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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
3
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Local briefs report visits and illnesses across Oxford Water Valley and surrounding towns. Mentions include Mise Claude Harris sick and several residents traveling, attending commencements, or returning from trips to Memphis Jackson and Chattanooga. Chancery Court sits with business disposed. obituaries note Mrs J F Dooley and Mrs Bettie Chew. church events feature Dr Bryan and Mt Zion Children’s Day attendance.
Mrs I G Strong a longtime Oxford resident stricken with paralysis and unconscious from Tuesday night until her death Monday night at 11. The note mourns her as sister to the late Capt Sam Thompson of the Oxford Eagle and describes the close home she shared with family. Funeral was held with Rev W W Mitchell at St Peters cemetery as friends offer prayers and condolences for the North Street household.
Posted lands prohibit trespass hunting and gathering under penalty of law. Names listed include J. C. Tarver and Ima Tarver Matthews.
Yellow Yam sweet potato slips offered at 2 dollars per thousand f o b Illinois Central Depot Bolivar Tennessee 5000 or more in one order 10 percent off and freight or half express to your station. References available from Bolivar bankers and businessmen. Inquiries answered promptly by phone 67 3.
Latman of Grenada Mississippi reveals greaseless liquid medicine Kuykendall's Eczema Remedy for eczema Tetter Ring Worm Poison Oak fever blisters frost bite chicken pox prickly heat nettle rash and all skin ailments. Rowland Drug Co. sells it.
The city of Roston mourns Alexander B. McLure who died in Alberta Louisiana last night after a diabetes illness. He will be brought home this evening for interment in Boston cemetery tomorrow afternoon. Funeral services are set at Mr St. Ritchie’s residence at two. McLure was a prominent local businessman with Brown Robertson hardware and supply and had recently bought a plantation near Alexton. He leaves a wife three children and many relatives and friends.
The ad urges young men and women to systematically save part of their income to gain comforts and security. It highlights a specialty in serving the young, promising a beautiful and convenient Home Savings Bank experience with courteous treatment. J. W. T. Purser, president. Rev. A. B. Morris, vice president. O. B. Boor, cashier.
Notice from J R Crow stating all indebted individuals must call and settle as he has changed his business and will collect all outstanding accounts.
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