Mr. and Mrs J S Good Visit Memphis Friends
Mr and Mrs J S Good spent Monday in Memphis visiting friends. Dr C S Wilkins spent two days in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. Good
Memphis
C. S. Wilkins
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
5
Local Notes From Abbeville and Nearby in Mississippi
Reports from Abbeville and surrounding towns note attendees at the American Medical Association convention in New Orleans. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Collins of Vaiden staying with C. V. Tidwell, and Mrs. Hazzie Graham returning with Mrs. Hicks from Cleveland.
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New Orleans
American Medical Association
Collins
Vaiden
C. V. Tidwell
Hazzie Graham
Hill
Cleveland
Hicks
Charley Goodwin
W. C. Bowen
Oxford
Lela Davis
Tula
J. A. Duncan
Dan Almond
Wallace Mansel
Coleman
Coffeeville
Hugh K. Mahon
Holly Springs
Congress
Abbeville
T. A. Dunn
Taylor Dunn
Claudid Mae Hopper
Floyd Bennett
Joe Bennett
Local social notes and visits in Oxford area
A long list of visits and social events details many residents of Oxford and nearby towns including Greenville Water Valley and Tupelo. Notables mentioned include Gov. Lee M. Russell and Chancellor and Mrs. Powers with teachers and association attendees. Other items note travel from Kokomo Indiana to visit relatives, and local electoral commentary on a highway funding proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnoad Haynes
Oxford
John Hopkins Hospital
Teete
Water Valley Friends
Chester Lee Holcomb
Memphis
Ollie Holcomb
Masters Verd
Mack Slaughter
Mary
Grenada
N. C. Frazier
Curt Frazier
A. A. Bryant
Coffeeville
Eugenia Trigg
Kincannon
Tupelo
J. C. Kincannon
Holly Springs
J. C. Cannon
Kate Rorgers
Annie Mae Kincannon
J. B. Williamson
Jackson
Tenn
S. S. Webster
Will Webster
Fielder
Nelsen Scott
Suzette Norris
Homer Howard
Winona
Rev. Lipscomb
Lee M. Russell
A. Russell
Corinne Poteete
Annie Belle Anderson
Water Valley
Hilda Virginia Lester
Loy Boone
Pontotoc
Teachers’ Association
Miss
Stacy Farr
Mary Moss
Greenville
W. R. Graham
Hicks
Chandler Worley
Ruleville
J. N. Powers
R. W. Rogers
Bonds for Lafayette County road improvements proposed
On May 11 the voters will decide a bond issue of about 250000 to improve highways in Lafayette County. Federal and local partners would match the funds, easing the tax burden. Supporters argue the plan speeds travel and that public costs are offset by national and local contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
U. S
S. C. Railroad
Oxford
Punjab Excise Commission reports surge in spirits use
Temperance groups in India react to the Punjab Excise Commission finding that spirit consumption rose to 456 800 gallons in the last fiscal year, up 100 000 gallons over two years. Dr D Leigh Colvin is preparing a history of the Prohibition Party movement as he chairs the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Punjab Excise Commission
Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Y M C A at Tokyo Imperial University Opens Free Legal and Medical Services
The Y M C A at Tokyo Imperial University provides a free Legal Advice Bureau and a free Clinic and Maternity Hospital as part of its departmental service. The note ends with a whimsical remark about a bird writing twenty six pages of music and sending a penny postcard home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo Imperial University
Japan
Utah Agricultural College Exam Honors Lead by Lucile Talmage
In an intelligence examination at Utah Agricultural College first honors went to Lucile Talmage a junior. Fourteen girls averaged 67 percent and eighty three boys 58 percent. High grade was 55 to 65 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Agricultural College
Lucile Talmage
Larry Lennon becomes cinema’s new comedy king
The Fourth Estate notes the departure of Larry Lennon from cartooning to screen work. He writes and directs all his features, never imitates others, and in The Grocery Clerk introduces the living cat as a new comic element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Lennon
Larry
Frank Wayne Shot by Jailer in Mississippi Jail Riot
Frank Wain held on a post office robbery charge was shot by assistant jailer G D Hale in the jail hall about 5 30 pm during a scuffle over a cards and change pack. Hale fired the 38 Colts pistol wounding Wain in the left side near the spine. Mofit surrendered after the shooting. Dr Culley treated Wain at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wain
G. D. Hale
Wain
G. H. Adams
Waine
Hale
Mofit
Adams
Wayne
Hattiesburg American praised for local leadership
The Hattiesburg American is lauded as a strong daily Mississippi paper under Howard S Williams. The piece credits local cooperation with growth and upbuilding for Hattiesburg and surrounding county, noting Whit tier College California volunteers aiding Christian service at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Howard Williams
Whittier College
California
Kansas freshmen win scrap without traditional green caps
Freshmen at Kansas University beat the Sophomores in the annual scrap, this year allowing the newcomers to skip the traditional green caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Northwestern to stage prohibition oratorical contest
The Intercollegiate Prohibition Association at Northwestern College Naperville Illinois will stage a spirited prohibition oratorical contest during May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Northwestern
Vermont college first to insure baseball weather losses
The University of Vermont becomes the first college to adopt a plan insuring against financial losses from bad weather in baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University of Vermont
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