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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
3
Senator Russell spent Sunday and Monday at home amid hot, long June days. Mrs. Donald Ross and Miss Allien Brown visit friends while Jack Morgan rents a cottage on University Street. Various greetings, visits, and ads fill the scene from The Plant to Bramlets & Sons. Burials, sales, and civic notices punctuate a week of Oxford life.
The Supreme court confirms the death penalty for J. Tabor and three others will share the same fate on August sixth. Rev J E Brown to preach at the Meth church next Sunday morning. First Presbyterian to worship with Methodists. no night service at Methodist church. Mrs M S Hewitt of Lena returns after eight years to visit Oxford relatives, staying with Mr R Bean and granddaughter Miss Allie Bell Duncan.
Maj L E Oldham reports from the Receivers of the old Merchants & Farmers Bank that the bank’s furniture and fixtures are available. Plans for disposing of or occupying the building are unclear but the site, used for 35 years, is seen as favorable for a possible new bank. Oldham, longtime Bank of Oxford vice president, denies imminent action.
The ad touts Sloan's Liniment to ease neuralgia and facial headaches with a few drops. It claims rapid comfort and brighter days, urging readers to buy the 3 ounce bottle from druggists. The product supposedly penetrates without rubbing.
Chilton's Drug Store reports a large shipment of Dr Linder's Stomach Pills now in stock. Consumers are urged to try the remedy for stomach ailments and digestive comfort.
There is a picnic at the camp ground on Friday July 2. Watter Croucs E D Warre and Oxton Pore invite attendees including the candidates. Bethel area hosts the event with a bearp committee coordinating.
The Greene County Herald warns candidates who fail to announce in the newspaper will face consequences. It urges dodging candidates to announce and not assume leniency as the campaign progresses. The notice reflects the paper’s stance on advertising political notices and encourages patronage of the job department.
C T Ames of Holly Springs and C W Spawr visited Bur gees to meet Progressive farmers. Prof Ames lectured on terrace work with station views while Spawr urged cooperation in marketing. Market in Oxford Fruits began Saturday and will be held on the first Monday each month.
The Mt. Zion church held its annual Children’s Day with a large audience praising the event. Speakers including De. A. W. Milden of the University and Supt. J. S. Callaway, plus performances by local youths, were praised.
The document records supervisor actions from June 1915 including road petitions by C D Hodge A W Blair and others, approvals and openings of several roads, and statements by Lovelady Parks and others. It lists payments to printers saddles for jail and clerical costs and notes assessments for Parker Joyner Stave Co. on personal property.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids for three levee works on Wyatt levee and Sand Wake wastes, and for a driven bridge across Puseunsi near Kilgore Old Mill, with plans on file in the Chancery Clerk and bids due at noon on July 5th 1915. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Trustee J B Roacts acts for PF Turner to sell a farm and village tract near Abbeville in Lafayette County Mississippi to satisfy a debt to First National Bank of Oxford. Property includes 7 acres with improvements and an insurance policy, description tied to a 1915 deed and plat. Sale set at the Lafayette County courthouse steps on July 1, 1915.
Trustee J B Roacs announces foreclosure under a deed of trust by John and Charlotte Burt for First National Bank of Oxford. Property described as one acre of a fifteen acre plot in Section 22, Top 5 Range 5 east, with improvements, offered at public sale at the south door of the Oxford court house on July 7 1915 during lawful hours.
Beg April 15 the following round trip rates take effect daily with return valid until October Slat 1915. Include travel between several points from Sa A.
Rates for trips to the Panama Exposition in San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego return 57 50 with tickets on sale daily through a three month period from the date of issue.
Legal notice shows B P Campbell J T Stewart and others petitioning to lay out Yocona Road District in Lafayette County Mississippi. It seeks to establish and finance a road district under chapters 174 and 176 laws of 1905 with Exhibit A detailing the territory and bond authority. The notice directs W M Woodward Clerk to publish and set a meeting date unless sufficient objections appear.
Citizens representing over twenty percent of Lafayette County electors petition the Board of Supervisors to organize the Yocona District No 5 into a separate road district under Mississippi law. The filing requests highway improvements and bonds under Chapter 176 of the 1914 laws, with publication ordered by Clerk W M Woodward.
The Oxford city council ordains an election on July 1915 to authorize the issue of bonds for a city public works project. The plan calls for 110.00 each certificates bearing six percent interest with a total of 3600 in bonds. The measure was approved by a council vote on June 1995.
Advertisement claims a pill called relief for biliousness and constipation by cleansing the stomach and liver. It lists alarming symptoms and promises recovery after taking one tablet costing a quarter, with availability claimed everywhere.
An advertisement claims a “Haile Catarca Cure” from Cheney's in Toledo offers relief for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It asserts the remedy can remove inflammation and restore hearing, promising permanent results for many readers.
A community picnic is announced to take place at Cain's Mil twelve miles northwest of Oxford on the Oxford and Memphis road on Thursday July 1. The event will feature candidate speeches music and dancing with invites to all to bring well filled baskets. The exact year is unclear but the date is specified as Thursday July.
Classy printing extols Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as reliable and widely obtainable. Testimonials claim relief during summer ailments and sprains with liniment praised for rheumatic pains and general benefits.
Citizens of Tula and Mullens unite for a Union picnic at Tula on July 16 inviting all, especially candidates. Bring a basket. Printed notices promote the event with cheerful, period language and a community spirit.
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