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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
2
Public notices list obituary rates and payment in advance. Advertising rates: display 25 cents per inch, classified one cent per word, minimum 26 cents, readers 10 cents per line. Subscriptions priced and payable in advance with no free copies or credit.
The Eagle announces a new deadline for current issue ads and notices. Advertising copy must be ready by noon Tuesday to appear, with no submissions accepted after that time. Publisher G W Price notes staffing limits and presses for timely production. guests Foust, Tatum, and Horn visit from Taylor, Mississippi.
The ex governor Longino announces his candidacy while the section pins hopes on Lieutenant Governor Russell as next governor. The note suggests Johnson may withdraw before the primaries, and praises Russell as the most qualified candidate with a clean record. Also mentions mail delivery complaints after a bottleneck on the S C railroad above Bolivar Tennessee.
The Washington weather board in Oxford reports 7.4 inches of rain from Sunday morning to Monday morning, exceeding last year’s January to June totals. Bridges washed away during the storm. Graves family relocated to the Lex Ramey residence on Cemetery Street. Mr. Bacil Fudge and family returned from Chicago after their father Billy Fudge’s death. Mrs. Rice Wilson from Memphis visited Miss Bee Orr. Miss Louise Carr of Water Valley visited Sarah Frances Lawshee.
Wiley Vesperman of Dallas says he spent $2000 on medicines before Tanlae relieved his seven year rheumatism in the arm and shoulder and indigestion. He reports improved health and renewed energy, with his wife also using Tanlae. An Oxford drugstore advertises the product. Also notes family news from Wilson Ark and a tonsil operation for Prof. J. W. Bell at Culley’s hospital.
This quick beauty mix uses two fresh lemons and three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion for face neck arms and hands. Strain juice to remove pulp and store for months while daily massage smooths rough skin reduces freckles and tan.
The sheriff and tax collector of Lafayette County Mississippi will on the first Monday April 7 1919 publically auction land in Oxford for taxes costs and damages due for 1918 with sale in front of the Court House and continuing daily until all are sold Oxford March 13 1919.
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