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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
3
Local column lists clerks and merchants offering hosiery, suits, hats, waists, stockings, and millinery at Friedman’s and R. H. McEtror’s. Notices mention travel to Georgetown and Memphis, church services, a Confederate veterans gathering, and social visits, with plans for entertainments and advertising reminders of sales and stock.
Legal advertisement calling for sealed bids by 2:00 p.m. Tuesday to construct a bridge at Wolf Creek on the Abbeville and Rocky Ford road per plans on file. Bids must include bid amount and two securities. County chancery court warns it may reject any or all bids. The notice also lists a lengthy set of guardians and parties in a separate matter.
The jury, eleven to one for acquittal, reports concerns over road conditions and county facilities. They note delays of 12 days, 334 witnesses examined, and issues with the County Poor House and Jail, but find inmates fed and in reasonable health.
The notice promotes a large sale by the University Young Men's Christian Association with a focus on remnants to attract patronage. It invites involvement from G. W. Leavell in Oxford and E. R. Walton at the University post office for terms, and mentions Mr. Pilcher of Nashville in connection with tuning. It highlights affordable options for girls needing an instrument to practice.
Fragmentary note mentions people and items with incomplete words. References to bonds or bars and a Mr Aaros of Pia with a date 15. context and participants are obscured by garbled OCR.
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