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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
3
Senator Weeks and Representatives Julius Kahn and Hiram Johnson back a government securities drive. They urge every citizen to invest in Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps to help fund the war and aid economic adjustment after the conflict.
A reader letter critiques a city school superintendent and a town debt crisis. Citizens discuss improving schools while locals joke about hog farming as a distraction. The piece laments neglected streets and waste, urging focus beyond pigs.
The Lawn Camp Fire Group hosted a celebration for seven years of the Camp Fire Organization. Girls in uniform performed a candle lighting ceremony while Martha Buffaloe spoke on the year’s honors and duties, and Emma Katherine Faser sang two pieces.
After refreshments, guests departed wishing the girls much success in the year of nineteen nineteen and twenty, signaling a hopeful start to their activities and plans.
Capitol Hill voices strong support for floating a new bond issue and continuing War Savings and Thrift Stamps sales in 1919. Lawmakers say government securities funding is essential to meet postwar obligations and repay debts, urging broad public participation and thrift.
Mrs. H. M. Faser hosted a six o clock dinner and theater party for Henry Minors Faser's ninth birthday. Guests included Margaret McLure Jeanette Friedman Dean Falkner Eugene Bramlett and Robert McLure. Fred Long lectured on Sunday school work in Oxford and at Oxford High School. Browning Club's Mrs. J A Christian entertained. Mrs Curtis traveled from Haleyville Alabama to attend her father Donaldson's funeral in Haleyville and pass through Oxford.
Rowland Drug Co asks the purse owner to identify details about the lost item to reclaim it. The ad lists questions on when it was lost, purchase source, size, color, contents, papers, and identifiers, and notes the owner must pay the ad cost.
The article notes heavy rain and a school health and appearance campaign with prizes won by Wilber Waller Lester Ayles Virginia Smith Lula May Ayles. A community kitchen room was fitted in by Z M Mc Elroy. A boys and girls social included games, cards, a burlesque on a negro revival, with Walton Jones and Grace Jones among performers.
Farmers urged to grow as much food and forage as possible on own land to cut costs and avoid bankruptcy. The 1919 Hastings Seed Book promises guidance on money saving garden and farm crops, free from H. G. Hastings Co of Atlanta, Ga.
The Grand Jury reports five days of sessions with 65 witnesses and 12 indictments. They inspected the County Jail and County Home, finding both in good sanitary condition. They note mostly fair county roads but cite a nearly impassable stretch on Lafayette Springs road, asking the Board of Supervisors to repair it promptly. They have investigated the books of the county.
Miss Esther Rogers a food specialist and Miss Lula Tuntson a poultry expert visited the county on Friday and Saturday to assist Mrs. Ramsey in home economics meetings. Miss Mammie Woods, teaching at Markette, spent the weekend in Oxford with relatives.
An ad touts Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy for corns and bottom of feet. A few drops allegedly remove hard skin without hurting, leaving the underlying skin pink and healthy.
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