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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1919

Page

4

Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press Notice Details

Public notice page from Oxford Mississippi outlines obituary charges and payment in advance, with pricing for domestic and foreign subscriptions, advertising rates, and free copies. The text lists rates per word for obits and per line for readers, and notes issues mailed from the post office with advance payment required.

United States

Oxford News Shows Campaign Rhetoric and City Cleanliness Plan

The short note on newspaper deadlines laments advertising delays due to staff shortages and outlines a firm press schedule. An editorial discusses Mississippi Governor race views, Jeffersonian Democracy, and Lieutenant-Governor Lee M. Russell, followed by opinions on the League of Nations and U S sovereignty. The piece ends with a call for a hitching lot to improve Oxford’s public square and curb filth, likening hogs and horses as cleanliness issues.

Mississippi Lee M. Russell Mr. Russell Russell Oxford

Lost purse ad seeks owner to claim by describing contents

The Rowland Drug Co offers to return a found purse with a large sum of money. Owners must answer detailed questions about loss time, purchaser, size, color, fastening, contents, papers, and identifiers, insisting on paying ad costs.

Delinquent Poll Tax List From 1918 North Carolina Areas

The delinquent poll tax list shows residents who did not pay the 1918 full tax by February 1, 1919 in North Carforby Cambridge Abbeville and Free Springs areas including numerous listed individuals such as Alfred Jones George Wilson and Tom Joyner. The compilation names many residents across Cambridge Abbeville and Free Springs and indicates enforcement of tax delinquency.

Street Lights Out For Ten Days Who Maintains Lighting

Residents report ten days without street lights and seek clarity on which authority is responsible for street lighting maintenance and repairs.

Non-Resident Notice in Perkins Suit in Lafayette County

Mrs Nellie Perkins of Memphis Tennessee is summoned to appear in the Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi on the fourth Monday of May 1919 to defend a suit brought by George W Perkins. The notice is dated March 11 1919 with W M Woodward Chancery Clerk and H T Smith attorney for complaint. Publication dates March 18 20 and 27.

Nellie Perkins Memphis Tenn Chancery Court Lafayette County Mississippi George W. Perkins W. M. Woodward Chancery H.T. Smith Orange Pettis St. Louis Flora E. Pettis H. T. Smith

Bridge Construction Bid Notice in Lafayette County

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids by 12 noon on April 8 1919 for about 720 feet of bridge or trestle work in Tallahatchie River bottom at the Iron Bridge Beat 3. Plans and specs are on file in the Chancery Clerk's office. The board may reject any bids. Witnessed by W M Woodward Clerk. March 6 1919.

Mississippi Lafayette Board of Supervisors Lafayette County Tallahatchie River Iron Bridge Chancery W. M. Woodward G. A. Woodward D. C. E. Mar

Notice of Sale of Real and Personal Property in Lafayette County

Notice is given that under a Deed of Trust executed by G. J. Duncan and wife M. C. Duncan in favor of W. P. Goolsby Guardian the trustee will sell cash to the highest bidder at the south door of the Lafayette County Courthouse in Oxford Mississippi on April 7 1919. The described lands include portions of Section 12 Township 8 Range 1 totaling 5 acres plus 80 acres and 80 acres in Section 13 Township 8 Range 1 West. The trustee A K Jones notes the title is believed good but conveys only such title as vested in the trustee. Witness dated March 13 1919.

G. J. Duncan M. C. Duncan W. P. Goolsby Chancery County of Lafayette Mississippi Court House Oxford Miss S. W N. FE A. K. Jones

Non Resident Notice Issued in Pettis Suit

To Orange Pettis of St. Louis Missouri address in Mississippi, a fourth Monday of May 1919 defense date is set in Flora E. Pettis suit. The order is dated March 10 1919 with W M Woodward Chancery Clerk and H T Smith attorney.

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