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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1918

Page

6

Abbeville Social Roundup Bids Week With Visits and Scores

Abbeville residents share a busy week with guests from Grenada College and Holly Springs. Local gatherings include Misses Laware Polly Green and Willard Hopper visiting relatives, while Miss Myrtle Hill visits her grandmother. In sports, Abbeville girls win both halves 14 to 6 and 19 to 10.

Presley Good Hume University Myrtle Hill Holly Springs Haze Graham Abbeville

Hastings Seed Book Promises Farm Prosperity Ad

An early 20th century advertisement urges readers to grow ample food year round to cut living costs. It promotes Hastings seed catalogs claiming profit from cotton and crops, offering the seed book free from H. G. Hastings Co. of Atlanta.

Hastings H. G. Hastings CO Atlanta Advt

Personal and Local Notes From a Mississippi Town

Will Wiley returns from Water Valley to visit his daughter crel KR. W. Rogers leaves Wednesday for the delta to deliver several War Savings Stamps addresses. Mass Juillet Pegues visits her parents Rev J A Christian preached at Senatobia. Mrs Slass heads to Birmingham to visit kin. The G LK and k A A Lau host Hugh School entertainment. Mr and Mrs McCall host Rev and Mrs McCall and gift a sugar shell and candy tongs from KK. K. KY P U holds social Friday. Mrs L A Olson back from Charleston after visit.

Will Wiley Water Valey Crel KR. W. Rogers Teft Delta J. A. Christan Senatobia Slass Birmingham Visi G. LK K. A KY. P. U

Falkner Hardware Ad Promises Low Prices and Goods

Local hardware shop Falkner Hardware OO advertises cash sales with light expenses and inviting prices. Readers are urged to visit the store at 141e2s to see the goods and right prices for themselves.

Falkner Hardware OO

Bank depositors urged to meet lawyers in Oxford

To the depositors and stockholders of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Osford the undersigned attorneys request all who have employed them in the suit now pending against the bank directors in the Chancery Court of Lafayette County to meet for consultation at the County Court House in Oxford at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday March 28 1916. C L Bates L C Andrews attorneys for complainants in the case RC Carter et al vs Duke M Kimbrough et al No 4775 Chancery Court Lafayette County Miss. Tis rumored the Great Zim wore out three pairs of running shoes at Hot Springs.

Merchants and Farmers Bank of Osford Merchants and Farmers Bank of Oxford Chancery Cour Lafayette County County Court House Oxford C. L Bates LC Andrews RC. Carter Duke M. Kimbrough Chancery Court Miss

Recruit Made Petty Officer in Four Days

Walter S. Graves of Jackson joined 50 Navy recruits leaving for Norfolk Training Station on March 2. Graves, a cashier, aimed for yeoman work and a fast track to Chief Petty Officer, with an appointment to the Naval Academy in sight. Other Mississippi men enlisted that week include M. Cox, G. Smith, M. Walton, H. Osborn, H. Wallace, E. Barnes, W. Quick, T. King, W. Graham, W. Whichem, and W. Whichem, under Recruiting Officer Lieut. J. T. Wentz and Surgeon R. H. Foster.

Jackson, Miss Navy Norfolk Walter S. Graves Jackson Automobile Graves Hhe West Naval Academy Lord M. Cox Brookhaven George L. Smith Richton Mark H. Walton Newton Harold W. Osborn Jackson Harris F. Wallace Starkville Emmet A. Barnes Enterprise Wall A. Quick Seminary Thomas King Harworth William Graham Decature Wilson T. Whichem Hattiesburg John T. Wentz R. H. Foster Wentz

Legal Notice of Property Description and Trustee Claim

The notice describes two parcels in Township 10 Range 4 west with metes and bounds, totaling about 155 acres, indicating the title is believed good but limited to the trustee's vested interests. Dated February 26, 1918, J. B. Roach, Trustee, published Eagle February 28 and March 7 and 14.

Township 10 J. B. Roach Eagle

Lost phrase hints at map the City ship range

Fragmentary OCR reads rough noting map of the City ship and range. The garbled line suggests a title related to land or maritime mapping, but the readable words are sparse and do not form a complete report.

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Algohol Agies Tae Greta Gompot NEW _YORK Brazwell Wilson Emi Katie Wilson John Miller College Itill Tem Itunks Bessie Shaw Robert Wilkins Misees Laware Polly Green Grenada College Mrs Weendge Zim Hot Springs Weauth Bramsett & Sons Mississippi Ilinois Central C Company W.S.S United States Government I. United States U. S United States The Bank of Oxford OUR Memphis Memphis Business College J. T. Thomas Cery G. W. Knight RC. Sanders Ike Humphreys Parcel Post F. C. Coker Crystal Springs Ments
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