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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1921

Page

4

Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press Rates and Subscriptions

The notice lists publication details for the Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press, including editor George W. Price, rates for subscriptions, foreign advertising, and care of obituary notices. It states pricing for display ads, classified words, and readers, plus delivery terms and payment requirements.

Oxford Miss George W. Price Lafayette County Press Oxford Eagle Independent Lafayette County City of THF American Press Association

Lowrey Urges Reduced Spending and War Opposition

In a House speech Representative B G Lowrey of Mississippi’s Second District urged the nation to shrink military power and cut unnecessary costs. The columnist notes the speech is printed in full elsewhere in the same issue and praises its truth and good sense.

House of Congress B. G. Lowrey Secon Mississippi Washington Lowrey

Newspapers and public craving for sensationalism

The piece laments conflicting Washington dispatches and shifting truths in national news. It argues readers demand thrills and editors must supply sensational content to keep papers afloat, with reporters pressured to deliver engaging material even at the expense of factual clarity.

Editors and Truth in a World of Bureaucratic Bunk

The passage rails at editors who crave appetite over ethics and despise empty pay envelopes. It laments that truth and veracity suffer as scrambled brains taste life’s spice. A few dissent from this view while truth struggles to keep pace with bunk.

Truth Bunk

Billboards in Carmen Oklahoma curb enforcement with new ordinance

Carmen Oklahoma moves to remove unsightly billboards by restricting signs to six by eight feet and banning placements within six hundred feet of buildings. The measure, proposed by Frank A Salter editor of the Carmen Headlight, aims to preserve small town views and protect local interests from outside greed.

United States Carmen Okla Frank A. Salter Salter

Modern Vanity and Labor Leaders Clash Over Wages

Editor notes a young woman’s provocative beach stunt drawing public ire and print. He argues big corporations push wage cuts while captains of industry should lead by example with salary reductions to ease labor tensions. He urges leaders to inspire rather than drive workers.

Nashville Man 69 Gains Twenty Pounds on Tanlac

Benjamin A. Luckett of West Nashville, a 69 year old night watchman, reports gaining 20 pounds after taking Tanlac. He describes initial poor appetite and gas, back ache, and kidney discomfort, then says his health improved, appetite increased, and he feels years younger. His wife also uses Tanlac with similar results.

Night Benjamin A. Luckett Tanlac Mr. Luckett White Trunk and Bag Co Tennessee Street West Nashville Tenn Taniac

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