Local notes from Oxford with social visits and sales
Oxfor d items recount visits from Coleman Strawn Miss Bessie Buck Miss Rosa Hutchinson and many others. Advertisements promote a 100 piece Havelin China set for 40 dollars and a line of leather couches. Community events include sermons meetings a hay ride and a Passion Play revue. The Summer Normal opens at the University with many teachers in attendance.
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Havelin China
Havelin
Chambers’ Furniture Co
R. A. Torry
Yazoo City
University
W. J. King
Fulton
W. A. Roane
Ideal Steam Cooker gains town attention in Oxford
The Housekeeper's Friend introduces the Ideal Steam Cooker in Oxford. The device promises relief from unreliable hired help by cooking dinner ahead and finishing upon return, while also aiding preservation and canning of fruits. Mrs. Blanche Morrow Bennett promotes the cooker and reports steady orders daily.
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Blanche Morrow Bennett
Oxford
Abbeville News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Mt. Zion resident M J M Hall visited Abbeville last week. Cora Graham returned from I I C school. Mrs John Wallace of Redlands California visits her sister Mrs Tom McNeely. May Anderson Mary Jett Woolridge Lula Strickland and W E Goodwin attend University Commencement. Myrtle Anderson hosts friends. Pattie Nichols convalescent. Baxter Carter Ed Wallace of Oxford spent Sunday. Old Ladies Aid Society hosts spelling match and refreshments Thursday night.
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M. J. M. Hall
Mt. Zion
Cora Graham
John Wallace
Redlands
Cal
Tom McNeely
May Anderson
Mary Jett Woolridge
Lula Strickland
W. E. Goodwin
Myrtle Anderson
Pattie Nichols
Pattie Nichols Is Convalescing. Messrs
Baxter Carter
Ed. Wallace
Oxford
Old Ladies’ Aid Society
Quiet after the storm hits Paris county farms
The Paris area suffered a Friday afternoon storm with multiple barns and outbuildings blown down. William Watt Morehead suffered a head wound from flying debris but is improving. Mrs Maynor was injured after being blown from the hall to the yard and cannot yet rise. Sunday was Children’s Day at the Methodist church with many regional visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Watt Morehead
Maynor
Methodist Church
the Eagle
EAGLE
Splinter News Sets County Gossip in June Light
A Splinter entry reports cool wet weather keeping crops below average while corn, cotton, and gardens show progress. Poultry and calves thrive, potato bags disappear, and a curious spring turkey hen nest draws reader questions. Browning and Lodlo well work marked as an anomalous event.
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Cora
Bermuda
J. A. Browning
If. Lodlowell
Turkey
Pardon Petition for Chunk Lee by Lafayette County Officials
A local petition to Mississippi Governor James K. Vardaman requests clemency for Chunk Lee, sentenced in September 1903 in Lafayette County Circuit Court for assault with intent. Signers include Lafayette County citizens and Oxford Mayor R. S. Adams citing ill health and punishment completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Lafayette County
Chunk Lee
Menrietta Lee
R.S. Adams
Oxford
Henry M. Laser
C. Worley
T.D. Matthews
W. In. Gray
L. M. Russell
Valuable Property for Sale Near Depot and Campus
Good home on 25 acres with a four room house, water, out buildings. One mile south of depot west of railroad, one mile south of campus, half mile from the oil mill. Apply to J B Roacu, agent.
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Depot
J. B. Roacu
Ice supply notice from South Street Market
From this date, Mm prepared to furnish to the public with ice. Send or phone your orders and they will receive prompt attention. R. B. Rosison, South Street Market.
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R. B. Rosison
South Street Market
Black Weed Delivers Sudden Relief Says Satisfied User
A reader recounts long suffering from kidney and head ailments until using Black Weed. They claim rapid relief from urinary issues and catarrh, reporting restored health after less than a bottle and promising no further medicines.
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Aoa
The
Illinois Central RR
North Bound
A. W. Mitche.t. A. Ent
Karl H. Keys
Oxford Dry Goods Co
Paubhe Square
LAW
VERS
Prem. Russell
Falkner & Shands
Damon State
Glock & Sivley
L. Sivley
Oxford, Miss
W. V. Sullivan
Sulivan Building
Public Square
Aw. T. Valkner
G. J. Shands
Prallsner & Suands
Oxnforl
Miss
Kutie
Supreme Court
Jackson
Misa
Tau
United States Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
J.C. It
J. A. Soon
Attorneys-At-Law
D.M. Kimbrough
J. H. Thomison
Kimbrough & Thomison
Oxford, Oystee
Kimbrough & Kimbrough
Svo
Lee M. Russell
Coleman Strawn
Potts Camp
Bessie Buck
Memphis
Rosa Hutchinson
Centerville
H. T. Smith
Longtown
Vera Boone
Miss Lou Boone
Pontotoc
Doyle
Quinn Fur
James Strawn
James
Jackson, Tenn
J. E. Holmes
Hernando
Julia Chandler
Essie Eades
Taylor
Vermell Butler
Starkville
8. M. Howry
Post-Office
H. A. Moore
Miss May McGuire
M. Thames
Methodist Ladies Missionary Societies of the
North Mississippi Conference
Miss Marie Russell
Home Circle Club
C. W. Russell
H. M. Quin
Meters
Horace
Walton
Sam
Cassa Collier
Sharkey
Herbert Ricks
Canton
George Keys
Matthews & Ramey
Miss Maude Cullen
Glendora, California
R. L. Stephens
Linburn Cullen
Matt Turws
Russell Miller
Water Valley
Kate Miller
J. L. Shinault
John Owens
Lillie Lockwell
Harris’ Business College
Jackson, Miss
Frank Leavell
Jefferson College
Natchez
Kimbrough & Thompson, Att’y’s
James B. Leavell
Holy Land
Kathleen McIntosh
Grenada
Maitihews & Ramey
Chancellor Fulton
Wilmer Kennedy
D. I. Sultan
Linda
St. Louis Fair
Harry, R. Fulton
University of Arkansas
Will Wallace
California
Tippah County
W. L. Goodwin
Messrs
Bertram & Willard
Eagle Office
Murray Falkner
T. W. Yates
Tallahatchie Club
Pauline Reynolds
Tennessee
Frank Price
R. M. Leavell
Atlanta, Ga
J. F. Matthews
Owen Keys
Holly Springs
Helen Keys
Mildred Dortch
Jennie Benson
Mary Burney
Mr. Jordan Tomlison and
Coahoma County
J. R. Tomlinson
W. W. Walker
Lake Street
Frank Rogers
Alma Hawkins
Majestic Hotel
Hubert Thomison
Mary Kimbrough
M. A. McDonald
Houston
Texas
Micheal Holder
Benn Price
Charlie Blanton
Lemira Parker
Bessie Roane
C. E. Lowe
Chicago
Dr. Lowe
University of Mississippi
P. A. Saunders
Will Joyner
Hal Howard
Ora Haughn
Milan
Tenn
Chas. B. Neilson
Mary Louise
Nashville
Z. C. Stephens
New Albany
May Leverett
San Antonio, Texas
Frank Matthews
Beulah Sanford
Wm. Howard Parker
Central Baptist Church
Miss Sanford
S. H. Plant
Hague
Ladies of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Myrtle Plant
Meadams Beanland
Staiars
Clara Burt
Abbeville
Oxford Pharmacy
T. J. Collier
Brees News
Burgess Boy
RR. A. Foster
National Toilet Co
A. W H. Kendell
Stinebeck
Dr. A. A. Young
Stinebeck & Faser
Zion
Dr. Mendenhall
J. C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Indiane
Neilson
Bonifide
Lee
Bateste
P. K
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Harmontown
General Green
Leavell’s Business College
James GB. Leavell
Tun ExGuy
John Post
Atlanta Fire Dept
Sagan
Black Weed Medicine Co
Ycairo
REW
Orleans
Citronelle Mobile
South Side
E.M. Badley & CO
Matthews
LEX Rame
Ird, Miss
H. T
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White Sewing Machine CO
S. B. Kirby
Little Rock
Ark
Cleveland
F.5. Leavell
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