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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
6
A meeting of the executive committee discussed Iberipploan Drive opening on Saturday April 6. The committee proposed merchants lift stamps as an incentive to customers and trains would run that day. M Knight chaired the executive committee.
In Pittsburgh on March 26 a large Food Administration poster near the Post Office Building shows Uncle Sam and the Kaiser with Save Food and Whip the Kaiser. Citizens are defacing the Kaiser image with tobacco wads mud and adhesive as a patriotic display.
A bold storefront pitch advertises cash sales with light expenses and inviting prices. It invites customers to visit Falkner Hardware Co to see goods and right prices in person.
Washington reports say Americans are engaging British and French forces to halt the German advance as General Pershing provides updates. Officials anticipate a counteroffensive within 24 hours, with President Wilson relying on military experts for guidance. A later dispatch arrived but the summary remains undisclosed.
Donald M. Ewing a Chicago newspaper man finally gained exemption after being turned down by the National Guard the regulars and the navy all refused him. He even failed with the Red Cross for ambulance work due to a football injury but the local exemption board accepted him as fit for service.
Advertises B A Thomas Stock Remedy for livestock to improve digestion and assimilation of feed. Claims to tone the system and aid digestion, guaranteeing medicine quality. Sold by Carter's Drug Store.
Chicago March 26 court ordered the repeal of the petition canceling plans for a prohibition election on April 2. The decision ends the effort to hold a citywide vote and firm action will follow as directed by the court.
Lafayette County Mississippi delinquent land tax list for the year 1911 lists properties and owners with unpaid 1917 taxes. Sheriff M. Sneed will on April 1, 1918, at the courthouse south door offer for sale the described realty. note includes names like J. W Johnson and J. H Lawshe as tax collectors.
In Pittsburgh on March 26 a man in a new pearl gray spring suit and polished shoes waded through deep mud on Pen Avenue. A passing truck splashed the suit with polka dots and a message painted on its side mocked him: Your suit needs cleaning, give us a trial.
Milwaukie Oregon, March 26. Milwaukie once the Oregon country’s metropolis with a three story hotel and the first free ferry is reviving. A shipyard with four berths and room for four more is rising, contracts for eight vessels are secured, and local residents are flocking to new labor in shipyards and drawing pay at the home bank.
Thrift stamps are used as beauty spots by high school girls in Los Angeles March 26. The stamps decorate faces with no harm to value or appearance, reflecting a playful trend among students.
Advertising notice for HERBINE claiming rapid pain relief from indigestion and expulsion of fermented matter. Sold by A Bendel with a price of 60 cents.
A Hastings advertisement urges readers to plant and maintain grain and garden crops to improve farm prosperity in 1918. It touts the savings from careful planting and steady supplies, offering a free guide from Hastings Co of Atlanta. The notice emphasizes practical farming tips and the value of timely cultivation.
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