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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
2
The Oxford Eagle lists subscription rates and postal handling notes for Lafayette County and Oxford. It includes prices for one year and six months, advance payment requirements, and rules on obituary charges, advertising rates, and credit terms, with a consolidated Lafayette County press notice.
The piece argues that railroad express and telegraph firms, backed by a Republican Congress, will push to restore private ownership over public services, despite public suffering. It cites rules against second hand egg crates, damaged shipments from Nashville, and local telecommunication changes, noting Calls for return to private control amid war fatigue and a strike in the Norfolk area.
Newspaper exchanges request death notices for John Barleycorn to supply his age at death. Readers are asked to provide any available age details from obituaries or death reports to standardize coverage.
The Clarksdale Register reports many former Vardaman backers favor Oscar Johnston for Governor and notes this is not disloyal. It adds that voting for Lee Russell would not be disloyal to Lieutenant Johnston.
Hastings Seeds offers a free 1919 seed catalog with 100 illustrated pages and a colorful cover. Only mailed orders accepted, and Hastings promotes direct sales and Southland varieties at competitive prices.
The Lafayette County Teachers Association endorses the Board of Supervisors action in employing Mrs Ramsey as an economics agent. The group pledges loyal support and cooperation to continue the work started, and a copy of the resolutions is sent to the Oxford Eagle for publication.
Orange Pettis of St. Louis must appear before Lafayette County Chancery Court on the fourth Monday of May 1919 to defend Flora E. Pettis suit. Clerk W. M. Woodward and solicitor H. T. Smith note March 13 20 22.
Mrs Nellie Perkins of Memphis Tenn is summoned to defend a suit filed by George W Perkins in Mississippi chancery court. Notice dated March 11 1919 issued by Chancery Clerk W M Woodward with Mar 18 20 27公告
The Lafayette County Clerk announces sealed bids for building about 720 feet of bridge or trestle work over the Tallahatchie River bottom at the Iron Bridge Beat 3. Plans are on file with the Chancery Clerk. Bids due by 12 noon on April 8, 1919. The board may reject any or all bids and let by public outcry as required. Witness W M Woodward Clerk.
Trustee A. K. Jones announces a cash sale at the Lafayette County Court House Oxford Mississippi on April 7 1919. The sale includes fractional portions and quarter sections totaling 165 acres with 5 80 80 acres descriptions. Title any conveyed will be limited to the trustee’s vested claim.
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined, once thought incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F. J. Cheney Co of Toledo is a constitutional internal remedy that claims to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it cannot cure. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
The Clarion Ledger notes Mississippi’s early success in eradicating cattle ticks, praising tick free cattle as highly sought after at stockyards. It contrasts tick infested herds’ losses with Mississippi’s growing reputation for high quality beef cattle and hogs commanding top market prices.
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