Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press Consolidation
Post office entry notes Lafayette County and City of Oxford as official organ. George W. Price editor announces weekly publication consolidated August 24, 1915 and absorbed The Independent July 1, 1918 with foreign advertising representative listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Mass
George W. Price
Lafayette County Press
Oxford Eagle
Independent
Lafayette County
City of
Whimsical Snippets Mock News and Prohibition Paradox
A collage of humorous quips and snippets on gossip, misprints, fashion, health, and economics. Observations range from a mistaken headline about a dog to jokes on bootleggers and the idea that saving money should serve health and moral aims, ending with a caution about sowing dragon's teeth through penny-pinching policies.
Governor Longino and Mississippi political fault lines in 1899
The Mississippi Democratic Convention at Jackson in 1899 critiqued Governor A. H. Longino. The substitute resolution condemned vetoes, the Delaware Capitol bill, and funding for George’s or Walthall’s remains, while criticizing executive appointments, conduct, and integrity. The document underscores deep party tensions and conflicts within state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
A. H. Longino
Leroy Percy
A. J. MacLeurin
Judge Coleman
Leflore
Col. Muldrow
Mississippi
Coleman
Washington
Democratic Party
J. Z. George
Gen. Walthall
State of
Welk
Adam Byrd
Mississippi Levee
New York
Mississippi River Commission
Commonwealth
Vicksburg
W. K. McLaurin
Priscilla Club Hosts St Patrick Themed Meeting
Mrs Russell entertained the Priscilla Club at their Thursday afternoon gathering with a St Patrick party. The hostess oversaw color themed refreshments and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Russell
Priscilla Club
Rub My Tism Advert Offers Antiseptic Aid
Rub My Tism antiseptic and pain killer advertised for infected sores tetter sprains neuralgia rheumatism marketed as a general relief product with a short promotional note.
Local Notice And Social Roster From Lafayette County
A collection of social notes lists visitors and family connections in Lafayette County Mississippi. Names include Mrs. Bondurant in Birmingham and Miss Emily Harrison visiting relatives, along with several local residents visiting friends in Winona Oxford and Memphis. A petition from Lafayette County citizens asks Mississippi to grant a pardon to Guy Pierce, convicted in 1921 for unlawful liquor manufacture, noting his young age, good reputation, dependent wife and two children, and asserting the evidence was unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Walter Boyett
Culley’s Hospital
P. P. Woollard
Cleveland
Bondurant
A. L. Bondurant
Monady
Birmingham
Ala
Emily Harrison
Dr. Bondurant
Talmage Harmon
Crane
Hannon
Memphis
Mathis
Wood B. Hall
Vickshore
L. C. Andrews
Kosciusko
Elma Meek
Winona
Mary Fields
Susan Baggett
Frazier
Curt and
Sam Frazier
Cairo
Kate Slaughter
Grenada
H. C. Smith
Miss
Oxford
Pete Morton
Ee] Dorado
Ark
Lovey Strahan
Orr
Katie Waldrup
Union Community
W. ©. Smith
Sissippi
State Board OF Pardons
Jackson
Mississippi
Lafayette County
Guy Pierce
Pierce
Special Election Called for Taylor Consolidated District Bonds
Lafayette County Mississippi election notice sets April 1 1922 polling at Taylor School Building for a bond issue not exceeding 14500 dollars to fund a school annex water heat sewer seating and equipment for a high school. Map of district included with dates and signatures of election commissioners D T Mitchell and A M Hall March 8 1922 with subsequent election dates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Taylor Consolidated School District
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Taylor Consolidated
Board of Supervisors
Sail Taylor Consolidated School District
Township
Lafayette
D. T. Mitchell
A. M. Hall
Metts Fund Urged for Southern Baptist Convention Trip
Lafayette County Association calls on its twenty plus churches to raise at least 50 dollars for N F Metts to attend the Southern Baptist Convention in Jacksonville Florida around May 12. The appeal urges prompt action and suggests a church average of 2 50 may suffice, with some churches contributing more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County Association
N. F. Metts
Southern Baptist Convention
Jacksonville
Fla
Brother Metts
W. I. Hargis
University
Miss
Notice to Bid For Bridge Work In Lafayette County
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids by 12 noon on April 4 1922 for installing a twenty foot capsill three king rafters and running boards on Yocona River ridge at Fondren Crossing Broom Place per plans on file in the Chancery Clerk's office. The board may reject any bid and the successful bidder must post bond for performance. March 10 1922. W M Woodward Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lafayette County
Board of Supervisors
Yocona River
Fondren Crossing
Broom Place
Chancery Clerk
W. M. Woodward
Notice of Sale of Real Property in Lafayette County
Notice to creditors and sale of real property under a deed of trust. Phil Stone, substituted trustee, will sell at public outcry on March 27, 1922, between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the south door of the courthouse in Oxford for cash the lands in Lafayette County described as sections 15, 22, and 23 in Township 8, Range 2 West, totaling about 440 acres, to satisfy approximately $810 debt secured by the Bank of Oxford. The sale follows default by A. M. Bickerstaff and Lula Bickerstaff. title believed good, conveyance as substituted trustee only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
A. M. Bickerstail
Lula Bickerstail
Chancery Clerk
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Shaw Robinson
Bank of Oxford
Shaw Robison
I. Phil Stone
A. M. Bickerstaff
Lula Bickerstaff
Court House
Oxford
Phil Stone
Notice to creditors for Mississippi estate probate
Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to have the same probated and registered by the Chancery Clerk of said County within six months. Failure to probate and register within six months bars the claim. Dated Oxford Mississippi March 8 1922. Executors M C Falkner Mrs Holland Wilkins and John Falkner Jr March 9 16 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. T. Falkner
Chancery Court
Lafaytette County
Missis
Sippi
Oxford
Miss
M. C. Falkner
Holland Wilkins
John Falkner, JR
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Groundhog
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Opticians
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Holly Springs
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International Stocking Mills
Norristown
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Macon & Andrews Business Colleges
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Minn
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Lee
L. L. Pearce
Baxter Starnes
R. C. Sanders
Gib Starnes
Bertha Cook
Callie C. Cook
Calsie C. Cook
McAllen
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