levee Bridge and Inmates
The Clerk of Lafayette County Mississippi invites sealed bids by noon August 5 1919 for levee work near Courtney old Mill Beat 4 including 1500 cubic yards of dirt and a 32 foot bridge, care of County Home inmates for 1920, and a 56 foot bridge on sand branch near Mrs Kate Millers Beat 1. Plans on file in Chancery Clerk's office. The Board may reject any bids and award publicly.
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Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Courtney Old Mill
Sand Branch
Kate Miller
Chancery Clerk
W. M. Woodward
G. A. Woodward
D. C
Mississippi Court Notice and Local Social Roundup
The Mississippi chancery court summons Mrs Mary E Goodwin to appear in Lafourche County on the fourth Monday of November 1919 to defend R J Goodwin. Local notes report Kana Parks teaching summer term, social visits in town, and residents traveling to Memphis and Dallas. A political endorsement for Lee Russell as governor closes the item.
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Mississippi
Mary E. Goodwin
Memphis
Tenn
Chancery Court
Lafaette
R. J. Goodwin
Kana Parks
Markette School
C. A. Fee
Spears
Cisco
Texas
B. C. Fee
Susan Baggett
Louise Smith
Auber Wilds
Lucy Carlton
Blue Mountain
Hattiesburg
Lester Baggett
Lee Baggett
Sam Biggers
Shreveport, la
Biggers
Orrs Visit, Wiley Returns From New Albany
Mr. and Mrs. Landon Orr of Water Valley spent Sunday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Orr. Mr. Wiley has returned from New Albany where he spent a month with his daughter.
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Landon Orr
Water Valley
Mrs
I. B. Orr
Mr. Wiley
New Albany
Lemon Skin Whitener Promises Clear Complexion
A vintage ad describes mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a quarter pint skin whitener. It claims to fade freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness when massaged daily into face neck arms and hands, noting the product is harmless and yields smooth white skin.
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Ford
Ford Parts
Grenada
Lord Agency
Oxford, Mississippi
G. D. Bennett
E. D. Beanland
J. S. Furr
A. M. Hall
J. A. Tankersley
G. R. Bowles
H. A. Moore
Isabel
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch
Oliver-Finnie Company
Memphis, Ter
Davis - Mize Company
Ord, Mise
Hii
K.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Prince Albert
P. A
Helen Smith
Dallas
Susie Hiler
Arthur Graham
B. S. Guyton
Lee Russell
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