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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
3
Pontotoc County advances road projects with local fine rock for ballast. Samples shipped to Washington for testing. rock and gravel plans underway. Crushing plants to be installed. contracts to let March 4 for Pontotoc and Troy highway across the district. County commits to better roads.
President Wilson announces that any flying over or near government property or military stations must be licensed. Unlicensed aircraft in forbidden territory, spanning the United States and possessions including Panama Canal Zone, are to be shot or destroyed.
Reports from Washington March 4 say Russian forces have destroyed home bridges along the Siberia Railroad near Chita. Officials would not discuss details or confirm Bolshevik peace terms or any White House action. Petrograd and Berlin claim Bolsheviks accepted Germanys terms and Japan plans action, with unity among German enemies on future steps.
News of the death reaches the city of Mrs Ruth Moss age 30 wife of Morris Moss who died Saturday night at her home near College Hill. She was a daughter of the late John Shaw and granddaughter of Rev G W Boggs and aunt of Misses Mary and Annie Boggs. Survived by husband and two children and a Presbyterian church member. Remains interred at College Hill Sunday at 4 PM.
Washington reports the momentum of battle increasing on the western front. Secretary Bak er’s review shows rel ative quietness ending, with three months of action near Toula and additional detachments engaged. Mr B W Jones of Burgess is in the city today.
Dispatches from Berlin report German forces reached within eighty five miles of Petrograd and then pushed to the eastern front where they halted amid a campaign of terror. The city had been bombed by German aviators as part of the offensive.
A stockholders meeting chaired by A A Graham of Blue Mountain announced the new bank will open for business on April 1. County leaders back the project, with strong prospects for success for the Oxford institution.
The season opener on the university campus pitted Ole Miss against College Hill. Ole Miss enters with a run of early victories and superior training. The reported score remains uncertain in the text snippet.
Austrian forces carried out a powerful raid last night in the Warenton sector West Flanders front killing fifty and capturing eleven. British raids succeeded at Helleboke Messines and Passchendaele in Belgium. Some German trenches were found empty. The German attack on St Quentin sector was broken down. Cannonading continued around Lens.
The county Board of Supervisors met in their monthly session with no extraordinary items. Editor G W Price urged publication of the proceedings, and Chairman Parks defended the Board’s honesty and economy while promising to consider the editors request. He stressed the Board acts with strictly business, best judgment, and accountability to the people.
A Canadian steamer en route to a French port was sunk yesterday afternoon but the crew were saved. The port and details of the incident remain as reported this afternoon.
A wireless message in a Japanese newspaper reports that the American and Japanese embassies have left Petrograd last week and are moving toward Vladivostok, en route to the far east port. The note specifies Vladivostok as the destination.
The speaker noted no legal obligation for the Board to publish proceedings but cited a common state custom. He added that some counties paid as high as $40 per month to have the records released.
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