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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
3
For Marshall B B Russell, T J Harkins, and Ivy of the wrestling or football roster are noted in a compact sports brief. No further context is provided in readable text.
Local Oxford items note social calls and visits in Lafayette County. Mentions Mamps, Leggett, and other residents visiting for business, health, or family reasons. church events, cemetery burial, and a Confederate column feature. Court term postponed due to rains. housing and farm notices amid community updates.
R. R. Chilton & Co plans a grand upgrade with a $5000 soda fountain, set for installation April 15, promising a stylish ice cream and soft drink parlor that will enhance the Oxford business and reflect Mr. Chilton’s longtime prominence as a druggist.
Gardner's Big Bell Cotton promises 40 pounds of lint per acre with yields noted. Price and producer Gardner Taylor are listed among details in this brief agricultural item.
A group of Oxford School students protest efforts to change the next year’s principalship and petition that Prof. Edward Balthrop be retained. Signed by Huldrie P. Davis Sullivan Harkins Annie Fulton Hine Anna Johnson Lillian Rhodes Katrina Carter and 75 others.
The statement lists candidates for municipal offices including Mayor E. a ee, At Large W. M. Woodward, Aldermen D. I. Sultan Ward One N. S. Tate Ward Two J. W. T. Falkner Ward Three, and C. A. McCharen Ward Four. They offer service without remuneration and pledge diligent, unpunished, reward-free public duty.
This morning at 10 o'clock Gordon Frierson of Jonesboro Arkansas and Pearl Clardy of Farmington Missouri will wed at Miss Bettie Frierson's home with Rev W D Hedleston conducting. The couple will depart for an extended tour immediately. Separately C R Frierson and Anna Dunlap of College Hill wed Tuesday afternoon at the bride's mother's home with Rev W W Mitchell officiating. The ceremony drew a small group of friends and well wishers for the couple.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Oxford Mississippi records the death of council member C. H. Keys on February 7 1912. The resolution declares the loss of a valued counsel and citizen and orders the minutes, family notification, and publication in county papers.
Local agent announces securing the Philadelphia CALENDARS line from A M Collins Mfg Co. The agency claims one of the largest calendar houses in the United States and promises superior quality calendars. Calendars available for viewing after February.
The report covers weekly school life with attendance, illnesses, and events. It mentions Miss Rosa Friedman’s visit, mumps, a chapel talk by Rev W W Mitchell, a conundrum about the largest room, and several absent or ill students. The senior class adopted a constitution and by laws and planned memorial projects including a class tree. A temperance essay contest offers $5 with another prize for grades five through seven, contingent on 80 average.
J M Saunders urges readers to support a general parcel post law as Congress debates it. The Mississippi Legislature memorialized Congress to pass parcel post legislation. Saunders asks constituents to write to Hon. H Stephens and push for the measure to boost mail service and curb express companies.
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for sale from Pen No 1 at 5 dollars per 15 and Pen No 2 at 2 dollars per 15. From Mrs Ruth Johnson of Tula Mississippi credit to county fair winners 1911 fine laying strain.
Allowances and salaries listed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for March include RL Stephens W L Smith TW Avent GB Taylor JB Brown E Slough T J Harkins W C Parks and others with various amounts. Other entries cover office rent street tickets mdee and mdse from local suppliers and utility charges.
A promotional offer guarantees payment for all medicine used during the trial if the remedy fails to relieve constipation. The Rexall Orderlies are advertised as odorless, colorless, tasteless, gentle, and effective without causing diarrhoea or nausea. Available in Oxford only at KR. R. Chilton & Co store with 12 tablets for 10 cents, 36 for 25 cents, and 50 for 50 cents.
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