District Teachers Association meeting and town sports at New Hope
The District Teachers Association met at New Hope on Saturday February 19 with seven schools represented. A basketball game saw Pierce beat New Hope 13 to 7 while Oxford defeated Free Springs 23 to 13 at Pierce ball court. A charity supper raised 10.40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Teachers Association
New Hope
Ir. Rogers
Pierce Boys
New Hope Boys
Pierce
Oxford
Free Springs
Piera
Christine Howell
Katie Waldrip
Katie Bell MecCharen
M. M. Bedenbaugh
Lafayette County Agriculture High School
Louis Howell
Avery
M. L. Childress
Icksburg
Grand Lodge
Miss Blanche
Ms. Waldrip
Mises Gladys and
Jewelluston
Audrie and
Virgie Anna Haugh
A. Hss
C. A. Hartley
Memi
Dangers of Draft Emphasis at Heat of the Moment
The fragment hints at warnings about draft dangers when enthusiasm peaks and ads blur judgment. It mentions advertising and a person or group named Pring in a chaotic ad environment. Readable text limited. concrete facts are sparse.
Printing Stock Prices Jump As Costs Surge
Jackson printing houses announce immediate price increases of 10 to 20 percent for stationery circulars and pamphlets. Paper mills have withdrawn quotations and may raise prices again. Wall Street Journal notes widespread cost hikes in pulp chemicals and bleaching. Industry leaders say printers must raise prices 10 to 40 percent to cover rising materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Jackson Printing Houses
Wall Street Journal
Jones
Jones Printing Company
Hederman
Hederman Bros
Oliphant
Issue Publishing Company
Tucker
Tucker Printing House
Texan Boy Profits From Pig Club Project
Raymend William of Texas joined the pig club last spring and raised a Duroc pig. After seven months the pig dressed 395 pounds and sold for 551.62, yielding a net profit of 24.51. Feed, costs, and care framed a lesson in good stock, pasture, balanced ration, minerals, and diligent work.
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Raymend William
Texas
Pig Club
Met
Talks With Screen Strick Girls Prompts Calls for Punishment
A speaker condemns fake motion picture acting schools accusing them of stealing money and misleading girls about easy success. He argues such schools harm moral fiber and impose criminal deception far worse than highway robbery, urging tougher penalties.
How to Raise A Pig in a Southern Proverb
A Mississippian author advises raising a pig from a purebred, starting with one month old piglets and skim milk, then pasture with clover or alfalfa, corn daily, and ample water. Kill ready fattening pigs in a corn and pea field, arguing the South should grow its own food rather than rely on cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
College Hill
Miss. Hues Reanes
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Syrup Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey syrup for children with coughs colds and runny noses. It claims the medicine soothes coughing quiets fussiness and speeds recovery with a 25 cent bottle urged by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Dr Bell
Meeting at Court House advances Jefferson Davis Highway plan
A large Oxford gathering Monday night appointed four delegates and six alternates to the Grenada convention for the Jefferson Davis Highway campaign. Speakers from Holly Springs and Water Valley criticized omissions from the highway map while affirming Marshall county and Holly Springs belong on the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Court House
C. E. Sisk
Business Men’s Club
E. E. Temple
E.O. Davidson
D. L. Ross
J. P. Horton
Holly Springs
Horton
Marshall County
Jefferson Davis Highway
Holley Springs
Dorrah
G. W. Rayburn
Water Valley
John Wagoner
J. L. Kirby
Dr. Coleman
Coffeeville
J. H. Dorrah
D. Davis
M. D. Ragland
J. 5
Goode
Tom Kellly
P.N. Shipp
Oxford town seeks national highway at Grenada convention
Oxford residents flock to Grenada for the Jeff Davis Highway Convention hoping the national highway route passes through their town. Local leaders claim Oxford is well represented and eager to secure the roadway, believing national interest justifies the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Grenada
Avery Line Plows Featured at Falkiner Hardware
Falkiner Hardware Co offers special one week price on Avery Steele Beam chilled plows in an introductory promotion. Local buyers can save on durable equipment as part of the store’s new display and sale event running this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Falkiner Hardware Co
Avery Steele
No law bars women telling men how to vote
A brief remark notes that no law prevents women from telling men how to vote, reflecting social norms and political discourse of the time.
Our long whiskered Uncle performs international wiggle
The note hints at a busy public figure nicknamed Uncle with a long whisker performing an international wiggle. Specific names or places are not provided in the readable text.
Jury List for March Term Circuits Court
The circuit court for the March term convenes Monday March 13 with jurors drawn for two weeks across five beats each in the first term and two weeks with five beats in the second term. Notable entry notes a man was badly injured yesterday afternoon when he jumped from his wagon and wrenched his back.
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Circuit Court
Two Deaths at Abbeville and Colds Relieved
Abbeville reports two local deaths Dr A F Greer and Mrs Willis Davis detailing their passes and burials. The notice notes Greer died suddenly during a Holly Springs visit and Davis died Friday night with services held Sunday. The piece also advertises Dr Kings New Discovery for colds and laryngitis.
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A. F. Greer
Willis Davis
Dr. Greer
Amd
Holly Springs
Abbeville
Crawford Andervon
Ora Lee Harris
A. R. Bogan
Jay Taylor
John Logan
Goodwin
Walter
Oxford
Davis
Walker Goood
Holy Springs
Pauline Owen
A. H. 5S
Self-help Path for Success Emphasized in Quote
A quote asserts no class or society improves without self-reliance, claiming that despite talk of mutual aid the successful person reaches their goals by helping themselves.
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Free Spring News
Texas Pig Club
Beatriz Wichelena
F.S. Wooten
Garton Roberson
J. S. Calloway
W. C. Wells
G. W. Russell
A. M. Mitchell
J. S. Stephens
R. A. Crouch
J. E. Brown
G. W. Ruffalo
J. J. Bonds
L. T. Roberson
L. V. Nunnally
J. E. Butler
T. J. Forshee
M. T. Collins
Strand Newton
W.T. Lawhorn
J. N. Lawhorn
E. [. Nichols
Hulett Butler
C. W. Crews
J. M. Gafford
W. M. Taylor
R- L. Burn
R. A. Dean
C. T. Gant
J. W. Slate
W. M. Johnson
W. C. Bowen
E. H. White
M. I. Quick
Sam Butler
George Lester
D. L. Sutton
M. M. Knight
G. H. Adams
J. N. Tayloe
R. A. Boughman
G. H. Coffee
N.C. Keel
D. B. Pritchard
Wess Cannon
Arthur Massey
J. A. Goforth
Jess Cain
T. L. Roden
E. P. Shaw
Chester Santom
Ab! Jones
M. G. Austin
G. W. Henderson
Brandon Jones
John T. Tidwell
L. C. Bland
W. L. Gault, Jr
A. S. Cooper
A. H. Carter
J. A. Terry
J. M. Harvey
Dr. King
W. C. Jesseman
Aconia
N. H
United States
Boone & Vent
First National Bank
Mies
Taylor Metts & Co. i
Pricss
Dogan & Knight
Bank of Oxford
Miss
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